The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-06
Causes Judge Brown to
Lose Is, 900 Votes.
TIRED OF NEGRO TROOPS
N Third North Carolina Regbnsens TO
b Mustered Out Of the S~ervice-Nevw
Commander OF Far~s Regiuscns OF
state Guard-Seusiment in Favor OF
.Jtm Crow" Cars rowins-S I Ma
chimes Must Go-Federai Convicss mot
lo be Removed.
Messenger Bureau.

To be Removed.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. C, DECEMBER >.
The canvass o. the vote by the
Up To IL o'clock today the canvass
of the judicial vote had N As far
as Psr1lico in the list of counties and
showed that by the dropping OF the
word Junior" Judge G.. II. Brown, Jr.,
had lost over $4,000 votes The dem
ocratic majorities are about $4,000 or
5000 IL there are enough votes TO
exceed the latter cast for Geo. II.
Brown" and II the clerks in the
counties made the error there will
have 10 be a new count OF the bal
lots. as the latter were properly print
ed.
Colonel Walker Taylor. command
ing the new First regiment, was here
today on business with the governor
and ~adjutant general. The late adju-
tant general, Cowles. left this morn
ing for Savannah, to become a cap
tain in the Seventh army corps.
There is a m here that the
Third North Carolina regiment Will
| soon be mustered out of service. Last
night an officer of the regular army
said he understood this was TO be
speedily done.
The fine and very large Jersey bull
at the Agricultural and Mechanical
college, which had for some time been
~quarantined on account Of suspected
tuberculosis, was killed yesterday.
The ~skeletop~will be prepared and
mounted.
White republicans here are max
ing the statement that the negroes
will hold an emigration convention
here at an early day.
The sentiment in favor OF a law for
| separate cars for whites and blacks is
growing daily. The chances are 3 TO
/ that the legislature will enact IL.
The claim of the railways that the
two rates of fare make the law un-
necessary falls fiat. Negroes ride dali
ly in the first-class cars. II is said
that sometimes there are as many ne
groes as whites in irst-class cars.
The slot machines which are for
chance are declared by the attorney
general to be gambling devices, and
they will have to go, as they have
gone in Virginia. There are all kinds
Of them here and elsewhere in the
state, in barrooms n hotels. oper-
ated openly, and they take in $50 To
S25 a day.
The federal prisoners in the peni-
tertiary here will not be sent to At
lanta. None will be sent to the lat
ter place until the government peni-
tertiary is completed, which will be
several years hence.
There were twenty-three births and
twenty-three deaths in Raleigh last
month. The police made 121 arrests,
over half Of which were for drunken
ness.
All the seats in the lower house OF
the Legislature have been assigned to
the ninety-four democrats and TWEEN
ty-siX fusionists. Twenty-four OF the
latter are on the rear row and two in
the one mex to it.
1t is rumored here among the re-
publicans that Isaac NJ. Meekins, the
republican who was defeated for So
licitor In the First district, will con-
test the election.
The penitentiary superintendent
says he does not yet know whether
that institution will meet expenses
during the year.
The board of aldermen this even
ing elected A. NJ. Powell mayo of Ra-
leigh vice w. NJ. Russ, who resigns To
become clerk of Wake county supe-
rior court. Mayor Powell Is a nephew
Of General w. r.. Cox, secretary OF the
United States senate.
Invitations were received here yes
terday to the marriage at Pittsboro
DECEMBER 14th OF Miss Lucy Worth
London to Mr.. John Huske Anderson.
The bride-elect Is a daughter Of Ed.
tor H. A. London, Of The Chatham
Record.
The supreme cour will next Mon.
day hear argument on the question
whether Cozart, populist, or Fleming
l democrat, Is elected sheriff OF Gran.
VILE. There Is a tie vote.
Governor Russell pardons Johr
Austin, white, 10 years old, who a
2 charlotte last year murdered Kel
eaton and vas sentenced to two year,
in Jail.
: William H.. Cox. of Laurinburr. /,
appointed a United States commits
e sioner.
: The young negro. Shepherd, VIII,
was appointed one OF the thee gen
eral storekeepers and gaugers In thi
revenue district, has gone to Wash
ihgton. 1t Is said that he only mad
three or four business trips and wa
e told by b distillers that he had bet
ter not come again. They were re
y puolieans, too, who gave him III,
e warning.