Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-04-07
10 GAL BRIEF

pIr Rlcl8fu ISuaIn, L i6SidSIt ot
the General Medical Council and
editor of the Dictionary Of Medi
cine,'' is dead at the age Of 85
years.
Mr.. w. B. Person has returns
ed to his old home here from Laa-
rinburg, where he was stationed as
a cotton buyer for several months |
His many friends are glad TO see
him,
By order Of the Board Of |
County Con mjssiouers thevoters
OF Fork Township viii decide the
question Of al extension Of the
stock law in that township on |
Tuesday, April IL, at the Brink
ley school house OF Lewis last
ings land.
Rey. and Mrs. Simmons II
Isler, of this city, have issued in-
vitations to the marriage Of their
daughter Miss Barbara May t.
Mr.. James Kyle, of Fayetteville
which happy event is to be SOL
emnized at half after Ave o clock,
on the afternoon of April Il, in
the Presbyterian church.
TIE com petitl9e Examination
of applicants t9/the Q. s. Naval
Academy s.t,2naapolis for this
congressiozal district viii be held
in this<rftv on the 22nd Of this
mQ1fh. The board of examiners,
(1nder appointment Of Congress
man W nite, is composed as fol-
lows: Dr.. R. q. Lewis Of kins-
ton. chairman. Prof. Jos. Kinsey ,
of Wilson, and DR.. 3. 3. Smith,
principal Of the Colored State
Normal School Of this city.
SonE of the merchants and
clerks on Walnut street enjoyed a
big laugh last week at the expense
Of Mr.. j. j. Scott. the venerable
cotton buyer, who was duped in
to picking up and examining
nicely wrapped package, whici
proved to be an empty boz and in
tended as an April fool Tor Mr.
Scott. The scheme worked nice
ly and the old gentlenan's coun
tenance plainly showed that he ha'
been caught.
CHIEF of Police Freeman
confined to his home by illness
which he contracted while hav
ing a sewer cleaned ont in tn
northern part Of the city. This
not the first time such thing ha
happened. He not only superin
tends such work. but IN his aaz
iety to have it done properly /
takes an active part himself, n
town IN the State has a more Ell
cient, vigilant or ,industriol
chief of police than has Goldsbol
and the people of Goldsbol
should and do appreciate b
faithful services.
Last week MIR. Frank Z
Borden made shipment Of GA Fl
beef cattle to Philadelphia.
those Ga fat steers pass
through the streets on the W
to the depot. it was a pretty sigl
and we thought what a chan
lust think of Goldsboro shi
ping fine, fat, sleek beef cattle
Pennsylvania. Some years ago
man had talked Of such thir
folks would have thought he b
wheels in his head. There is
telling the worth 10 a commun
Of an enterprisicg citizen, +
pie make q place, and right b.
in Goldsboro we have as e
folks as the world affords, {
some day, Goldsboro will be
big town, too.
THE South has been the W
der of all the world in the q
velcus progress 1t has made 81
the war closed-th thirty th
wears ago-as It's armies -eclip
All history in the field for bI
erv and prowess. What tie So
has accomplished of progress
the grand aggregate has b
aid IS the work Of individ'
and business firms Ever S
The war the firm Of II. w Ell
Bros have been dong cuisines
GoIdsboro, growing in i1rosl
ity and widening tBe terri
of their trade as the y
rolled on, until tosday
are known as the I
substantial business estab
Taenfs in the STATE. They I
always been most liberal
nrinters' iir,ls. ard the people
:sr,s since real izea thai what
advertise they Do