The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26

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ship-A Colored Postmaster for CharIo,te
Large Gotten Crop to be Planted.
Messenger Bureau. Park Hotel.
Raleigh. y. c.. March -.
Work is ordered To be begun at once
on the Baptist state Female university
here: not TO be again stopped until
completed.
The superior court began ii term here
today. There are three murder cases on
the docket but only two VIII now he
tried.
The supreme court will his week
hear or appeals from the
Eighth district.
Mrs, Lizzie DARBY. OF Wilmington.
Is TO be executive clerk to Governor
Russell.
Persons who come here from the VA
farmers are greatly behind with work
The weather is now favorable and
ploughing car begin.
The general impression appears To n.
that a very large cotton crop will To-.
planted in the state his season. In
dications point to this.
The large annex to the agricultural
department building Is nearly COM
pfeted. Two of the rooms, Zach 60 by 40
feet, with ceiling twenty-five feet hig
will he used for special collections OF
the museum; one OF animals. the other
Of ores. The walls are In rough finish,
and the w~ainscoting and ceilings OF
selected pine, vanished
Judge Ewart. of the Western crimi-
nal circuit court. has gone t. New
Bern TO hold q term OF the Eastern
circuit. The docket is heavy. Two muir
der cases are on IL.
Mention is made Of the fact that
w. III. hadbourn had been To Wash
ington on special business. Repuhlf-
cans here say his object was 10 secure
the judgeship OF the United States dis
trict court for Governor Russell.
The qu2rtermaster general has been
to Washington to see the secretary of
war in regard to obtaining a battery
Of four breech-loading howitzcrs. II an
pears that steps have been taken to
organize a battery here. 1t also appears
that the guns cannot he obtained save
by a special act of congress
The spring examinations at the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college have
ended and today the cadets were given
holiday.
The appointments of new directors
of the North Carolina railway were
made by the governor Saturday after
noon, but were given out to only one
newspaper, though public news. II ia
the second time such a thing has &c
CURED within the past two weeks. Tho
improperly of such action on the part
or the governor Will at once impress
the general public. II is indefensime.
nor indeed is an attempt made To de-
fend 1t. The newspaper men here use
due diligence in seeking the news. but
or course they can do nothing more
than their duty. The governors treat
ment OF the majority OF his own party
and OF the attorney general is an i'm
dex Of his methods of doing business
or rather OF not doing IL.
The new directors of the North Car
DINA railway are: r. NJ. Norment, OF
Robson county. who is to be presi-
dent; v. S. Lusk, William Gilchrist,
Charles A. Cook, j. s. Armstrong, A.
w. Graham, H.. L. Buffers. and John
Graham. 1t is OF interest To note the
fact that not one of these live on n
line OF the North Carolina railway.
and that Lusk Cook and Graham are
three OF the bitterest opponents II itu
lease to the Southern.
1t is quite broadly limited that Char
lotte is to have a colorcd postmaster.
Such is the news the negroes them
selves give out.
The notification of the state treas
urer to the heads OF the various state
institutions that he can pay none Of
the extra appropriations until all the
regular ones and the interest on tho
debt are paid will call a halt on a num-
Der Of plans for development.
The Indications are that in MAY there
will be an unusually large number OF
local option elections in this state.
nearly all in towns.