The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-25
NORTH CAROLINA.

was walking along the track at a sharp
curve and could not have been seen
by the engineer until the train YVES
almost upon him.
Raleigh Post: Mrs. ". II. Bagley,
mother OF the late Ensign Worth Bag
lew. has received al elegant oil paint
ing of the deceased which a ordered
ana paid for by a number of patriotic
citizens Of Colorado Springs, Col It is
now in exhibition in a window of Wat
sons art store on Fayetteville street.
Kinston Free Press: r. L. Black
ridge, Of New Bern, a revenue officer,
was here Monday drinking and making
a nuisance of himself. He drew his
| pistol on Mr.. ]. w. Russ at the depot
and was fourishing it around in other
| places, We are told. Such men as he
| add to the disgust of decent white men
with the republican party.
Greensboro Patriot: A policeman
arrested a negro in High Point Mon
day afternoon and was taking him to
the lookup when Bob Morton, a bad
negro, knocked the officer down with
a pair of knucks.-Rev. J. w. Good
man, a young Presbyterian minister
| of ability, has been installed as pastor
Of the High Point Presbyterian church.
StatesviIle Landmark: TIVE repub-
licans in conversation in Raleigh adj
mitted that the democrats would car
ry the lower house of the legislature
in the coming election; that it was i'm
| possible to prevent such a result, and
the only hope of the fusionists is to
carry the senate, to which end they
are bending all their energies.
Fayetteville Observer: About 8
o'clock this afternoon Chief of Police
Maultsby were taking a negro
named John Smith to Jail and had
reached the front of the court house
when the negro, who was walking be-
tween them, broke and ran. Both Off
GERS fired and the negro fell, shot in
the small Of the back. Each officer
says he shot at the ground to brighten
the man.
Wilkesboro Hustler: Tuesday even
ing two boys of Sam Kelly, colored,
who lives below Wilkesboro, were
playing. One is aged eight years and
the other thirteen. The former was
sitting On a log and the latter was cut
ting on it. The younger boy kept
sticking his foot where the older was
hitting, then jerking it back before
the axe fell. FINALLY he moved his
foot too late and the axe fell on it,
striking the ankle joint. His foot was
completely severed except a small piece
of skin in front. DR.. Ellis was called
and sewed his foot on. The doctor
thinks it will not have to be amputated
Kinston Free Fress: DR.. Andrew
Pollock, ST., died in Pensacola, Fla,
on October 18th, of congestion of the
brain. He leaves a widow and five
children and a host of friends to mourn
his departure. He was a man of
strong character, of an amiable nature,
and elegant He was educat-
ed at Wake Forest college and at the
University of New York, and became
n of the most successful physicians
of the south. His father, the late DR..
w. A. J.. Pollock, of Kinston, died a
few years ago, and he has now living
here his brothers, DR.. J. A. Pollock
and Mr.. w. D. Pollock, and his sisters,
| Mrs. Jas. G. Cox and Miss Sallie Pol
lock.
Charlotte News: Train rockers are
| again at their dirty work. A passen-
ger train on the Southern a few days
! ago was struck several times while
running at a high rate Of speed between
! Lexington INT ~Thomasville. Luckily
no one was injured.-Judge Thomas
H. Sutton, judge of the eastern GRIM
inal circuit, who has been very i'll for
! some time, is now in a hospital in
New York city. He has been in New
York for ten days and is rapidly i'm
proving. He writes that he will be in
Charlotte by the morning of the oath
to open the special term Mecklenburg
criminal court that is called for the
trial of Joe Jackson, who is charged
| with the crime of rape.
Raleigh News and Observer: One
year ago the total resources of the
banks in North Carolina were $9,451,-
S23.40. This year the are
$40, 526, 10000, as will be seen by refer
ence to the state treasurer's bank
statement.-Early last night John
Marsh, a negro brakeman on a Sea-
board Air Line freight train, was
knocked off the cars at Moncure and
badly injured. He was brought here
this morning. telegram was re-
ceived here yesterday from Baltimore
announcing the death of Thomas L.
Blalock in that city. Mr.. Blalock held
a position with the Standard Oil Com
pany, as supervising chemist. He was
a native of this state, having been
born in Granville county.-Winston,
N. c., October -. Especial. DAN
Brown, a bad negro, was shot and kill
ed here last night by Walter J~effries,
colored. The trouble grew out of JEFF
fries employing Browns sweetheart
to % for him. The defendant sur
rendered to the officers. He claims
hat Brown shot first.-Scotland
Neck, N. c., October 20. Especially
The sad news comes from Palmyra, a
few miles down the country, that Mr..
L C. Bell, one Of the leading mer-
chants there, died yesterday. He vas
in Scotland Neck about a week ago well