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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03

Contracts have just been signed for
the construction of a marine railway
across the neck of land which joins the
province of Nova Scotia with New
Brunswick, distance of ten miles, thus
enabling vessels to be carried from the
Bay of Fundy to the Northumberland
Straits, across the country. The object
of the railway is to transport steamships
and sailing vessels from the Gulf of st.
Lawrence into the Bay of Fundy. Some
years ago the Dominion Parliament
voted subsidy bonus of S., 900, 900 to-
ward the work, and last session the
amount was increased to $500, 900,
one-half that sum to be paid as the work
progressed and the remainder spread
over period of twenty years thereafter.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
SOUTH CAROLINA.

There is remarkable activity in the
Charleston rice market.
The Reformed Presbyterians of Pros
perity are putting up a fine new struc-
ture.
A gin house belonging to DIR W B
Fewell near Rock Hill, was burned Mon
day. Loss 50, 500.
The Adger Presbyterian college, at
Walhalla, was consumed by fire Friday.
1t was the property OF the town. No in
surance.
BR Tilman, Chairman of the South
Carolina Farmers Association, has made
a call for the third annual Convention
which will be held at Columbia ON No
yember IA.
On Friday near Privateer, Mr. W T
Strange lost, by fire, building contain
ing bales Of cotton, ten bushels of corn,
9, 900 pounds of fodder and 500 pounds
Of seed cotton.
The Byen Brothers, whose farm is near
Blacks, have discovered an immense cave
on their property. While digging for
water. they struck limestone formation
at depth of twenty feet, and when this
was pierced rush of air took place that
was accompanied with loud noise, and
continued until the next day. An effort
was made to measure the depth of the
cavitv by means of long pole. but it
failed to reach anything solid, and when
dropped gave back no sound to those
who listened at the opening.
The old Cathedral of st Tinbar,
Charleston, is to be replaced by a new
and massive Cathedral. The new Cathe
dral will be the third Catholic Cathedral
in charleston. The first was finished
about the year 1887, by Bishop England.
1t was wooden building and fronted on
Friend street. 1t was called the Cathe-
dral OF st Finbar, in honor Of the Patron
Saint of Cork, the spelling Of the name
in the manuscripts being ginen as Fin
barr. This Saint lived about 1900
years ago. The Cathedral which was
burned was begun in 1S49. and was fin
ishtd under Bishop Reynolds in 1854. Il
was them dedicsted to the honor of 81
John and st Finbar.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
SEVEN ROUNDS FOR LOVE
Two Boston Youths Fight for the Pos.
session ofthe Girl They Loved.

George Cowly and Howard Wheeler
two East Boston, Mass, young men. have
recently been plying attentions to
the same young woman. She has diyid-
ed her affections so as to allow one of
her lovers to accompany her on one day
and the other on the next. Although It
was pleasant for the young inamorata
the young men themselves began to show
jealous feelings. Cowley had her out for
a promenade Sunday evening, when
Wheeler met them ON the street. He
rushed up and accused his rival of ''cut-
ting bin ont on the quiet" The latter
replied: Give got her and what are YOU
going to do about it2" A large crowd of
spectators gathered, and the indications
were that lively alteration was to take
place. Each principal was surrounded
by his friends, some urging one method
OF fight and others another. The two
pulled off their coats to have a fight in
Maverick square, but were prevented.
The young woman. when appealed to,
declared that she did not know which
she loved best. A most ludicrous scene
then ensued. Cowley said to the cir: :
~ yOu iONc met anu b06 answered.
Eyes" Wheeler at this shouted angriIy,
Don't you love met" 81 do, do, i" was
the reply. The young men then agreed
to settle the trouble by going to a va
cant lot and fighting it out, the girl con-
senting to accept the victor. The police,
however, put stop to this and the party
repaired to a well known clubroom.
The principles were stripped naked, cx-
cept that they wore pair of drawers.
The referee was well>known baseball
sporting man. The fight was bloody
one. and it was not until seven rounds
had been fought that Wheeler was de-
clared the winner. He had SO complete
ly knocked his opponent out that he was
unconscious for nearly half an hour.
Both principles were badly injured, but
the victor was able to dress himself end
escort the young woman who had been
the cause of the battle to her home. She
ha been waiting in an ante-room during
the whole of tho fight.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
FOREIGN NEWS

King Milan, of servia, has at last Sc.
cured an absolute divorce from his wife,
Queen Natalie.
The strike of GOLFERS in England is as.
suming alarming proportions, and it is
feared that the movement will become a
general one. In Yorkshire 5000 more
workers went out today.
In France Gen Boulanger attended the
meeting of the committee of the Cham
ber of Deputies which is considering the
Government bill for the revision of the
Constitution. Boulanger expressed him
self in favor of the dissolution of the
Chamber of Deputies and convoking a
constitutional assembly, which should be
independent of the executive power and
responsible to the country.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
FuIIer's First Opiniou.

Chief Justice Fuller delivered his first
opinion in the Supreme Court of the
UnitedStates in session atWashington the
case was that of the We stern Union leie-
graph company, plaintiff in error, VS.. the
commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, brought
there on an appeal from the Supreme
Court Of the State of Pennsylvania The
commonwealth levied a tax on all tele-
grams passing over the company's lines
within the State, this tax being regarded
as fact, much business was not confined
wholly to the State, but was sent to
points in other States. The Supreme
Court today held. through Chief Justice
Fuller, that the State was no. entitled to
collect the tax except for messages be-
tween points within the borders of the
Snate. and accordingly reversed the
judgment of the State court with costs,
and remanded the case to the lower court
for further proceedings.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
THE TWIN STATES.
NORTH CAROLINA.

Mrs Davis, widow of the late Justice
David Davis, has returned to her old
Home in North Carolina.
VIM J Yates, editor Of the Charlotte
Democrat, died suddenly Thursday morn
ing of apoplexy.
The Georgia Carolina & Northern
road is now completed to Chester, s C,
and trains are running regularly between
Mouroe and that place.
The residence of John Robinson. state
commissioner of agriculture at Raleigh,
was burned Tuesday. Part of the fur
niture was saved. The fire was acciden-
tai.
Bituminous coal has been discovered in
Orange county, near the Durham county
line. A company with large capital has
been organized to push the exploration
of deposits, and great tracts Of land have
been purchased.
There are 1859 convicts at work on
the different Improvements in the State
as follows: CRR 179; Murphy
Division. ia; ;CF&YVR r, 2O6; G
X & w r r, 175; F & w RR, 2S1; Ply
mouth Turnpike, IS; penitentiary and
farms, 276.
New forgeries haye been. brought to
light, in looking ovor the papers of the
State National bank, of this city. They
are of the signature of Mrs Thomas E
Skinner, wealthy lady of Raleigh, and
are attached to drafts on Lorilard & Co.,
of New York.
AT Newberne, Tuesday night, the large
machine shops, known as the Cuthbert
shops, took fire from some unknown n case
and burned so rapidly that they could
not be saved by fire department. All
the machinery was badly injured, entail
ing large loss. There was very little
insurance.
All the prisoners in Jail at Troy, Mont
gomery county, made their escape Satur-
day night by cutting through the wall.
There were nine prisoners. Some of
them had been very carelessly put in a
room used in old times for the confine-
ment of debtors. They cut through the
wooden walls Of this, aud released the
other prisoners. 1t appears there was
also great carelessness in pursuing
the prisoners after discovery of their es-
cape, There will be an investigation of
the matter and the sheriff may be indict-
ed.
There was remarkable and perhaps
fatal accident at Wilmington, Tuesday ev-
ening. Henry Harris, night watchman
of the Wilmington, Columbia and Angus
ia freight yard, climbed into an open
freight car to shield himself from the
rain, in car where car wheels were
stacked. A few minutes later the freight
cars came down the track, striking the
car with such force as to throw seven of
the heavy wheels upon Harris. His leg
caught under them, and was crushed
from the hip joint to the foot. The limb
was literally crushed to splinters.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
CROSS MAKES CHARGES.
Intending to Make Other Victims
Besides Himself.

E R Stamps, ex-president, and w
Primrose, ex-director of the smashed
North Carolina State National Bank,
were arraigned before United States
Commission Purnell, on warrant sworn
out by Charles E Cross, ex-president Of
the back, who, with Samuel White,
its cashier, plundered it and fled to Can
ada. The warrant charges Stamps and
Primrose with having years ago made
false entries on the books of the bank,
and false Endorsements on its paper. 1t
is the general opinion here that this
prosecution is purely malicious, and that
Cross, who is a desperate and hardened
criminal, is making this last attempt to
drag Others down in his fall. Stamps is
now, and has been for years, president of
the board of trustees of the penitentiary,
and Primrose is president of the North
Carolina Home Insurance company. Both
men stand high in the State. Purnell
decided to set the case for the November
term of the United States district coult
and took merely nominal bond of three
hundred dollars from each defendant for
appearance.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
The Great DefaIcation.

There is about $3.50, 600 belonging to
the city of Cleveland, o., deposited in
half dozen banks, but the bondsmen Of
Thos Axworthy, the defaulting treasurer,
have attached it, and the result is that
the city is bankrupt. Kaufman Hayes,
a member of the council, has been placed
in charge of the office and will continue
to act as treasurer until Axworthy's sue
cessor is elected. At present there is
only $S, 900 in the city's vaults, and
when this is paid out the treasurer's Of
fee will be closed for financial repairs.
The board of aldermen declared the
office of treasurer vacant, and empower
ed the mayor to issue notes of the city to
the amount of 5000, 900, in order to re-
lieve the present financial embarrassment.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Tho Knife and the Bible,

''Shut up, old man, you're off your
base, I'm a preacher today This Ian
guage was addressed to Rev J T Radcllff,
a Baptist minister in Shelby county, Ala,
as he announced his text last Sunday
morning. The speaker was David Har-
relIson, member of the church, who
had suddenly become crazed on the sub
ject of rtligion. With knife in one
hand and Bible in the other, Harrellson
then marched up aud down the aisle and
preached sermon PaTson Radcliff
tried to leave the house and Harrellson
sprang upon him and beat him severely.
While the fight was going on the con-
gregation escaped from the church.
Harrelson then wandered around throul h
the neighborhood for three days with his
knife 10 one hand end his Bible in the
other, preaching to every one he met and
defying arrest. lie was captured and
taken to the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
One Now YorLer,s PhrsIeal TralnIng

Twas at the country house Of New
York lawyer the other night, says 7. Q.
Crawford, IN the New ork Ward. II
all New York business men follow his
course, the English cannot reproach us
with being negligent in the matter OF
physical training. This friend, who has
as many busy aud hard-worked houz
during the day as any one in New York.
when he reaches home drops all care
aud goes in for riding. walking and
ath, ,etics. In the morning he is up at
Q, into a cold plunge. and then he IL
oil for an hours run or ride on horse
back. Then when he returns he has his
rub. down, his solid breakfast. and is
away before to the city. In the
evening he puts on fannels and runs for
a half,hour before turning in. After the
run he hits the yielding and defenseless
bag until l0:a0 and then to bed. The
result is that he is brown and hardy, al
though engaged daily in anervous strain
tnat would soon pull down man Of
average frame.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
ORIGIN Of nBoom. -

A writer in Noes and Querie1 traces
the history of boom in its present half.
slang sense OF exceptional prosperity, and
can carry it no further back than 1879,
wherefore the Woo ogG,her rises to remark
that for at least century the word has
been current in the middle south, as ex-
pressing a superlative condition. Al
first we make no doubt that the appli-
cation was triile onomatop tic, a astream
was blooming" when its flood It'd
roared through the land, then crops,
when warm rain and hot sunshine mace
them grow as by magic, were metaphor
cally s'booming, too so it is no wonde
that when coal and iron and wcndrou'
water powers builded cities in night,
as it were, and made the was'e place.
precious. that their habitat was spoken
Of as having boom.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03

In Russia, declares the Office, there is
a system Of severe censorship over all
printed matter. A subscriber often re-
ceives his paper with an article con-
sidered politically dangerous completely
obliterated by being rolled over with
printers ink. All foreign periodicals
are. of course, examined by censors
understanding the language. AS the
censors have not understood Volapuk, a
special application has been necessary
for permission take periodicals in that
language. But now the Russian Govern
ment has recognized Volapuk, and one
of the censors has, by order of his
superiors. learned to read it, SO that vp.
periodicals are Oh the same footing as
those in any other language.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Mark Twain Fakes His Ease

When Samuel ]. Clemens = Mark
Twain.-comes to New York he rests
himself at the Murray Hill Hotel, says
the Graphic. and occupies one of the
cosiest apartments in the big house.
Wonder if he ever thinks in these days
of his prosperity and while he lounges
gracefully amid his rich and luxuriant
surroundings of the time, now nearly
thirty years ago, when he shovoled
quartz in Nevada silver mine for SO a
week and found himself Yes, Mark
Twain saw great deal of the merciless
side of poverty stricken life in his
early days, and nobody should blame
him in these years if, after gathering Il
ortune of about million, he is as care
ful of it as he was of his first salary OF
$50 a month as a Mississippi River
pilot. He isn't looking old either, and
when he told the Observer that he wa
Just turned his fifty-second year h,
looked stalwart and sturdy enough to
iast easily another quarter of century.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03

Inventions and discoveries always
keep pace with each other. The dis
covery of new ways of making paper
from new materials, such as the cotton
plant, is accompanied by wider openings
for the use of paper. The very best
material now known for wheels for the
most enormous engines is paper belted
with steel tires. Such wheels are slightly
elastic, will endure enormous wear and
are not in danger of breaking. There is
no feature Of our times more remarkable
and characteristic than the increased
uses Of paper. the application of appar-
emily fragile material to the purposes
demanding The most intense wear and
service. Its use in domestic utensils and
in the place Of cloth and crockery will
surely follow. The Japanese precede
us in such art and artifice for saving
labor as we surpass them in labor-saving
machinery.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03

"When I was young" said good Miss jean
''Girls weren't ashamed to learn to cook.
They didn't spend their time between
The parlor and the fashion book.
Nor did they take three hours to dressl"
ttshe raised her hands in consternationl
"And dream OF nothing more nor less
Than picnics, parties and Irritation,
When was youngT
"when you were youngl dare say, when
All. when ndeedf' unused naughty Alice
I'm glad didn't live ju-t them"
She said aloud, with playful malice.
Not iIirtl I'm sure the cauSe is clear
They never knew my Cousin Harry
Another reason, aunty dear
You see the maidens didn't marry
When you were young"
-Aarihi Z, Tyler in Judge
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Three Hundred People Killed and
Five Hundred Woun led.

Advices received by the steamer Mo
selle, which arrived at Aspinwall on the
10th instant from Hayti, state that never
before has Port all Prince pissed such a
night as that of the 2sth ult
The night, 10 begin with, was dread
fully dark, the heavens being mass OF
black clouds. with an occasional flash of
lightning. Revolution was abroad. Fir
ing commenced at 7:30 p. M, and the
cannons and Calling guns of the palace
did dreadful execution, as did also the
shots from the big guns on Fort Alexan-
der, which crashed clear through build
iDgs, destroying everything and every
body with which they came in contact.
The firing lasted up to a. m. of the
29th.
These advices say that as far as had
been ascertained 300.persons we're killed
and over 500 wounded, including many
women and children. Among the nota-
bic persons killed were Gen Seide Tele-
maque, Charles Borno and Duscasse.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Origin OF the cOaeh-whIp Pennant.

Many people have wondered what Is
the significance Of the long pennant car
lied at the main truck Of all yessels-ot-
war in commission. When the Dutch
Admiral \ an. Tromp hoisted broom at
the top of the mast Of his vessel to in
iicate his intention to sweep the English
from the sea. the English admiral hoisted
horse whip, indicating his intention TO
chastise the Dntchman. Hence the
coach-whip pennant was adopted as the
distinctive insignia OF war vessel in
commission for service, ,-Nsp fOrb
Tribune.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Total,
7,s14 1-9.

There appears to be hitch in the big
deal. 1t is said in Philadelphia that
suits in equity will be brought immadi-
ately by parties in interest to prevent
the consummation of the acquisitionof the
Georgia Central by the Richmond Ter
minaI, and also to prevent the lease of
the Georgia Pacific TO that company.
The grounds ON which the suits are bas-
ed are that the proposed acquisition and
lease ale in opposition to the laws of
Georgia and other Southern States and
against public policy.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03

The New York Sun says that at Man
chester, England. the coroner has made
the startling statement that every year he
holds lnquests on at least 100 babies,
whose deaths were caused by parents
everlaying them in bed. Ore year he
had 12l such cases. In many cases the
deaths are really accidental, but there is
grave reasons to believe a considerable
proportion cf cases were deliberate mur-
der. committed for the sake Of obtaining
money for which the poor little lives
were insured. The competition OF so
called industrial insurance companies,
who collect premiums weekly in pennies.
Is 80 keen In that country that when
claims are made the directors, even If
suspicious, do not ask inconveDient ques-
tions, as they dread the results to their
business Of obtaining the reputation for
such inquisitiveness. Nearly all the
cases occur on saturday nights, when the
parents are more or less stupehed by
drink. AIanchestefs deputy coroner
makes out a statement which demands
legislative consideration. lie points out
that in Germany parents are arrested
and convicted undersuch circumstances,
and says that such . law is greatly
peeded in England.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
THE
Charlotte Messenger
Is PUBLISHED
Every Saturday.
AT
CHARLOTTE A. r
CHARLOTTE, N. c.
IN 'lIe AlOeresss OF the CoIored People
Of the Country.

Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute to It's columns from different parts of the
country, ana It will contain the:lat test g en-
The MESSENGER is first-class newspaper
ana VIII not allow personal abuse in its col
MISUNDERSTANDING fairly by all. It re-
serves the right to criticise the Shortcomings
OF all public ofiicials-co -commending the
worthy, and recommending for election such
men as in its opinion are best suited to serve
the interests of the people,
IL is intended to supply the long felt need
OF newspaper to advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro-American.
especially in the Piedmont section of the
Carolinas.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Georgia Central scooped.

Late Monday afternoon several Rail-
road magnotes dispersed from No. 2 Wall
steet New York. where they had been
attending an extraordinarily important
directors meeting of the Richmond &
Wes Point Terminal Company. They all
looked happy. as if they had just come
triun. .phantly through the complications
of a financial deal of unusual magnitude.
And so they had, for at that meeting
they closed the bargain for the capital
stock of the Georgia Company, amount
ing at its par value to twelve million dol
lars. This Georgia Company's stock is
predicted upon a majority of the capital
stock of the Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company of Georgia, the most pros
porous, and and one of the largest, rail
road systems in the South. Hence by
the purchase which the Terminal Com
pany made that afternoon, it acquired
absolute and perpetual control of the
great Georgia Central, and thereby in
creased the mileage of its own already
extensive system from five thousand
miles to eight thousand miles.
Jno Ii Inmon's master hand has been
plainly seen throughout the conduct Of
the mammoth negotiary. About week
ago he succeeded in securing from all the
CT orgia Company stockholders in option
on their stock at $35 per share. This
option he transferred to the Terminal
Company, which was accepted only after
many days debating.
THE NEW SYSTEM.
The Richmond and West Point Ter
minal Railway and Ware House Compa-
ny now controls 1914 1-2 miles of rail
and water lines, as follows:
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Unreliable Chinese.

"The Chinese are very persistent" re-
marked Miss Learned to a gentleman
visitor.
al don't know about that. II seeml
to me the character Of a thinaman is apt
to be wish washy. - 1erds Sviings.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
Mod 70 be IntImIdatcd.

A country editor thus dashcs the
hopes Of those patrons who believed
they could control his course by threats
Of withdrawal Of patronage:
We don't belong 10 our patrons,
Our paper ia wholly our own.
Whoever may like IL may take IL.
Whodon't. may just let 1t alona
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-11-03
No Time 10 Waste.

"Gloves, did you say, hissf
Something with six buttons"
Country Girl-"Without buttons. 1
ain't qot time 70 fool away half an hour
every time put 'em on.--Lbs,