The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-25

Kinston Free Press: Over 100 crate
OF nice canteloupes were shipped from
kinston this morning. They sell fol
about one dollar a crate.
Asheboro Courier: DR.. J. NJ. Worth
celebrates his SSth birthday today:
The doctor has lived a commercially
noble life and in these IS years has
benefited his fellowmen to an immeas-
urable degree. We wish that he may
yet enjoy the happiness and peace OF
many years.
Roxboro Courier: 1t seems that our
eoiored population wants to leave US,
There have been no less than fifty OF
them who have left during the past
week. Thirty-six negro men, between
the ages Of is and 80, left over the Nor
folk and Western road Monday morn
ing for Richmond, Va, TO work on a
railroad which is being constructed.
Several left Monday for South Carroll
IA, going with our tobacco men, and
many more will go pretty soon.
Walnut Cove Argus: Mrs. Nancy
{. Summers, near Brown Mountain,
who was bitten by a mad dog some
time ago, died on last Friday. She suf-
fered a great deal; could not eat nor
drink after she commenced having fits.
Something remarkable was that at the
sight of food and water she would
go into fits. She only lived three
days after the occurrence. A cow Bit
ten by the same dog also died. Thir-
teen dogs have been killed within the
last few days.
Lincoln Journal: J. A. Lore, who
farms the Caldwell place, threshed his
wheat crop this week. He made 1860
bushels, an average of 203 bushels 10
the acre. The upland wheat averaged
"A bushels to the acre. On 90 acres he
made 1850 bushels. His crop last year
on 125 acres vas 2102 bushels.-Os-
borne Howard, whose incarceration
on a charge of HOUSEKEEPING and burn
ing We mentioned last week, is trying
to starve himself to death. He has eat
en- nothing since he was placed in Jail
on Wednesday of last week.
Kinston Free Press: Rev. L. j. Hol-
den, pastor Of the Snow Hill circuit,
NJ. E. church, died this morning at 9
o'clock, of dropsy. He had been suffer-
ing with dyspepsia and rheumatism
for over a year. He was about 60 years
of age.-On application. of the demo-
cratic commissioners of Greene coun-
ty, through Messrs. Wooten & Shaw,
Judge o. H. Allen has issued a tempo
rary injunction against the fusion COM
missioners of Greene county, restrain
ing them from listing taxes and inter-
fering with the levy of taxes in Greene
county. The injunction is returable
before Judge H. R. Bryan, at Newborn
on uJly 29th.
Durham Herald: Storms are doing
much damage in Granville county.
Sunday evenings storm was very severe
in the neighborhood of Lyons. Trees
were blown down and in some cases
buildings demolished, though no loss
of life is reported. A tree was blown
on the residence of Richard Lyon,
wrecking a part Of it. Captain J. r.
Rem, of the S. A. L., who came down
from Henderson yesterday afternoon,
says the evidences of the fury of the
storm may be seen along his road.
Captain J. J. Tyson, whose train
OdShcu uCIC yesterday CVeuluS, says
that there was a considerable amount
of hail near Elerbe and that in some
places tobacco was greatly damaged
and in some cases ruined. Large trees
were blown down and barns %unroofed.
Durham Sun: Prof. Collier Cobb,
Of the University of North Carolina,
is one of a party of biologists invited
by the Union Pacific railroad to visit
the fossil fields of Wyoming. He left
today for the west, accompanied by Mr..
George Chadbourn. After leaving the
fossil fields, they expect to visit the
mining regions of Utah and Colorado
and the Pacific coast.-The many
friends of Rev. DR.. w. S. Greasy, Of
Winston, who several years ago was
pastor of Trinity church in Durham,
will be glad to know that the doctors
health is improving. He has been quite
sick. Friends here and elsewhere will
be glad to know that he is better, and
hope that he will soon be entirely re-
stored to health.-There is a quiet
rumor, and it bears the impress of bust
ness reason, that as soon as the road
now in process of construction between
Richmond and Ridgeway is complet-
ed, which the contracts call for on Sep
TENDER the first, that daily trains will
be run from Durham and Richmond
and back.
Raleigh News and Observer: Mr..
Alex Field has just returned from War
rem county and reports a most severe
storm yesterday. He was on a visit
to his mother and brother, Mr.. B. S.
Field, at the old homestead, about eight
miles south of Warrenton, and it was
just at this spot that the storm was
at its worst. The dwelling stands in
the midst of a fifteen or twenty-acre
grove of large oaks, many of them
measuring from eight to twelve feet
in circumference. One of these was
uprooted and hurled with great violence
against the dwelling, knocking off the
top Of one chimney and crushing into
the roof; two others were uprooted and
fell on either side of the house. By ac-
tual count in the yard and grove alone
twenty-six large trees were entirely
%uprooted, twenty-eight others were
broken off and completely wrecked and
still thirty-three others were much
broken and damaged. Fortunately no