The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-01-11
Messenger Bureau,

City He left here yesterday with Su-
perintendent Mewboorne, from the john
ston stree: station" The private secre-
tary said he did not say yesterday tnat
the governor had gone to the peniten-
tiary farms, but that he had gone off
with Mewboorne. His not leaving from
the Union station was singular.
The railway commission Is called to
meet tomorrow. No one knows what
may come up. Senator Buffers paper
says today that the work OF the new
railway commissioners SO far is prepara,
tory TO a reduction Of passenger and
freight rates. He makes a cut at Com
missioner Abbott (anti-RusseH republl-
cam, by saying two of the commission
ers cannot be bought.
The Capital Club here re-elects DR..
James Mckee president. Julian Timber
lake is the new secretary. There are lo'
members.
Rev ]. O. Guthrie who was first sent
to Fayetteville to be pastor of the Meth
odist church, but later was sent TO war
renton. has left for the latter place.
Architects in this state can compete
for the $50 900 in prizes for the best de-
signs for the buildings of the university
of California. The secretary Oh state mas
the specifications.
Judge Timberlake has, as expected,
granted an order restraining the collec-
ton of interest or principal of the Wilkes
county bonds issued in aid of the North
western North Carolina railroad, until
Judge Starbuck hears that matter: There
must be q good deal of stir in Wilkes. 1t
is said by an anti-Southern railway pa
per that that system threatens to tear
I'm the road between Elkln and NOrth
Wilkesboro in case the bonds are de-
cIared invalid. There are persons VINO
saw that the assaults upon the validity
of bonds issued to the Yadkin railway,
the Spartanburg and Ashevfile and the
Northwestern are really cuts at the
Southern railway, which owns all these
lines The Wilkes people expect to get
their matter settled against the ROAD by
the middle of 'March. There Is tax OF
bringing suit to test the validity OF the
bonds issued the Durham and Northern
road. which the Seaboard Air Line owns.
The public school committee of TINS
city has been on an anti-cigarette cru
Sade. ,
Senator Butler in his paper says edi-
torially: The only danger while such
man as Russell is governor and with
such a non-partisan supreme court on
the bench is from corporation 1ederal
courts and their injustces.'
Much blowing is being done in this
section Farmers say they must put III
cotton: that if they can only get cents
for it they can make buckle and tongue
meet
Bill Morgan, white man, aged 80
wears. who has served two terms in the
Denitentiary here, is in Jail again, for
murder. He says he expects TO be hahs-
ed, but fears lynching.
Speaker Ambrose Hileman, of the lower
house was married today in Cabarrus.
He says he expected to be married here
in the house of representatives. put dld
not come because he feared smallpox on
the trains. $50
At Salisbury today Governor Russells
attorneys made their reply in the North
Car 1olina railway lease matter.
The children CT Sonly Ryan, the Wlfe
murderer who was hanged at Green's
boio, will be sent ID the orphan asylum
at oxford.
The Caucasian calls on the railway
commission to regulate and reduce tele-
phone rates and ridicules the attorney
general fol his opinion that the commlS-
sion has no authority to regulate tele-
phone rates.
"A handsomc set # North Carolina
china will be made for the executive
mansion. The fine kaolin from the
state will be used.
The executive committee of the Ok
ford Orphan Asylum met at Durham last
night. 1t found that the receipts last
wear were $21,0 600, and that adj were eX-
pended. Two hundred and eleven chill
dren were cGred for, and arrangements
are made to receive Sixteen more. steps
were taken to build four cottages Tor
girls each to accommodate thirty. -Four
cottages for boys are completed and oc-
cupied. Arrangements were also made to
put an edito' in charge OF the orpnanage
paper The grand lodge of Masons meets
at the orphanage next Tuesday, in an
nual communication.
So far the promo terS OF the proposed
state textile school have had over hfty
letters from cotton mill owners, an of
whom express their interest in the plan
The finance committee of the Agrlcul-
tural and Mechanical college here has
adjourned 1t found the accounts of E.
G. Butler the new tursar, in tangle.
J. w. Hardin, the ch lirman says But
Ter has made an error by mixing tne ac>
counts of the half dozen or more depart
ments: that there is no shortage, but
that there is only 1922 difference in the
total of receipts and isbursements Har-
din says he Will quickly nnd the error
in the balances.
During December the mean tempera-
ture here was A degrees: exactly the
average: the highest 6S, the lowest Il;
rainfall 256 inches, which is almost the
average. Last years deficiency in rain
fall was II inches.
r. w. Minor is appointed by Judge
Purnen United States commissioner at
Washington. N. c.
A son of DR.. J. j. Mott. who has been
an under officer at the penitentiary, but
who was lately dropped, is now on duty
as guard at the railway commission Of
flee. Senator Sharpe, of Iredell, the new
assistant clerk, was asked why guards
were put on day and night He replied:
Il suppose because Major Wilson was
here Monday, and because Otho Wilson
came into the office. He came as a citi-
zen Major Wilson has not been here.
He is not coming. He has too much
sense. OF all the ridiculous things Gov
ernor Russell has done. this placing OF
guards at the railway commission office
takes the lead.
The ground around the basement of the
executive mansion is to be cut away, SO
to ventilate and drain the basement
which it not now used.
1t is asserted that the old railway COM
missioners will contend before the United
States supreme court that the writ of err
ror, or appeal to the United states su-
preme court, was granted before the or
der of the court given the sheriff
to place the new commissioners in pos
session.
Carthage one of the prettiest places in
the state is to be winter resort. The
new hotel. built by a Nebraska man, is
nearly completed.
The slaughter of partridges during the
past three months has been great. The
sales are large. Many birds are secretly
shipped out of the state.
When a. man is suffering with. an
aching head, a sluggish body, when
his muscles are lax and lazy, his brain
dull. and his stomach disdaining food.
he will, if wise. heed these warnings
and resort to the right remedy, before