The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-01
NORTH CAROLINA.

The Granville Creys, military COM
pany Of oxford, last Thursday tele-
graphed President Mckinley. offering
their services in case of var with
Spain.
Nashville Optic: A great many farm
ers are busy hauling guano. but the
amount sold up to date does not COM
pare with the quantity sold same day
last year.
Salisbury World: jackson, the ne
gro who was found near Charlotte
with the smallpox several weeks ago.
died last night. This makes the third
victim of smallpox reported from Char
,lotte.
Monroe Enquirer: The artesian well
is now over 500 feet deep, and still no
water.-Mr. Jesse Morgan, of Rock
Rest, cut his foot very severely with
an AK last Monday.-Sarah Miller.
aged IL years, daughter of Shepard
Miller, Of Vance township. dies a most
painful death last Thursday night from
burns received two days before.
Asheville Gazette: Mrs. C~laybrook
James, who was painfully injured in a
accident on Central avenue
some weeks ago, has almost recovered
from her injuries.-At Newton Tues
ANJ III villa %HS Do4AdAllS Va
Yount and Shrum and the engine house
Of Rhyme, Houk and Cos Touring mill
and did other damage, says The En-
terprise.-A stock company, composed
wholly Of citizens Of Elk Park, Mitchell
county, has been organized for the pur-
pose Of erecting an electric light plant
at Bowling Rock, with a view Of light
ing that town. The authorized capital
of the company is $40, 0O0.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
Irwindale Mining Company, of Chero-
kee county, was yesterday incorporated
by the secretary of state. It's capital
stock is to be $36, 900, divided into
shares of $40 each. The principal Of
flee is to at Murphy.-The Nantucket
mills, the new cotton mill at Spray,
Rockingham county, was yesterday in
corporated by the secretary of state.
with GA capital stock of s25, 600, divided
into shares of 500 each. The business
proposed is the manufacture and sale
of all articles made Of cotton, wool or
other textile products. The i~ncorpora-
tors are: J. S. McAlister and Hal M.
Worth, of Worthwhile and C. c.. Meal
lister, of AshebOrO.
Charlotte Observer: DR.. Thomas J..
Moore dies yesterday evening at 6:35
o'clock at his home in Richmond Va,
Of paralysis, having been stricken We'd
nesday afternoon. He was the son of
Mrs. NJ. A. Osborne, of this city, by her
first marriage. He was BORN in Char
lotte April 80, 1910, at the home of his
grandfather, Mr.. John IrWin.-Will
Gordon, cOlored, the elevate boy at
the Central, got his jaw bone broken
at the opera house Tuesday night. An
other negro struck him.-Mr. j.. B.
Williamson, father of Clerk William
son., of the criminal court, came to town
Wednesday. On his way he passed
two white men, n of whom was a
Mr.. Cherry, of the Matthews section.
They were both cutting wood. The axe
in the hand of the unknown party
glanced, cutting Mr.. Cherry OF the leg.
did not bleed, but dies in an hour. The
killing was purely accidental.-Mr.
Bishop, a carpenter, who was at work
Wednesday on Mr.. Curlee's house on
Eleventh and Davidson streets, fell
and was so badly hurt that he was not
able to be at work yesterday.-Ashe-
Vile, Feb. 24.-News comes from Bry-
son City to the effect that one man
was killed and another seriously
wounded yesterday about noon. The
following account is given by a Citizen
correspondent: Deputy Sheriff Calvin
Brindle, with John Bradshaw as guard,
started for Bryson City with some pris-
eners accused of forcible ~trespass. On
the way they were attacked by a man
of the name of Thomas who tried to
release the prisoners. He and the
guard, Bradshaw, got into a shooting
match, resulting in the death Of
Thomas, while Bradshaw was seriously
wounded in the abdomen.