Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-05-25
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skip" asks a subscriber. The ques-
tion is not shall we, but can we? Ro-
jestvensky is easier.
If Mr.. Rockefeller will agree to
repent in sackcloth and ashes instead
of dollars and cents, perhaps DR..
GLADDEN. will withdraw his protest.
A thirty dollar COW has been be-
fore the supreme court of Colorado
for fifteen years. Doubtless both
the case and the cow have gone dry
by now.
Guhi, CAL, May ON. g. Guin,
assistant agent for the Frisco at this
place, had the misfortune to have
his right t,o, cut eff here this
morning about II O'Clock.
A machine has been invented for
making pretzels. It comes in very
handily for the summer season nov
at hand. The populace must have
beer and pretzels along with liberty.
The goverr or of Montana is to wed
a stenOgrapher. There is no excuse
for a telephone girl or woman steno-
graphsr ever applying to a matri-
naonial bureau for husband. Tney
can't stay single long.
A man leaped upon the stage b.
fore 300 people, stabbed himself and
cried, tsDrink did n!' Now ISM.
that remarkable? 1t is curious how
a man will lay all the blame for d
wrecked life on whiskey, wien IL il
his hand that pours the poI,on.
New York, My p Gru.k fyn
in a few months " il have a tWent Y
story tenement house, The largest in
this city, and it will occupy a whole
block. Children not only will be
welcome, but no apartment will be
rented to family unless they have
at least one child.
Charleston, g. c., May 22-Dr.
Frank A. Waddill a prominent basi-
ness man of Cheaw, S. G; died today
after short illness. He graduated
from Washington Lee University
shortly after the war and for some
time was private secretary toGeneral
r. E. Lee. He afterwards graduated
at theBal imore Medical College. Mr.,
Waddill had been an"officer in the
Bank of Cheaw since 1882.
For some days a strange negro
has been canvassing in parts of Ca
barrus county, taking orkers from the
eolored people for groceries at Low
wholesaleprices. Herequired them tt
advance the money for the freight OF
the goods, and in this way collected
a good deal of money from the un
suspecting darkies who were eager t.
buy the cheap goods. The willy sales
man has fed to parts unknown, Ieav
ing his cOlored dupes to whistle TO
their money.
Up in Omaha a celebrated phreno
logist felt the bumps of sixty clerk
in the passenger department of tn
Union Pacific railway to determlu
for which department of railroadin
they are best adapted. The specials
: was employed to discover hidde
genius that has not yet made il
: appearance, and if that is not appi,
ing science to business with a vel
geance the trick was never attemte,
! A written recommendation Wou
, cut very poor figure1n the presenc
of a gentleman who can tell what
IN you by feeling your head.
Il Bordeaux, May 21-Judge Albiu
5 Vinegar Tourgee, of ofMayville, N. Y
American consul here, died tn
morning of acute urimia, which r
Isulied from an old wound Jud.
Tourgee was taken seriously ill son
months ago, but his condition afte
wards improved and it was believ.
: his recovery was probable. Receu
i iy, however, the decease took "a
Il other serious turn and Judge Tourg
b fingered until this morning. He "
born at Wllliamsfeld, Ohio, May
Il 1888.
81 Salisbury. N. c., May e.
g Clay Grubb and Clarence Thom
ID son, the former big distiller
1T Davidson county, who was acquitt
last Saturday of numbering O.
Davis, his brother-in-law; the lat
prominent witness in the rece
: trial, were dangerously shot frs
lambush near Churchland, 5 mi
east of this city, at 80 o'clock L
a. m. The two men were on th
II way to Salisbury in an open bug
and the shooting took place buj
lshort distance from the Grubb m;
sion. Both Grubb and Thomps
a. are painfully injured, having
., ceived portion of several loads
ue buckshot in their bodies. They
J, much blood before-a physician col
en- be reached. Thompson is seriou
" injured by about a dozen leat
We missiles which passed through
lungs and back. He is in a dang
ne ous condition tonight. The VIZ
U.s. Injuries sustained by Grubb were