The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-11
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, n. c., October 6.

MeSSclSeI bureau
Raleigh, N. c., October 6.
Two ex-confederate soldiers today
began the work of compiling from the
records of the Civil Wal which the
government is publishing the history
OF the North Carolina troops in that
great struggle. The volume will be
sold for the benefit of the soldiers
home here.
Orders are given for work to be-
gin at once on the new church Of
the Good Shepherd in this city. Gran
tie from Salisbury will be the material
used in it's construction. The interior
will be of yellow brick, with pillars
Of white marble. The church will be
in the form of a cross. It's corner
stone was brought from Jerusalem
last year by Rev. /. Nick. Pittinger,
the rector. The cost Of the building
is to be $25, 900. The delivery of ma
terial has begun.
1t is asserted by persons connected
Will ItpuDllCdH SIdIc ueduQudItcIS
that fOrty-fve printers are now at
work getting up campaign literature.
The republicans are declaring that
Senator Butler has set his heart upon
the election of Judge Adams as con-
gresham in the Fifth district, and
that he is bringing great pressure to
bear for him, in return for the repub-
lican endorsement of John E. Fowler
in the Third district.
The state did not pay any bills in
CURED for the volunteers but simply
Gathered" such bills and sent them on
to the war department. The latter re-
turned them and required the state to
"a them and hen send the vouchers
to Washington. This is being lone
and the government is paying the
claims. The latter do not include those
incurred under riders from Lieutenant
Marshall, acting quartermaster and
cOmmissary, while he was on duty
here.
The number Of students at the Agri-
cultural college here is now 210, which
is a few greater than last year.
Raleigh has representatives in the
forces on duty in Cuba, Porto Rico and
JhS IAlllpplhCO, dlIu oolulClS Iloh1
here landed at Honolulu and the La
drOneS.
1t is now the opinion that the dem
ocrats in this, the Fourth, district will
soon hold a convention here and nOmi-
nate a candidate for congress-.
Cotton is opening SO rapidly that
the pickers cannot keep up with it.
Not long ago the Southern Elk
press Company required Kerner Bros,
of Forsythe county, to make prepay
ment on express packages. The firm
made a case before the railway com-
mission, claiming that the express
company had no right to require such
prepayment. The express company
demurred and it's demurrer set forth
hat it has the right to require pre-
payment if it chooses. The decision
was left to Chairman Caldwell, of the
commission, and today he filed his
decision, which sustains the demurrer,
and says the company has the right
to say whether the sender or the re-
ceiver shall pay the charges.
Three years ago the Moshannon Coal
Company, of Pennsylvania, furnished
115 coal cars to the Langdon-Henszey
Coal Mining Company, of Cumnock,
n. c.. The MOshannon Company late
~ brought suit before Judge Purnell
of the federal court here to have the
receiver return the cars. Judge Pur-
nell today made an order for the re-
turn of the cars, as prayed for, within
ten days.
Members Of the First North Carolina
regiment continue to obtain discharges,
though physically sound men, these
being secured by political influence
and not through the surgeons. The
officers very naturally do not at all
relish this weakening of the regiment,
1t is expected that the paymaster
will this week be here to pay off the
Second regiment, of which less than
200 officers and men are in camp.
The mean temperature here during
September was "a degrees, which is 8
degrees above the average for the
month. The excess of daily tempera-
ture during the year foots up 537 de-
grees. The rain fall was 4 inches, or
: of an inch above the average. The
deficiency in rainfall during the year
is 81 inches.
The provost guard is constantly kept
on duty here. 1t is kept not only in
the city but also on the boundary of
east Raleigh.
The number Of students at Wake
Forest college has increased to 231.
Cubans Suffering for Food
New York. October 6.-The members