The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-03

Frank L. Heartt. a very worthy citizen.
OF Raleigh, is
Sanford Express: The strawberry crop
in the southern part OF Moore county was
a decided SUCCESS this season and the
acreage win be Increased next season.
Kiusoon Free Press: This t. a year OF
big cabbages. and a plenty OF them. Mr..
A. A Britron brought Us one Thursday
that weighed twelve pounds after IL had
been trimmed up.
Ne ron Messenger: The Catawba Fur
niture Company. since doubling IT'S manu-
featuring capacity. rs turning out bed
room suits. odd dresSers and chiffoniers
in large quantities.
Greensboro Record: The New York
parties nave been successful in the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley case. the United
to that tribunal. This VIII delay the mat
ter indefinitely. the court being greatly
behind IN its work.
Kinston Free Press: Messrs. I. Harvey
& Son, our enterpris4ng truckers. inform
US that they have shipped 26o crates Of
cabbage They Will ship about 800 more.
making n total Of $500 crates shipped
this seaSon.-The Irish potato crop has
been considerably damaged by the recent
rains.
Charlotte Observer. Colonel Osborne
ieaves for Raleigh today. As kT.own. he
rs 70 be chaplain of the Second regiment.
Rev. George Atkinson will assume
charge of the city mission work OF the
First and Second Presbyterian churches
Sunday next.-Rev. DR.. Holland. who
was called some time ago to the pastor
ate of ST. Marks Lutheran church. will
arrive here tomorrow night, TO enter upon
his labors.
Wilson News: What came near being
a serious accident occurred at Simm's
planning mill Saturday afternoon. Some
workmen were engaged IN casting
when it exploded. throwing the molten
metal all over them. Mr.. Virgins had
his face badly burned and first ii was
feared that he would lose his eyes. but
later this fear was removed. Two or three
others were slightly burned, but none
seriously.
New Bern Journal: Word was received
here late last night of a terrible tSunder.
rain and hail storm which struck Hail.
fax county, earlier in the night, r berg
part of the storm which prevailed in this
section. The storm in Halifax county
was the Severest hail storm ever seen in
that country. Fruit was destroyed and
other crops greatly damaged. Window
glaS We're broken in houses, and the head
light of an engine On the railroad near
Tflfery was knocked out by the gfail
stones.
Raleigh Post: Mr.. w. II. Thorn. of
Litoieton, the writer of the letter. says:
Hail stones as large as your fist fell,
hlilIlIS Siftcp, IIOSS, tIltChtIlS tilu Mic
fowl and animals" Tobacco and fruit
crops within a radius of four miles were
entirely annfhilated. In fact. Mr.. Thorn
writes that all vegetation was destroyed
and the ground was covered with these
tremendous hail stones. Farmers lost
their crops in a few moments time. Mr..
j. r. Pattison Was a heavy sufferer. The
hail storm did much damage in portions
of eastern Carolina. Reports were receiv-
| ed here yesterday telling of great devas-
tation. The storm at Littleton was most
remarkable for its severity.
Windsor Ledger: After an examina-
tion by Drs. Harrell and Horton. OF Au-
| lander, Coroner III. j. Slade left for Balti-
more last week with the stomach of Mrs.
RomuluS BaZemore, the state chemist
declining to examfne the same. All the
information We are able to get is tina
in an half an hour after her husband
gave her some medicine Che report be-
ing S~trychnine was contained therein)
she was seized with convulsions.-Joe
Joyner, the negro that assaulted Mr.. A.
j. Pritchard some time ago, and who
disposed of a horse and buggy for Mr..
Josh Brown, was caught by the latter in
Norfolk last week. and brought here and
lodged in Jail on Monday.
Charlotte Observer: A dog went mad
or George Stephenson'S (colored) place
near the park, yesterday afternoon, and
bit Jim Edwards son in 1--WE places. The
child was taken to DR.. O'Donoghue's
| and the maidstone applied to his wounds,
which were almost serious.-An acct
dent happened at Mt. Pleasant Saturday.
Miss Margaret Hunter, of South Caro-
lima, now a student of Elizabeth college.
was badly hurt by a runaway team.
When she was picked up she was uncon-
| SciOuS and remained so for am hour or
more. She is badly bruised, though ii is
not Thought that any bones are broken.
Windsor Orient: 1t is reported from
near HarreIlsvflle that so much hail fell
during the recent hailStorm that the
bitches We're clogged and it became nee
eSSary to open them. One man found a
lump of hail weighing one hundred
p~ounds-the small pieces having frozen
together.