The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-09
A WILD CAT BEFORE THE BOARD.
Five Dollars Bounty for Its Carcass.
New Dispensary Management-Rev-
enue Omcers in Dangerous Paths.
City News Budget.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., March 6.

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A man who can fight his weight in
wild cats" is something of a slugger,
but Mr.. Averitt overcame one of those
huge terrOrS of the woods, and present
ed his ugly carcass with a bow and a
smile to the board Of county commits
siOnerS in session yesterday. He was
promptly rewarded with $500, as a
Nimrod to good purpose, and went off
joyfully with the bounty for his
prowess which the law allows.
The board Of county commissioners,
the committee Of audit and finance,
and Colonel w. S. Cook, mayor of Fay
etteville, the officials designated by
statute to perform the duty, yesterday
afternoon elected the following as a
board of control of the ~dispensary: DR..
j. w. Mcneil, Major Joh B. Broad
foot, Mr.. c. B. Mcmillan. The first
two have already served a term, and
their reelection is evidence that they
ave served well; Mr.. Ralph Jessup
retiring on accoun of stress of other
business. Mr.. Mcmillan takes his place,
the DEAN" we may call him, of the
board of aldermen, presiding officially
as mayor i'm the absence of Colonel
Cook. This board will choose the man
ager of the d~ispensary, for which place
there are not a few applicants, but
the general feeling seems to be that
Mr.. j. w. 1ngold has managed the bus
mess excellently sine July, 1898. and
should be retained.
A cap and a worm, of the most prim-
tive fashion, were the sole trophies of
Revenue Officers Sutton. Morrissey
and Maultsby in their search for a
Blade county "moonshine' still a day
or two ago. But there We're signs that
business had been brisk down in the
heart Of that dreary swamp. to which
they made their way after much diff
Guilty and fatigue. The city editor of
The Fayetteville Observer states that
they were alsa nearly decoyed into a
trap where a band Of irate whiskey
makers were ''Iayin' for them.
M. H. A. London, editor of The
Chatham Record, whose many friends
re urging his fitness for the position
Of state treasurer will address the
democratic convention of Cumberland
county in this city next Saturday. He
comes to speak especially on the fran
chise amendment. and he will have a
large crowd and a hearty greeting.
There has just been made a transfer
OF property of no little interest 10 the
older inhabitants of Fayetteville-the
purchasing by Mr.. W. W. Martin, of
Fou Oaks, of the z. F. Moore resi-
dence on Haymount-built by the late
George Hodges, an architect Of note,
whose handiwork is on many a dwell
ing still standing in this old town
and the Ole Robinson house, on the cor
ner Of Green and Old streets, sold to
Mr.. Martin by Mrs. John GARRISON,
where for many years the late DR.. B.
W. Robinson resided n had his Of
fee, training up several young men who
afterwards attained prominence-the
late DIR. d. Mel Graham, James Nor
wood, DR.. David Williams. now living
in Arkansas, and others
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
from the Roman Catholic church. the
funeral services took place of John
Cavener, who a reached the great
age of SO years, a native of Ireland.
who for years cultivated a farm in
Carver's Creek township In his old
age, enfeebled and broken down, he
found a good home with the noble
widow of a ~compatriot, Mrs. Ann
Monaghan, who preceded him to the
grave by only two or three months.
The deceased passed away It the res
idence Of Mr.. j. p. Thomson, son-in-law
Of Mrs. Monaghan
After an able sermon from Bishop
Watson in st. Johns Episcopal church
on Sunday, fourteen persons received
the rite OF confirmation. Rev. DIR. Wat
son, before his departure, will make
yisitations to the Rockfish church, St.