The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-10
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. G.. December 6.
It was reported here early this morn
Ing chat Sonny Ryan. the white man
who so brutality murdered his wife q,
Greensboro saturday evening. was
lynched late last night. but q telegram
says he is In jail and viii be Legally
tried and hanged. II was one OF the
worst crimes OF the year.
The federal court began It's session
here today. Judge Purnell presiding.
There are ITO cases on the dis,rsc, dock
ct. all criminal and nearly all for moon
shining. There are s~eventy-five cases
on the circuit court docket. The most
interesting case is that OF John A.
Meeder. the fourth class postmaster OF
Warren county who was perpetrating
50 large q swindle when arrested.
Meeder was sending out from 300 to 400
letters q week n getting / 200 regis
worth OF stamps in October.
The order OF railway conductors for
this division held q very large me. ling
here yesterday.
Some of the relatives Of J. B. Barnes
the Rocky Noun man in Jail here, are
here to see him.. He wants to be trans
ferred to the penitentiary hospital.
claiming he will AVE pneumonia IL he
remains in Jail.
AS yet the supreme court has never
filed an opinion in the case OF ex-Chief
Clerk S. P. Satterfield of the house.
Mention was made the other day OF
the fact that the sheriff OF Wayne
county had gone to Texas after a man
who four years ago murdered his wife.
Solicitor Pou of this district has di-
rected that the man be placed in Jail
at Raleigh for safe keeping.
The news that John c. Davis, the
Wilmington embezzler. Is to be dis
charged from the insane asylum here
Is interesting. There are people who
do not believe and never "a believed
that Davis was insane.
The penitentiary will have truck and
strawberry farms on quite a large
scale on the Castle Haynes property
which it purchased last week.
It Is now certain hat p. H. Lybrook
will get the postmastership at Wins
ton. AS to the Raleigh office every
thing is yet "in the clouds"
The rewards for Osborne Lambert,
the assassin of Engineer Bumgardner.
Of the Southern railway, now aggre-
gate no less than $1.100.
Mr.. Hege. Of the poultry experiment
farm here, says that the poultry show
at Asheville is to be a grand one. The
special premiums aggregate over $500.
besides $1,000 in cast premiums. The
date is January 4th. There Is also to
be a poultry show at Charlotte January
1914.
It was decided by the state superin-
tendent Of public instructions today
to call G state convention Of county
supervisors of education. to be held
here December 30th in the hall OF the
house of representatives.
There Is quite a lively complication
about the smashed Piedmont bank at
Morganton. A telegram to State
Treasurer Worth from Bank Examiner
Crowder, who was put in charge Of it.
says thai he has locked the door, and
hat Walton, who was appointed re-
ceiver by Judge Hoke, has also put a
paddock on it. So neither Crowder nor
Walton can get in. The courts will
settle the matter. Chief Clerk Den
mark Of the state treasury says he
learns that Judge Hoke. who appointed
Walton receiver. says he would not
| have done so had he known that
Judge Robinson had appointed Cowles
| receiver. Denmark say CoWles' ap-
pointment was made prior to that OF
Walton. Cowles arrived at S~tatesviHe
today, to take charge. Perhaps he will
/ put another lock on the bank. though
| Crowder turns owe his keys to him.
Private Secretary. alexander. Quar-
| termaster General Harrell and 1nspec-
tor General Register left for Asheville
| today, to represent the governor at the
| ceremonies during the reinterment OF
the remains Of General Thomas L.
Clingman.
Auditor Aver says he will mail the
5.738 state pension warrants Wednes-
day.
The Richardson Place Real Estate
| Company. which the state charters. -
allowed $25. 900 capital. and a operate
in any county, though Elizabeth City
10 It's headquarters.
The new building at the negro insti-
tuition for the leaf mutes and blind.
completed last week, will be accepted
this week.