Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-08-24

Monday in a $50, 900 damage suit
against the Southern Railway. The
suit is brought by Thomas Vance
Holt, a young white man who lost a
leg nearly a year ago while in the
employ of the Southern.
News has arrived at Marseilles
that a mission of Russian engineers
and their escorts were recently at
tackled by Chinese brigands atKirin,
on the China Russian frontier, on.
the main Manchurin Railway. All
were massacred. 1t is expected that
Russia will make reprisals.
At Columbia, S. G. Tuesday, the
four men charged with whipping
negroes in Greenwood were ar
raigned before Magistrate Austin,
for a preliminary hearing. They
gave bonds of $1,000 each for APP
pearance at the Circuit Court. There
have been no further arrests and no
more whippings.
In a family row at Seaborn. Ala,
Tuesday, Joe Ward, an ex-convict,
Drained his sister with a two gallon
churn. Another brother of the girl
Infatuated by the ex conviet's act,
armed himself and went in search of
the murderer. They met in the road,
a duel ensued and the criminal was
badly wounded.
The Wilmington Messenger of
Tuesday says: The condition of
Col. T. w. Strange, who has been in
poor health for some time, changed
decidedly for the worse yesterday af-
ternoon when he suffered a stroke
of paralysis, affecting onA side. of
his body. 1t is feared that he can
not LATER:-Col. Strange
died Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock
The report of President Rich, of
the Mormon Society, shows that 400
elders are laboring in the Southern
field.
Coils p. Huntington has given
the money for the establishment of
a r~eformatory for young negroes in
Virginia.
The Washington Post admits ed
itorialiy that Republican success in
1900 is not half so bright as was the
case six months ago.
A Newport News widow, aged IS,
with $4,000 and 20 children, gave the
children the slip and ran off and
married a tailor man aged 80.
Death comes in many forms, but
the explosion of a bicycle tire which
threw the rider into the air with IA
tai results is a new record for the
grim monster.
The Indiana whitecaps have re-
sumed their raids and have recently
beaten several citizens almost to
death. As the victims are not ne
groes. Boston is not agitated over
the matter.
This country is now turning out
100000 tons of pig iron per week, or
COS per cent more than the output
weekly two years ago. And the
price is over 100 per cent greater
now than it was then.
A Boston newspaper which has
been shriekingsover the lynching of
negro fendsin the South raises the
war cry against the Yaxui Indians
and urges Mexico to exterminate
them. Boston, philanthropy is one
of the q~ueerest articles on the mar
ket.
In the event of war in the Trans
vaal, according to the London
Times, the British Government
would send 10000 soldiers IL adj
dition to II, 900 from India, which,
added to the force already there,
would make an available army of
5 200 men. The ships are ready
now to move them.
Rennes, August 21.-The court
martial convened this morning
early. Labor didn't appear. Five
witnesses, all anti-Dreyfus, testified.
None were important. Colonel Pic
quart arose to contradict a witness
when Jousott sneered and said,
What, again." The audience boot
ed and Kissed. Jousott turned red
and adjourned court.
The Wilmington Messenger
says: We learn that a strange dis
ease has made it's appearance among
horses and mules in the Point Cas-
well neighborhood. The symptoms
are like the blind staggers. A seem
ingly well animal is suddenly seized
with the disease and as suddenly dies
So far II valuable horses and mules
have died in a few days.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
> That is what it was made for.