Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-08-30
THE ARGUS
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

n LA IA 0TA0G L
Epitome. OF Sayings and Dclngs, Wise
and Otherwise. Run Down and Ran I'm
hy Omnipresent Ubiquitous, Local
"GrAnd Rounds."4
National politics are getting
warmer
The Sheriff of Sampson county
sent Daniel johnson; .nae negro
who recently broke Jail here and
turned the other prisoners out,
back to Goldsboro and he has been
placed in Jail again.
AS an evidence that autumn
days are not tar away visitors to
the summer resorts are begin
ming to return. But there are
other hot days yet in store. Sep
TENDER has plenty of warm
weather to spare.
The county prison is far from
what it should be. A building
for women should be erected a
short distance from the present
Jail. The ARGUS dislikes to find
fault, but the present condition
OF things is horrible. The Jail is
too small.
A gentleman from near States.
vile tells US that the corn crop in
that part Of the state is almost
ruined by the dry weather. Near
ly all over the state the corn crop
is short. While in this immediate
neighborhood the crop is good,
as there has been no drouth to
injure it, yet eight miles from
Goldsboro there will not be half
q crop of corn.
MIR. Tom Stanton has the new
est thing in town in the shape of
a vehicle. It is a regular buggy
having bicycle wheels. The buggy
part was made by Messrs. Allen
MOORE and Co., while Mr.. Stan
ton, who is q bicycle maker and
dealer, made the wneee!.ss; which
have pneumatic tires and smaia
steel spokes, such as is used IL
bicycles. The vehicle has a
novel appearance and attracts
attention.
Quite a large real estate deal
was consummated in this city to-
day, by which Mr. Geo. D. Ben
nett becomes owner Of a large
portion of the Brogden farm,
which he purchased from Messrs.
Frank, Jim and DR.. J. S. Bizzell.
Mr.. Bennett will at once improve
came and turn It into a model
stock farm. The deal was made
through the real estate hustlerMr.
E. L Edmundson.
When Superior Court for
Wayne county meets in Septem-
Der there will be over one hun
drsa cases on the criminal uock.
ct to claim the attention Of the
Solicitor and Judge. The magis
trates are always tardy abou'
sending in their reports and or
this account it is impossible tt
tell just how large the crimina
docket will be. The civil docket
which is always large in Septem
Der, will be of unusual length thi
time.
The Newbern Fair, under III
auspices of the East Carolina Fish
Oyster, Game and Industrial AS
sociation, will be held Novembe
18th to 18th, inclusive. Arrange
ments havs begun early for tn
event, and it is proposed to max
it the most successful fair eve
held in Newbern. Trotting an
running races are being arranged
which, with the large and attrat
tive exhibits of fish, oysters an
wild game, is bound to draw
large crowd of visitors.
The successful launching of tt
steamboat in Washington the otht
day, which Is to be used as
freight boat On Neuse river, dos
not mean, as a great many see
to think, that the boat is ready
be delivered to the Chamber
Commerce in this city, but on I'll
other hand it means that it will
some days before the whistle
heard in Neuse river, as the m
chinery will yet have to be plac'
In nnsitinn and the fnishir