The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-12
REVENUE
Returns by the Comnsissioner for m
Month OF April-RePorsed QuArrcI
Between Members of the supreme
Court-State Guard Reorganixauon
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh. y. C, May o

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, ". c., May D.
The insurance commissioner today
paid INTO the state treasury SIC. 100 for
licenses and s2,ses for fees; all for the
month of April. He says there viii De
as much for May and that the totA
for his year win Approximate ssS,ovo-
The entire state guard will be reor-
ganized. very probably. next week. 50
as to admit the entire FIRST regiment
Of volunteers. very probably as II stood
al muSt@T-oul The adjutant geneCai
VIII De here Monday TO have a con-
ference. Colonel Armfield was here
last week and discussed the matter AZ
length. He had been asked 10 com for
that purpose. The recognition OF the
First will give pleasure 10 all the peo-
pie Of the state.
Work begins next week on an i'm
portant addition 10 the bllnd insiku-
ton here. Another story VIII be add
ed. giving IL a height OF three stories
IL has a frontage Of over 400 Scet.
The state superintendent Of public in
! struction returned today from Winston.
where he inspected the negro normal
| school. He says IL - in pretty good
condition and that the discipline is ad-
mirabie.
AA4Ah "a bG SNAAN "a As&A& WIN
by the state agricultural department O
its loco correspondents. on which the
| crop report for the entire month or
May will be based.
State Treasurer Worth went TO Guil-
ford college today. The commence
| ment exercises begin tomorrow, when
Rev. Mr.. Stage will preach The COM
| mencement
| Today Philadelphia and Baltimore
| merchants filed a petition in bankrupt
| cy in the case OF Mrs. Fannie Dupree,
merchant. OF Dunn. Harnett county.
| whose liabilities are $1,000.
Deputy Revenue Collector Wood last
| night captured two Illicit disdlleries
near Spring Hope, Nash county. each
OF l5o gallons capacity. One or the
smallest seizures ever made was report
ed today. 1t was OF nineteen of the
| counterfeit stamped Jacobs * Cos CT
| gars, which were taken at ReidSVtlle.
There was much surprise yesterday
al the fact that the supreme court did
not file an opinion in any OF the state
| contest cases. II is very clear that
there is something approaching a quar-
rel between certain members Of the
court. 1t is quite plainly intimated
that the opinions which are to be filed
next Tuesday, the last day Of the term.
viii show this.
At the soldiers home the new build
ing, work on which begins next month,
will be composite-a dormitory and hos
pital combined. The plans are under
way. Superintendent w. e. Stronach
says it will be a we'll designed. as well
as very useful building. 1t will provide
accommodations for at least fifty more
veterans. There are many applications
for admission on file.
Your correspondent yesterday after
noon viewed the smallpox and deten-
ton camps, through a telescope, at the
distance Of one and a half miles. The
place looks like a real camp, with or
derby rows OF tents thanking the build
ings. The tents which the Second reg
iment used in camp here last year are
the ones in use. The site OF the camp
is admirable. There are now only 103
suspects there, as fourteen were dis
charged yesterday. while only seven
We're received. There have been no
1 deaths at the smallpox camp.
Thomas A. Mcintyre, Of New York.
through his attorneys, Simmons, Pou
and Ward, today began action against
the city of New Bern, in the United
States circuit court, for $50, 000. This
suit arises out Of the action OF that
city in denying the validity OF $50. 200
or bonds subscribed for that much
stock in the railway from. New Bern
to Wilmington. The city denied the va
lidity On the ground that the bill was
not read three times in each house of
the legislature on separate days.
The following is issued by District
Attorney Bernard, and is very import
ant as the first calendar ever prepared
FOR the United States court. at Raleigh:
The cases for trial on the criminal
calendar docket, and cases before the
grand jury of the United States circuit
and district court at Raleigh, commenc-
ing May END. viii be heard from the
various counties on the days opposite
the names OF the counties. United
States witnesses in cases from said
counties need not attend before the
day named, and will receive pay only
from the day herein set for trial of
cases. United States commissioner
and United States deputy marshals arc
requested as far as possible to acquaini
United States witnesses with the con-
tents Of this notice:
For Tuesday, May 23rd-Moore
Chatham, Richmond.
For Wednesday. May 24th-Granville
Person, Franklin.
For Thursday, May 25th-Nash
Johnston, Harnett.
For Friday, May 26th-wake, Dur.
ham.
For Saturday, May .7th-HaIifax
BERTHE, Hartford. Sampson, Northam2.
ton, Cumberland.