The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-22

Highpoirs 4 %-terprise: Squire T.
j. Biard Of adway, Davidson county,
performed az arriage ceremony last
week which L lie the seventh in one
manipulating married the father and
six sons.
Raleigh Times-Visitor: Mr.. J. c.
L. Harris has been elected attorney
for the board of directors of the deaf
and dumb and blind institutions at
Raleigh. Colonel Harris now holds
three more offices than Julius Caesar
| ever possessed.
Hickory Mercury: We were shock
ed to hear of the death of Miss Mary
Grouse, daughter of DR.. Josiah Grouse
of Elon college, which occurred there
Monday. While trying to kindle a fire
in the stove with kerosene oil. it ex-
ploded and set her on fire; from which
she died Monday.
Oxford Ledger: Rev. Arthur Stan
Gil, cOlOred. Episcopal minister, has
located temporarily at Satterwhite,
and trust he will succeed in establish
ing a church there.-Mr. r. w. Las
sitter received a telegram Wednesday
from his brother, Captain Willie Las
oiINA paying IAoI hC was "ouhuCu III
the side, but not seriously.
DR.. R.. H. Lewis, secretary of the
| state board Of Health, says: There
is smallpox in Iredell, Catawba, Row
an, Durham, and Rockingham coun-
ties. The chief trouble is among the
negroes. These wander around at
night and an inland quarantine is of
but little use againts them, Vaccina-
ton is the only preventive.
Asheville Gazette: In the federal
| court Judge Purnell is enforcing rig
idly the law against violations of the
i international evenue laws. Yester-
day several moOnshiners were SEN
fenced to prison, terms ranging from
twelve to eighteen months. Judge
Purnell evidently intends to punish
the old blockaders more severely than
heretofore.
Whiteville News: The experience
so far in the tomato business, brought
about by the canning factory, has
demonstrated that tomatoes will make
one of the most profitable truck crops
in the future by raising plants under
cover and setting out as soon as frost
is over, thus making an extra early
crop. The canning factory will per-
haps commence operations early next
week.
Greensboro Record: Edward Smith,
son of Captain Dick Smith, who has
been engaged assisting City Engineer
Richardson, was paralyized yesterday
| afternoon about 3 o'clock. He is be-
ing treated and with hopes of success.
He is a stout young man, about 10,
and his strong constitution may help
to restore him.-FOr some years DR..
Benbow has agitated the subject of a
monument to the late Calvin Graves,
of CaswelI. 1t is a. shame hat his
memory has been left this long with
out that honor due it. Calvin Graves
| cast the deciding vote for granting a
charter for the North Carolina rail-
road. 1t was a tie and there was
much bad feeling and he had the grit,
and seeing far ahead of his constituent
cy, he cast his vote for it, and from
that time his political career was end
ed. His county was bitterly against
the measure and he was turned down.
Winston Journal: j. T. Joyce, of
Sandy Ridge, Stokes county, was in
the city To-Day ana mace a statement
concerning the shooting ARRAY between
John Hundley and some negroes last
| Sunday. Mr.. Joyce said young Humid
ley "a passing by the church on his
way home when the negroes attack
ed him, hurting sticks and stones at
him. Hundley Lad nothing to defend
himself with and made for home as
fast as possible. Presently he met a
cousin of his named Bolton who hand
ed him a pistol. Hundley then turned
on the negroes who were pursuing
him and told them to stand back. Bob
Ziglar threw a rock at Hundley and
her the latter fired at him, shooting
him through the heart. Ziglar died
within fifteen minutes. Hundley then
went to his fathers home and stayed
there two or three hours, with the
house surrounded by negroes. After
a while Hundley' mn out and at
tempted to escape. The negroes at
tackled him and he turned on them
shooting four more negroes. One OF
them was shot in the face, two in the
breast and one in the arm.