The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-27
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The board of directors Of the South
ern Christian publishing house met
here today. The publishing house will
probably be located in this city.
The weather bureau has already begun
its preparations for the observation of
the total eclipse OF the sun Nav %.
1900. The line of totality Will extend
from New Orleans to Norfolk, passing
through Wadesboro and Raleigh. and
the duration of totality will be a min
ute and a half. The government will
ascertain the best points for observa-
ton and at these will establish tenn
porary o~bservatories.
The weather today was quite warm.
The weather observer here says there
will now be quit a warm wave.
That yesterdays frost and freeze
have done great damage. all admit.
A week will be required to determine its
extent. Cotton was killed in some sec
ton.
The Field and Shore Association was
granted a charter by the state today.
1t is composed of f. S. Giles, James
Hamilton and Charles X. Giles. This
association desires to lease or purchase
over 200, 900 acres of land and water in
the eastern part of the state, for sport
ing purposes.
A charter was also granted the Will
son Educational Association, composed
of F.. A. Woodland and others.
The Illicit whiskey dealers are now
shipping whiskey in boxes marked
meat" Revenue officers nav captur-
ed some.
The Southern railway has decided to
make Salisbury one Of its terminal
points.
The minority pOpulists seem to be
very uncertain just where they stand.
Senator McCaskey is one of the lucky
| ones. He left today for one Of the state
farms. of which he is elected assistant
SUPERVISOR, with the understanding
that after September lst he will be in
entire charge of it.
Thomas Russell, a brother of the gov
! ernor. is the new warden Of the peni-
tertiary, and w. H. Moore is deputy
warden. 1t is significant that these
were not elected by the board but were
| appointed ny super lllellutlI 'DlIlIAH diiu
confirmed by the board.
Secretary of state Thompson is elect
| ed superintendent of the Sunday school
] of Central NJ. f.. church here.
a farmer named Abraham Hester,
who sued Thomas Robertson, a young
farmer, for seduction of his daughter,
who was under q years of age, gets
81, 800 damages, and the costs and law
yers' fees are 81. 600 more. Besides this
Robertson is to be tried in the criminal
court on the charge of trying to bride
men to swear the poo girls character
was bad.
An act of the late legislature gave
the Marion and Asheville turnpike the
use of fifty convicts, but the peniten-
tiary authorities are trying to avoid
furnishing them.
Goldsboro subscribes 81, 900 to Sc
cure the extension of the railway from
Snow Hill to that point.
John b. Kenney is appointed a dele
gate to the southern insurance CON
vention at Southern Pines. Some OF
the Baltimore papers are scoring this
convention, saying it is sectional and
that two kinds of letters are written
by those Who are promoting ii.
The April Bulletin of the agricultural
department will be out in a day or two
1t contains an interesting synopsis OF
the work of the department during tht
twenty years 0S17-9O it was in demo
cratic hands. Among its special lines
of effort were the fish hatcheries Cht
good effects of which are yet felt), sur
veys of deposits Of pyrites, for making
sulphuric acid; exploration OF tn bios
phate beds; the promotion Of searches
for coal; eXpoSitiOns at Vienna. At
lanta, Boston. ew Orleans and Chica-
go; surveys of the oyster beds; aid in
the development Of the sand hill region,
the creation of the finest state mu-
scum in the country; the issue of val
liable hand books; Improvement ol
soils; better crop methods, etc. Ii is a
| fine record.