by Edward Ellis, Special Correspondent
From the Daily Journal of New Bern, 1889:
• A goat fight was the center of attraction at the crossing of South Front with Craven Street yesterday. The goats were taken in hand by the police and impounded.
• A member of the fair sex “across the water” has obtained a degree of divorce because her husband threw a dictionary at her head. Words passed between them, and they parted.
• Mrs. Krzywoszynski preferred John Jwinginjnsky to her husband because the latter name is easier to pronounce and more pleasant to the ear.
• The Republican Senatorial caucus has decided to pass the bill admitting the Territories of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington.
• Ringing in the ears, sometimes a roaring, buzzing sound, is caused by the catarrh, that exceeding disagreeable and very common disease. Loss of smell or hearing also results from catarrh. Hood’s Sarsparilla, the great blood purifier, is a particularly successful remedy for this disease, which is cured by purifying the blood. If you suffer from catarrh, try Hood’s Sarsparilla, the peculiar medicine.
• The firing of a pistol was heard up Craven Street on Sunday night. The police have warrants for the arrest of the parties.
• One of the greatest causes of trouble in the world is people talking faster than they think.
• Milk from Strictly Stall Fed Cows will be supplied to a limited number of customers at eight cents per quart. Mrs. H.C. Whitehurst.
• A new sawmill is going up on the riverfront opposite Mr. Jonathan Havens’ residence on East Front Street. Mr. W.B. Blades and others are having it built. New Berne beats any other town in the State in the lumber business.
• NOTICE: Go to the Gaston House Barber Shop for an easy shave and a good haircut. Shaving, 10 cents; hair cutting 20 cents.