Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13
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ITEMS OFgINTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.

AROUND THE CITY. i
The season of the Easter bonnet
draWeth nigh.
MI. F. L.. Manly, who has been
quite sick with carbunc1es for several
weeks, is improving.
+ The billy goat rampant and the
March wind and Book Beer are hold
ing carnival these days.
Flowers are in bloom all about
through Goldsboro. Indeed, spring
is at hand, Gentle Annie.
AS soon as the flood recedes and
the rivers assume their normal flow
shad fishing will be in vogue.
The local shad fishermen are get
ting their nets in order, against the
time the rivers hereabOuts assume
their normal flow.
Mrs. J. W. Bizzell, of the firm of
j. w. BizzeIl & Co., is at the
northern centres of fashion making
purchases of spring goods.
The city has not received the
money for the bonds, which explains
the delay in getting control of the
water works and electric lights.
The steamboat "Goldsboro0 is still
navigating the waters of Neuse river
between this city and Newfoundland
is getting an abundance of freight.
Is Goldsboro going to:get in the
State Baseball League? We should
have some attraction during the sum-
mer for those who have to stay at
home and work.
The sale of the valuable property
to Ruffn Lodge K.of 2. elsewhere re-
corded in this issue was effected by
MI. Ed. l.. Edmundson, the we'll
known real estate hustler.
It is a pleasure to his hosts of
friends in this community to see
Capt. Dan'l Reid, the veteran stew
ard of the State Hospital, out again
after his long confinement.
Mr.. C. D. Weeks, of the Whining
ton Bar, returning from attendance
upon the Supreme court at Raleigh,
was the guest of his sister Mrs. Chas.
A Brown, in this city, Sunday.
Mr.. Chas. w. Woodward, of Will
mington, representing the refriger-
ating department of the Armour Car
Lines for this territory, was in the
city Thursday on a business visit.
! The mail carriers r nov making
regular trips every day and the guam
tity of mail delivered is increasing
from day to day. Put your number
and street on your correspondence.
The Board of Aldermen did the
proper thing when they increased
the salary of the Chief of the Fire
Department to $500. The. work is
-, worth every cent of it and moro, too.
Messrs. Jno. H. Pate and Rowland
Grow brought down two fine wild
turkeys in the "Roundabout' of
Neuse river Friday evening. One
of the birds weighed % pounds and
the other 10 pounds.
Mr.. T.. H. Castex has returned
from the north, where he went to
purchase his stock of spring goods,
and Mrs. Castex left last night for
: New York to purchase their spring
millinery and fancy goods.
S. w. Isler, Esq, was in the
city Tuesday, and requests that the
ARGUS notify his clients that he will
be unable to be in Goldsboro- again
before Tuesday, April s, being en-
gagged ON the circuit of his courts.
The citizens Of Goldsboro should
come together in mass meeting and
take action toward securing a union
passenger depot for Goldsboro. The
Chamber Of Commerce hs failed to
take up the question and the people
will have to come together to take
action.
The meeting Fr~idaynight of Ruffin
Lodge K. of P. was unusually large,
owing to the important business be-
: fore 1.-THE confirmation of the pur-
chase of the valuable real estate not
ed elsewhere in this issue. At this
meeting the election of Grand Rep