The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-23

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, y. C. March q
One OF the most ~tractiv views Of
fered by any city in North Carolina Is
that presented TO one riding over Hay
mount into Fayetteville. Lay street
opens out 10 him. nearly t~hrce-fourths
Of a mile in length. loo feet wide. al
most a perfect level without n break.
to Market square. Great ploughs.
drawn by four-horse teams. are now
at work on the splendid roadway. and
IN a day or two IL will be In fine con-
diiion for traffic and travel.
The town authorities have passed an
excellent ordinance. vigorously prohio-
iung the dumping OF any sort OF refuse
matter on the streets. Something like
this has always been on the municipal
statute books. but n violation OF. the
ordinance means now heavy fines and
costs The city fathers" arc also at
ter the bootblacks with a sharp stick.
and IL requires : license OF s. q year
now TO yell out shine. SIR" about
the hotels and street corners
A great c or work has been done
lately by Manager Bash. of the water
works. A force OF hands may always
be Seen on the streets, putting in new
mains, repairing pumps. etc. One OF
the regulations OF the which
he found necessary TO stop the useless
waste OF water and the breaking out
OF the mains, raises a storm with the
general public-that OF locking the
pumps. They canno solve the mys-
terry OF having to pay for water. no
matter The cost OF bringing IL tn
them. Putting water under lock n
laugh-or fight.
MI W. L. Holt has nearly compIet-
ed his dwelling and the improvement
or the grounds at Bonni Doom
(once the property OF the late gifted
Scotch lawyer, James Banks. a prom
inent citizen OF Fayetteville and = pic
turesQue figure in its professional and
social life many years ago.) Mr.. Holt
has built a mode log house with the
broad hall and the great open fire
place-everything on the generous
scale Of the delightful hospitality OF
the owner and his accomplished wife.
He Is also negotiating, together with
others, for a large area Of land. with
a great fish pond, between Bonnie
Doom" n the Lakewood Club house
and lake. All three will make a sue
cession of the finest fishing preserves
in the state.
The United States engineers are
comfortably quartered on a fiat with
cosey cabin just below the Clarendon
bridge, on the river, and thence they
make their trips of animate of
the Cape ear between Wilmington
and this place. Captain Humphrey
lived with his engineer corps in lust
the same manner, and at about the
same spot twelve or fifteen years ago.
Mr.. S. G. Worth. OF the United States
fish commission, having charge of the
station at Edenton, is visiting rela-
uves in this city. In 1885 and 1856 Mr..
Worth was editor OF The Fayetteville
MIN bill for MANY a ha hos do
voted his time and abilities TO his
present vocation. in which. by careful
training and extensive experience, he
has become an expert.
The Toiar suit against General John
Gill. former receiver of the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railway, which has
been brought to a satisfactory settle
ment by Hon. George NJ. Rose. at
torney, grew out of a heart-rending
accident on the railroad. During the
meeting of the ChautauQua at Red
Springs, Mrs. Tolar and her child, while
walking on the outskirts of the town,
were caught on a trestle by a train
and instantly killed.
A small dwelling on Grove street.
situated at a long distance from five
department headquarters. was burned
before any efficient work could be
done.
Haigh Small, a lad riding a bicycle
uo"H T1dyIuouHl yesterday AFTERNOON.
ran over little Edmund Lilly. a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.. Lilly. who was
playing on the sidewalk in front OF the
residence. The bicycle path at that
point is on a declivity and the rider
was unable to stop his wheel in time
to prevent the accident. Edmund re-
ceived severe, but not dangerous cuts,
Mr.. Andrew Broadfoot. engaged In
business in northern Alabama, Is Wis
iting his family at his farm two miles
in the country.