The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-12
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huntsville Eagle: Messrs. Bright and
Martin will leave Tuesday for Tennessee
with another drove of cattle bought In
the county They tell US they have left
between $1,000 and 10000 in Yancey and
Madison counties.
Winston Sentinel: Judge Starbuck
opened Surry court at Dobson today.
There are two murder cases and one
case Of attempted outrage to be tried.
The criminal docket will probably con-
sumo the entire two weeks.
Raleigh News and Observer: A cotton
gin belonging to George Mitchiner. In
this county. and eighteen bales of cotton
were destroyed by fire yesterday morn
ing. The fire was discovered about /
o'clock, but ii had made such Roadway
that it was impossible to save any Of
the property. The origin is Unknown.
Carthage Blade: Wiley Jordan. a me-
gro convict employed in grading the
Carthage railroad, escaped last Thurs
day evening. He was fired at by the
guards several times. but they failed to
stop him. The logs were put on his trail
and ran him for several miles, but to no
purpose. At last accounts he was still
running.
Lincoln Journal: Phillip A. Reep
writes US that Mr.. VIM. A. Holly. the
enterprising Reepsville merchant, ship
ped 1850 bushels of peach seed to a Balti-
more firm last week. The buying and
shipping Of peach seed is becoming an
important industry. The kernel or the
peach seed is used in the manufacture
of prussic acid.
Burgaw Star: There is much distress
among our people in this section on ac-
count Of the dry weather. Many OF
them have to haul their drinking water
several miles. We have heard of several
wells that have been dug for forty years
and were never known to have less than
three or four feet of water in them be-
fore, that are perfectly dry at the bot
tom.
Raleigh News and Observer: 1t will b.
good news to the western part Of the
state that the quarantine in Virginia
against all North Carolina cattle Is to
be raised, and the federal quarantine line
only observed. State Veterinarian Niles,
of the Virginia experiment station.
agrees to do this under certain conditions
and conditions with which Mr.. New
borne proposes to conform.
Charlotte Observer: There is a preva-
lent opinion that at one time or another
the SeabOard Air Line system will fall
into the hands Of the Southern Railway
Company, and this danger is regarded as
more or less imminent at each annual
meeting of the Seaoard and Roanoke
Railroad Company, which is the con-
trolling influence in the SeabOard system.
Winston Sentinel: Revenue Agent Jim
Smith shot a man named Beckener, Sun
day, in Stokes county. The ball entered
the head but glanced around. doing very
NIUE ddildSe. iHltH says HIS man WIS
about to shoot, but he shot first. Smith
is ONE of the men that shot the Jordans
n Kcrnersville about two years ago.
Kinston Free Press: The following
dates are from a record kept by DR.. r.
Fl. Lewis of frosts: 1898, October 18th
1894, October 18th; 1895, October 10th; 1896,
September 24th.-Saturday morning
about 2 o'clock Mrs. Winnie r. Tulrs
g~inhouse, about two and q half miles
from kinston, was destroyed by fire.
The origin of the fire is unknown. Not
only the gin house and machinery were
burned, but also Mrs. TulIs harrows,
plows, farm implements, etc. She also
lost five bales of ginned cotton and five
bales of seed cotton and a lot of cotton
seed. Her loss is about $500 to 81 ,OOO.-
In addition to the above, Mr.. Joe Strick-
lin lost two bales of cotton; a colored
man named Albrittcn lost three bales:
Alb Becton, colored, lost three bales of
ginned and one bale of seed cotton:
Rob't Smith, colored, lost one bale; Mr..
Henry Bruton lost two bales. Two or
three other lost Il few hundred pounds
of seed cotton. The total loss is 81, 200 to
$1,5OO, and without q cent of Insurance..