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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
Making a Record at the Varsity.

Among the returning ~collegians yes
|terday was MI. Henry B. Short. Jr.,
son of Mr.. H. B.. Short, of Lake Wac
camaw. He is a student at the state
university, where he is preparing him.
self for a course in law after he grad
yates in the regular course next year.
His friends are congratulating him
the splendid record he is making.
for he is maintaining an enviable record
at n university. At h semi-annual
debate Of the Df and Phi societies he
and his colleague, Mr.. ]. S. Everett
were awarded the honors against their
opponents, Messrs. r. P. Conway and
{. A. Bynum. Mr.. Shorts record is not
surprising, however, as in his first year
lat Horner's he won the essayist medal.
and in his second year there was
awarded the debater's medal. At the
university he is just keeping up his
reputation. He is a manly fellow of
eighteen years, and as he is practically
a Wilmington boy, The Messenger is
glad to hear such good reports of him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

Mr.. A. s. Wightman. OF Fayetteville,
in the city last evening.
Mr.. II. C. Taylor, of Greensboro. was
last nights arrivals in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grattan Williams, CT
Long Creek, visited the city yesterday
Mr.. G. T. Jones and Mrs. E. r. Jones,
|of Rocky Point, spent yesterday in the
city.
Mr.. E. B. Borden. Of Goldsboro. was
last evenings arrivals in the
city.
a.. Miss Carrie Hooper. Of Chapel Hill.
in the city last night 10 visit
Mrs. Gabriel Holmes.
Misses Mamie and Carrie Hilker. Of
|Goldsboro. arrived in the city last night
on a visit to Mrs. Otto Banck.
Miss Nellie Newton, Southport, who
has been teaching at Jonesboro, came
down last evening on her way home.
Among last evenings arrivals in the
city was Miss Nancy Milton. of Hamil-
ton, Va, who will be the guest Of Mrs.
w. N. Harriss.
Colonel and Mrs. w. A. Johnson haze
as their guest for h holidays, Miss
Mary E.. FaiSon. of KcnanSville. She
arrived last evening.
MI. and Mrs. E. R Aiken, of Dan
vile, Va, came here last night TO spend
the holidays with Mrs. Aiken'S parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. Westbrook.
Colonel Peter Mallette and DR..
George Mallette, of New York. came
here last evening to spend the holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gabriel Holmes.
Misses Ella Edwards n Louise
Watson, of Southport. arrived here
yesterday homeward bound from the
baptist woman's university. Raleigh.
Mr.. T. H. w. McIntire, superinten-
dent of public instruction in Pender, Is
here. His daughter Mrs. w. j. johnson
came down from Willard last night to
lspend the holidays with the family
here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

Charleston firm at axe: net receipts
'S33 bales.
Cincinnati firm at SIC. net receipts
]. 594 bales
Louisville firm at 94c: net receipts
Louisville firm at sac
ST. Lous quet and steady at sSc. net
receipts 1.fso bales.
Houston steady at 3 7-16c: net re-
Iceipts IL. e05 bales
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. December 22-Cotton dull
at 10 5-lec; net receipts so bales. gros
receipts 1853 bales: stock eo.0s3 bales.
Total today and Coasoiidated-Net
receipts 1914 bales: exports TO Great
Britain 1854 bales: continent Is,4oi
bales: stock sS4. s14 bales.
Total since September Met re-
lceipts 4.261.ss9 bales; exports TO Great
Britain 1,5i7,072 bales: France 33l. Sc
bales; continent l.o7e.43i bales.
Spot cotton closed duIl: middling up
lands 10 5-lsc: middling gulf 10 e-1ec;
ISales none.
Futures closed steady: December
$50: January 9.64: February "a;
March "a April $40: May e.37: June
9-33: July 9.2s: August zoe; September
S-3a: October SOC
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET
Chicago. December 22-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
Open. lis Low Clr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
CHINA WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Hansen Celebrated the
: Twentieth Anniversary of their Mar
riage Last ~Nlght-They Received and
Had Numerous Callers.

Mr.. n Mrs. L. Hansen celebrated
marriage last night at their h~ospitable
home, ia Nun street. For this happy
occasion the halls and parlors were
beautifully decorated with palms, wild
smilax, holly sprigs with berries d
boughs, shoots of long leaf pine, etc.
The effect was very pretty under the
brilliant Examinations throughout the
house.
The numerous callers who dropped
in from S to 10 o'clock attested the hlgn
esteem in which Mr.. n his
most estimable wife are held. They re-
ceived their friends with the most
open-hearted cordiality and assisting
them were Mrs. B. Glameyer, Mrs. j.
II. Runge, and Mrs. John H. Kuck.
The elder friends and the young people
called, and among those who were
present to join in the hearty congratu-
lations extended to the couple were the
Rev. G.. D.. Bernheim. d. D., pastor OF
st. Matthews English Lutheran church,
ard the Rev. A. G.. Voigt. ID. D., pas
tor of st. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
church. Quite a number Of girls n
bows were also in attendance and were
entertained by the little folks of the
family.
I'm addition to the Fluctuations snow
cred upon Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen, they
received numerous and
pieces of chinaware. 1t was their
china wedding and the pretty gifts OF
their friends will cause them many
happy recollections of the event.
All who attended the reception freely
participated in it's enjoyment. with
Mrs. E.. Schulken as pianist there was
some splendid instrumental and vocal
music by numerous talented singers
present.
During the evening delightful re-
freshments were served in the coy
dining room which was pret.ily deco
rated in keeping with the other deco
rationS named.
Mr.. Hansen married Miss Augusta
Glameyer in this city December Y,
1880, and they have an interesting lam
iIy of five children. n of whom IS MI
Henry Hansen, a talented young gen
t1eman who is studyins for the IIuth-
eran ministry at Roanoke college, va,
The others are Miss BERTHE, Master
Louis and little David.
The Messenger Joins the friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen in wishing them
many more years Of the happy rela"
lions which they hAv sustained In
their welded life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
THE A
The First Snow Storm of the Season.
Railway Clerk Promoted-State Tax
Figures-The Proposed Reformatory.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., December %.

Raleigh, n. c., December %.
The first snow of the season began at
s o'clock yesterday morning and con-
tinued four hours and a half. 1t whit
lened the roofs.
The corporation commission calls for
a statement of the condition of banks
lat the close of business December 18th.
United States Marshal H. c. Dockery
is now, at Memphis, having gone there
from Nashville, to which place he took
Ia number of convicts.
Much regret is expressed here at the
burning of Buie's Creek academy in
Harnett county. There were $50 stu
dents, of both sexes. The building and
its contents were valued at $4,000 and
There is only $1,000 insurance.
The supreme court today decided to
adjourn Monday for the term, and
meets again in February.
The hearing of evidence in the tax as
iseSSment cases here ended today.
Robert E. l.. Bunch, of Raleigh, who
has for a number Of years been chief
clerk of w. A. Turk, general passenger
lagent of the Southern railway, becomes
that system, with office at st. Louis.
The state charters the Hickory Mill
ling Company, capital SIG, 900. \
There are 263, OPS polls in this state,
as shown by the tax lists. The increase
in a year is 1000. The white polls num-
Der 1SS, 1876, n the negro polls 3,975,
making ia, Col more white than negro
polls. The whites list s243, 133, 720 OF
property, which is about s., 100 per cap
lita; the negroes S9,47S, 344, which is
$3.50 per capita, in Jul numbers.
In the way Of schedule B." taxes the
state gets from merchants for schools
l$33, 091; circuses So, O04; theatres "a, $50;
lawyers 81, 1857; private corporations
So, 101; marriage license SIG, 025.
President MeServe, Shaw university,
I(colored), here says there are now more
negro il%literates than there were in 1865.
Then there were owe 1000, 900 negroes,
Jail illiterate; now there are nearly TO-
1000, 000, and Of these So per cent are IL
Iliterate, making over 5000, 900.
The Capitol Club will give it's Christ
mas dance the 18th and its New Years
dance on the 31st.
The state board of public charities Is
working on the problem of providing
more accommodations for the increas
ling number of the insane. There are
three alternative plans; one for a e
asylum, which is not thought practic-
able just now for a redivision OF the
lState so as to throw more territory in.
Ito the district sending patients to the
asylum here. and, third. an enlargement
Iof the asylum at Morganton, which al,
READY has S54 inmates. 1t is a great
problem. The calls on the Legislature
flor cost of charging all three asylum.
are now for $3.50, 0o0-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
Hester.s Cotton Report

Neu Orleans. December 2i.-SeSpm
tarv Hester's statement of the wor
visible supply of cotton shows the 10Y
visible is 3. 800, 224 bales, against i.Zss.'-f
last year. OF this the total OF American
cotton is 3.276, 224, against 3,6i3,32f last
wear. and of all other kinds.
Egypt, Brazil, India, are GA 900 agains-
65I 900 last year. The total worlds vtsts~
BILE supply of cotton shows a decrease
with last year 399, 103. OF the
worlds visible supply there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
continental Europe 1,1Oi.Voo bales,
against 1. 9t2, 900 last year: in Egypt 114.-
600. against $50, 600 last year; in India
240. 900 against 345 900 last year and in
the United States 1,7S2,000. against l.
972 900 last year.
Secretary Hester's weekly cotton ex-
change statement, issued today, shows
for the twenty-one days of December
an increase over last year OF PA. 102
bales.
The mount brought into sight duE-
ing the past week mas been 3a.55S bales.
against 800, 426 for the seven lays end
ing this date last year, and for the
twenty-one days of December 1t a
been 1872, 046, against LOAF, 344 last year.
The total movement for the 1l2 lays or
the season from September 1st- to date
is 6,091. 1877, against 1857 O04 last year
Inc movement SiHCS ScplrIlDcE lsL
o receipts at all United States
ports Of 4,244, 069 bales. against Bliss 67
last year. Overland across the Missis-
sippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to.
northern mills, and Canada 61S.25f,
against 1888 last year: interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year 693, 094,
against SAC, 562 last year: southern mill
takings 535. 756. against SAT. 722 last year;
foreign exports for the week have been
$50. O03. against 1928 last year.
The total takings of American mills,
north and south and Canada thus far
this season have been LIST 81 bales,
against 1.s68,354 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the
Twenty-Five leading southern interior
centers have increased during the week
12S,6s0 bales. against an increase during
the corresponding period last season.
Including stocks left over at ports. and
interior towns from the last crop and
the number of bales brought into sieht
thus far for the new crop the supply TO
date is 6,213.731 bales, against 6.iss COZ
for the same period last year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
N

New York, December '22.-Money on
all steady at acc. Prime mercantile
paper 4Z@5A per cent. Sterling ex-
change nominal with actual business
in bankers bills at Asa %for demand
and at 4.S0h@4.S0& for sixty days;
clal bills 4.79A@4S0A. Silver certifi-
Gates 64@65; bar silver 63&; Mexican
dollars so. State bonds Inactive; rail-
road bonds firm. Government bonds
weak
COTTON.
Liverpool, December 22.-1 p. m.-
Cotton: Spot, limited demand; prices
steady; American middling sgd. The
sales Of h day were 5000 bales. of
which 300 were for speculation n ex-
port and included 200 American. Re-
ceipts $500 bales. including 1890
American.
Futures opened quiet and closed quiet
but steady; American middling L. N.
c.: December 5 20-64d@5 27-64d value;
December and January 5 24-64d sellers;
January and February 5 21-64d buyers:
February and March 5 1S-64d buyers;
| March and April 5 16-s4d sellers; April
and May 5 13-64d buyers; May and
June 5 10-64d@5 11-64d value: June and
July 5 S-64d sellers; July and August 5
5-S4d buyers; August and September 4
o4-o4d44 53-64d buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm at 9 7-16c: net receipts
12,5 8 bales.
Norfolk steady at CSC: net receipts
1855 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 1ec.
Boston dull n irregular at 10 5-16c;
net receipts 714%bales.
Wilmington firm at 3Sc; net receipts
321 bales.
Philadelphia .rm at 10 s-1ec; net r.
ceipts 40 bales.
Savannah steady at 9 5-16c; net re-
ceipts $3.50 bales.
New Orleans quet and steady at 8
1-16c: net receipts IA. 199 bales.
Mobile quiet at 9Ac; net receipts 925
bales.
Memphis firm at 9 9-1ec: net receipts
i,314 bales
Augusta firm at S1kc; net receipts l.
314 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
FuIl Grown Strawberries.

County Commissioner W. F. Alexan-
der, whose farm is on Middle Sound, on
yesterday showed a Messenger repre-
sentative a handful of full grown
strawberries that he picked from the
vines on his place Yesterday. The
frosts have not been severe enough to
cut down the foliage of the plants and
the berries have therefore been pro-
.tected from the cold. If severe wealth
er does not set in within the next
ten days, Mr.. Alexander expects to
pick ripe berries from his vines. The
berries are of the Excelsior" variety.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
Burglars on the Rounds

The n. jacob hardware estab-
Ishment was entered and robbed some
time between midnight and daylight
yesterday morning. The thief removed
the wire guard from one OF the front
windows. pasted paper over h glass
and then broke II out. A lot of pistols
and guns were stolen.
Professionals must have done the
work. as the pasting of paper over the
glass to muffle the sound and hold
the fragments of glass together so they
would not fall and make a noise. would
indicate that the thief or thieves are
well up in the business
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

Berlin. December IA dispatch from
f1eid Marshal Won Waldersee dated
Pekin, December 18th. y
"CuendelI's column, marching from
Shan Hal Kuan. successfully encoun-
tered a force Of Boxers. December
18TH, at Yung Ling. near the eastern
imperial tombs; fifteen boxers were
killed
One thousand Chinese regulars. un-
der Fang Do Ling. have been driven
out OF u Tai. They fed to the mounz
oains, northwesteriy. on Guendell's apA
proach."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
How Are Your Nerves:

If they are weak and you feel nerv-
Gus and easily illustrated" can't sleep,
and rise in the morning unrefreshed,
your blood is poor. Strong nerves de-
pend upon rich, n~ourishing blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the nerves
by enriching and vitaliZing the
blood. 1t gives sweet. refreshing sleep
and completely cures nervous troubles.
Begin taking it today.
Nausea, indigestion are cured by
Hoods Pills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

Now is h time when Group and
lung troubles prove rapidly fatal. The
lonly harmless remedy that produces
immediate results is One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t is very pleasant to take and
can be relied upon to quickly cura
coughs, colds and all lung diseases. 1t
fanny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

relieves painful periods
and regulates nnensfsu-
alton. II cures hackache,
kidney troubles and all
uterine disorders.
Read the letters from
women appearing regu-
Iarsy In this paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

When b stomach Il tired out z,
must have q rest, but we can't live
without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
'digests what you eat" 30 that YOU can
eat all the good food you want while
II Is restoring the digestive organs Z,
health It Is he only preparation tina.
dleeses all kinds OF food r. r. Bel
fanny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

The Cape Fear academy closed yes
terday for the holidays n will resume
January End. The boys had a surprise
in store for Professor Washington Cat
lett, the principal. They gathered in
a bunch and presented him with a
handsome macintosh. He received II
with a brief speech in which he ex-
pressed feelingly how highly he appre-
ciated his Christmas gift.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
NAVAL STORES.

When YOU need a soothing and heal
ing antiseptic application for any pur-
pose. use h original DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, a well known cure for
piles and skin diseases. 1t heals sores
without leaving a scar. Beware of
lcOunterfefE. R. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

same Gay last ycdT-tC-
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Nothing
doing.
RosIN-F1rm at $40 and n.25.
TAR-Steady at $3.50
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Dull al
$1.3o and S3.3e.
Prices same day las yearSSph1ts
turpentine 4Sc and 41hc: rosin s1.10
and $1.15; tar $1.25; crude turpenttns
hard s1.5e; soft $3.50.
Receipts today-62 casks of spirits
t~urpentine. Ill barrels rosin. $50 bar
rels tar, 81 barrels crude turpentine-
Receipts same day a s year-S3
casks of spirits turpentine. 26S barrels
rosin, s65 barrels tar. 81 barrels crude
~turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1O0s. 4Sc; 1858. SIC; 1905.
Gle; 2OOs 99c; zoos F. F.. s1.35; in less
than a load lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-7Z to TIC.
BUTTER-24 to &c.
COFFEE@10 to 11hc.
BAGGINGA2 Id. basis. 81 to Shc.
COTTON TIES-s1.40 to s1.5o.
FTOUR-Straights $3.S5; End patents
$4.1O; full $3.50.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c: New Or
leans Brights % to sc: Porto Rico
80 to 35c; Cuba, % to Sic.
to be addedQ granulated s5.75; w. x c.,
No. 5 $5.25; No. 3 $500; No. IL $4.75.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina, fancy,
CSC; prime 80 to Coo; Virginia As to Csc:
Spanish Is to SOC.
CORN-56c.
CORN MEAL-52c.
N. c. BACON-HamS. 12Hc; Shout
dere Shc: sides 1Oc.
CHICKENS-Dull; spring 8 to $50:
hens 20 to 25c; roosterp 1Sc.
TURKEYSI(ive) dull at tx to SC.
EGGS-Steady at 20 to &c.
SHINGLEStPer 1000, 5 nch sps.
$1.6O; 5 inch hearts. S2.25: 6 inch apS
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
T1MRER.-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
Carried Back.to South Carolina,

Deputy Sheriff J. E. Biount, Of Flor
ence, S. c., arrived in the city yester-
day for Calvin Gregg. the negro who
was arrested by Captain John j. Fur
long on Friday night on information
that he was wanted in the South Caro-
lima city for stealing shoes from J.. c.
Stackley. He left last night for Flor
ence on the Atlantic Coast Line by
way of Wilson. The negro is wanted
at Florence on three charges.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
From Justice Arrested Last
Might.

Captain John Furlong, Of the police
force. last night arrested Calvin Gregg.
a Florence negro. who stole shoes from
]. c. Stackley. of that city. He was
ARRESTED on information given by a
Icolored man from Florence. An officer
viii come on from South Carolina to-
day to take Gregg back to Florence
to .answer in h courts Of justice. II
is said he is also wanted for other
lcrimes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25

CaSh quotations We're as follows:
Flour dull; winter patents $3.65@3.S0;
lstraights$3 .10Q3.6O clears s2.9OG3.S0;
spring specials $3.50: patents So. 40@s.S5;
straights s3.OO@3.4O bakers 81. 2O62.75:
No. 8 spring wheat 66G71c; No. 2 red
l72@74Ac; No. 2 corn S7Ac; Nc. 2 yellow
l37Ac; No. 2oats 22h622Ac; No. 2 white
l25k@261Rc; No. 3 white 241h@26c: No. 2
rye 50R; mess pork per barrel l 1.72kd
l11.25; lard per 100 pounds S6.90G6. 95;
short i sides 0oose) s6.2566.50; dry
lsalted shoulders (boxed) s5.S7k96.12.;
short lear sides (boxed) $6.6566.75;
whiskey $1.27.
New York. December 22.-FLOUR-
Neglected and nominal: winter patents
sS:6Oq3.90; Minnesota patents $500
4.20.
WHEAT-Spot market firm: No.
red 7SAc; options opened steady and
We're sustained most of the forenoon
on local covering due to fears of un-
Favorable crop or other conditions be-
fore the markets open again next We'd
nesday. The close was firm at a par
Itial Bc net advance. March closed
Il91hc; May 79c; December &c.
CORN-Spot dull; No. . 45Bc; OPP
lions wer inactive and barely steady
because of lower cables and larger
western receipts. Closed easy and part
ly Nc net lower. January closed 43Ac;
May 41Ac: December 46kc.
LARD-Steady; family s14.5O6I5.OO.
short lear s14.0O@17.0O: mess $500
49, 90.
BUTTER-Steady: creamery 17@25c:
dairy 16@23c.
CHEESE-Firm; fancy large fall
made 11A@11kc; fancy small made
liz Ole.
EGGS-Easier: state and P~ennsylva-
mia 23@26c; westernregular packing at
mark 1S622kc.
POTATOES-Quiet: Jerseys 81.
1.37R; New York s1.25@1.62k: Long Is
land S1.50@1.75; Jersey sweets 81. 756
2.75.
TALLOW-Firm; city 4Tc.
PETROLEUM-Dull: refined New
York s7.35; Philadelphia and Baltimore
S7.20; do in bulk S4.65.
RICE-Firm; domestic fair to extra
3B@6Ac; Japan 4%@4kc.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy hand
picked 4&@5c; other domestic sc.
CABBAGE-Steady; Long Island per
100 $3.00@4.oo.
COTTON SEED OIL-Inactive but
fairly steady without important change
Prime crude barrels &c; prime summer
yellow 29k@3Oc; off summer yellow
29c; prime white 34635c: prime winter
yellow 36@37c; prime meal s25.
SUGAR-Raw steady: fair refining
SIC; centrifugal So test 3%c; molasses
sugar 3Bc; refined quiet. Standard A
$5.40: confectioners A $40; mould A
s5.s5; cut loaf $500; crushed Sc. 90; DOW
dered $50; GRADUATED $3.50; cubes
1915.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Spirits turpentine dull at
Rosin steady: strained COM
mon to good S1.75.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
36'c; receipts 9S2 casks; sales 739 casks;
exports 1,028 casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged; receipts
1886 barrels; sales 1.415 barrels; ex-
ports 1874 barrels.
Charleston@Spirits turpentine mar
ket firm at 36c; rosin firm and I'M
n
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-25
Death OF Hon. Richard A. Wise.

Newport News, Va. December 21.-
Hon. Richard A. Wise, congressman
from the Second Virginia district. died
suddenly at his home in Williamsburg
this morning. He had long been a suf-
Iferer from Bright's disease. John s.
Wise. of New York, is a brother Of the
deceased.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail
Ito cleanse the liver. remove obstruc-
Itions and invigorate the system R r.
lBelAmy.
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Storm on the Coast

Newport News. Va. December IA
storm is coming up :he coast AT Lee
Hall. only eighteen miles from nerr.
the snow fall today IL as heavy as any
ever seen there.
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TOOK THE BLUE RIBBON

NJ. /. b. Rhodes Unequalled Christ
mas Display of Meats at Front II
M~arket-Fine Meats Thai Were a
Sight to See-His Stall Handsomely
and Uniquely Decorated
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LOCAL STOCK MARKET.

Wilmington. December %.
Quotations on ivcei secursties, fur
n4shed and regularly corrected by
HUGH MacRAE & CO:
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound