Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-09-02
Vol. XVII.
LOCAL BRIEFS

LOCAL BRIEFS
IT seems to be hard for the Re-
publicans to decide who shall have
the Offices.
MISS Lou Kelley. of Mt. Olive,
is n the city on a visit to Miss
Minnie Kelley.
THE jug traffic in Seven
Springs and Ninth Spring water
in this CT 49, assumed extern
Sive prOl,~-vrouo. and its vOtaries
say it does theBa great good.
A few days more and the big
r in September will introduce the
oyster for the season of 1897 50.
But it does not feel much like
oyster weather today. 1t Is su-
perlatively hot.
THE establishment Of Messrs.
Best & Thompson, dry goods
and groceries, on Walnut street.
is always abreast of the times and
their army of customers Increase
from season to season.
DR. II. 0. Hyatt will be in
Colds 5oro ,at Hotel Kennon. Sep,
tember 9th and 9TH. Monday and
Tuesday, for the purpose of exs
amining and treating diseases Of
the eye, ear, nose and threat
We notice in the current issue
of the Clint IN Denocra, t mention
of an important civil suit in Du>
plin county, involving the larg>
est estate in that county. in which
the attorneys employed are
Messrs Fl. E Fa:son, of Clinton,
A D. Ward, of Newbern. and
Col. A. G. Davis, of this city
WOULD not buggy factory
do we'll in Goldsboro? Immense
quantities of buggies are sold
here annuaily-many of them
made at Kinston- Wilson, Rocky
Mount, Rock Hill, S. c., York
Willie, S. Csc. &c. Why cans
not Goldsboro manufacture bug
gies? Right here a Chamber of
Commerce would come in,
THERE has been a squabble over
the postoffice at Warsaw. Jim
Winder, a new issue Republican,
was a candidate; and Blackman,
an "old mossback' Republican
was also a candidate. We sup
pose, however, that the "Grand
Old Party thought it wise to
keep the new convert on probation
while longer, so Blackman got
the job.
The old and reliable merchant
tailoring establishment Of Maj
d. W. Hurtt, under the Messen-
ger Opera House, is now displays
ing varied and beautiful line Of
fall aud winter samples of suit
ings that cannot fail to impress
the observer with the substantial
character of the genial Majors
work.
MR.. w. James Jordan, pro
prietor of the beautiful Oak View
Farm, and editor Of the Greene
County Standard at Snow Hill,
was in the city Friday, with large
consignments of tobacco on the
floors of both our warehouses
This is Mr.. Jordan's second trip
with tobacco to our market this
season, and he continues of the
conviction that we've got the best
tobacco market in the State.
MESSRS. Hatch Brothers, the
well known and energetic excur-
sion managers, are leaving no efs
fort unexpended in their purpose
to secure every possible advant-
age and comfort for the patrons
of their forthcoming excursion
to Richmond, on September 7th
and 9th. Among other induce
ments they have just succeeded
in securing rate Of S1.25 pei
day for their excursionists at the
Lexington HOTEL" one of the
very best and most fashionable
hotels in the city. Their excur'
sion is for white people only. anG
their reliable reputation is assur
ance to every one that every
thing in connection with theil
excursion will be strictly frs
class,
THE death of Mrs M. E. Gas
tex, the venerable mother Of oul
esteemed townsmen Messrs. L
II. and r. L. Castex. and of Mrs
J. D. Winslow. occurred Fri
day evening, unexpectedly, al
the home of her daughter Mrs
Winslow, in Milton. where she
went some weeks ago on visit
The deceased was one of Colds.
boro's oldest citizens, aged z!
years. and they were years full
of duties faithfully performed il
all the relations of life. She wa
a jealous member of the Presby
terian church, from which he.
%,,no~nl xrac hold Lost G,,p1o n