The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29

Bntmore has a Berkshire boar en"'
cost 1880. ,
The Apex News says that Mrs; D as
lie Bynum. OF Emo, Is lvo years o1 $3.50
Is able to so to church.
An old fellow 30 years old in wake,
seeks a divorce from his VIE. VINO -
but 30. Another fellow figures
Mocksville Times: II IL Amos an
esaabiished fact that M~ocksville Ia TO
have a furniture factory in the near
future.
The waynesvilie Courier says tnAt
Afford & Sloan. large lumber dealers
of thw Georgia have bought the
HAYWOOD White Sulphur Springs. with
surrounding property containing seo
acres
Troy Exchange: Mrs. L. ID. Hurley
had a peculiar misfortune a few lays
ago. She was carving a turkey n
accidentally stuck a knife in her stoln-
ach. which made a very ugly n uan-
gerous wound.
The Rockville Masonic picnic cleared
s6eT.62 for the Oxford orphan asylum.
Fayetteyille Observer: olive Wheel
er. a youth. yesterday fell from a
wagon and was run over. having his
shoulder and collar bone severely
broken.
Polk County News: An electric line
from Tryon to Lynn Is anon the pos
sibilities OF the near future. IL wAI
be almost a necessity when the Lynn
hotel is completed, and or course VIII
be extended 10 Columbus when the new
railroad reaches the county seat.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Recently
the following persons have lost tobacco
barns in this community: w. L.
Whitehead, j. b. Edwards. }. l.. FIFE
Patrick, X. l.. Weeks. and also one at
the William Hodges farm. These barns
were all filled with tobacco and doubt
less the burning was accidental.
watauga Democrat: II seems that
Watauga is peculiarly blessed this year
in the way OF crops. The yields OF grass
was good; wheat, though hin on the
/ ground. was well filled. oats fine; corn
I looking well in the main: the bba
crop looks promising; the potato crop
is immense and fruit enough for the
multitude.
Asheville Citizen: Professor Letter. a
mineralogist from the west, mad n
! find the other day which indicates that
there is petroleum in Buncombe. Pro-
| fessor Letter has been in the vicinity
OF Black Mountain for some time, pros
pecting for gold. While washing for
the yellow metal, he sew
eral stones that seemed thoroughly sat
urated with oil.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: They are hav-
ing plenty OF snakes up in Union town
ship. Last week one day Jim Jones
killed a big RATHER in his house. and
the next day another one was found
coiled up in the dinner pot. The largest
killed in the township so far was five
feet long and twenty-five rattles. II
was killed by Sam Staley.
Statesville Landmark: +. ID. Hagler,
colored. editor Of the Charlotte Enter
prise, said to be the only democratic
, paper in the state edited by a colored
man, was in town yesterday In the
interest of his paper. The Enterprise
is in favor Of the constitutional amend
ment n the paper and it's editor are
endorsed by a number OF the prominent
citizens of Charlotte.
Greensboro Correspondent Charlotte
Observer: / hear that in this county,
and in nearly all the surrounding coun-
ties, agents for lumber and furniture
concerns are travelling through forests
and buying thousands OF trees as they
stand. This amber business in its va
rious branches has grown tremendous
ly in this state in the past few years.
For instance. furniture from High
Point is shipped to every part OF the
United States n a great deal OF IL Is
2 5Ihl " o1II ldIN dIlu olllf DdIlS %
Europe.
Raleigh News Observer: Mount
Airy, n. c., August 19.-Colonei
b. Y. Graves, brother OF the late Judge
j. F. Graves, died in this city yesterday
morning Of consumption. aged So. Mr..
Graves was a man OF strong character
and marked individuality, and though
young when he entered the Confederate
service, he became a gallant soldier,
. nVl 4 $3.50 a. H. ---w -.
tenant Colonel of Co. c., Eleventh ". C.
Volunteers, having been wounded three
times, the last so serious as to cause an
honorable discharge near the close OF
the fourth year Of service.
Clinton Democrat: The gypsy woman
who recently gave birth to a child in
the camp near here has been II the
point OF death for three or four days.
The devotion shown and the tender
nursing given her by the whole band
have been exemplary. Three physicians
were called and did all in their power
to save a life that at one time was de-
SPARED of and seemed to be going out.
in a strange land and far from home.
Even orders were being given for a
metallic cashet in order that the body
might be taken back to Tennessee TO
be laid TO rest by the side of members
OF the family who had gone before.
when a change for the better came
and hope returned. The woman is i'm
proving and her recovery is devoutly
hoped and prayer for. These people, II
seems, are Irish, ardent Catholics. and
full OF the kindheartedness and gener-
T Gus impulse that characterize their
race.
Lincolnton Journal: A bloody fight
occurred near Hulls y Roads Thursday
of last week between G. Il. Hoy1e and
John Ledford. The trouble grew out
OF a settlement between the two men
Ledford being a tenant OF Hoyle. Both
used knives and both were badly cut.
Mr.. Hoyle had a narrow escape from
death. The point OF ais antagonists
knife entered the shoulder near the
neck. the cash extended down across
the collar bone, making a desperate
looking wound six or eight inches long
n barely missing the jugular vein.
Mr.. Ledford received a slash across the
chest, which laid the flesh open TO the
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