The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-24
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Cherokee Scout: RI. D. ~ - ~, 80
Thursday for Chicago. ~. - 49,,
gantze a company 20 work
lands IN this vicinity.
Burlington News: Last ThurSo~s Ms1s
during the electrical storm n DO
lightning entered the Burlington -
phone Exchange and completely oenioA
ished the switchboard.
Rockingham. y. g. May S-tSp~cia~,
The Democratic judicial ConventioH
nominated Honorable Thomas 4. McNeii.
Of Robson county. for Judge. and Mr..
c. NJ Mclean. Of Bladen. FOR solicitor.
During a severe ,hunier storm Sunday
night. the steeple on the Methodist EpLs-
copal church was struck by lightning
and almost demolished. wrecking the
whole front of the church 1t selma
The Mount Atty News says that some
parties recently stole about
near Kendall. The bag from which the
money was stolen contained something
over sl2e. Something over S+o.1 was left
in the bag.
Salisbury sun: A car load Of pink
granite passed through. being shipped
from J. T. wyatts pink granite quarry.
This granite l. used for al kinds or pur-
poses and has become known AL over the
country. since X was used in building
the Watts mansion az Durham.
The Morgaaton armer Friend say
4 WaIdensian. by the name OF Tr1liett.
who lives about five or six miles east
OF Morganton. had the misfortune last
week to lose his barn. a great deal OF
forage and two milch cows. During the
thunderstorm last Friday evening light
ming struck his barn.
Oxford Ledger: The Granville upper
Mines which ranks among the finest In
the country. are being developed and high
grade specimens are being taken out.
The veins are large with a heavy per
centage of copper in them. Northern
Granville will now become a large min
ing field. and that section vii become
the center OF mining capital
| Raleigh News and Observer: Ycste--
day ex-Congressman Tom Settle got on
an awfully good joke at Ohio wilson
| expense. He said TO the latter; ONO.
you needn't look for foot prints on the
| sands OF time" Look on the seat OF
YOUR breeches." This was a delicate
and felicitious allusion to the kicking
Senator Butler had given OHIO in the
convention the night before.
Kinston Press: Evangelist Pearson
will commence a protracted meeting ~
| Greenyille May 18th. Big preparations
| are being made there for a meeting,
| which takes place in a big tobacco ware
| house. There is talk of securing reduced
rates over the railroad from hlnston, az
a number of our citizens have expressed
a desire TO attend some OF the services
| Winston Sentinel: One OF the prize
| hands in T. l.. Vaughan * Co.'S tobacco
| factory met with a painful accident TINS
| afternoon. A cap on one of the retain
| ers broke and flew off. striking the negro
| on the head, cutting a CASH TWO or three
| inches in length-Charles Lambeth ana
| lobe Lewis, two negroes. while out
| horseback riding about I O'Clock last ev-
| ening ran over three white women the
| names of whom were Payne, DunnigAn
| and Carol. on north Liberty street. The
| Payne and Carol wcmen wer knocked
| down and hurt pretty badly. The print
Of the horses foot is said TO he seen on
the head of Mrs. Carol. The Mayor Will
| attend to the negro boys this evening for
| their carelessness.
Shelby, n. c., May 1.-THE Judicial
| convention today nominated w. A. Hoke
for judge of the Eleventh judicial Dis
trict. and James l.. Webb solicitor, by &C
| clamation. Thomas Jerome from Union
| county. was chairman of the convention.
Roxboro Courier: Lightning killed two
young horses belonging to Mr.. Robert
Foushee last Sunday night. Mr.. Foushee
knew nothing about the accident until
Monday morning when he went 10 feed
his horses. This bolt appeared to have
gone down through the roof of the stable.
but besides killing the two horses did
not do any other damage. This was
quite a misfortune to Mr.. Foushee, as he
only had two horses, and came in a very
busy season.