The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-07

The artesian well in Monroe Is
proving helpful to those suffering from
Indigestion

The artesian well in Monroe Is
proving helpful to those suffering from
indigestion.
Winston Sentinel: Great pressure
was brought to bear on w. p. Bynum
to get him TO take the j~udgeship yes
terday and again last night, but so far
1t is said he has refused--A -four
mill of as barrels daily capacity will
be built at China Grove.
Charlotte Observer: Ground was
staked OF yesterday afternoon, under
direction of Architect Milburn, for the
Merchants and Farmers cotton ware
house. Mr.. Milburn drew the plans.
The building will be 200x160 feet, and
II feet high. 1t will be the largest
building in Charlotte.
Rocky Mount Motor: A prominent
farmer of A~ventsville, Nash county.
said yesterday that Nash would 60
democratic by over 500 majority; that
white men had united and the best of
feeling prevailed everywhere through
out b county's borders.
Baltimore Sun: ]. c. Casper, of
China Grove, n. c., was admitted to
the pasteur department at the city hos
pital for treatment yesterday. While
out hunting a few days 6 the dog
he had with him suddenly became vi
cious and acted as though mad. On
I, trying to get the dog into a place Of
confinement Mr.. Casper was bitten in
two places on the left wrist.
Fayetteville Observer: Alex Smith,
Jr., and Charlie Douglas, negro boys.
were arrested here Saturday, charged
with robbing the United States mail
at Idaho, this county. They were
taken before United States Commits
sioner Powers, the trial resulting in
the discharge Of Douglas and the
binding over to the criminal court of
Smith.
! Mt. Airy News: The cyclone Thurs
day last will never be forgotten by
those who witnessed it. 1t passed with
in so OF 60 yards of our residence (Mr.
w. G. Hull says it was about 100 feet
from the dwelling.) When we reach
ed home my wife and children who
had left the house and had attempted
60 escape wer crying, standing in a
d%renching rain-almOst p~aralyized
with fear.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mr.. c.
B. Aycock passed through the city yes
terday afternoon on his way west. He
will deliver several speeches next week
in Surry and Stokes counties. He
speaks today at Walnut Cove
Bryan yesterday fined Ben Robinson,
n OF Raleigh's negro aldermen, $40
for holding his wife for Eliza Ward,
a m of bad character, to beat her,
The Ward woman was fined $40. Rob
inson's attorneys announced their in
tention of appealing to the supreme
court.
Charlotte Presbyterian: Steele Greek
church is one of the Oldest churches in
North Carolina. It was organized
about 1850. The people, however, were
accustomed to assemble for divine
worship under the branches of an oak
some years prior to the organization
During the troublous times of the rev
OlutiOn it sent it's quota to the war
Two of it's elders signed the Mecklen-
burg declaration of independence. One
of it's pastors-Rev. Humphrey Hunter
was a valiant soldier, and bore the
scars of honorable wounds on his body
to- the grave. The people are Scotch
Irish. A sturdy, God-fearing, church
going, misunderstanding people, Loyal
to God, to their church and their
country.