The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29

Judge PuTncu Finds that HIS Clerk of
Court In from the Wrong Dlstrfct-A
Valuable Copper Mine-Two Crfmi.
nal Assaults
Messenger Bureau.

nal Assaults
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., August %.
The news that Judge Purnell, OF the
United States district court, would ask
for the resignation Of ]. B. Fortune,
its clerk here, was known three weeks
ago TO a few republicans here. They
say the reason is that Fortune is not
from this district, but is from Shelby,
in the western district. Senator Prit-
chard secured the appointment it is said
While there is a rumor that the judge
has intimated a purpose TO appoint
George Green, now a deputy clerk 1t
New Bern, to fill the vacancy, there Is
a little doubt expressed Is TO this.
So far 141 recruits for the regulars
and volunteers have been secured here
by Lieutenant Settle. OF these sixty
seven have gone TO the volunteers.
Senator Pritchard left today for
Washington and will appear before the
commissioner Of internal revenue in
the interest Of p. B. Key, of S~tatesville,
whose whiskey distillery, the largest in
this state, was seized last week for al
legged irregularities. Key has supplied
most of the corn whiskey used by the
South Carolina dispensaries.
At HendersonviLle yesterday there
was argument in the important bank
ruptcy case OF D. ". c. Benbow, of
Greensboro, involving some 1925, 900.
Colonel Murchison, of New York, is in
terested in this case, which involves
the now defunct Cape Fear and Yadkin
VaI1pv railway and tho North Sfofo
Improvement Company. Senator Prit-
chard, Mr.. E. X. Bryan, of Whining
ton, and Mr.. Hill, formerly Of Duplin
county, but now of New York, appeared
for Colonel Murchison.
At Salisbury last night your CORE
spondent was informed of a terrible case
of outrage, at Gold Hill, fourteen miles
distant, the victim being a IL year old
white girl, an orphan, named Murrell.
She was not long ago adopted by a
man of that name. Her a~ssailant, she
says, was a negro. Her condition is
critical. She says she can not identify
him. Pursuit was made all day yester-
day and it was openly said that if the
right man could be found he would be
hung up by the hands, saturated with
oil and burned.
WINS o6o W. "SSAOSo ILL q
mile of Gold Hill attempted ito outrage
a white woman but were frightened
away by a negro who tried to kill them
: with a gun.
: There have been built in the Raleigh
road district twenty-three miles of Mac
adam road and eleven miles of gravel
road. There are now seventy-three
convicts in the road gang.
. Two men, both negroes, are in Jail
here, for safe keeping. They are JOY
ner, of Pitt, and Smith, of Johnston.
The interest at Salisbury in the Union
Copper mine, owned by Newman, of
New York, is great. He has put in
$500, 900 worth of machinery. 1t Is al
legged that the ore runs from 10 to II
! per cent. in f~neness. There is great
| secrecy Is to the mine, and very few
people are permitted to see it 1t is
said there are 1000 operatives there,
half of them underground.
Two ccnvicts from Rockingham are
the latest arrivals at the penitentiary-
; convicted of rape and HOUSEKEEPING.
Only two of the twelve state, federal
and county c~onvicts who escaped here
Monday have SO far been captured.
The Baptist Female University opens
September 9th, with at least 275 stu
dents. :
The corporation commission meets
| September 9Th.