Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-02-03
LOCAL BRIEFS

Purchased two handsome White
horses for their funeral car. which
is one of the finest in the South
DR.. W. E. Powell, of Castoria.
is in the city to-day, on visit
to his home here, where his
friends are always glad to see
him.
Rev. W. S. Rome, the presiding
elder of the Newbern District OF
the NJ. E. church, South, has re-
turned from his visit to the
churches in the Eastern part of the
State.
SHERIFF Scott left last week
with eleven convicts tor the
penitentiary. He also carried
Gil Ward back to the county Jail
in Raleigh, where he will remain
until the April term of court for
this county.
On Thursday morning Nj. W
.. Price, of Mt. Olive. was bitten
by mad dog and he left on the
shoof1y that night for Baltimore,
accompanied by DIR, j. W. kor-
negay. to obi lain the best possible
treatment that the best medical
profession can give.
The Eastern Carolina Fish
Oyster, Game and Industrial Fair
will be held at Newbern from
February % to March 5th. The
A. & N. G. r. r., as usual. will
sell reduced rate tickets on the
regular train and on March End
5rd and 4th special train will
be run from this city.
MEssRs. Royal & Borden. the
wholesale and retail furniture
dealers on West Centre street.
will soon issue their catalogue
for 1898. The business of this
firm increases every year and
their catalogue for this season
will be the largest and most COM
prehensive exposition of the fur
niture business ever issued in this
State.
Mr.. Joseph L. Pearson brough
to the Office to-day curiosity il
the shape of branch of holly
tree. The fruit on a holly tree il
always red and no on has ever seer
it any other color before. The
berries on this branch are as yel-
low as an orange, and as the tres
had not had any special cultivation
the strange color cannot be ac
counted for.
Last Friday morning Jerry
Faucette, colored. whose home il
in this city while at work on tht
wires of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company on the Carolin;
Central railroad at a point abou
% miles below Wilmington fel
to the ground with a falling pole
and sustained some injuries. Fl,
was carried to Wilmington and
given medical attention ane
brought home on the sboofy tina
night.
1T. j. W. Gulick got in somt
fine work Friday with an air rifle
A turkey got loose from the mar
ket Of Messrs. S. Cohn & Sol
and few on top of the bricl
building across the street. Lit
Gulick was sent for and when tn,
turkey raised it's head above tn,
brick balustrade on the front o
the building he fred the air riff
in the twinkling of an eye ant
the the turkey fell dead. Every
body said il was a good shot, AM
where all agree as touching ap,
one thing it must be so.
JUsT across the big ditch on tn
slant of the hill that faces ths
southern part of the city Mr.. A
J. Harrell has erected a numbe
of tenant houses which are al
ready occupied. Mr.. w, II
Smith has also erected numbe
of one-story cottages in the sam
locality, and with all the improve
ments that have been made th
scene has emerged from bal
rem hillside to a thickly populate
suburb of a progressive city.
WAYNE county needs caftl
farmers, horse farmers, mul
farmers. There is not over prt
duction Of fat cattle, fine horses
or first class mules in this county
and there is good clean money
theraising of all three. All three.ca
be raised here more economical
than they can in the NorthWes
and they command here high,