The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-28

l Charlotte News: LIT. r. w. 1apc-
hears. who has been elected 10 Tacoeed
| son Orpnanage. is one OF the braght
| young physicians who have recently To-
Gated in Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer: Quite a serious
shooting scrape ook place last Satur-
| day nj Git near Sparta in
| county. A youth named Coy Wo!fased
is years. shot Stephen Bray ana MISS
| One shot took effect IN the man anu
three struck the young lady. Jealousy
is said TO have been the cause. Young
| Wolf fed and has not yet been appre-
hended.
Statesville Landmark: G. W. n.y.
ans, assistant entomologist at the Ag-
%ricultural and Mechanical college In
Raleigh, who is spending his vacation
in Statesville, is doing a good deal or
work examining n prescribing Tor
bugs and other insects which are dam
aging vegetables and fruit trees.
huntsville Eagle: Last Sunday eve
ning about 4 o'clock there was a shoot
ing bee and a general fight, drink and
be drunk on Mine Fork. four miles
northeast of town. in which Ratio
Hampton shot Melvin Ray. "Old corn
liquor was the cause of i; all" Young
Ray is still alive. but his recovery Is
very doubtful. Hampton made his es-
cape and has not as yet been captured.
Both were single man and about 20
years of z
Greensboro Telegram: The mother
of the young man Cabot Vickers, who
was arrested here Sunday charged
terday and gave the $50 bond required
Of her son, and the two returned to
Winston last evening. The young man
admitted his guilt and returned the
money to Mr.. Taylor, from whom it
was stolen. Vickers is about 20 years
old and the son OF Policeman Vickers,
who was killed in Winston a few years
ago.
huntsville Eagle: j. w. Bennett.
who has been hauling timber for a
milling company on South Toe river,
came down to huntsville n day this
week. He brought with him the rat
ties from two large rattlesnakes, which
were killed in the mountains the past
week. The largest of the snakes had IA
rattles and a button, and the smaller
one 10 rattles and a button. We have
heard of more rattlers being killed in
the mountains this season than for
many years, but it is not often one so
large as the above is met with.
Yanceyville News: The farmers Of
Caswell county had an antitrust meet
ing in the court tousc in Yanceyville
on Monday, the 3rd day of July Mr..
T. H. McCrary vas called to the chair
and Mr.. r. S. Mitchell was elected
secretary. Mr.. Thos. L. Lea made a
motion that the chair appoint three
committeeman to draw up resolutions
against the warehouse trust, which is
about to be formed in Danville. Va.
D. Y. Mebane, Monroe Oliver and John
B. Worsham were named as the COM
mittee
Wadesboro 1ntelligencer: Wat Mar
shall, colored. was committed to Jail
last Friday from L~anesboro township,
charged with assaulting Yankee John
S~turdivant with an AK. Sturdivan,
was hit a heavy blow in the back by
Marshall n was seriously hurt
Rev. John Jackson, coiored, was com
mitted to Jail last Friday by w. z.
Pennington. Esq, of McFa-lan, charg-
ed with HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
Jackson says he has exhorter =. evange-
lists. ordained minister's and United
States license to breach.
Raleigh Post: At Andrews, n. c.,
the other day a white tramp assaulted
the daughter of d. S. Russell. The girls
mother ran to the rescue. IN raised
the alarm, and a negro who was work
ing near by responded. The tramp ran
on, but the negro pursued n caugNl
! him.-Rev. Green Stevens, a holiness
miniSter-one of those kind who doesn't
hlIOW HOW 10 SlI-WdS sent OH 10 the
next term of Wake court by Justice
Barbee yesterday on the charge of fail
ing to provide support for his wife.
severe wind storm at Wingate, six
miles east of Monroe last Saturday ar
ternoon. Several ~outhouses were blown
down. Mr.. G.. NJ. Stewards large barn,
in course OF construction, was blown
down: Lightning struck three build
ings here. Mrs. Henrietta McCauley's
house, in the eastern portion OF town,
was damaged more than any of the
other buildings which were struck
Three corners of Mrs. McCauley's house
were splintered, a post supporting the
roof of the porch was splintered and
the facing to the front door damaged
Oxford Ledger: We regret to say
that there is a good deal of sickness in
Oxford, and must be due to the sani.
tary condition of the town.-Durine
the severe storm which ragged in OK.
ford Monday afternoon lightning struck
one of the Herndon stores in the rea,
Of ]. F. Whites wholesale grocery
knocking off quite a number of bricks
Jim Harris, colored, was there at the
time with a horse. 1t knocked the
horse down, n landed Jim oyer on a
chicken coop. They were only stun.
ned.-The highly educated and accom-
plished Miss Nina Horner has been cali.
ed to the chair of history and psycholo-
gy in college, Spartanburg, s
G. This intelligent young lady is tt
fill the vacancy caused by DR.. Brattor
being elected principal of ST. Mary
d. school, Raleigh.
Fayetteville Observer: The physi.
clansw who are attending Henry Gilmor.
the negro who was struck by lishtrina
on the fitzpatrick plantation, tell u.
that in all probability he will recover
from his dreadful wounds. 1t is a re.
case, probably without a par
aIlel. says that he was stand.
ing rnder the cherry tree holding z
pair of mules with his left hand anC
a just placed his right hand on Mr.
Murdock's shoulder when he lost con
seriousness. Now the bolt of lightnin:
first struck Murdoch, passed through
his body, killing him instantly, then i
entered Gilmore, through his right arm