Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-03-25
LOCAL BRIEFS

horsemen elsewhere There must
be some good reason.
A LARGE list of names has
been secured to a petition, which
was mailed to~day to the Post
master General at Washington.
asking that Mr.. w. E. Ham be
appointed postmaster at Pike
vile.
On Tuesday night, just as the
young people of the neighbor>
hood had gathered in a school
house near Fremont to witness a
home entertainment, one of the
lamps exploped and the school
house and fixtures were soon in
ashes.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Davis an
nounce with handsome invitations
the marriage of their niece Miss
Eftic E. Davis, to Mr.. Hugh G.
Maxwell, on Thursday, March the
25th, to take place at their home
in this city on Boundary street, at
S.o'clock p. m.
THE frame store house that
Mr.. Jno. W. Edwards is having
erected on the valuable propers
ty that he has leased from Mr..
/. M. Humphrey on Walnut
street, will be a cleyer imitation
Of a brick building when the
brick shaped sheet iron is put on
the outside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. Dannenburg,
Of Newbern, have issued hand
some invitations to the marriage
of theiI daughter, Miss Susie, to
Mr.. Leopold Cohn, of this city, TO
take place at their home on Fif
teen Broad street, at high noon, on
Wednesday, April the 7th.
Mr.. Oscar Sutton, of the
Whitehall section. was here FRI
day. Mr.. Sutton is engaged in
the poultry business-he uses
large lncubators. He will make
his first. shipment Of Spring
chickens within the next few
days. The shipment will be about
two hundred More and more the
farmers are learning that it is
best not to place their sole res
lance on King Cotton.
The marriage of Mr. Geo w.
Street, son of our townsman Mr..
j. j. Street, and Miss Lula Shoff-
ner, occurred Friday night at the
residence of DR.. L. H. Merritt,
where the bride was making her
home. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. J. L. Kendall, and
was witnessed by "a few invited
guests. The happy couple have
the best wishes of their friends
for a long life of happiness and
prosperity.
WITH the warm sunlight stream
ing down upon US, and the tender
buds bursting forth from the bare
limbs of the trees, and the plum,
apple and peach trees gaily be-
decktd with beautiful blossoms,
and old mother earth covered
with carpets of green, it seems
to day that "Springtime has come,
gentle Annie,'' but as we have
seen nothing of,the annual effusior
of our Spring poet, 81, M. H, >
we cannot predict that it will stay
with us.
The handsome horse shoe
shaped sign of the Goldsborc
HardW are Company, erected JUS
over the door of their place ot
business on West Centre street
is thing of beauty. The golo
monogram u. & S." represent
ing the first two letters of the
names of the firm, Jenkins anc
Sutton. is placed in centre of the
sign and is surrounded by a sill
yer chain, and the whole is par
TALLY surrounded by a larger
horse shoe, on which appears, il
gold letters the business name O.
the firm. 1.-The Gold ,boro Hard
ware Co."
MEssRs. E. A. Humphrey ans
Sam Mere dlth have siust leaset
to DR.. e. W. BlacknaIl, of Raj
eigh, their Atlantic Hotel prop
erty at Morehead City. The out
look for a large and successful
season is more encouraging thar
it has been for number of years
DIR. Blacknall is well known a
the most popular and genial ho
tel manager in the State, and hi
host of friends from far and near
will learn with pleasure, that b
will handle the ribbons incident t.
unrning first class hotel il
very and all spreect
THE many friends in this cit
of ex>Sheriff Jno. G. Rhode
will learn with sorrow of hi
death, which occurred at hi
bone in Dudley Wednesday at
o'clock. He was about 20 year
of age, was we'll known through
out this county and his friend
embraced the number of his &C
quaintances. His death now leave
only seven ex Sheriffs Of tn
county still living. The inter
ment took place to~day at tn
old family burying ground nea