The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-28

Raleigh News and Observer: Deputy
| Collector j. p. III. Adams yesterday re-
ported two moonshine stills cut up in
Johnston county last Thursday night,
| n OF the stills was of 80 gallons ca
pacity and the other Of 20 gallons. Both
were doing a big business and about
l,4Vo gaAons of beer Were destroyed.
They were located near New Hope
church, south Of -Four Ooaks-
Henderson Gold Leaf: Baxter, the
little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. K. W. Cog
hill, met with an accident Tuesday az
ernoo which came near proving quite
serious in nature. He fell from the
scaffold on The new Methodist Protest
ant church, a distance of twenty or
twenty-five feet, striking full length on
the Sleeper below, and remarkable 10
say, no ZONES were broken. The little
fellow was removed 10 his home and
DR.. r. r. Harris was summoned. An
examination revealed the fact that
while he was considerably bruised and
suffered much at the time he sustain
ed no more serious injuries. and is now
doing well.
Fayetteville Observer: The funeral
Of the late Mr.. Doyle O'Hanlon took
place yesterday afternoon from the
Methodist church.-Deputy Sheriff
P1gford'S attention was rae yes
terday afternoon by a heavy and sus-
picious CJise in the second tier OF cells
in the county jail, and upon investiga-
ton fourd that six of the fifteen pris-
| oners a been at work on the lock TO
the big steel door of the corridor on
which the cells open. The lock was still
fast but had been badly used. The
calls were searched and two iron rods,
taken out Of the water tank, which a
been shaped into tools by the prison
ers. We're found.
Charlotte News: Mr.. J.. l.. Hicks.
formerly of Charlotte, but who now
lives in CASTOR county near Gastonia,
a the misfortune TO lose his house,
barn and other out-houses by fire Sat
urday night.-SOme parties, who it is
said, hailed frdm Charlotte acted very
disorderly down the Providence roa
last Monday evening. When the two
men reached Sardis academy they fired
a load of bird shot at the building strik-
ing the door on a line with the door
knob. In the school house at the time
wer thirty or thirty-five pupils and the
teacher, Mr.. R.. c. Belts. The door
being closed at the time saved the
children from harm.
A special from Morganton to The
Charlotte Observer says: "A deed was
placed on record here yesterday con-
veying to Isaac T. Mann, president of
the Bank Of Bramwell, at Bramwell,
w. Va, large timber interests in Burke,
Caldwell and Mitchell counties. The
consideration was $35, 900. Mr.. Mann
has bought the Linville River railroad,
extending from Cranberry to PinOla, on
the Linville river, a line built to mar
ket the timber from the tract purchas-
ed by Mr. Mann from Michigan par
ties"
Durham sur A splendid opportunity
is given the old Confederate veterans
to attend the reunion in Charleston,
S. c., next month. Colonel J. S. Carr
very generously offers to pay one-half
the railroad fare of every Confederate
veteran in the counties of Durham,
Orange, Person, Granville, Chatham
n Alamance, who desires to go to
Charleston to attend the reunion, pro-
vided as many as 100 will go in a body,
and Is members of the R.. F. Webb
Camp, No. SIS. The railroad fare from
Durham to Charleston and return will
be $500.
Clinton Democrat: Mr.. r. n. Blood
! worth, of this place, died suddenly at
the court house, Wednesday,, the 18th
day Of April, at II o'clock m, of heart
failure, during the trial Of an i'm
portant case before him as a justice Of
the peace. Mr.. Bloodworth was a
grandson Of the late Timothy Blood
No1l II was d iii III LII
house Of commons from 1719 to 1854
conclusive, United States senator in
1716 and subsequently speaker Of the
senate OF North Carolina in 1888 and
in 1890 and 1871 represented the Cape
Fear district in the lower house of con
| gress.
! Charlotte Observer: Yesterday morn
ing at 3:45 o'clock Jim Speer, colored,
was shot and instantly killed by Mr..
I"n-;- ~ D,a--1I ;~l -
the Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Works.
The dead man was recognized as Jim
Speers, alias Barney Braswell, a well
known person in police circles. Speer
a been sent to b South Carolina
penitentiary for larceny and burglary.
That was in 1888. He was then Is years
old. He was captured here by Chief Orr
and Officer Jetton, and sent back to
South Carolina. He served his term out,
n then returned to Charlotte. He vas
living at 610 South Johnston street.
Kinston Free Press: Drs. Whitaker
and Wehyer have been appointed by
the town aldermen to begin a systemat-
ic house to house canvass of the town
TO vaccinate all persons who have not
been vaccinated. Any one who refuses
to be vaccinated will be reported to
the mayor and at once taken to the
mayors office. a fine of SO a day will
be put on for every day than any one
refuses to be vaccinated, after today,
or imprisonment.-The residence OF
Mr.. John Jackson, near Kinston, was
burned yesterday abou noon. Defec-
tive stove f1ue. Most of the furniture
in the house was saved. Loss about
$500, with no insurance. The house in
the Joe Williams grove, occupied by
Mr.. George Tally, caught fire and was
saved with difficulty. Mrs. Jackson is
sick, and had to be carried from the
house on a bed.
We gather from the editorials of the
Progressive Farmer that the Populists
have not yet entirely made up their
minds as to which side they will take
on the constitutional amendment. Il
seems that they would be for it, if they
felt sure the grandfather clause would
stand the test of the supreme our
and against it if they thought it would
be knocked out and the balance stand
This is an admission that the amend.
ment is a good thing. AS nobody car
tell before hand what the decision oi