Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-21
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Never mind, Cuba, we know how
it is ourselves.
Politics and religion do not get
along we'll together in France.
The Republican party does not
banker after another three RS cam
paign.
Mary MacLane is all right if she
can live down the reputation she has
made.
He'll Roaring Jake has subsidized.
His salary for doing nothing is salts
factory.
King Edward has reappeared in
London looking just Is well as if his
physicians hadn't given it that name.
The photographers r certainly
making it hot enough for Explorer
Baldwin lecause Of his failure to find
the pole.
With the striking Pennsylvania
miners it seems to be a case of ask
ing for bread and being givena Gov
ernOr Stone.
Norfolk, Aug. 16.-W. A. Hunt,
of Wilmington, n. c., a bank cash
Ter, while attempting to board a
moving train here, slipped and fell
beneath the wheels. His left foot
was so badly crushed that it had to
be amputated. This was done at ST.
Vincent Hospital by DIR. Payne.
Warrenton, Aug. 15.-The at
tempt to have a convention or mass
meeting of any kind here to-day to
nominate or endorse Judge T. N.
Hill, of Halifax, for Chief Justice
against the Democratic nominee,
Judge Walter Clark, was a colossal
failure. It fell flat and everybody
except the half dozen who partici-
pated are laughing at it.
Greensboro, Aug. 15.-During a
heavy thunder storm here yesterday
just before night lightning struck the
residence Of MI. J. M. Bandy on Carr
street, and almost completely demol-
ished the ten-room building. The
dining room and kitchen, forming an
ell, alone escaped. The chimney
was torn down and the weather.
boarding all over the house is drawn
out by the nails as if a giant charge
of gun-powder had shaken it apart.
Culiacan, Mex, Aug. 15.-The
lower portion of the city Of Alfalfa
on the Pacific coast, just west of Cul-
iacan has been completely destroyed
by a tidal wave and not fewer than
thirty people r known to have
been drowned. It is reported that
several smaller coast towns, situated
above Alfalfa were completely wash
ed away by the same tidal wave and
that the loss of life in the smaller
places is very heavy. The sufferers
at Alfalfa will be sent relief and it is
expected that State and Federal
Governments will take prompt action
for the destitute.
Raleigh, Aug. 16.-The announce
ment is madethat Miss Lucille Murch-
inson, of Wilmington, has recently
given to the trustees of ST. Mary's
the sum of S., 900 to establish in the
school a free scholarship in memory
Of her father. The scholarship is to
be offered to girls from the diocese OF
East Carolina, and TO be awarded at
ter q competitive examination, con-
.dueted under the direction of the fac
guilty of st. Mary's School, who also
decide upon the merits of the examl'
nation papers sent up to them from
various points in the diocese, a.
which the examinations are held.
Wilmington, Aug. 15.-G. w
Bunday, while numerically beating
Mrs. E. A. Spires, his boarding
house keeper in this city early th1
morning, was shot by her ten-year
old son. The wound is not serious
the ball having struck his head ant
passed around the skull instead o
fracturing it. Bunday was drinking
and assaulted the woman with
hatchett, badly wounding her abou
the head, face and shoulders. 1t wa
while he had her on the floor beat
ing her that the lad ran in the roor
end shof him Rundav was sent [