The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-04
Raleigh. n. c.. December 90.
Messenger Bureau,

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There is a queer little story current
| that the advent OF John r. Smith as
commissioner of agriculture has some
thing TO do with the going out of James
II. Young, colored. who has a clerkship
there. IL is said the new man does no;
care TO have a negro clerk and that hence
efforts are being made TO get Young in
the revenue service.
B. F. Montague, OF Raleigh. resigns as
director Of the institution for the white
blind and the negro deaf-mute and blind
saying that as a democrat. he is In the
minority and a mere fgurehead. For four
years he has been chairman OF the board.
Mrs. Seamans, daughter OF the late
Rev. Matthew It. Yates. for many years
a missionary to China, is visiting rela-
tives here.
1t is learneu tnat a democratic member
of the board Of agriculture has tendered
his resignation to the governor. He does
not like the way affairs are directed.
Major Hiram l.. Grant, of Goldsboro.
Is here. He is the officer. (then major
of the Second Connecticut regiment). to
whom Battery Buchanan, near Fort
Fisher, was surrendered.
"A. ii. Plant is appointed auditor of the
Southern railway.
1t is said that if Oscar J. Speares de-
sires the assistant United States district
attorneyship of this district. he can
have it. He was a candidate for the at
tornepshp D.
Editor Ellis. of The Winston Republi-
can, was here yesterday 20 see Governor
Russell. Upon this there was some re-
mark, as the Indifference, not to say
coolne-s, of that paper towards the gov
efnor has been very apparent.
Mrs. /. II. Faison presents the state
university an oil portrait of the late Rev.
DR.. Charles F. Deems.
John Graham, of Ridgeway. denies ].
c. l.. Harris story that he is to be made
commissioner of immigration at s.. 900 a
year in case the fertilizer tonnage tax
case is won in the United States supreme
court.
Today Mrs. Watson. who was shot in
the baci by her husband here in Octo-
Der, was taken to Johns Hopkins hos
pital. From the waist downward she
has lost all sensation or movement. The
bullet is lodged near the spine.
For several days Senator Sharpe, Of
Iredeli county has been steadily at the
railway commission office. 1t turns out
that the new commissioners ~telegraphed
for him the other day, to come here and
take the place of Charles c. Pagan, who
is clerk 10 the commission in its capac-
ity as the board of tax equalization.
Fagcn is q minority or popu-
list of the most pronounced type, and, Of
course, is persona non grata to Chair
man Caldwell, of the commission, who
is a Butlerite of the Butterflies. This
morning the BOARD was IN secret session
considering this natter of Sharpe rs.
Pagan.
The city public school superintendent
made q good howing as to increase in
attendance and interest. The public
schools in this c-ty nave no high grades,
such as they cave at some places.
The 6 .anley county people are denying
that they repudiated the 500, 600 of Yad-
kin railway bonds, and claim that the
company has never given the county the
stock subscribed for and that therefore
5000 a year interest was being paid on
something intangible.
Judge Purnell appoints John M. Wolfe.
of Beaufort, Cartret county, United
States commissioner
Adjutant General Cowles, receiver OF
the Piedmont bank at Morganton, says
that he took charge without any trouble.
Many depositors are glad an outsider has
been appointed receiver, as they think
he will collect more closely han a Nor
canton man would do.