Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-26
LOCAL BRIEFS

MISS Mary Jones, of Newbern,
is visiting Miss Anna Bell Bor-
den in this city.
Mrs. r. L. and Mr.. Jas Duffy
Of Newborn, are in the city visit
ing the family of DR.. Thos. Hill.
Mr.. L. L. Strouse, Appointment
tobacco dealer of Richmond, Va.
is on a prospecting trip to this
market.
Mr.. Leonard Edwards left to>
day for Baltimore, where he will
attend college for the coming
session.
SHERIFF Ward, of Columbus
county, passed through this city
to day with five convicts, two
white and three colored. for the
peniteutiary. Among his list was
a colored man, who is sentenced
to 30 years for murder.
THE auction sale of the property
of the Niche Tobacco Company
came off in this city yesterday and
the property, except the stock of
tobacco, which was purchased by
Mr.. G. S. Pritchard, was sold to
Mr.. f. K. Borden at a very low
figure.
DIR Thos. Hill is the inventor
of a grape mill, made entirely Of
wood, which is very simple il
construction and does the work
for which it was intended in a
very satisfactory manner. Sew
eral years ago he took one of his
mills to the State Fair and res
ceived a premium for il. Although
the device is cheap and useful,
still he has never applied for a
patent and any n is at liberty
70 copy it.
THE Wayne cotton mill to day
shipped a car load of sheeting to
Rhode Island, which is the GEN.
ire of the New England manu-
featuring territory, and they also
shipped a car .oad to Mobile,
Ala. These shipments show that
the product of Goldsboro manu-
featuring industries is sold in
competition with the largest
markets of the country and that
all we need is more factories to
utilize our wealth of crude mates
rial.
The recent damp weather has
put tobacco in excellent condis
ton for hauling and consequent-
~ there Was near 100, 900 pounds
on the floors of our warehouses
to-day. The sales lasted from 10
o'clock in the morning until 1:3C
o'clock IN the afternoon. Prices
are all high and unsettled and it
cannot now be stated with any
degree of certainty whether they
will go higher or lower. If they
hold out as they have begun this
will be a prosperous year for the
planters.
Mr.. c. B. Hatch, of Mt. Olive.
was in the city to-day, distribut.
ing advertising matter for his
Richmond Excursion, which will
leave this city on the 7th of Sep
TENDER and return on the 9Th. He
is confident that they will carry 8
large crowd, as the public T ia.
minar with these gentlemen anc
know that they always run or
derby excursions, and that none
but white people are admitted or
their train. He says they have
made arrangements with the Lex
ington Hotel, which is one of the
largest hotels in Richmond, to &C
comodate 500 people at $1.50 pei
day, their usual rates being 50. 81
per day. Those wishing to do Sc
can get rates at frst-class hotels
at 81 per day. The fare for the
round trip from G%oldsboro to Bat
tleboro, inclusive is only 50. SO.
MAYOR J. FL. Hill has of lats
been corresponding with Captain
G. A. Twoyze. of Elmira, N. Y.
who is in possession of the fas
of the 10th North Carolina Reg
iment, which was captured a
Bentousville, where the colo
bearer J. F. Chambers, of Com
pany B., 4Oth N. c., was killed
by having both legs cut off witt
a shell. Captain Twoyze express
es a desire to have a reunion witt
the old veterans of the 10th Reg
iment at some early day, a
which time he will bring the fla!
and restore it to them in tn
same condition as it was wher
captured. Tt is the intention Q
the surviving members of tina
regiment to make the occasion @
Captain Twoy yes visit d genera
reunion and DIS pleasant as pos
sibie for him and those who ma,
accompany him,