The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-05
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The Anterior mills. of Charlotte, will
start on double time on November Sth.
This mill has 10000 %spindles, which will
count 10000 on double time.
Lenior Visitor: Pink Powell a few
days ago found a terrapin near his
1869. cut on the shell, and hat Of Robert
Powell, 1883.
Murphy Bulletin: The tracks on the
new trestle of the A. K. & N. over Hia-
wassee river were laid yesterday, and
late in the afternoon the passenger train
rolled over it with its living freigh Now
for a through train.
Waynesyille Courier: Hosea White
killed a monster in the way of an eagle
last Monday on Jonathan's creek. His
wings from tip to tip measured nine feet
and his claws, when spread out, were
eight inches apart at the furthest point.
Brevard News: The Brevard roller
mills are standing idle for want of grain.
The foreign demand for American wheat
makes it difficult to keep a mill like ours,
back in the woods and out of the wheat
belt, supplied with faw material. Our
people are now using Tennessee flour
once more.
Winston Sentinel: A gentleman who
came in from Mocksville this morning
says there are 200 men at work on the
Mocksville extension near that town.
Winston shipped 1,249,5S1 pounds of man.
ufactured tobacco this month. The stamp
sales aggregated $74, 974. S6.-The Wes-
tern North Carolina M. E. Conference
will meet at Asheville on November 18th.
Bishop HargrOve Will preside.
Wadesboro Intelligencer: Sixteen bales
of the cotton burned at Mr.. w. 3. Nc
Lendon's gin last Friday night, was
brought here by its owners yesterday.
1t brought 3asc and each bale was locked
$50 pounds. Some of the bales were much
more badly damaged than others, but as
the marks had been burned off of all OF
it, it was sold in a bulk and divided pro
rata. There seems to be little or no doubt
that the fire was the work of an incen-
diary.
Lenoir Topic: Miss Rosa Edwards, the
19-year-old daughter of Rev. T. H. Ed
wards, of Rutherford college, commit
ted suicide by drowning herself in John
sons mill pond last Thursday morning.
She was teaching school not far from
the pond, and left home as usual that
7 morning, and was seen by the miller to
leave the usual road travelled in going
to her school, and take a path leading
to the pond. A short time afterwards
she was seen drowning in the pond. The
parties that saw her did their best to
rescue her, but were too late.
Statesville Landmark: Some months
ago county orders to the amount Of 500
or $500 disappeared from the registers
office and no trace OF them could DE
found. One day this week they We're
found in a pigeon hole in the office. How
they came there is a mysteryN. few
days ago a gentleman from the country
dined on raw oysters and crackers in
Messrs. Moore & Miller'S store. While
eating the oysters he felt a hard sub
| stance in his mouth. He took it out and
examined it and it proved to be a pear
| nearly as large as a buck shot. A jew
eler who has examined it says it is a
| genuine pearl.
| S~tatesville Landmarks: There is a mat
! rimonial case of unusual interest near
| Hendersonville. One Alex. Joiner has
| just been married the third time to the
| same woman. Some few years & he
| was married and he and his better halt
Cor "wusser') LIVED together for some
time. They finally could not agree and
separated. A divorce was obtained by
| both. After a time Mr.. Joine began tC
| pay his respects to his former wife and
| after a second series of c~ourtships they
| were married again. Ere long a second
divorce was applied for and granted. A
! few months ago a third courtship wa:
| begun and ended in a third marriage
| about three weeks ago. They are. nov
| living in perfect m