The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-23
Messenger Bureau. Park Hotel.

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| Fisheries.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.
Raleigh. N. C, July 10.
The rolling exposition" which the
last legislature sanctioned. but to
which it made no appropriation. is TO
make a tour Of not less than wenty
five states. It will fill a very hand
some car, which will cost $40. 600 and
which the Jackson & Sharp Company
is building at Wilmington. Del. T. X.
Bruner, ex-secretary to the board of
agriculture, is making the collection of
exhibits for the car. October 1st the
tour begins. There will be a nominal
charge for viewing the exhibit and the
managers, who are Charlotte men, ex-
pect to make a good thing of it and at
the same time advertise the state well.
Rev. F. c. Cleveland, of Petersburg,
accepts a call to the pastorate of the
Baptist church at Chapel Hill.
he local event here today was the
trial, in the superior court, of Berry
Cook, colored, for ~strangling to death
IiIS IiiiSlISSS. IL was q 1OETIDle cTlIu1
and though the evidence is circumstan-
tial it is powerful.
Two weeks ago a negro eX-cOnvict,
named Jake Jones, resisted a deputy
sheriff here and was shot by the latter,
whose name is Cakes. Jones struck
Cakes and disabled him. Cakes called
on bystanders for help, but none lent
a hand save William Dunston, a young
negro barber. AS the latter advanced
on Jones he was struck with a piece
of scantling. Yesterday he was par
alyZed and his condition is serious. The
/ negro desperate who was shot is nearly
well.
No papers, raising the bid for the
Castle Haynes phosphate mines have
as yet been filed with the clerk of Wake
superior court. Such filing is necessary
and owing to it's absence there is doubt
of the news that a Raleigh syndicate
has over bid the state pen%itentiary for
the property.
1t is stated that DR.. Herbert Battle
| eX-directOr of the state experiment
station, is to establish a phosphate
mandatory at Winston-Salem and
that ex-Professor Irby, of the Agricul-
tura1 and Mechanical college is to be
connected with the enterprise. One of
the best points for a plant of this kind
would beat Selma, at the junction of
the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line
railways.
Some of the republicans are in a
estate of mind" by reason of the fact
that a democrat from GoldsbOro is to
be the clerk of the board of directors
of the penitentiary.
Although it was expected that the
criminal insane in the insane asylum
here would be sent to the penitentiary
last week, none has yet been trans
ferred, and it is said not all are to be
sent.
The Governors Guard, of this city,
left yesterday afternoon for the Ten
nessee exposition.
Five statements of all the state, ma
tional, private and savings banks are
made yearly by the state treasurer, but
just now there is much delay, owing
to failure to get returns of the national
banks from Comptroller Echels.
The coal dealers here were yesterday
advised of a sharp reduction Of freight
on coal. to go into effect this week.
The people of the town of Southern
Pines are having q lively time, fighting
cattle, hogs and country people. The
town has a new ordinance f~orbidding
the running at large of cattle and hogs.
1t also has a pound" Some cattle
and hogs We're impounded and the
country people went in and tore down
the pound at night, nr1ng pistols ana
guns. The pound was rebuilt and a
Waterman put on duty. Again the
place was raized. Now the guards are
armed. Southern Pines wants to effect
improvements, among others to put in
a $25, 900 water supply and sewerage
system, but first it's people want to
be rid of the razor back hog and the
piney-wOods "Steer."
The bureau of labor statistics is
sending out blanks to the various fish
cries, with a view to securing more
complete statistics than ever before.
The government reports say 1.5O0, 900
pounds of "squeteague" are annually
caught in North Carolina waters. The
labor commissioner wants to know
what manner of fish this is.
Captain j. H. Fuller, superintendent
of the soldiers home, turns out to be
very seriously hurt by his fall. His
! hip is fractured. He served during the
war in the First cavalry.