The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-10

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Ra@elgh Times: Rev. Len RrouShtoa
- 10 build a Baptist Temple in Atlanta
He has turned the town upside down ana
Is now knowa as the Dr.. khu OF
Atlanta.
oxford Ledger: No doubt ex-Judra
Graham believes in the free coinage OF
copper now as well as silver. as he il
deeply interested in the magnificent con-
per mines in North We want
the people TO take enough interest in him
TO nominate him for senator from this
district He - made of Just the kind OF
stun that We will need In the next leSis-
iature.
Raleigh News and Observer: Yesterday
when the train from the south rolled in
on roli7d twelve negroes who left here
with the colored military company for
Fort Macon. Bob Cook seemed TO ba
spokesman for the crowd. When asked
why he didn't stay he said he eat rub
Der at home; the hard tack was too much
Tor him Glib, one Of the BARRIERS employ
ed at the Marlborough House barbershop.
was another returning prodigal. Cook
says that OF the sixty men that left here.
only forty got there
Winston Sentinel: ]. S. Fits. one Of
VlnSton's colored lawyers, came in from
ROCKY Mount this morning. He attended
the judicial convention for the Second
district, held there yesterday. c. A.
COOK, OF Warrenton. was nominted for
Judge. and r. W. Williamson, OF New
Bern. for solicitor. Fits was in the race
for the latter nomination but he only
received five votes. He says &c was a
oaek convention sure enough, there
not being a single white delegate in at
though every coun in the
district was well represented.
Charlotte News: Another horrible death
took place at the coal chute in the pas
senger yard of the Southern railway last
night shortly after 10 O'Clock. The unfor-
tunate was Earle Champ, whose home, it
is said, is in Knoxville, Tenn. The en-
CINE came down on the main line switch
where Champ and his companion We're
Another engine that was doing
some switching on another track passed
about the same time and Champ. it is
thought, was watching the movements Of
this train and did not realize his danger.
The unfortunate mans companion jump
ed in time to save himself, but Champ
was caught under the wheels. and before
horribly mangled. both legs being sever
ed from the body. Soon after the acct
dent occurred, the sheriff was notified. A
coffin was taken to the depot and the
BODY was placed therein.
Charlotte Observer: Mooresville is to
have a new church. The Presbyterians
of that place are to build a $1,000 church.
morning no little excite
ment was occasioned in Captain ]. II.
SlOan's office by the floor underneath
the corner of the big safe giving way,
allowing one end of the safe to drop
through the floor. The door was open
at the time, ana captain w. NJ. sui was
standing by it. AS the safe dropped the
striking the floor was priced off,
and fell. 1t came very near catching
Captain Stitt under it.-Representatfve
John E. Fowler, of North Carolina, was
Frustrated by a sudden attack that seiz-
ed him while in his rom at the National
Hotel. Washington City, Thursday night.
The first attack was a chill, followed by
nausea and intense pain. His condition
was of such an alarming nature that DR..
Murphy remained with him through the
night. He is still a very sick nam
Last night about II O'Clock Rev. j. A.
Dorritee heard some one holler in the
field in the rear of his house. A few min
utes later the hollering was followed by
a pistol shot. Mr.. DOrritee ran out imme-
diately to see who was hurt. He saw a
negro man go across the field to the road
and disappear. Following the direction
of the sounds of moaning, he came upon
a man lying upon the ground. weltering
in his own blood. 1t was very dark and
Mr.. Dorritee could not tell whether the
man was white or black. He got lights
and assistance from his house, carried
the man there and began to minister to
him. He discovered that the man was
an old negro who afterward gave his
name as Jim Pagan. He had been shot,
the ball crashing through his temple,
and, it is thought, lodges in his brain.
The blood was streaming from his head.
but he was perfectly conscious. He
mumbled out several things, but would
not tell the name of his assailant. He
said he had been attacked by several
men, who wanted to rob him. Further
than that he would not, if he could,
say.