The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14
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NORTH CAROLINA
At Morehead, two negroes were cap
tured and confessed. that with others.
who escaped. they stole $40 terrapins from
a pen. a watch. 80 and some articles from
E. Z. Dennis house
Raleigh Press-yisitor. The board of al
dermen Of Goldsboro have been called in
session for the purpose Of ordering an
election so that the people Of that town
can vote a $500 bond issue with which
to establish a sewage system.
The total valuation Of the property In
the state, with the exception of Watauga
county. inclusive Of telegraph. railway
and property. Is reported by
theboard of equalization to be Szs2 s6 .24s.
against $z30. ss4.S1 last year, an increase
OF over Zoo. 0O.
Sanford Express: As We go to press We
learn of the death of Mr.. NJ A. Monroe,
which occurred at his home. near Tha-
CARDS. yesterday. after a sickness of sew
eral days. Mr.. Monroe was 20 years of
age. n was, we think. an OFFICER OF the
Union Presbyterian church. He was a
good citizen.
Salisbury World: Two Mormon elders
have struck Salisbury and begun to dis
seminate their pernicious doctrines. 1t Is
said these men are more intelligent than
the average Mormon. This being the case.
they are only better prepared to prosecute
their work. 1t Is probable that the better
class of people in Salisbury will not toll
crate them long.
Fayetteville Observer: General A. G.
Brady was thrown from his buggy yes
terday while on his way to his country
home and narrowly escaped a serious ac-
| cident. His horse became frightened at a
passing vehicle and dashed into the woods
on the side of the road, upsetting the
buggy and throwing the general violently
to the ground, where he remained insen-
| SlDIe for several minutes He WAS as
sisted into his buggy by a passer-by and
was able to proceed home alone.
Murphy Scout: On last Thursday night,
at the Philips house. a lady, who, We
learn, is wife No. 2 of Jasper Dean. Of
Blue Ridge, attempted to commit suicide
by taking morphine. She is from New
market, Tenn. and says her maiden name
was Eva Kennedy. She married James
Hickman. After his death, about eight
years ago. she married Jasper Dean some
where in east Tennessee, who claimed
that he lived with his mother at Blue
Ridge, Ga. After their marriage she says
Dean procured VIA money h had and
went home to wind up his business and
return to her. He failing to do so. she
came on in search of him and found that
he was already a married man.
Winston Sentinel: A number Of our cit
liens v visited and talked with the
colored boy who possesses two voices
male and female. They say he is a re-
SA~N~ "a Vi ~ IA n
who returned a few days ago from a bust
ness trip to Stokes county, says the to-
bacco crop in that county is regarded as
the best it has been in seven or eight
years. The farmers have little trouble in
curing lit is learned that Rev. w. r..
Barnett, pastor Of the Methodist church
at Mount Airy, will transfer from the
Western North Carolian to the Holston
conference.-Justice Bennett officiated a
few days ago at a colored wedding, but
1t appears that it was not a peaceful wed
ding, as the groom and bride had a big
racket last night which may result in
separation. Bob Foster is the name of the
groom, and he is in Jail for fighting his
Wife-The Roaring Gap hotel, including
buildings and furniture. was sold by Trus-
tees W. 7. Vogler and F. H. Fries yes
terday. 1t brought $1,000, the purchasers
being Messrs. H. G. Chatham, of Elkin,
and W. c. Fields and R.. H. Hacker, OF
Sparta. The property originally cost $14,.
Charlotte Observer: JOIN F. Austin,
the 1O-year-Old boy who stabbed and kill
ed George Kelly Cation, aged IL years
on the 14th of last July, will be arraigned
before Judge Sutton. in the crimina court
tomorrow morning, to receive his sentence
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Southland. a
young white man from Danville, Va,
aged II years, is laid up at ST Peters
home n hospital with a broken leg. H
lay dow on one of the freight car tracks
in the Southern passenger yard about
daylight yesterday morning, thinking he
would have a nap before boarding the
blind baggage" A freight train backed
down the track about 5 o'clock. or a lit.
tie after. Southard's leg, which was
across the rail, was mashed, the bone be.
ing broken very badly. Fortunately fol-
him, his body was in such a position that
he escaped being killed.-Mr. w. H
Snow, of High Point, the builder of the
model barn. for curing tobacco, has de.
vised a method of curing leaf as to make
North Carolina grown tobacco fit TO,
cigars; not only fit to make them, but
it makes, he claims, a cigar of rare quail
tiles, pleasing, aromatic and tC
the nervous system.-Today Davidson
college enters upon it's sixty-first year
of existence and begins once again its
work of enrolment of students. The
record tonight shows a gratifying increase
over the record of the corresponding date
OF a year ago, and gives promise, there
fore, of a most successful session. The
number of new men already classified is
. considerably over fifty, and the old class
es are filling up rapidly.