The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

Sixty-seven new students are at Da-
wilson College.
Fayetteville Observer: Several per-
sons standing under the market house
Friday afternoon saw a little country
boy light q cigarette. AXE a few draws
and drop to the ground M IL he had
been shot His brother. was near by
and he. with the assistance OF the per-
sons o mentioned. brought the lit
tie fellow around.
Raleigh Post: John r. Curtis. a
white brakeman on the Atlantic and
Yadkin division OF the Southern Rail-
way. was killed early this morning
near Germanton. TN Stokes county. He
was braking on John Robinson's show
train, and just as this train started
under the bridge at Germanton. Curtis
raised his head above a car. The tim
Der OF the bridge struck him full on
h brow, and he was killed instantly.
Asheville Citizen: Bruce II. Free
man. for many years we'll known as a
postal clerk on the Salisbury and Muir
ply routes. died this morning at $50
O'Clock at his home. "a Depot street.
Mr.. Freeman was 81 years Of age. and
n native OF Western North Carolina.
He fought on the Confederate side i'm
the Civil war. and IL was he who dur
ing a battle carried Gen. Matt. Ransom
on the field when the General had been
shot from his horse.
Durham Herald: A man by the
name OF Riley Thomas from Raleigh.
drank about an ounce OF iaudanum
Sunday afternoon in East Durham.
Just whether he meant to commit sui
eide or o the stun as "A substitute
Tor whiSkey is not known. At any
rate he would have gone into his last
sleep but for the Intervention ~ friends
who beat hin with switches. stuck pins
into his body and applied the proper
remedies. He was finally brought
aroun alright.
Charlotte Observer: Rev. Dr. hearer
Of Davidson College. and Rev. T.. y.
Davis. OF Montgomery, Ala. left last
night for Washington TO attend The
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance. now i'm ses-
sion. Mr.. Davis was formerly pastor
OF the Shelby church. and afterward
OF the Winston church.-Burwell
Washington. colored. was shot and in
stantly killed last evening at $50 by
Sidney Phelps. also colored. The shoot
ing took place at the house OF Hem
rietta Smith. on First street. between
Davidson and ACCOMPLISHMENTS
no Items: / am Informed that "A libel
suit for $50. O0e has been Instituted
against a North Carolina daily paper.
The suit was brought by a republican
VINO ran last fall for clerk OF the court
in one of our counties. / understood
that last week the plaintiff offered TO
mol pros the suit for So, 600. but the edi.
tor OF the paper positively refused to
accept a compromise on tina basis
On this principle the Quarterly Confer
ence viii tonight find, briefly. that the
evangelist, Rev. J.W. Lee, is guilty OF
immortality on the second specification:
meaning solely that Mr.. Lee told hat
the young woman was his daughter,
and that he lied in the telling. This
Will be the termination OF the case.
Rev. Mr.. Lee Will be at liberty to re-
sumo his evangelistic work. CAnother
account says he was s~uspended)
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kept her awake every night. She had
tried many remedies and doctors. but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her. and she writes this
marvellous medicine also cured Mr..
Long OF a severe attack Of Pneumonia.
Such cures are positive proof OF the
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