The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-06

| killed IL rabbits. n one of them
| killed a dog. mistaking It for a rabbit.
Colonel Geo. TAFT, of Portsmouth,
oldest and most highly esteemed cit
liens passed away yesterday-Mr.
Mills II. Brown is dead. aged 81 years
In 1912. near Brassfeld. in Johnston
county. Mr.. Brown was born. but the
greater portion OF his life was spent in
Raleigh. where for many years he was
a prominent merchant.
Raleigh News and Observer: Will
liam Clark. the white man who was
SD fearfully injured in the recent Sea-
hoard Air Line wreck at MonCure, is
slowly recovering and his physicians
entertains hopes OF his cover He
Is At Rex hospital. His lungs were
pierced by broken ribs and he was
otherwise badly injured.
G~reenyille Reflector: 4 colored
man named Henry Wilkerson. who
was drinking and trying TO raise a row.
was shot and Killed in Dudley's bar
room, at Washington. on Friday night.
From what We can learn there were
no eye witnesses TO the killing aud
no particulars could be obtained As to
just how Il occurred.
The Ashcville Register. republican
understood TO be Representative Pear
sons personal organ. says that Mr..
Pearson has demanded a recount OF the
vote in the Ninth district. The re-
count viii take place on December LIST.
He has also served notice that he will
contest the election OF Mr.. Crawford
before the house of representatives.
Rockingham Rocket. This David
J. Lewis who opposed our Colin Nc
Lean for solicitor, and who was blown
away in the storm OF the Sth. ia the
same David ]. Lewis who made that
purity" patriotic democratic speech
III the Rockingham court house when
Mclean was nominated. He received
his we'll merited rebuke in his terrible
defeat.
Franklin Press: There are two
Mormon elders tramping through Ma
con county, scattering their objection
able literature. Such cattle are not
needed here. There are Methodist.
Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian
ministers enough TO attend 10 the re-
ligious wants of our people without
these tramps. Their very methods are
objectionable, and people should not
feed nor harbor them unless they pay
for it. Their literature should be
burned at once and not read.
Greensboro Telegram. There was Il
bad wreck about > o'clock this morn
ing one mile north of Greensboro. A
fraiUht train n, ,hn ,a.s, H.. = IL
Southern broke loose and the rear sec
ton ran into the first. Several ears
were badly damaged. Some of them
were loaded with hogs. and 80 porkers
were killed.-North Carolina was
awarded two gold medals for exhibits
1t made at the Omaha exposition. one
medal was for the best collective ex-
hibit Of fertilizers; the other for the
best exhibit Of tobacco.
Charlotte News: The congregation
at Mulberry was much shocked Sun
day morning to hear of the burning to
death Of one of Mr.. and Mrs. X. T..
McQu1y's children.-Thc Methodist
churches Of this city made very fine
reports to conference last
year. IryOn street church paid an
average Of $500 per member. while
Trinity paid $1,000. The only churches
IN the western conference that paid
more than $1,000 per member last
year were the Charlotte churches.
West Market, Greensboro: Bethel and
Blltmore, Asheville, Morgant0n and
High Point. Tryon street and Trinity.
however, led all other churches Of the
conference.-the Raleigh News and
observer avs thar thu yafIr,,l. u.gIl
fight vigorously the separate car bill
when it comes before the legislature.
O course; hat has all the while been
iorseen: but this opposition should
not prevent the enactment OF the bill
into a law.
Fayetteville Observer: Colonel Bur
gwyn, who was Friday mustered out
OF the service will, it is said, in a few
lays resume his duties as National
Bank examiner, the position he filled
previous to his entering the military
service lie was at the time merely
given a leave OF absence; he did not
resign and was not asked to resign
Our popular young townsman. Mr.. J.
Il. Boyd, manager OF the Postal Cable
once IN this city, received a telegram
saturday night announcing the death
OF MS father al Z o'clock that evening
at his home in Concord. He and his
brother, Mr.. Louis Boyd. left Sunday
morning to attend the funeral. When
they reached Salisbury they learned
or the death OF their grandmother
which occurred the same day as that
or their father.-T. 4 McCain Of
Cumberland county, was awarded $3.50
damages against the Western Union
Telegraph Company. for the failure of
that company to deliver a message to
him announcing the death OF his sister
ln-IaW IN time FOR him to attend the
funeral.
Smithheld Herald Several nights
age Ransom Guley. near Layton, was
awakened By a noise in bis bedroom.
he got up, struck a match and dis
covered a negro hiding behind the
WIDOW curtain. Seeing that be waS
| detected the negro gaizad "A pfIt,u, ,..