The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-14
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died at her sons residence, In Ruth
erford county. October 18th Fifteen
years ago h cut an entire new set OF
teeth.
The store OF T. Nj. Clarke & Co. a.
Blowing Rock, was burned wednes-
day night The loss IS about s2.5oo: in
surance half thai amount.
The Mercury says that the Bostlan
shoals and about 100 acres Of land or
the GaEawha river, in the Oxford ford
section. have been boughs from Mrs.
Bostian. OF Hickory. by parties who
intend 10 erect a cotton mill on the
property. The price paid was $500.
Maxton Herald: Little Joe Weather
~. the bright little son of our highly
esteemed fellow townsman. Mr.. j. b
! Weatheriy, unfortunately tackled one
of the electric arc light wires on Tues
day afternoon and Vas knocked sense
iess, besides getting his finger tips
burned off.
a Laurinburg special To The Raleigh
News and Observer says a fatal shoo.-
ing ARRAY occurred on the plantation
OF Mr.. Duncan Switzerland. a few
miles from town, Sunday night,
the parties all being colored. One man
is dead, another mortally wounded and
a third, more or less injured. \ wo-
man was at the bottom of the whole
trouble.
Allegheny Star: On the 14th instant
W. ID. Maxwell, Esq. n Noah Mox-
ley. owners of the Peach Bottom cop
per mines. closed the sale of their val
liable property to Messrs. Howell &
Schley, of New York city, for so. 600.
for his farm and eleven-twelfths inter
est in the mines, and Mr.. Monkey Is -
receive $4,000 for his one-twelfth inter
est in the mine.
Durham Herald: Captain w. II.
Morris, of Nelson, was here yesterday.
and reports that a new hand he had
employed to feed his cotton gin got
his left hand caught in thee machin-
cry yesterday evening. Fortunately
there was little steam on, n when
the saws had pulled the mans, Jim
Patterson'S arm up to the elbow 1t
stopped the gin and he was released.
Very appropriately.
Durham Herald: Mr.. Frank A. Mat
thews met with a painful accident last
evening at the railroad crossing. on
East Washington street. He was
standing on the ground holding the
reins when his horse became fright
ened at the approach of the south
bound local train and whirled around,
throwing Mr.. Matthews against an en-
bankment, and then stepped on him,
breaking one rib and bruising him con
siderably.
Asheboro Courier: Lucas & eagles
store, at Steeds, was burned Wednes-
day morning of this week, about
o'clock. The building and all the stock
of merchandise were burned. The loss
of building and stock are only partial
~ covered by insurance. 1t was only
by hard work that the lumber plant OF
G. c. Wade & Son was saved. 1t Is
thought nat the store was first robbed
and Their burned. Some two months
ago this same store was broken open
and robbed of considerable merchan-
disco.
Greensboro Record: President McIvel
furnishes the following interesting sta
tistics: Of the first 426 students enroll
ed at the State Normal and industrial
college, 142 are members of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church,: 122 of tbs
Presbyterian church.; 80 of the Episco'
pal church; IA of the Christian church
II Of the Protestant Methodist church
5 of the Lutheran church; ! is a mem
Der Of the Friends church: / of tn
German Reformed church; / of thu
Advent church; 1 of the Jewish church
391-tOtal church membership. OF tn,
80 non churcn membership, 2 prefer III,
Friends church; 6 the Presbyterian: i
the BAPTIST. and 16 the Methodist.
Concord Times: Mr.. J. l.. Hedrlck
one of the landmarks of Rowan, die'
last week at his home OF the YaIki
river, at the advanced & of 50 years
l He celebrated his birthday in June
Deceased was a remarkable man il
many respects. His long life was W.
spent. There were few idle days 81
mis- calendar. By industry, thrift IN
care he had acquired one of the llrg
, est estates in this section. He IN
his son, J. A. Hedrick, owned hundred
i, of acres Of the farming land of tn
count Also, thirteen stores or build
!. ings in Salisbury. He was one Of tn
> DINA. Mr.. Hedrick had his coffin mad
. some years g says the Salisbur
Sun.
. StatesviIle Landmark: Near Kappa
Davie cC-1t- Tc--sday Of last weeE
$ a dog belonging to John Koontz be
d came affected with hydrophobia.
/. bit a young man by the nam. of Osca
: Walker, bit several dogs and also at
y tackled young Mrs. Koontz. but did no
, bite her. Friday morning the dog, at
: ter having made a tour of the neigh
!, borhood and created considerable
u alarm. returned home and was killed
u 1t is learned hat DIR. j. T. Turnel
of Greensboro, who is an Iredell mar
:. has been confined to his bed for tw
or three lays with a painful and unu
sual injury. In operating upon a negr
boy who had an abscess on one of HI
fingers, DR.. Turner managed to get tn
poison into his middle finger. with tn
result that blood poisoning ensued-
anticipates no serious consequences.
h Charlotte Observer: Asheville, ~
vember 7.-Saturday night at the houi
Of a white woman of the name of Wa
: son, near Sylvia, Will Ledford, colo
e ed. who was at the house with h
o wife, used some insulting language
, a white man of the name of Parke
IF from Mitchell county. A few wore
q passed and Ledford drew a bowie kni
! and cut Parker near the heart. The n
gro held Parker by the lapel of h
Ie Goa and as the former attempted
le make a econd stroke with his kni
= Parker drew his pistol and fired. r.
Is bullet entered the top of Ledford
se head and passing down his neck lodg,
he in the abdomen. Ledford lived abb
Ii 10 minutes. Parker is "a years o. q
n and is said TO come of a good famil
he AT last accounts he had not been a
n rested.