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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Joint Meeting of Company. and h
Reserve and Veteran Corps-They
VIII Make Arrangements to Give fhe
Var Contingent Of the Company n
Royal and Hearty Reception.

The regular meeting OF the Will
mington Light Infantry occurred last
night at the armory. and at the same
time the veterans and reserve corps.
which had been called out to a special
meeting. held a joint meeting OF the
organizations.
Mr.. G.. a. Cardwell. president Of the
Wilmington Light Infantry
ton. presided. and Mr.. T. II. Wright.
the secretary. was at his post.
There was a large attendance. and
the meeting was a most enthusiastic
one.
After TIE routine business had been
transacted. the early return OF Com
ANY X Wilmington Light Infantry.
OF the Second regiment, was discussed,
and IL was decided TO give them a
hearty and royal welcome home. Ii
was decided to meet them at the depot
with the various company ~organiza-
tons, the naval reserves and other or
CARNATIONS. and to escort the soldiers
to the armory where a supper will be
served. On motion. $50 were appro-
priated towards carrying out these
plans and the chairman was authoriz-
ed TO appoint a committee 10 max ali
the necessary arrangements and So
licit funds towards defraying the ex-
penses OF the entertainment. The fol-
lowing were appointed as such com
mittee: Mr.. r. y. Sweet, chairman,
and Captain w. r. keenan,, Mr.. John
d. Bellamy, Jr. End, Captain T.. c.
James, and Mr.. f. p. Willard. The
committee was empowered 10 appoint
any and all subcommittee necessary
10 carry out the arrangements.
The ladies, whose aid is always so de-
sirable in affairs of this kind. will be
expected to do all they can to assist
the committee in preparing and serV-
ing the refreshments.
So far ii is not known what day the
Light Infantry will come home. but
the boys are expected in a week or ten
days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
A Horrible Death

-. w. w. Kings pony met with
a terrible death yesterday morning at
12:15 o'clock. He and another horse
which were at the Jail yard got On top
of the cistern in the court house yard
adjoining the Jail yard. and had a
kicking match. The cistern is sur
rounded with an iron fence with spikes
at the top, and the pony in trying To-
go owe the fence to get out Of the way
Of the heels OF the other horse, IA dis
emboweled on the fence. One of the
pony's feet got caught between two
spikes at the top OF the fence and
there il hung in its agony until lifted
off By Sergeant II. o. Knox, OF the
police force. and a Messenger repre-
sentative, who happened along when
the accident occurred.
DIR. I. =. Carroll, the veterinary sur
con was sent for Immediately, and he
killed the pony as an act OF mercy. Ii
was impossible 10 save its life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Having used three bottles OF p. p. p.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds In
weight in four weeks, ] take great
pleasure In recommending IL TO all un-
fortunate like JOHN NORRIS.
Office OF j. n. McElroy. Druggist,
Orlando. Fla. April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. Savannah, Ga
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles OF p.
r. r., large size. yesterday, and one
bottle small size today.
n p. p. p. cured my wife OF rheu-
matism winter before last. II came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle. IL size. relieved her again, m
she has not had a symptom since.
l sold q bottle OF p. +. p. to a friend
OF mine, one OF the turkies. a small one,
took sick and his wife gave II a tea
spoonful. that was in the evening. and
the little fellow turned over like he
was dead, but next morning he was
following and well.
Yours respectfully,
J. ~. McELROY.
Savannah. Ga, March IL, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah. Ga
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and did
not find a cure until ! found p. p. p.
which completely cured me.
Yours truly.
Is Orange St. Savannah, Go, I
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

A Wagon Load OF Lumber Passes over
n Boy.s Body-His Back Was Broker
and He Died In . Few Mtnuses After
the Accident.

A deplorable accident occurred yes
terday afternoon at the northwest cor
ner OF Market and Seventh streets
next to Mr.. A. David's residence, by
which a little colored boy named Alex
Sampson, was killed.
The wagon OF the Fore & Foster
Company was coming west on Market
street with a load Of lumber. and sew
eral small boys were running along
swinging on the wagon tongue and
pieces OF timber between the wheels.
The driver. w. ]. lsler. colored. did
not see them. and when he turned
from Market street 10 60 north up
Seventh street. the Sampson boy fell
and wa run over by one OF M hind
wheels. II is stated that in the scram-
bic for a ride another boy knocked
against the III fated boy. SO that he
broke his hold and fell.
The uncle and brother ~ the boy.
who h%appende to be passing. witnessed
the terrible occurrence. The boy was
picked up and carried into Mr.. II. II.
j. Ahrens' store. across the street.
where all that could be done temper
arily for his relief was lone. The in
jured boy in a few moments was sent
10 his home on Sixth and Church
streets and Or. d. w. Bullock was
called. He found that the wheel OF
the heavily pad wagon had run
over the small OF the boys back.
crushing his spinal column. The boy
died while DR.. Bullock was at the
house.
The boy was aged 6 years and 4
months and was the son OF the sEell
known carpenter. Joseph II. Samp-
son., who resides on the southwest cor
ner of Sixth and Church streets. The
boys father was doing some work at
Mr.. j. \. Springer's residence on Fifth
and Princess streets, about three
blocks from the scene Of the accident
when il occurred.
Coroner David Jacobs called and
viewed the body OF the deceased and
Xamine three or four witnesses. in
Guiding John II. Sampson. the boys
uncle, who witnessed the accident. The
testimony failed to develop anything
OF criminal neglect on the part Of the
driver. w. j. Isler. hence ne issued no
warrant and did not deem an inquest
necessary.
The boys funeral will take place this
afternoon at I o'clock from 81. Marks
Episcopal church.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Mr.. n. r. Parker left last night for
the northern markets To lay in a stock
of furniture. He has made arrange
ments Il establish a furniture and
houseftting house and will have his
store next door to the Jno. L. Boat-
wright Company on south Front street.
Mr.. Parker has had many years X
p~erience on this line of business and
is a good judge of god and knows the
poses TO lay in a first class line OF
goods and will have something nice to
show the ladies when he gets in his
stock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Last night the town was full OF
drunken men and rowdies-white and
colOred. About s O'Clock a crowd at
Front and Orange streets got into a
fight, and it is said it was a row be-
tween some whites and blacks. one
negro came out of the melee with a
bad knife cut in the jaw. At Front and
Nun streets the same crowd cursed
Inc yelled and threw bricks, and along
the streets every now and then a pistol
shot was fired.
About 9 o'clock two negroes got on
trolley car No. 5, on the Princess street
line, of which Mr.. J. b. Jackson is con
ductor. They emande transfer tick
cts, but Mr.. Jackson told them they
would have to get transfers from the
car they claimed to have come on down
Front street. They ~wrangled with the
and while he was changing
his trolley, one Of the negroes cursed
him for d-n liar, and when Mr.. Jack
son put the trolley in its place and
turned it loose, the negro followed him
up and repeated the grossly insulting
epithets, whereupon Mr.. Jackson
struck him. He picked up a stone and
hurled it at the conductor. but he
lodged the missile. The other negro
ran up with an open knife to stab Mr..
Jackson. Mr.. VIM. Sheehan, Jr., anoth-
er conductor from a car on the Front
street line, with his brake lever in his
hand. ran up and told the negro not
to strike Mr.. Jackson. The negro
threatened Mr.. Sheehan and warned
him to stand back. Mr.. Sheehan's ap-
proach no doubt kept the negro from
cutting Mr.. Jackson. The negroes
went up Princess street after the diff
ficultv and threw rocks at the car as
it passed Fifth and Princess streets
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Why will you keep US all SO nervous
talking about that which is only a dor
mitory and a pillowed slumber, cano-
pied by angels wings? Sleep, Trans
porting sleep And what a glorious
awakening. You and / nave sometimes
been thoroughly bewildered after a
long and fatiguing journey. We lave
stopped at d friends house for the
night, and after hours OF complete
Inconsistencies we have opened our
eyes, the high risen sun full in our
faces. and beore We could fully COL
lect our faculties have said, Where
am /, whose house is this n whose
are these gardens?" And then ii has
flashed upon US in glad reality.
BLISSFUL AWAKENING.
And l should not wonder il after we
have served our generation and by The
will OF God have fallen on sleep. the
deep sleep, the restful sleep. We should
awaken in blissful bewilderment and
for a little while say. Where am /?
What palace is this? Why. this looks
like heaven, It is. 1t is. Why. there is
a building grander than all the castles
of earth heaved into a of
~splendor-that must be the palace OF
Jesus. And 1ook there at those walks
lined with foliage more beautiful thar
anything / eve saw before, and see
those who are walking down those
aisles of verdure. From what 1 have
heard of them those two arm and arm
must be Moses and Joshua, him Of
Mount Sinai and him of the hating sun
over Gideon, and those two walking
arm in arm must be John and Paul.
the one SO gentle and the other so
mighty.
But 1 must not look any longer at
those gardens of beauty, but examine
this building in which l have just
awakened. / look out of the window
this way and that and up and down,
and l find it is a mansion of immense
size in which / am stopping. All its
windows of agate and its cOlonadeS of
porphyry and alabaster. Why, l Won
der if this is not the house of many
Mansions of which l used to read? 1t
is. 1t is. There must be many of my
kindred and friends in his very man
sion. Hark, whose are those voices?
Whose are those bounding feet? l open
the door and see, and, 10, they are COM
ing through all the corridors and up
and down all the stairs, our long absent
kindred. Why, there is father, there
is mother, there are the children. All
we'll again. All young again. All of
US together again. And as we embrace
each other with the cry, Never more
to part; never more to part, the
arches, the a%lcoVes, the Railways echo
and re-echO the words, Never more
to part: never more to part Then
our glorified friends say, Come out
with us and see heaven And some of
them bounding ahead of US and some
of them skipping beside US we start
doWn the ivory stairway, n we meet
coming up one of the kings of ancient
Israel, somewhat small of stature, but
aVing q cOuntenance radient with
a thousand victories. and as all are
- -IT- eraa+ -
heaven l cry out, This is the greatest
of all the kings. 1t is David, who, af-
ter he had served his generation, by
the Will of God, fell on sleep"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

All the cottagers who have summered
at Carolina Beach have moVcd back TO
goes out of commission today. Every
trip the steamer has made 10 the city
the past few days She has brought up
furniture and household goods. There
are now no city people on the beach
To claim hat they are the only "peb-
BILE" Even Mr.. Hans \. kurc has come
up.
Hereafter the steamer Wilmington
will not run a schedule to the beach.
and will only make one trip to and one
from Southport a day. She viii leave
every morning at 9:i5 O'Clock and get
to Southport at II o'clock. She will
leave there IN the return trip at 2:30
p. m, and get back to the city at r
p. m.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Took Care Of 3I2 Children. Women and

We learn that when the Shelter OF
the Silver Cross closed for the season
on the 9th Of August, the management
fell behind in meeting the expenses OF
the Institution. The Shelter opened on
the LIST Of July, and during the eight
weeks the house was open the ladies
cared for 3l2 sick and feeble in
digent children, women and men. This
is the largest numbe Of inmates the
Shelter ever had, although on former
seasons ii was kept open nine weeks.
Inasmuch as the ladies are in debt.
a good opportunity is given those who
would like to help in "A worthy cause
10 send the ladies a contribution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Enjoying n Vacation

Lieutenant OF Police Thomas Loosen
is numbered among the gentlemen Of
leisure this week. He is enjoying all
the comforts OF a weeks vacation.
During his absence his duties are be-
ing attended to by Police Sergeant r.
+. Gore, and Policeman c. O. Knox IL
acting sergeant.
Captain d. s. Bender expects TO take
a week off starting at the commence
ment Of the next seven days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Ppnder Court.

Judge w. S. OBJ. Robinson, of
GOldsboro, convened the superior court
of Pender county at Burgaw yester-
day, but the court took a recess till
this morning, in order to allow the
people to near the democratic cam
paigners who spoke at Burgaw yes
terday.
Judge Robinson came down to the
city last evening and spent the night
at The Orion. He will return to Bur-
gaw this morning. He will preside at
the next term of the superior court of
New Hanover county, which ~cOnVenes
here on Monday, September Goth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Shooting ARRAY AT ChadbOurn

Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock
got into a fight. One Of them fired
three shots at the other, one ball TAX
ing effect under the right arm and
lodging under the shoulder blade. 1t
is stated that he is not dangerously
wounded.
The negro who did the shooting was
placed under arrest and a telegram
was sent % the sheriff at Whiteville
to come for him. While the shooter
was being kept in Mr.. R. E. l.. Browns
store until the sheriff arrived, he man
aged to get out of the back door and
decamped.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Off for the Northern Markets

Major w. A. Johnson, senior mem
Der of the firm of ohnsOn & Fore, left
yesterday for New York City to select
the usual large and high class stock
for his establishment. He was accom-
panied by his wife.
Messrs. Johnson & Fore has retained
the expert milliner, Mrs. l.. V. Lau-
reign, of New York, to do service an
other wear.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
Old Folks ExcursiOn

Captain John w. Harper, of the
steamer Wilmington, gave a free ex-
cursion yesterday to the old and sick
colored people of the city. He carried
about 600 of them to Carolina beach,
and brought them back at ) o'clock.
They enjoyed the outing to the fullest
extent, and while all got the benefit
of the refreshing ocean breeZeS many
tool surf baths and otherwise enjoyed
the trip. Many of the people We're so
old and feeble that their friends took
them to and from the boat iii carriages.
On the return trip to- the city in the
afternoon, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The New Hanover Transit
Company has so generously evidenced
its benevolent spirit by giving a free
excursion to the old folks (colored) of
Wilmington on their steamer Whining
ton this, the 18th day OF September,
1898. to Carolina beach, and
Whereas, Through their kind and
courteous representative in the person
of Captain j. w. Harper, we have been
most kindly treated,
Resolved, That for these and other
acts of kindness received by us and
by u people at their hands, we do
here acknowledge a debt of gratitude
to said company.
Resolved, That we tender them our
heartfelt thanks.
Resolved, That we do pray Gods
blessing upon the members of the com
pany n Upon their business enter
prise.
REV. l.. S. LEE,
st. Stephens church, Chm.
REV. A. STROUD,
Mt. Olive Church.
c.. H. HOWE,
st. Marks church.
REV. F. G. RAGLAND,
Congregational Church.
w. H. COTTON,
Presbyterian Church.
REV. J.. w. TELFAIR,
Mt. Zion Church.
M. L. BLALOCk,
st. Luke A. NJ. T.. Z. Church
MISS NJ. w. EADENS,
Secretary.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

the surprise OF all"
D.. Miles Remedies
ere sold b. all drug
-ists under q positive
guarantee. first bottle
oeleftS CT money re-
~---[. Book On dis
eases OF the heart and
Gsrvc Tree Address,
Dr. MILES nEpICAl
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

RS. JOHN WALLET. 0; Jefferson.
I'VE Wis, thar whom none IS more highly
I" esteemed OF widely known, writes.
IN 100 ! uaG q s2vcre attack OF LaGrippc
L; i at the end o. four months. IN spite ofaL.
noys.ciaas, friends 2nc good nursing coCld
&C. my lungs heart and nervous system were
- completely wrecked, NY lie was ce-
-Dciroi q. NJ friends giving me up. / could
JalT sleep Ivy the vsc CT opiates. Ny lug
ard hearU I,aineG ne terribly AID my cough
nas ~.Cst a~~ct4v2t.ng. ] could rot lie in
DE position but Z SNORT time aad not on ry
left side ay I'll. Ny husband brought ne
". t1Ns' Nervinc and Heart Cure ard / be-
Gan taxing them. When / mad taken = half
bottle OF each I vas much better ana cortia-
uicg Pe.s:Stontly took about a dozen bot
lies and was completely restored TO health 10
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
AWAY O

Away with all your gloomy tlik
about departing from this world! If
we have served our generation. it Will
not be putting out into the breakers;
it will not be the fight with the king
ot terrorS; 1t will be going to sleep. A
friend, writing me from Illinois. say
that Rev. DR.. Wingate, president of
k Forest college, North Carolina,
after a most useful life, found his last
day on earth his happiest day, and that
in his last moments he seemed to be
personally talking with Christ, as
friend with friend. saying: 'Oh, how
delightful it is! I knew you would be
with me when the time came, and I
knew it would be sweet, but / did not
know it would be as sweet as it is"
The fact was he had served ms gener-
alton IN the gospel ministry. and by
the will of God he fell asleep. When in
Africa Majwara, the servant. looked
into the tent of David Livingstone and
found him on his knees, he stepped
back, not wishing to disturb him in
prayer, and some time after went in
n found him in the same posture
n stepped back again, but after
awhile went in and touched him. and, 10
the great %raveler had finished his last
journey, and he had died in !te grand
est and mightiest posture a man ever
takes-On his knees. He a served his
generation by unrolling the scroll Of
a continent. and by the will OF God fell
on sleep. In the museum of Green
wich, England. there is a fragment CT
a book that was found in the arctic
regions, amid the relics of Sir John
Franklin, who had persisted amid the
snow and ice, n the leaf of that piece
of a book was turned down at the
words, When thou passest through
the waters, l will be with thee" HaV-
ing served his generation in the aus
of science and discovery. by the will
of Sod he fell on sleep.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JANUARY g. 1898
THE GIRL OF '9S.
MISS GOODWIN WILL SOON HAVE
HER READY.

Famous Girl IIlustratOr-She Works
in Paris, Holland, Munich and
ItaIy-"GIobe Trots" for Types.
New York, Jan. lone of the most re-
markable figures among illustrators to-
day is Caroline Love Goodwin. the creator
of THE Goodwin Girls" and the first wo-
man artist to draw Iife-like girl for
newspaper use.
Miss Goodwin is at present at work upon
"'98 girl" which viii before long adorn
the columns of the Morning News. Every
year she changes her ideals, 10 correspond
with the times" she says, and each day
in the year sees fresh illustrations from
her pen. She is the most voluminous
worker of all the women artists and can
turn out, on a rush, enough pictures for
Sunday supplement in night.
Her girl this year will be graceful,
tall and wavy-haired."
once the New York Herald commission
ed her to attend the grand opera and draw
q picture of the people as they sat in
their boxes
Il o'clock at night, and when Miss Good
win got it she saw, to her CONSERVATION,
that the grand opera was nearly over.
Getting into a cable car, she was whisk-
ed to the Metropolitan Opera house just
in time to hear the closing notes of Mig
non."
With rapid pencil she sketched the ce-
Iebrities sitting high in the boxes all
around her, and when the curtain was
rung down ten minutes later she had the
satisfaction of seeing her sketch complete.
1t was nearly y when she arrived at
the Herald Office but from that time I'M
til 12:45 she worked at her drawing as
though her life depended upon 1t. '"rhe
white shirt fronts of the men bothered me
most" said she. 81 painted them in un-
til they all danced before my eyes"
Next morning, when the Herald came
out with half-page picture of the OPEN
ing of the grand opera season everybody
looked at the work and pronounced the
portraits excellent. That was her quick
est time.
Once she was on the point of going TO
Harpers with three wash" drawings. for
which they We're in a special hurry. While
she was putting on her hat the maid ac-
cidentally knocked over a pail of water
with which she was washing windows, and
when Miss Goodwin opened the drawings.
it was 10 find them all spoiled. The sub
stances in the soapy water had destroyed
her indelible ink. This time there was