Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-06-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

A0
THE special train that was to
have been run from this city to
Oxford on the Oath has been
''called Off"
THE sanitary officers are on
their rounds of inspection and
those who have neglected to do
so had better get their premises
in good condition.
SEVERAL people from this city
are in attendance upon the
Crumpler meetings at Mt. Olive,
which have beeniin progress for
the past few days.
A FOURTEEN year old colored
boy was drowned Sunday in
Mr.. J. M. Woods fish pond, sew
eral miles from this city. He was
in bathing and got beyond his
depth.
HIS hosts Of friends were
glad to see in the city to day an
old and popular Goldsboro boy.
Mr. j. E. Latham, who is now
one of the representative bust
ness men of Newbern.
PROF. Harry Howell. princi-
pal.-and recently elected supers
intendent of the Washington
public schools, is in the city for
vacation, and his many friends
here are glad to see him.
The serious illness of Mrs.
Nancy Bass, sister of Fx-Gov. Z.
II. Brogden, which was mentioned
in these columns recently, has re-
suited in her death and she was
buried Monday afternoon.
AMONG the many excursions
that are advertised for the seas
shore is that of Messrs. F. B.
Martin and HI. g.. Williamson, of
Mt. Olive, which will run from
this city to Wilmington and
Wrightsville on the Both inst.
QUITE a novelty in the shape
of a sweet potato rooted in a
large bottle, and with an exuber>
ant vine, was placed on our table
to- day by Nc. N. Branch, who
also has several others on the
same order.
THE death of DR.. Claude Ben>
ton, formerly of Newton Grove,
aud greatly beloved by all who
knew him, occurred at his home
in Newhern yesterday morning
of consumption, after a protract>
ed illness. The funeral will take
place in Newbern this after
noon.
Mr.. D. M. Morris gave his
farm hands a barbecue to>day on
his plantation in Stony Greek
township in celebration of their
"laying by" crops. A number
of invited friends were present
from this city aud the occasion
was highly enjoyed.
The first cotton bloom of the
season was handed into this Office
Tuesday afternoon by Mr.. j. b.
Watson, from the river cotton
farm of Mr.. E. B. Borden, ST.,
adjacent to this city. The second
was handed in yesterday by Mr..
L. e. Pridgen, the energetic over
seer of Messrs. III. We'll & Bros.
The funeral of the late Mrs
Wyche, relict of Rev. Ira T..
Wyche, was largely attended
Monday afternoon from st.
Paul church. Five of six sur
viving sons, now living in as
many different sections of the
country accompanied the remains
here. Mr.. Geo. D. Miller last
night gave into their keeping a
well preserved hymn book
which their father gave to his
mother in Raleigh in 1853.
THE Sheriff of Greene County
arrived iu the city about3 o'clock
Monday morning with a negro
in custody, whom he spirited
away from the Snow Hill Jail
last night and hurried to this
place for safe keeping. The mes
gro is charged with burglary
and assault upon two respeeta>
Bile white women of Greene one
night last week, and indignation
was running so high there that
Sheriff Dixon took the timely
p%recaution of bringing the negro
here until court convenes in
his equity.
IT will be painful news to his
many admiring friends in thi:
city to learn of the death of Mr.
John Harper, of Bentonsville
whose services to wounded Con,
( derate 20 diers in the late wa,
has caused his name to be in.
scribed, together with that o
his wife's, on the modest shat
that has been reared at Bentons
vile by the Goldsboro Rifles t.
commemorate the heroic deed
Of those who fell on that battl
ground. Mr.. Harper had reache
the mature age of 95 years an
has left a long record of goo
deeds done worthy of imitation.