The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-22
X CAROLINA.

Durham Herald: A few OF the pa
tients OF the Raleigh insane asy1um.
more insane than the others. gave a
minstrel Performance one night this
week 1t n said TO nave been a howl
ing success
NsasSgh News and Observer: The
mira OF sne 81 Mary's OUTS Of lee
lures whl be delivered by the Rev. J.
d. Hs1ham. ID. D.. of Henderson. ~. c.
HIS subject wifi be The Romance or
North Carolina History"
Graham Cleaner: Nathan :. Nosse-
sy, q native OF Wayne county, and who
was q lieutenant m the Confederate ser.
vice, died quite suddenly at Rocking
ham Sunday a week Mr.. Moseaey was
one Of the GOO confederate officers who
were placed under fire on Morris island
near Charleston.
Gas-onia News: One OF the largest
whistles in the south il owned. and will
De operated by the Ozark rrsu in the
near future. Il Is the largest in Nortr
Carolina and can be heard 20 miles s.
clear day. This whistle is g inches
long. IS inches in circumference and 10
inches and a fraction In diameter.
SALISBURY correspondent Raleigh Post:
The Pullman Palace Car Company has
secured al option on a large tract OF
hnd near Salisbury on the main line
of the Southern Railway. II r. report.
cd xfaa1 the company VIII erect large
shops here. TO be used as repair shops
fo~ the cars that are used on the South
ern roads.
Salisbury Sun: The Hambsey and
Stone granite properties,
about five miles from Salisbury. on the
fadkin railroad, having been united
under one ownership, as mentioned
some weeks since. are to be worked on
q large scale. Captain Il. 3. c. Ham
baey and Northern associates. the own
erS. intend to do an extensive granite
auarryirs and construction business.
HiIfsboro Observer, Miss Fannie
Turner, Matron at the State Normal
and Industrial college at Greensboro,
died Wednesday night, November 18th,
OF typhoid fever. Miss Turner was Is
a old She was a daughter of the
late DR.. Thomas Turner, of this county.
and a niece of Hon. Josiah Turner. h
had proved herself a heroine in her de-
voted care for the sick at the Normal,
and only gave up her duties when COM
PEELED TO do so by sickness. Hers was
a ODD character.
wTkesboro Chronicle: The revenue
fellows played a sharp trick on John
Childers and Gus Daniels, over in Alec
last week. These men are in the brandy
making business. last week a dlsguis-
ed revenue officer went to their distllery
and contracted for two loads of bran
dy ait s1S0 per gallon, to be delivered
ait Liberty. When they got TO Liberty
with the brandy four came up
and seized the brandy and the two
teamstaIbout $500 worth. The wagons
and liquor We're carried to Statesville,
but the drivers got away.
Wadesboro Messenger: This store OF
Messrs. Diggs & Diggs, located in Wolf
Pit township, Richmond county, was
destroyed by fire Monday night. Moth
ing was saved. The property was in
sured through Messrs. Marshall & Tit
ties agency for 2 ABS; loss not known.
The residence of DR.. D.. M. Smith,
at Polkton, burned Sunday evening just
after dark. The fire caught from the
stove nue while the family was at sup
per. All the furniture was saved. The
loss is about 81, 200 no insurance.
Charlotte Observer: Gaffney, S. c.,
December IA recent invention by
Mr.. Allgood, of Henderson, N. c., is
well worth the attention of every man
interested in the cotton spinning busi-
ness. This mechanism is attached to
spinning and twisting frames, giving
the thread guides a motion similar to
that of the ring rails. A thorough test
of is efficiency has been made in the
Henderson mills and they now have a
repeat order in for this attachment.
1t is cheap, doing away entirely with
the separator and can be used in spin
ming any count at h required speed.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
gin house, saw mill and planning mill
of Mr.. Marshall Partin, about seventeen
miles south of here, were burned last
Friday. The loss will be some 81, 200
or 81, 800. The fire originated from a
match in the cotton that was being gin
ned. In addition to Mr.. Partin's damn
age many of his patrons lost cotton,
seed and lumber that they had there.
Raleigh Post: Oxford, N. c., Decem-
Der 12.-Mr. A. Z. Bobbitt, one of Gram
and killed M. r. Ross Monday morning
with a stick on the back of the head.
Ross attacked Bobbitt with stones.
The killing was in self defence. Ross
a tenant of Bobbitt's in 1898. The
cause of the trouble is not known.
Both parties home is at Wilton, about
twelve miles from here.
Asheville Citizen: AT $50 Monday
morning the cab of Southern freight
train No. % on the A. & s. division was
and badly smashed. A slight
was cut ONeT cOLuuCuOT D.. Ia. raj
mer's right eye. Fireman j. c. Sud
derth's right leg was injured, and Fire
man Charles Dougherty was slightly
hurt. Freight train No. SO followed on
the wreck of the cab, tearing UP h
for about 100 yards. The engine
several cars were derailed.
Raleigh Post: Scotland Neck. N. g,
H., correspondence Of The
Morning Post-A chapter of accidents
could be written for this community.
A few days ago., at Tillery, a spark
a passing engine set fire to a pile
Of cotton on the platform and sixty
Ave bales were damaged. Mr.. William
Stanper, while working in the shops OF
Carolina Buggy Company here a
few days ago was struck in the eye by
piece of iron. The eye was SO badly
cut 1t mad to be removed. Mr.. w. ~.
little son Charlie va cutting
q knife, and by. accident he stuck
It I'm his eye. He has been away for
and returned yesterday with
he y entirely lost. Mr.. Steptoe went
IN the train for his little sons overcoat
md when he jumped from the train
&C was moving he broke his ankle. |