Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-01

from a visit to the North.
Mr.. Ration Slaughter is visiting
relatives and friends in Tarboro
Mr.. A Roscower, of the Head
light, has returned to the city
rom a pleasure trip to New
York.
Mrs. Annie Cohn has returned
from her Millinery purchasing
trip to the Northern centres o:
fashion.
Miss Nellie Brock, of Jones
who has been visiting friends il
Virginia. is in the city the guest
of Mss Mary Humphrey.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Led. Castex are
at the North making Purchases
of Millinery and fancy goods fol
their popular establishment in
this city.
Mr.. A. N. Hummell, of the
popular tailoring establishment
of Maj. D. W. HURT, is spending
a much needed ten days vacation
at Seven Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Taylor, of
Southport, have been in the city
for several days visiting rela-
tlves, and their many friends
here greet them with pleasure
on all sides.
How about the sewer trenches?
1t was distinctly understood that
the city was not to be Invaded
by them till cool weather. Is this
stipulation beng regarded? Ii
not, why not?
The remains of Mr.. Moses Cohn,
of Lynchburg, were brought to
this city Sunday and inferred in
the Jewish Cemetery on Sunday
afternoon. The deceased was a
brother of Mr.. Samuel COIN in
this city.
Our talented young friend and
townsman MIR, E. M. Holt, who
is a student Of pharmacy in Phil
adelphia, wher7 be has already
spent one year l n study, is at
home on a vacation visit and his
many friends here are glad to
see him.
MI. JOS. Rosenthal, Of the firm
of H. Well & Bros. has returned
from an extended business trip
north, where he made extensive
purchases of Fall goods for his
firm, and every day now wits
nesses large arrivals for both
their wholesale and retail des
partments.
The foundry Of Messrs. Dewey
& Bros, under the supervision
of Mr.. John Hunt, is now casting
and turning out the man-hole
caps fer the sewerage system.
This foundrysrecently turned GU.
an immense job Of casting for the
Navassa Guano works of Wits
mington. There we're forty pieces
of the job weighing several hun
dred pounds each and the mould
ers were successful with every
piece, there was no recasting.
Many in this city will learn
with real sorrow of the death of
Mr.. Dempsey A. j. Best, the
well known newspaper vender,
whose retirement from the news
business and whose declining
health we noted some days ago.
He died Monday night at home of
his father near Boston. He was
80 years of age. He was buried in
the old family burying ground at
the old homestead.
Capt" J1nks, the proprietor
Of the hobby>horse plant which
has been operating near Mr.. F,
G. Overman's mill, was brought
back to this city Monday on a
warrant charging him with the
abduction of a son of Mr.. J..
Motzno. 1t developed at the trial
that the young son of Mr.. Motz-|
no slowed himself away in the
car in which the hobby-horse
plant was shipped from Colds
boro and also that the boy ar
-iyed back in Goldsboro On the
day previous to the arrival of
Capt. Jinks. The case was dis
missed.
MI. Geo. w. Brown, the eff
Gent foreman of this Office and
his devoted young wife have the
sincere sympathy of the ARGUS
and their many friends in the in
expressibly sad bereavement that
has befallen them in the sudden
death of their bright little four
year old son Frank Malcolm.
which occurred Sunday alters
noon, after a few hours illness.
The little fellow was the picture
of health, and his sudden illness
is unaccounted for, even by the
physician who attended him.
This makes the blow all the more
sad and hard to bear, but lit is
well with the child" in perennial
youth it abides for aye with Him
who said ssSufer little children
TO come unto me and forbid them
not, for of such is the kingdom
of Heaven" The funeral took
place Monday afternoon at $50
o'clock from the home, Rev.
James Long officiating,