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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-06
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
TyIONvNII

New York. June 3.-Money on call
steady at 2G2h perc ent.; last loan at
2 per cent; prime mercantile paper at
3AQ4 per cent; sterling exchange
steady with actual business In bank
ers' bills at $4.s7%Q4.Ss for demand and
at s4.S5k@4.S5% for sixty days: posted
rates at s4.S6h@4.S7 and s4.S9; CONNER
cial bills at A.S5@4.S5k; silver certif-
Gates at 61G62; bar silver at CO.'S; Mexi-
can dollars ait 4Sh; state bonds nae
tive; railroad bonds steady: govern
ment bonds strong.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, June 3.-Cotton steady:
middling SIC; net receipts 7s9; gross
receipts $3.50; sales S39; stock LIS, 1863.
Total today: Net receipts S,379; ex-
ports to Great Britain 5,045; to the con-
tinent sol; stock 657, 274.
o since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts s,127, $50; exports to Great Bril-
tain 3,347, 7S5; to France 71S,42S; to the
continent 2,613, 345.
Futures closed quiet. June 5.S7, July
5.91, August 5.91, September 5.SS, Octo-
Der 5.92, November 5.94, December SOS,
January 6.01, February 6.04, March COS,
April Gil.
Spot cotton closed steady; middling
uplands 6Ac: middling gulf 6kc; sales
500 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, June 1.-THE leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos.
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IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
Result of inspection of City and County
Institutions.

Result of inspection Of City and County
Institutions.
DR.. w. D. Mcmillan, superintendent
of health, has made his usual monthly
inspection of the different city and
county institutions and, as customary,
will report tomorrow at the regular
meetings of the aldermen and commits
sioners.
Yesterday a Messenger representa-
tive dropped in on DR.. Mcmillan at his
Office and inquired the result of the
inspections. He was informed that the
inspections were highly gratifying, as
the hospital, county and Jail are each
in excellent condition. The doctor
says that he found the Jail in fine con
dition, better than eve before, and if
it was not for the poor plumbing Of
the building it's condition would be
perfect.
Wednesday DR.. Mcmillan, accompa-
MED by Fire Chief Chas. Schnibber,
yi1ited all of the engine houses, and
found each in proper shape, the sani-
tary being fine.
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Drink Were On the Genial Register

Drinks Were on the Genial Register,
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a young white man ambled into the
register of deeds office at the court
house and politely inquired, us this
where you obtain lisenses?"
At once Register Biddle was all at
t%ention, ever more so if possible. To
him the word license is always &C
companied by the imaginary jingle of
the marriage fee. He saw a beautiful
vision Of So being planked down by
the bashful bridegroom, as oft before,
and his affirmative answer followed
close on the heels Of the young mans
query.
Without further ado the register
hauls out the big book with q. blue COW
er, which, however, is not significant
and he hurls the usual necessary ques-
ton.
The young man ook puzzled, but
thinking all the questions necessary he
forthwith answers, giving his name,
age, etc. All serene, until Register Bid
die in his sweetest tone, which he al
ways assume for occasions of this
time, inquiries, 1.-The name of your n
tended?"
1t flashes across the young mans
mind that the register of giving to jest
ing, and good humoredly he responds
that he doesn't know her. This capped
h climax &C the registers varied and
exciting experiences along this line, and
he plainly shows his establishment, as
he roars out, "What?'
The young man grasps the situation.
D 1T" says he, 81 don't want a mar
riage license, but a tax license"
Collapse of Register of Deeds Biddle
and fair visions. Not a sound breaks
the painful stiffness except the gigantic
Spencerian pen as it performs wild ev-
olutions, defacing the notes just in
Scribed.
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FIRST T BANK
The Receiver sells The Bills KeceiSas
bic, Judgments. Overdrafts, Etc.
Over 81 2 200 Of Paper Sells tor S7S
The Last Dividend for the Creditors
Will be One Per Cent.

bic, Judgments. Oyerdrafts, ETC.
Over 81 900 Of Paper Sells zor s7S,
The Last Dividend for the Creditors
Will be One Per Cent.
Pursuant to the notice given by Ho-
mer j. Clark, Esq, receiver of the de-
funct First National bank, under an
order of the United States circuit court
of the Eastern district CT North Caro-
lima, the unpaid bills receiv able, judg-
ments, o~verdrafts and miscellaneous
paper assets of the bank, were sold
at auction yesterday at 10 O'Clock at
the court house. E. K. Bryan, Esq,
acted as a%uctioneer and there was a
fair attendance.
The bills receivable, the judgments,
the overdrafts and the miscellaneous
class amounted to a total OF $4,000.
The bills receivable We're sold n
by one and the total of the bids footed
up $40. A bill for $13,162.03 brought a
bid OF 10 cents and one for S1S,SS3.50
brought a bid of 30 cents. The whole
Of the bills receivable were then put
I'D as a lot and were bid in by Mr.. A.
F. Toon, of Whiteville, for s7.15.
The overdrafts sold singly at IL cents
| for the lot, and 80 cents for the whole.
The judgments were sold as a whole
class at SITS. The largest, n for
$34, 1888, got a bid of $40.
The miscellaneous papers were sold
one by one for a total Of Al cents and
as a class for AZ cents. Mr.. Toon was
the successful bidder.
The total amoun of bids for all the
| classes Of assets amounted to $60.17.
Finally all the classes were put UP
and were bid off at SIS. E. K. Bryan,
Esq. was the successful bidder, and
under the terms of the sales as v
tised, all the classes were knocked
A down to him. The sale will come be-
fore Judge Purnell for confirmation at
the term Of the United States cour
which convenes here next Tuesday.
The First National bank failed on the
oath of November, 1891, n went into
the hands Of a receiver December l,
1891. Judge w. S. OBJ. Robinson was
made receiver. Subsequently when he
was elected judge, he resigned the re-
made receiver. When Mr.. Ricaud re-
signed the receivership, Mr.. Clark was
made receiver.
MI. Clark informs US that the affairs
of the bank are about u up and
he hopes to be able to be discharged II
a few months. He will be here until he
closes out all the assets. The only 9th.
er assets are some farming lands il
Bladen and Moore counties, and Mr.
Clark will leave this week for those
counties to sell the remaining property
He says the balance on hand will pay
the creditors a final dividend OF 1 PEI
cent. The previous dividends aboun
to 55 per cent, so the bank will pay {
total dividend of Sc per cent.
Mr.. Clark is a general receiver, an(
is also acting in that capacity for thu
First National bank OF Johnson City
Tenn, and the First National bank O.
Middlesborough, KY. He resides IL
Ohio, but makes his headquarters a
Columbia, Tenn, as that is near hi!
field Of work.
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ReinforceInents for Wilmington Pres
bYterY.

~
bytery.
The ranks of the ministry in Will
%Iaington Presbytery receive very ina
portant additions from the class re-
Gently graduated at Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Va
Rev. Robert Murphy Williams, a can
didate under the care of Wilmington
Presbytery, who was licensed last fall,
will nave charge of the group Of
churches around Wallace and Warsaw,
with headquarters at Wallace. This
group. has been temporarily supplied
by Mr.. G.. M. Mathis, who returns to
the seminary in the fall to complete his
course. Arrangements will probably be
made for Mr.. Williams ordination at
Wallace on the 18th instant. 1t is ru-
mored that certain interesting duties
requiring the services of an ordained
minister await him on the 21st.
Mr.. Daniel P. McGeachy, a candidate
under the care of Fayetteville Presby-
terry, will probably be transferred to
this Presbytery and licensed at the
same meeting at which Mr.. Williams
is ordained. On the evening of COM
mencement, Mr.. McGeachy was mar
ried to Miss Lily Peck English, the eld-
est daughter of the professor of Pas
vi IucOlOSy LII EllSIlSn olDlc, ana
a. great niece of the late DR.. Thos. E..
Peck, for SO many years an honored
professor in the same institution. The
following day Mr.. McGeachy and his
bride came down to Burgaw where
they will make their home, and where
he will minister to h surrounding
group Of churches.
Mr.. Edward Epes Love will come to
Wilmington in the fall to take charge
Of Emmanuel church. He is the son of
the noble missionary, DR.. Edward Love,
who died Of yellow fever at his post
of duty in Campinas; n Of the most
intrepid, gifted and beloved mission
aries ever sent forth by the Presbyte-
rian church. He made a profound i'm
preston when he preached here a few
years ago-shortly before he returned
to meet his end. Mrs. Love and her
daughters will make their home here
and will be a valued addition to u
community.
Mr.. Williams will preach at Imman-
uel during the summer, as Mr.. Mathis
continues at Wallace and Warsaw un-
til the fall.
These three young men are recoe-
nized by faculty and students to be
among the very best in their class. All
gained the full standard of the degree
of Bachelor of Divinity, and were not
only successful in their studies. but
thoroughly devoted to their work.
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.aE HOTEL OCEANIC
A Winston syndicate Purchases the
HoGel at Carolina Beach-It Ii Being
Improved and Will BE Greatly En>
Iarged by Next season.

a Winston syndicate Purchases the
Hotel at Carolina Beach-It In Befng
Imp proved and Will he Greatly En>
Iarged by Next season.
Colonel r. A. Jenkins, Of Winston
Salem, who has been lessee of the Hotel
Oceanic, at Carolina Beach, for the
past three or four seasons, and a syn
dictate of several Winston gentlemen,
have purchased the hotel from the New
Hanover Transit Company. Colonel
Jenkins will be the manager and will
be assisted by his sons, Messrs. r. L.
Jenkins and G. F. Jenkins, two exceed
ingiy clever and courteous young gen.
tlemen. Colonel Jenkins opened the
hotel for the season on Thursday and
already he has several guests who viii
spend the season at Carolina Beach.
His caterer is Mr.. r. G. Lewis, who
is an artist in providing good things Il
crafty the appetite.
The ocean has been eating its way
further inland every year at the rate
of fifteen inches 4 year. S-Ece the no.
tel was built the ocean has encroached
on it for a distance Of fifteen feet or
more, and it became necessary to move
the house further back On the beach.
The removal has been successfully ac-
complished by MI. Thad Tyler, who
set it back forty feet from its former
| location. 1t is now on a line with the
cottages, and it is estimated that if the
| ocean continues to eat its way into the
! beach it will take it twenty years to
| get to the hotel in its present location.
The hotel, besides being set further
| back on the beach, is being greatly i'm
proved. Several OOH have been add
| ed, giving now AZ rooms. New piaz-
| Zas are also being constructed the en-
tire length of the building both on the
| first and second stories. Heretofore
the piazza only ran along the first story
front. This will give the house $50
feet of piazzas and will add greatly to
it's comfort as we'll as improve it's ap-
pearance. The piazza space has been
exactly doubled.
Colonel Jenkins tells us that by next
season the hotel will be remodeled and
enlarged by the addition of an Il"
The main body of the building is to be
widened, and a large dance hall, a COM
modious dining room, and a ladies' re-
ception room are to be among the adj
ditions. With the L the hotel will con-
tain about IS or 80 rooms. The apart
ments in the "L' are to be handsomely
carpeted and furnished, as they will be
further back from the ocean front
where it is not so damp as to injure
the furnishings.
Colonel Jenkins says that by next
season he will have the best seaside
hotel in the state.
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THE PRESS ASSOCIATION
1t Will Meet at WriShtsville Or Caro-.
lima Beach July 18th and 18th.

Editor J. B.. Sheriff., of The Concord
Times, secretary of the North Carolina
Press Association, in a circular letter
to The Messenger, says:
1.-The executive committee of the
North Carolina Press Association has
just held a meeting at which it was de-
cided to hold our next convention at
Wrightsville or Carolina Beach on July
18th and 18th. 1t has not yet been de-
cided at which place the meeting will
be held, but a decision will be reached
in a few days. They are close together
and one is probably as desirable as
the other"
The Messelger is glad that it has
been decided to hold the meeting Of
the Press Association here, n we feel
sure that our business men will give
our friends a cordial welcome.
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DoCKERY VS.. BELLAmY
Hon. Jno. ii. Bellamy Returns
from Washfngton-AH the Testimony
Except Printed Matter TO be Publish.
ed-Henderson u succeed Speaker

The Hon. John D. Bellany, demo-
cratic congressmen-elect from this
district, returned yesterday from Wash
dngton, D. c., where on Thursday and
Friday Hon. Alexander Mcdowell,
clerk Of the house of representatives.
opened the dispositions taken in the con-
test case of Dockery VS.. Bellamy for
the purpose Of passing on such portions
of the testimony and evidence as shall
be published
Colonel Oliver H. Dockery, the con-
~testee, was present with his son, Claud-
Jus Dockery, Esq, as his ana
MI. Belamy was represented by the
Hon. G. M. Busbee, Of Raleigh.
The clerk decided to publish all the
testimony and evidence, except thar
from newspapers and other printed
matter submitted as evidence. He said
he did not propose to give the news
papers of North Carolina an airing.
The clerk mad as a record that all
the motions made at the time the depo-
sitions were taken. as to the competen-
CIV of testimony, the insufficiency Of
time and the insufficiency Of notice
would be considered as enewe before
him and would be referred to the house
committee for their decision. 1t will
probably be a year or more before the
case is disposed of.
Mr.. Bellamy says he thinks Hender-
son, OF Iowa, republican, will succeed
Speaker Reed as speaker of the next
house, and hat it is more than likely
tina the democrats will choose as their
candidate De Almond, OF Missouri.
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~SEMI.ANNUAL REPORT
Our Fire Department Wakes Another
Fine Record 4

OuA
Fine Record \
The regular ~semi-annual fire depart
ment report has just been completed,
and covers the six months period from
December 1, 1898, to June /, CT the
present year. 1t shows the doings OF
the department during that time.
During the half year there were eigh-
ty-six alarms of fire, Of which number
sixty-two were bell alarms and twenty
four we're still or telephone alarms.
The number of buildings on fire caus-
ing these alarms were eighty-one, six
being brick buildings and the others
frame buildings, and in every instance,
except seven, the efficiency of the de-
partment confinpd the fire to it's place
of origin.
The value of the property where the
fires occurred is set down in the report
at $129, 900, and value of contents at
S74, $50. The insurance on the proper
ty was $88, 099, and on contents $40 800.
The total value of property at risk was
5000, $50, and the total value Of insur-
ance $751;, 1893.
The loss on buildings where fire orig
mated was Sc, o .83 and the loss on
contents was 81, The loss sus-
tanned on buildings which caught fire
from buildings where the fire original
ed was $2,312.13 and the loss on con-
tents was 81, 707.92. The total loss was
$14, $500 which makes a splendid
slowing for the efficiency of our de-
partment.
No new apparatus was added to the
department during the first six months,
but there was no necessity for doing
so as the department is in perfect con-
dition, save for two hose wagons, which
will soon be obtained.
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DEATH OF GOVERNOR E,.r.ER
South Cardinals Executive Dies. After
Months of Illness. from Consunp.
ton.

South Cardinals Executive Dies, After
Months of Illness, from Consunp.
tfOn.
Charleston, S. c., June 2.-William
Hazeldon Ellerbee, governor of South
Carolina, died near Dillon this evening.
About two weeks ago he went, in the
last stages of consumption, from the
governors residence at Columbia,
where he had been an invalid FIR
months, to his plantation home, in Mar
ion county.
He was a descendant Of Captain
Thomas E%llerbee, of Marion's brigade,
who came to this state from Virginia
in 1871. He was born in 1862 and edu-
Gated at Wofford college and Wander
bilt university. He was a planter and
merchant at the inception of the Till
man movement in 1886 and was elected
comptroller general in 1890. In 1894 he
was defeated as candidate for gov
ernOr. In 1896 he was elected governor,
carrying every county in the state ex-
cept one, receiving the votes Of many
conservatives, as he had proclaimed
his determination to know no faction.
When the Spanish war was proclaim
ed he promptly seconded the call of the
president for volunteers and his ap-
pointment of officers gave general sat
isfaction. In 1898 he was reelected
governor after a hot campaign and
over a most formidable opposition,
many conservatives claiming that he
had not fulfilled his pledges.
His domestic life has been a happy and
beautiful one. He leaves his widow and
six children valuable landed estates in
Marion county. He will be succeeded
by Lieutenant Governor Miles B..
McSweeney. of Hampton county, a for
mer Charleston printer boy, who has
risen to the top through his own ex-
ertions. Governor insolvency is also
the editor and proprietor of The
Hampton Guardian.
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Beware Of Ofntments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
On prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you "a possibly
derive from them.Halrs Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure o get the genuine. 1t is tax
en- internally and is made in Toledo, o..
by F. j. Cheney e Co. Testimonials
free. Sold by druggists, price IS cents
Der bottle.
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Going te south CaroIina,s Tournament

Wilmington is to send three represen-
tatives to the anual convention and
tournament Of the South Carolina fire
mems association to be held In Column
bia, commencing the Goth instant. The
trio will be Assistant Chief w. o. Mon
roe. Hoseman William Williams, Of
Engine Company No. 1, and Ladder
man f. N. Cain, of Hook and Ladder
Company Nc. 1, and they will leave for
Columbia the 10Th inst.
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Applicants for TeachershIp

Captain Ed. Wilson Manning gives
notice to applicants for teacherships in
the public schools of New Hanover
county that an examination OF appli-
cants will be held at $50 a. m. on the
second Thursday in July at the office OF
the county superintendent, in the court
house. See advertisement for particu-
lars.
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Mr.. H. j. Bierman, on Market street
between Second and Third streets. and
MI. J. S. Sneeden, at Front street mar
ket, had on sale yesterday the first
home raised peaches of the a
They sold at Is cents per quart. Mr..
Hosea Sheppard brought in the peaches
sold by Mr.. Bierman, and Mr.. L. r
Mason raised those sold by Mr..
Sneeden.
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Prices same day last year. SIC.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Notwithstanding doing.
Rosin dull at 80 inc CSC.
Tar firm at $3.50.
Crude turpentine quiet; hard Si.35;
soft $2.10; virgin $2.20.
Prices same day last year-Spirtts
turpentine 25kc and 24Ac; rosin CSC and
500: tar $1.10; crude turpentine slice
$1.60 and $1.W.
Receipts today-l03 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 1s4 barrels rosin, So barrels
tar, 81 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-l29
casks spirits turpentine. SIS barrels
rosin, "A barrels tar. Sc barrels crude
~turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
P~eanuts-North Carolina IS TO S5c:
W. MIA so to Coo: Spanish soc TO soc.
Rice-Nothing doing.
Corn-54 SC.
Corn meal-51c.
Cow jeas-65 TO &c.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams. . to
Zoe; shoulders Z to 7kc: sides s TO Shc.
Ch~ickens-Slow; spring 10 to lsc:
hens, % to Csc: ROSTERS. Is TO zoe.
Eggs steady at 10 to lie.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch. hearts
and saps, s1.50G2.10: six inch. $2.5oG
$3.50.
Timber at $500 to 90 per 1000 feet.
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CaSn were as follows:
Flour quiet and firm. Winter patents,
S3.65@3.75; s~traights. $3.35G3.45; clears,
s3.15q3 %; spring specials. $4.35; pat
ents, $3.4093.S0; straights, S2.90d3.25;
bakers, s2.25@2.60: No. 2 yellow corn,
33Zq34Ac; No. 2 spring wheat, 761c;
No. 3 spring wheat Z. o. b., 71673c; No.
2 red, 7s979h; No. 2 corn, 33K933%c:
No. 2 oats, (. o. b., 24A925Ac; No. 3
white. z kG2sc; mess pork. per Dbl,
8.05qS.10; lard, per 100 lbs, S4.90a4.95
short ribs sides, loose, $4.45l4.70; dry
salted shoulders, boxed, A.37hd462H;
short clear sides, boxed, A.S5G495;
whiskey. distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, s1.26.
New York, June Eggs steady;
state and Pennsylvania 14h G15c; west
ern fresh 13h614hc; southern 11G12hc.
Petroleum-Steady.
Rice-Firm; fair to extra 4%d7c;
Japan 4%@5Ac.
Molasses-Ffrm; New Orleans open
kettle. good to choice. 32G3sc.
Cotton Seed Oil-Held steady, but
quiet; prime crude 20hq21c; do (. o. b..
Tic; prime summer yellow 25c bid; or
summer yellow 24c; butter grades 24c;
prime winter yellow 30G32c; prime
white 29G30c.
Coree-Options opened steady and
unchanged to 8 points lower: ruled
quiet with little further variations:
Brazilian receipts dull; closed steady
and unchanged to s points lower: sales
$3.50 bags, including June at $50: July
at SASS: November at $50; December
at 6.35G5.40. Spot cofYee-Rio dull and
nominal: No. Z invoice exc; No. Z fob
bling 6zc; mild quiet; Cordova sG13c.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair reinfng IKc.
centrifugal. SO test, 4Ec; molasses sI.
gar 4c; refined firm.
Potatoes-Steady; state sl.O0al75:
southern S1-o0Gs.75; Jersey sweets sl.0o
to $1.75.
Cabbage@Steady.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin quiet; strained,
common TO good. $i.37h61.40. Turpen-
tine barely steady at sshG 4oc.
Sayannah-Holiday. no
Charleston-Spirits turpentine market
nrm at S5h1c; sales none. Rosin firm
and unchanged; sales none.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Wilmington. n. c., June )
Receipts OF cotton today bale
Receipts on same day last year@l
bales.
This seasons receipts { o date-2Ss,s $40
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-St7.-
667 bales
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton quiet
Ordinary ........... ............ T-1s
Good ordinary ..............-.. 4 Isis
Low middling ................. tbs
Middling ............ ............ So
Good mfdoltug -.--............. Oh
PRICES same Gay last year. &c.