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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03
NO DAY.

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL
TONIC for Chills and Malaria. It is
simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless
form. Children love it. Adults pre-.
fer it to bitter, n~auseatirg TONES.
Price, Soc.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03
TT. OLIVE LETTER
A Condensed chronic1ing Of the
Events that Transpire In
That Town and
Section.
ARGUS BUREAU,
JNO. r. SMITH, Mgr.

Nov. 9, 1898.
Nj. Geo. Pope and wife, of
Pembroke. is visiting his brother
Mr.. b. L. Pope, for a few days.
Nj G. T.. Butler has been
spending some days at his old
home in Clinton, returning home
Tuesday.
Mr.. Ell. J. Pope returned Sun
day evening from an extended
northern trip. He reports having
a delightful trip.
Mr.. W. J. Herring has a sas-
s~afrass tree in his yard that
measures ID feet and Is inches
In circumference. How is this
for a tooth brush? Can any one
beat itP
Mr. W. G. Davis and DR.. Hers
ring and DeBrutz English
went bird hunting Tuesday even
ing and bagged 16 cartridges.
They say they r yet very
small.
Rev. ". B. Oliver is spending
some time With his father, MI.
J. r. Oliver. The community en-
joyed his excellent sermons Sun
day. Mr.. Oliver is one of our Mt
Olive boys and we all feel proud
of him and justly SO, too.
Mr.. Henry E. Cox, who has
been home for several days nurs-
ing a mashed hand, left Monday
to resume his duties as express
man from Washington. D. c., to
Florence, S. G. His numerous
friends will be glad to know that
he is getting along SO well and
that his injuries, although pain
full, did not result seriously.
Don't wait until the 8;h to go
to work for Democracy and
white supremacy, but go at it
now and never cease your good
work, until after sunset Tuesday,
November 9Th, Take it to heart,
look at the issues as they are and
decide according to your own
honest convictions, laying al.
personalities and prejudices
aside, and you will do right and
your duty to your wife and chill
dren.
Mr.. W. F. English had the
misfortune to have his pockets
picked last Friday. while in
Goldsboro attending the big
Democratic Rally. HIS loss was
1856 90. His numerous friends
sympathize with him in his loss.
Mr.. r. Kornegay's pocket was
also picked, but the thief only
got some fish hooks which Mr..
Bob priced very highly, and he
says if the thief will return them
he will properly reward him and
ask no questions. He would not
have hated the loss of them so
badly but he had gone to the
trouble of feathering them. So
the thief truly feathered his nest
if it was hooky-ing. There were
several others who lost some
small sums and still others who
probably lost and no one will
ever know it but themselves and
the thief.
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Respectfully,
f.. M. SIMMONS.

Old fashions in dress may be revived,
but no old-fashioned medicine can re-
place Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
ard D~iarrhoea Remedy For sale by
NJ. E. Robinson & Bro. and Millers'
Pharmacy in Goldsboro, and by Jno.
{. Smith at Mt. Olive,
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England has been doing the
backing down of late, but it is
France that must do the act now,
And she is preparing to do it
without undue delay.
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Why men drink is what stags
gers a woman; but it is who they
drink that staggers the men.
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR OHILLs

and fever is q bottle of GROVES TASTE
cure; then why experiment with worth
less limitations? Price so cents. Your
money back if it fails to cure.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

When France looks at the
British channel feet, she cons
cludes that Marchand was, after
all, an explorer instead of a cons
queror.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

Sometimes in after years when
they talk of their wedding the
wife cries and the husband
growls.
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Georgia must be a doubtful
state. for President Mckinley
only visits that kind.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Qu1nine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cur 25c. The genuine has L. b. @
on each tablet.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
ALI druggists refund money it it fails
to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B.
@ on each tablet.
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The only things some people
ever say that are worth listening
to are things we haYe heard be-
fore.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

The remaining Spanish ships
have been scattered, and their
crews reduced to a peace footing.
Boston should calm itself.
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Chaplain Mcintyre has re-
entered the lecture field. but he
keeps his tones chained down on
lecture nights.
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There is no room for doubling
General Merritt's attitude. His
personal example clearly indi-
Gates that he favors annexation,
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Annexation has changed
"Puerto Rico" to plain Porto
Rico.
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J. r. Smith has moved to the
corner building known as the
Smith building. He will be glad
to have his friends call when IN
need of ANYTHING.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
A cough is not like a fever. It does
not have to run a certain course. Cure
1t quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy
for all ages and for the most severe
cases. We recommend it because it's
good. j. 81. Hill & Son, Goldsboro,
and John r. Smith Mt. Olive.
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In China it is Aunt Tsi An
who shakes the plum tree.
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There are some things worse
than war. The poems which fol-
low, for instance.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

No one makes a fuss over the
annexation of Guam. It's such q
little one.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

General Wheeler was warmly
received in Philadelphia, and the
sirdar in London.
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THE
DAILY N WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

Goldsboro. and Vicinity History In Brief:
Epitome of Sayings and Doings, Wise
and Otherwise. Run Down and Run In
by Omnipresent Ubiquitous, Local
"Grand Rounds"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-11-03

Go in and look at j. r Smiths
stock of hardware. Anything
from a file to a cook stove.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.

Late to bed and early to rise, pre-
prepares a man for his home in the
skies. But early to bed and a Little
Early Riser, the pill that makes life
longer and better and wiser. J. 81. Hill
& Son, Goldsboro, and John r. Smith,
Mt. Olive,
The times., 1898-12-22
THREE ESTATES BEaUEATHED.
The Disposition of Margaret J. VIM
ships Property.

Three Wills were yesterday filed for pro-
bate. In her last testament, dated De-
cember 20. 1890, Ellen e Dyer makes the
following disposition of her estate: To
her daughters. Margaret. Ellen and Mary
Dyer and RosalIe NJ. Moffatt and Sarah
A. Slater, all her realty. Besides the real
ty she also divides among her children
eight shares of stock in the Bank of
Washington and a promissory note of d.
Webster Prentiss for 5000.
The will of Mary B, Throckmorton.
dated August s. 1892. leaves all the proper
ty. real and personal, of the deceased to
her grandson. Wickliffe Throckmorton.
This is done says the itestatrix, with the
full knowledge and consent of her son.
Charles z. Throckmorton. the father OF
the beneficiary.
Margaret ]. Winship. by her will, dated
May "A last, disposes OF her property as
follows: To her son. John 8. Winship,
sl,00J and some furniture: TO her daugh-
ter Mary, 1900 and furniture; 10 her son
William, $1,000: TO her daughters. Victoria
f. Leetch, Isadora j. Lewis. and her son.
Henry c. Winship, each. 500; TO William
w Winship real estate known as Duck
Island in Duck Island Harbor, on Long
Island Sound. MIL Site" ten acres in
Middlesex County. Conn, and four lots at
Grove Beach, on Long Island Sound. The
residue of her real property she divides
among her other children.
The times., 1898-12-22

Marriage licenses were issued yester.
day as follows: To Charles Norton
and Lille NJ. Porter, Gordonsville
Va; Heuson Carroll and Florence
Hayes, Rockville Nd; Samuel Get
son and Emma Gordon; Stephen
Bland and Birdie Lewis: Josiah T. VIII
son and Annie Price; James H. Wiley
and Jennie Grimes, Fairfax, Va: Alfred
Dean and Barbara Eastess; Robert T.
Bailey. Richmond. Va, and Minnie
Clarke, Manchester, Va; John It Geore.
and Lille May Holmes; George b. Par
ker. Troy, n. Y, and Hattie GoIdstein !.
Lewis J. Bowling, Adamstown, Nd. and
Mary c. Wiley, Leesburg, Va; Eugene
S. Brown Eubank and Ruby Henderson. :.
John W. Dabney and Gertie V. Adams.
John W. Wengel. Fairfax, Va. and Iii,
lie May Harding, Montgomery, Md: I.
Anderson Thrift and Ella v. Baxley.
John Carter and Carrie Ann Calf. Fiji,
Paris and Matte Braxton; Wilson ST.
phenson and Hester White: Jobn II
Thurston and Mary E. Williams: Runer,
e. Farrar and May d. Heisiey: Charles
a Gross and Mary jackson: Charles r
Morgan and Margaret White: Antbon,.
Poyett and Rita Marie Amainthe Cath
nos; James H. Carter and Alice Green !.
William I. Webb and Julia e. X Wid'
dows WIZ
The times., 1898-12-22
Interior pcpnrtment chanees.

Changes have been made in the De-
partment of the Interior as follows: Gen.
eral land ofice-Promotions: Richard NJ.
Towson, of Virginia, clerk, 1920 from
$1,000; John T. Shade of Illinois, clerk,
$1,000 from copyist, 5000. Pension office
Reinstatement: Joseph Nc Donald of CAL
ifornia, copyist, $500. Promotions: Ed
ward Pitts of Ohio, clerk. $500 from
81, 600; Arthur L. Evans of Minnesota,
clerk, $1,000, from copyist. $500. Resigna-
ton: Sherman Williams of Texas, clerk,
81 200. Office of Indian affairs-Appoint-
ment by transfer from Treasury Depart
ment: Chas. III. Dickson of Indiana,
clerk, 81, 200. Promotions: Millard F. Hol-
land of Maryland, supervisor of schools,
81, 500, from clerk, 81 400; Edward 3. Fox
of District of Columbia, clerk, 81, 400 from
s., 200; Charles II. Schooley of Colorado,
clerk 81. 200, from copyist, 5000. Patent Of
fce-Reinstatements: James III. Colweil of
Pennsylvania, fourth assistant examiner,
120O; Paul J. Quinn of Maryland, copy
ist, sl20. Geological survey-Appoint-
ments: Miss Mary G. Wilmarth of New
York. stenographer, so per month; Miss
Ida e Austin of Alabama and Miss Ber-
tha Moores of Oregon, copyists, $50 per
month
The times., 1898-12-22
Two polnIed question. Answered.

What is the use of making a better ar
ticIe than your competitor If you cannot
get Il better price for 1t?
Ans.-As there is no difference In the
price the public will buy only the better,
so that while our profits may be smaller
on a single sale they will be much greater
In the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
your make is the best?
If both articles are brought prominently
before the public both are certain to be
tried and the public will very quickly pass
Judgment on them and use only the bet
ter one.
This explains the large sale on Cham
beriain's Cough Remedy. The people have
been using 1t for years and have found
that it can always be depended upon.
They may occasionally take up with some
fashionable novelty put forth with ex-
aggerated claims, but are certain to re-
turn to the one remedy that they know to
be reliable, and for coughs. colds and
Group there is nothing equal to Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. For sale by Henry
Evans, Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
esS F Street northwest. and Connecticut
Avenue and Street northwest, and 142s
Maryland Avenue northeast.
The times., 1898-12-22
Commissioners, Orders.

The District Commissioners have issued
orders as follows:
That the contract for improving Con-
necticut Avenue west of Rock Creek is
awarded to f. G. Gummel at the prices
named in his proposal, received December
II, this being the lowest proposal received.
That the contract for reconstructing a
portion of the plumbing system of the
Grant School Building is awarded to Ed
ward J. Hannah at the price named In his
proposal, received December II, this being
the lowest proposal received
That the proposal of the Alberene Stone
Company TO furnish and deliver an AL
berene stone floor slab and riser for the
Toner School Building for the sum OF
S251S is hereby accepted.
That three-inch water main be laid
to supply cistern at Tenth and D Streets
northwest, and a four-inch water main
be laid to supply cistern at Seventh and
Streets northwest. at an estimated cost
of 1856,
The times., 1898-12-22
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Mrs. Thomas j. Murray shot q
While in the uayann PradO.

While walking in the Prado in Havana
Monday evening with her husband. Mrs.
Thomas J. Murray, the wife of former
Washington lawyer, was shot at by an
assassin, who escaped in the darkness.
The bullet was DETECTED by corset stay.
passed half around Mrs. Murray's body
under her clothing and lodged in an outer
garment. She was unharmed, but was
prostrated.
1t is thought that the would-be assassin
is a lunatic. Mrs Murray several times
had thought that she was being followed.
The times., 1898-12-22
DETEcTIvEaeHANGED.
SEVERN RecommeIs1sAo ION. Maae !

Several Recommendations Made by
Major Sylvester.
The expected changes u the Detective
Bureau. exclusively told Of in The Times
several days ago, were Drought about yes
terday when Maj Sylvester recommended
to the Commissioners that Detective Jo-
seph Carter be made acting sergeant, in
the capacity of night inspector of detect
ives, and that Precinct Detective George
Boyd be permanently detailed at head
quarters to fill the vacancy made by the
promotion of Carter.
These changes were at the time of their
publication in The Times denied by a
morning contemporary.
Detective George Boyd had been doing
duty at the Second precinct station until
recently detailed temporarily at the De-
tective Bureau. under Inspector Board
man.
He is regarded as one of the brightest
and keenest men in the profession, ana
enjoys an extensive reputation as an all
around and capable sleuth.
Night Inspector Carter was. until re-
.ctItiy, titdBtu III lac oiittu oiatcS uAs-
| trict attorneys office. and was brought
| back to headquarters when Inspector
| Mattingly retired. At that time it was
stated exclusively in The Times that Car
ter would be made night inspector. In
spector Carter is one, of the oldest detec
tives in the service, and Is looked upon
as one of the ablest. He has been the
| means of apprehending some of the
| cleverest criminals in the country, and
| is not only well but favorably known
| throughout this country. Both his ap-
| pointment and that OF Boyd meet with
unanimous approval. The appointments
| will take effect on the 1st of January.
| Major Sylvester also issued an order
| yesterday transferring Patrol Driver
| Coughlan. of the Sixth precinct, to the
| Ninth. vice Patrol Driver Cleveland, oi
the Ninth precinct. removed to the Sixth
precinct.
The times., 1898-12-22
Held for the Grand Jury.

In the Police Court yesterday, samuei
Stevenson. alias Sambo. John II. watson
alias Lefty, and Moses Kelly, alias SEN
eca. were held to await the action of the
grand jury in 500 bond, on the charse
of housebreaking. The robbery was COM
mitted on December IL at keouils gro
Gerry store, corner of Fourteenth ana Z
streets southeast. On December Is Off,
GERS Morgan and Buckley, of the Fifth
precinct. arrested them on the charge of
suspicion. They afterwards confessed,
and admitted four other robberies- 1t is
thought that these arrests will put stop
to the many petty robberies in the
southeast.
The times., 1898-12-22

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The times., 1898-12-22
HOLIDAY SHoPLIFTERs.
Two Married Women Arrested by
Detective Proctor

Detective Proctor yesterday arrested
two female shoplifters who were detect
ed operating at Kann's store and locked
them up at No. l station house. charged
with petit larceny The culprits are
both, according to their ewn statements.
married women.
When taken into custody they gave
their names as Mary Adams Twenty-Five
years old, of Asylum Road. and Emma
Gray. of Laurel, Md. The latter was
charged with stealing a dress pattern.
while the former will answer to the theft
of two gentlemen's scarfs, one box of
handkerchiefs and a cake of soap. Both
will appear in court this morning.
The times., 1898-12-22

Frank Paris, the young man arrested
Tuesday night for insulting Chow Tsz-chi.
second secretary of the Chinese legation
and two other attaches, as related in The
Times, was yesterday in court sentenced
to pay fine of SIS. with the alternative of
twenty days on the farm.
The gentlemen from the legation failed
TO appear against Paris and he was pros
ecuted by Policeman Warren, who made
the arrest
The times., 1898-12-22
A THIEvING DOMESTIC.
Arrested for RiainE Her Employers
PocketboOk.

Detectives Parham and Phillips yesteF-
dsv morning arrested Mary Johnson,
colored woman. twenty-one years oid' iof
the larceny of so from John II. Gailaher'
of No. 127 D Street northwest Mary nad
been employed at the Gallagher home
hut one week when she abstracted
twenty-dollar bill from pocket book Iy-
ing on a table in q bed room
The woman stated TO the detecuNss
,rben arrested that she intended taking 81.
when she discovered the extent of her
tbaft she became frightened and disposed
Of the bill of a larger denomination in the
bath room
Some time ago the Johnson woman stole
A ten-dollar bill, and when detected swai-
lowed IT. She was committed to jail yes
teriay and will be brought into court this
morning for trial
The times., 1898-12-22
The Mctbodi,t Church Casc.

The case against the Methodist Church
South. which caused considerable heated
discussion in the Senate at the last ses-
sion, was acted on yesterday by the Sen
ate Committee on Claims, and q resolu-
ton was authorized absolving that de-
nomination from any guilt in the matter
of prosecuting their claim, and declaring
further that as only beneficiaries sufferer
in the payment of lobby fees. the Senate
should take no further action in the mat
The times., 1898-12-22
Young children, to avoid

Young children, to avoid
m marasmuS, scrofula, or
rickets, and develop healthy
tissues, bones and teeth, need
fats and hypophosphites. DR..
w. Gilman Thompson,
Prof. Materia Medica and
Therapeutics, in the Uni
versity of New York, asserts
that Cod-liver Oil is the
best fat for the purpose.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
combined with hypophos-
phites, it gives children
material for rich blood,
solid flesh, bones and teeth.
soc. and sr.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT 4 BOVINE, Chemists, New Yofk.
The times., 1898-12-22
AnInauest to he LIZ

Coroner Carr yesterday decided to hold
an inquest this morning over the remains
oil the white infant found at the corner
OF Twenty-fourth and NJ Streets at :
o'clock Tuesday morning. The inmes,
VIII be held at No. 5 station at IL O'Clock
inspector Boardman yesterday detailed
Detective Parham to investigate the cir.
eumstances surrounding the evident aban.
donment OF the child by Its inhuman par.
ents. Some interesting developments are
expected.
The times., 1898-12-22
The TRIAL Of Frank H. Miles.

1t is expected the case of the United
States against Frank H. Miles. who is
charged with embezzling the funds of the
District, which was postponed on Mon
day on account of the Illness of Chief
Justice Bingham, who is presiding at the
trial. will be resumed today, in Criminal
Court No l.
The times., 1898-12-22
ro Rcxoke HI. Appointment.

The appointment of William Downs as
policeman will probably be revoked on
account of the testimony in the case of
j. Fitzgerald. private of class ., who
was proved guilty of unbecoming Ian
guage, disclosing interference with an Of
ficer on the part of Downs. Major Syl-
vester has recommended that Downs's ap-
pointment be revoked and the indorse-
ment has been approved by Commissioner
i1,,t
The times., 1898-12-22
Apetitian for Dixorcc

James H. Isaae yesterday filed petit
ton for divorce against his wife, Susie
c. Isaac, alleging drunkenness and inf
deity as the grounds The parties were
married in June. 1856. and have two chill
dren living.
The times., 1898-12-22
Died Before Aid Arrived.

Thomas Gibson, sixty years old, was
found i'll in bed yesterday and without
medical attention at No. 124 Maryland
Avenue southwest. The Emergency Hos
pital was at once notified, hut when the
ambulance responded at 1920 o'clock the
man was dead. The attention of Coroner
Carr was called to the case, and after
viewing the remains he gave certificate
of death and permission to move the body
to the morgue at the Sixth precinct sta
ton.
The times., 1898-12-22
Heid to the Grnnd jury.

Samuel Stephenson, John H. Watson,
and Moses Kelly, all colored. who are
charged with entering and robbing the
grocery store OF William H Knill. on
the night of December IL last. were yes
terday held by Judge Kimball to avail.
the action OF the grand jury
The times., 1898-12-22
EXCURSIONS.
FOR MOUNT VERNON,
Alexandria and Arlington.

Electric trains, station, IS 1-2 and Pa ave. For
Mt. Vernon, every hour, from 10 a. m to D. m
For Alexandria and Arlington, see schedule
ROUND TRIP to Mt Vernon. including Alex.
andria and Arlington. 6oc. Alexandria only. 25a
arlington only. 1oc.
Washington, kIsxsndda and Mount Vernon RI