The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-18

NORTH CAROLINA.
Nashville Graphic: At his home near
Nuns last Sunday, DR.. Ezra Bullock
died Of heart failure. Mr.. Bullock was
born in E~dgecombe county and during
the struggles in battle in the sixty's
was a member Of Company /, Forty
fifth regiment.
Kinston Free Press: The Gay Lum-
Der Company has recently received for
ty tons of railroad iron for their tram
road across the river, used in bringing
logs to the mill. Thirty more ton are
expected in a few days. The road will
be about ten miles long when these
rails are laid.
Wilson News: The revival services
which have been conducted by Rev. o.
L. Struggled, of Raleigh, for the past
two weeks in the Baptist church here,
came to an end last night. There have
been seventeen conversions, but this
does not lear show the great work the
eloquent preacher has done.
Raleigh News and Observer: DR..
Thomas Carroll, a brother of Mrs.
Robert O.. Burton, of this city, died
near Little Rock, Ark, on Easter
morning. He was the third son of the
late Thomas and M. A. V. Carroll. at
one time Of Warren county, but after
wards of Ashland Va DR.. Carroll was
a refined, sweet-spirited gentleman,
and a scholarly, well-read physician.
OF the snow April Is, 1S49, The Green
vile Reflector is reminiscent and says:
1t was very early spring. The woods
were green. Many young branches
were long as the hand There fell a
considerable snow in Wake county on
Sunday That night a heavy freeze
black and dead. Some persimmon
trees were killed. Many trees of othe.
kinds were injured.
S~tatesville Landmark: d. P. Smith
and daughter have arrived from Homo
lulu, Hawaii, inc are stopping with
their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs George H
Brown. Mr.. Smith has lived in Homo
lulu for the past fifteen years. He is q
native of Wilkes county and has visited
here a number of times since he re-
side in Honolulu. He has made the
trip from San Francisco to Honolulu
twenty-four times
Kings (Greenville) Weekly: Carrie
| JOyuer died at Fortress Monroe Friday
| night after a long illness of typhoid OF
| Cuban fever. He Joined the regular ar,
my about two years ago, and was il
the Santiago campaign last summer
| which broke down his health Mr.. 0
L. Joyner, his brother, went to Fort,
| ress Monroe about a week 6 and wa:
lpresent at his death bed The remain:
| were brought here Saturday, a large
| crowd meeting them at the depot.
Charlotte Observer: Robert Love, tn,
1~0-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Love, of Paw Creek, hung himself Sat
urday afternoon. The boy lax hat
| chickenpoX and had not entirely recov
| cred from the disease. A number o.
| boys who were going fishing came b.
for him Saturday afternoon, but hi!
mother refused to let him go on &C
| count of his not being we'll. The re
fusaL angered the boy.-Monroe, Apri
10.-MOnrOe has come to the same con
| dition that exists in other towns of thu
state--has a case of smallpox. 1t wa.
| brought here from Weldon by a negr,
| railroad hand. The case was discover
ed Saturday evening, promptly inves
| tigated n measures for protection a
once taken.
Winston Journal: A gentleman
from the country was in the city thi!
morning. and says the blackberries ar,
not all killed as has been reported. H,
says that as long rs the plant puts gu
green leaves they are all right, arC
that is the case at present.-A gen
tleman who came in from Kernersvill'
Wednesday afternoon told a Journa
man that the outrage committed Their
by SOM unknown parties on Saturda.
night (the dissertation of a graveyard
is still causing great excitement an
that the sentiment of the people i
that there is nothing in the history o
the town that would equal this devil
try.
Charlotte Observer: Rev. A. NJ. Mas
sey, coiored, who was shot in the arr
by his wife n night last week. i
now carrying the ball in his pocket. /
was extracted yesterday. The woma
was to go to the chain gang in defaul
of $25 fine. The husband paid her fin
and took her to his heart and HON
Observation-Disclosures, April lit de
veloped today that Governor Russell
recent visit here was to attack Ewar
and prevent his appointment. He ar
gued to the attorney general that tn
president could not appoint, under Sec
ton 1863 Of the Statutes and that n
appointment could be made till Decem
Der, as the office was in allegiance. TIL
nomination not having been acted upo
by the senate, this view impressed IN
department and has caused delay
Ewart threw a bombsheH today whe
he showed that MS section was a par
of the famous tenure of office" act an
had been REPEALED by congress in 1sS'
Russell also insisted that Ewart ha
not drawn and could not draw salary
even il appointed, but Ewart today, i
an interview with the attorney genera
read the opinion OF the COMPTROLLER
the currency that his (Ewarts) reces
appointment was a valid n and tina
he was entitled to mis- salary, and tha
it had been paid. There Is big laug
here at RusseIrs ignorance OF the Law