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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
HOME FOLKS.

Major Graham Dawes, of New Bern,
one of the most accurately Informed
citizens as to North Carolina history,
c~orrects an error in the Raleigh Post
that appeared in the recent address OF
Mr.. R.. H. Battle. We quote:
The people were with him CVance)
and in February, 1861, voted by a large
majority against holding a convention
to consider the question of secession
The majority against a convention al
the election held in the state in Febru-
airy, 1861, was really something less
than two hundred votes, as may be
seen by reference t. the official record
of the poll. The vote of Davie county
which was not received, would have in.
creased the majority slightly"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

During the summer season cramps
come upon Us unexpectedly; you should
be prepared for an emergency OF this
kind, as otherwise you win surfer
agony for hours. Keep q bottle of Pain
Killer handy and go By the directions
on b wrapper. It VIII surprise you
how quickly relief viii come. Avoid
substitutes. there Is but one Pain
Killer. Perry Davis. Price Is and zoe
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

Person county has several canneries
at work putting UP fruits and vegeta
bles. A good example.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION.
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THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail,
one yea 500; six months $3.50; three
months s1.75: one month so cents
Served in the city at 60 cents a
month; one week 10 cents; $1.75 for
three months. or 500 a year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
(twO S-page papers,. by mail one year
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

The Messenger failed to express a
great sorrow W a great calamity
that threatens North Carolina Bump
tious George White has served notice
that he will knock from his number 10
brogans the dust of his native state
and will seek a home among the benev-
olent, sympathetic, ap~preciative, benig-
nant, hospitable people in New York.
city. George not only purposes to lift
himself, bag and baggage, out of the
old state, but he IS anxious to pursuade
$4,000 negroes, more or less, to accom-
pany him. Many Of them would be
sure to get n trouble, and naturally
they would be his clients. Just how
many will follow his example is not yet
known. He is not a safe leader either
in North Carolina or New York for
the negroes. He is fanaticaI. s~elf-con-
ceited. brazen and bumptious. The
question is. how can North Carolina
get along without George.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04

The Houston CTexas) Post is a long
distance off, but it keeps it's eyes or
Butler and gang. It says:
Senator Butler Of North Carolina
announces in one and the same breath
that he Is not for Mckinley but favor
splitting the vote that is against Nc
Kinley. These aid societies are as
hard to kill as a cat"
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

stamp between the fingers of
his left hand, clipped off each
corner in succession. Next he
asked a spectator to suspend a
hickory nut form thread.
Walking off thirty feet, he
wheeled and at the first shot
cut the thread. Taking six
tacks, he placed them loosely
in a piece of wood. This he
placed against post twenty
five yards away. Borrowing a
watch from a bystander, he
opened the face for mirror,
shot with his back to the mark,
and droVe each tack into the
wood withcRt a miss. The
brakeman had been looking Oh
in open-mouthed wonder. AS
Tance concluded, the brakeman
stepped up to the Judge, a4ad
tapping him on the arm, said:
eyes, your honor, guess I was
mistaken. That man WASH t
shooting at me-
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
A Good Cough Medicine.

Many thousands have been
restored to health and happi-
ness by the use Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. If af-
fiicted with any throat or lung
trouble, give it a trial for it is
certain to prove beneficial.
Coughs that have resisted all
other trea tment for years have
yielded to this remedy and per-
feet health been restored.
Cases that seemed hopeless,
that the climate of famous
health resorts failed to benefit,
have been permanently cured
by its use. For sale by W. r..
Campbell, druggist.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
The Hidden Treasure

Stiles, TIE member of the AL
Yord gang, who surrendered him
self to the authorities, is sup
posed by the authorities to know
the whereabouts Of the treasure
secured by the robbers, and
forming part Of the result of the
train robberies. Stiles, who has
no doubt the best of reasons for
feeling more comfortable under
the protecting arm of the law,
will probably be able to give
the required information, aBd
may be induced to do so.
This will depend a good deal
on the share Stiles has received,
or which may have been secured
by him. 1t is possible, too, that
the outlaw has been disappoint-
ed in the promises made to him
with reference to the treasure.
If SO, then it is just probable
that disclosures of a startling
nature may be made. The af-
fair has been enveloped in a
certair mystery and if Stiles is
revengeful then he may take
measures to involve others, ard
there is a chance that the others
may be men whose names would
cause establishment ct least.
There is no doubt there is a
large sum deposited somewhere,
at least this IS the supposition,
but where, is the question, and
the answer to this question may
involve details of a nature most
peculiar, and the names of those
who are looked upon as above
suspicion. Of course great care
is taken usually to hide the truth
and it may be the case now that
this matter will be always a
mystery.
Inquiries are being made by
fha officers and +ba Walls E1oro-o
men are on the scent. The fact
that Stiles did not surrender, or
was not captured when he might
have been, until after the ad-
journment Of the district court
is suggestive of a desire to have
ample time to make every dis
covery that is possible in the
matter.-Cochise Review.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
Conclusive Evidence.

slack" Tance, a cowboy from
the ranch Of the Butte Creek
Cattle company, was on trial at
Alliance, Neb., on a charge OF
shooting at brakeman on the
Burlington railroad with intent
to kill him. He had received
his pay a few days before and
was engaged at the time OF the
shooting in the picturesque pas
time of painting the county red.
Tance vehemently denied any
intent to prefQrate the brake
man. He told the court that.
while it was true that he did
take out his revolver and shoot
after the brakeman pushed him
off the train, be was merely
giving a prearranged signal.
He and a friend had been down
the road few miles and wanted
TO ride back to the nearest sta
ton to the ranch. Realizing
that if they were found by any
of the train crew they would be
pnt off. they had arranged that
if one was put off the train he
should notify his partner by fir
ing his revolver once. The
trainman with visions of what
he firmly believed was q narrow
escape from death, shook his
head, and the judge looked un-
believing Tance's cowboy
friend S tale failed to receive
credence, and the defendant
asked the court to please step
outside. The judge asked what
for. III prove my innocence,
your honor Tance said. The
court was curious, and went
outside. Tance pulled out his
revolver, and, holding d postage
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

half slave and half tree, so it
cannot live half imperial and
half republican. The republican
party now stands for imperial
istic expansion and is already
busy cultivatiug the spirit of
militarism. The democratic par
ty has earnestly, clearly and
forcibly pronounced against i'm
perialism, with it's resultant
evils, and for the preservation
of the republic and the consti-
tuition. The Issue is thus made
up, and I consider it my plain
duty to help maintain the repub-
lie by such efforts as can make.
hum bic as they are. +"
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
In 1896 the German-American

In 1896 the German-American
went almost solidly for McKin-
ley. In 1900 it will go the same
way for the Bryan and Steven
son. There are five states
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota-in which the
Germans hold the balance of
power. The electoral votes Of
these five states would elect
Bryan with votes to spare. He
is almost sure of carrying Ken
tucky, Maryland and West Vir
ginia, and has good fighting
chance in New York, Delaware,
California and Oregon. The
chances for the success of the
democratic ticket this year is
more than fattering.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
The Best Remedy tor Stomach ard
Bowel troubles.

81 have been .instie drug busi-
ness for tWeety years and shave
sold most ali of the proprietary
medicines of any note Among
the entire list | have not found
anything to equal Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrheea Remedy for all stom-
ach and bowel troubles" says
0. W. Wakefield, of columbus,
Ga. This remedy cured two
severe cases of cholera Rlorbus
in my family and I have recon-
mended and sold hundreds of
bottles of it to my customers to
their entire satisfaction. at af-
fords a quick and sure cure in a
pleasant FORM For sale by
". r. Campbell, druggist.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
Bones of a Mastodon.

Five cars-four box and on
fat-passed through the cit
early this morning going nortf
but these five cars were object.
of curiosity to the railroaders
at the local depot. They con-
Eained the bones of a mastodon
recently unearthed somewhere
in Arizona, and these bones
were being shipped either to the
Chicago university or to the
Smithsonian institute at Wash
ington. The jaw and backbones
were too large fer the box cars
and were securely packed on the
fiat car.-Albuquerque Citizen.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

L. w. Habercom, the Wash
ington correspondent of the lead
ing German newspapers and a
member of the Republican Ma
tioual Congressional Committee,
has severed his connection with
that committee and the republi-
can party and announced his in
tention of supporting the nomi-
nees Of the democratic party.
In taking this step he made the
following statement: II have
left the Republican Congression-
al Committee because am not
in full accord with the party and
especially cannot defend aud
promote its expansion and for
eign policies. My opinion in
these matters was well known
to the officers OF the committee
when | became connected with
it. [ then had cause to believe
the course of the party would
be shaped in a direction differ
ent from that it has taken. Now
the issues are made up. and ex-
pansion and imperialism is the
leading one. A government with
imperial powers over our pos
sessions cannot long remain a
republic at home. AS the gov
lernment conld not have lived
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

Cochise county this year takes
her place in the front rank as
first class county. The county
assessment now amounts TO So,
091,000, and it is supposed that
this sum will be increased by
the board Of equalization, who
will probably raise a number OF
valuations. It is about twenty
years ago since Cochise county
was cut off Pima county, and
the Star says that now on the
advancement of Cochise to the
front rank Pima is prepared to
give her offspring a right royal
welcome. -RevieW,
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

The illlteracy Of Russia ex,
ceeds that of any other country
claiming to have a civilized
government. In 10000 villages
of the vast empire there is not 2
school, and it is estimated that
not 20 per cent of the population
of the empire has acquired even
the rudiments OF a common
school education.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

The big forest fires in the
Mogollon section on the Gila
forest reserve have kept all the
rangers and residents OF that
section pretty busy this week.
The timber loss will be very
heavy unless the flames are very
soon brought under control
Southwestern Stockmau,
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
DATES OF EXCURSIONS
TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SEA SHORE.


Special low rates will be made by the
Santa Fo Route to San Diego, Long
Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Mouica and
Redondo on Thursdays of each week
from May oath TO August Both. Tickets
will be good for 80 days from date OF
sale and to stop over at any point west
of San Bernardino. The rate from
Winslow will be $35 for the round trip.
The California seashoTe resorts will
be unusually attractive this year. At
fair Coronado new tent city has been
organized. Tents are laid out in streets
along the beach in front OF Hotel del
Coronado. The city has electric lights
grocery store, etc. Large orchestra In
attendance at pavilion every evening
Hot and cold plunge. COgonadO's wa
ter piped to all parts of Tent City. Still
water, surf bathing and fishing are at
hand. Tents furnished and unfurnisn1
ed can be rented at reasonable cnarRe.
At Laguna Beach may be found quiet
family resort of Summer homes. COT
tages are for rent Oceanaide has nne
beach and ia surrounded with points or
interest At Redondo extensive i'm
movements have been Alade ana tne
lannon's Seventh Regiment Band has
baan enge qed for the season which in-
e',ras the hest of music at this delight
ful resort by the sounding Sea-" This
is Ibe resort of moss, agate and shel.
bnnters. Fishing from the wharves is
alwavg good. The Summer Chautauqua
at Long Beach will be fully up TO the,
standard; while Santa Monica will have
its usual crowd OF pleasure seekers.
Los Angeles, the busy metropolis OF
Southern California, will be alive with
visitors who make this their headQuar-
ters for side trips around the "Kits
Shaped Track the beaches. Mt Lowe,
etc. etc Spend your vacation on the
Pacific Coast. Agents of the Santa Fe
Route will eheerfuily give sou all tbs
dssired information
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

4he democrats have made an
eminently respectable nomina-
tion for the vice presidency, says
the Washington Post. Mr.. Ste
Nenson filled that high Office
with credit during Mr.. Cleve
land S second term. He was an
exceptionally able presiding Off
Ger Of the senate. Possessing
tact and dignity, he won and
held the admiration and respect
of the members, of that body,
who, upon his retirement, united
in testimonial of their appre-
citation of his onorable services.
His qualifications for this office,
therefore are established. In
this respect the democrats are
more fortunate than the repub-
licans, for Mr.. Roosevelt's S most
ardent champions do not profess
a belief in his fitness for this
particular Office, and he himself,
prior to the Philadelphia con
vention, frankly avowed that he
was unsuited to the role. And
what is true of the vice presi-
dency as between the two men,
likewise holds good OF their re-
spective qualifications for the
higher office of chief executive.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

During last May an infant
child CT our neigh5ers was suf-
fering from cholera iEfantum,
The doctors had given up all
hopes of recovery. | took a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
to the house. telling them felt
sure it would do good if USED
according to directions. In
two days time the child haS
fully recovered, The child is
now vigorous and healthy. {
have recommended this remedy
frequently and have never
known it to fail.-Mrs. Curtis
Baker, Bookwalter, 0. Sold
by w. r. Campbell, druggist. y
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
War in the TranSVaal anne

War in the Transvaal appears
to be about as near over as it is
in the Philippines. America
has control of the country in the
islands inside their picket lines.
The English are controlling in
about the same way and to just
about the same extent in the
TranSVaal.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
Phe system of hiring out con

Phe system of hiring out con
victs has been abandoned by
Texas, Mississippi and Georgia.
and the experiment has been
made of employing them on farms
owned by the state and devoted
exclusively to cotton culture.
This form of employment has
worked satisfactorily, interfer-
ing less with free labor than the
abandoned contract system and
yielding better returns to the
state.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

The time is drawing near for
local politicians to begin repair
ing their fences. The date for
the territorial convention has
been fixed for the 18th of Sep
tenber. County corrections will
have to be held at least a week
earlier.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
Flagstaff now has an abun

Flagstaff now has an abun-
dance Of water. The spring is
furnishing something over 3O0,-
900 gallons of water daily. The
Santa Fe Pacific railroad is
hauling away thirty carloads
daily. Flagstaff is the in north
ern Arizona that has a plentiful
supply of excellent Water.-Co-
eolaino Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

The shop for saving and
polishing onyx at the Phenix
indian school is under the man
agement of Mr.. Brito, a gentle
man from the City of Mexico,
who has had large experience
in handling the stone in ques-
tion. He has leased the plant
and employs Indian boys.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

Thos. j. Nolan, bright and
exemplary young man, a native
OF Prescott who is interested III
mining hereabopt with his faith
er. is a candidate for appoint
ment could fall on no more
worthy shoulders. Courier.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

Antonio Sosa and Jose Vas
oues, San Pedro valley cattle
men. were both killed, last week,
in a fight with pistols. They
ouarreled over a cattle brand
Further trouble is feared.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

The Graham Guardian states
that the bed of the ella river in
several places through the val
lev is entirely dry, something
that never occurred before.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19

President Mckinley in his
speech accepting the nomination
at his home in Canton, the 9th
er day, studiously avoided say
ing one word against the trusts.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
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The Winslow mail., 1900-07-19
Tbe Wttealnser glutl+
j. f. WALLACE,
EDIToR AND PRoPRIEIoE.

Entered at the postofice at Winsloy. Ariz
second class mail matter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18

THE census law calls for statis-
tics of the products OF 1899, but
they will not be gathered by
enumerators until the first of June
1900. Every farmer should there
fore make a written record of all
his crops and products, the income
from, and sales of live stock, poul-
try, fruits and all other matter
required by the census law, that
they may be able to recall accura-
tely and fully the information
which the enum erators will require
This should be done in order to
bring the census report to the
highest possible degree of relia-
bility. It would be a good plan
for the press of the state to en-
phasize this idea as it will save
farmers a good deal of trouble
later on.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18

ACCORDING to a Washington
dispatch several hundred soldiers
representing Minnesota and North
and South Dakota troops who
served in the Philippines have
applied for two months extra pay
allowed by law to ell soldiers who
saw service abroad during the
Spanish war. These soldiers have
been wondering why their claims
have not been allowed more
promptly, many of them having
been filed last summer. It is
learned today that the claims filed
last July will come up for final
action 10 March or April and that
from eight to nine months will
elapse in all cases between the time
Of filing claims and the time of
their allowance. There are many
thousands of these claims aud the
work of allowing them is neces-
sarily slow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18

UNDER the liberal land laws of
the United States now in force
the following classes of women
are entitled to file on claims on
government land and obtain patent
therefor:
l. All single women over 81 years
Of age
2. All widows aud divorced women.
3 Married women whose husbands
have deserted them-or whose hus-
bands from any infrmity are unable to
earn the living for the family, Sc that
their wives ara dependent upon their
own exertions for support-are granted
the privilege of femme sole and can
enter government land and make final
proof as single women.
4. Widows of old soldiers of the
civil war whose husbands never used
their soldiers homestead right, can
enter land and have the time served by
their husbands in the civil war deducted
from the five years required residence.
s. A recent act OF congress gives to
the ex. soldiers of the Spanish war the
same land privileges as tho union war
veterans, and hereafter the widows Of
Spanish war soldiers are entitled-the
same rs widows of soldiers of the civil
war
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18

Some interesting figures Of the
work Of the state land depart.
ment for the fiscal year ending
July last have just been com.
piled in the office of the state land
commissioner. The statement pre-
sented shows the total amount 81
money received from the leases OF
common school lands to have been
$4O,l53.9l for the period stated,
the acreage leased being 53l,627.
The sale Of hay permits aggregates
$8l4.8e, the acreage being $500.
The sum received from intstitu-
tion lands is 64.094.80, the acreage
being 1902 and the sale of hay
permits on institution lands is
1854, 10000 acres being leased
Tor that purpose. The total
amount received from all these
sources is $45,35S,85 and total
acreage leased 755,9ll. The gain
over the fiscal year ending July i,
1893, for the leases of common
school lands is $l2,ll2.54, the
total Of that year being s28, 041.37.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-18
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage executed and delivered by Heinrich Zado
mortgagor, to Il. D. ALERT and w. F. Winter,
mortgages, dated the 18th day of August, A. d.
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and filed
for record in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds,
Of the County of Cavalier and State of. North
Dakota. on the goth day of August, 1898, and re-
corded in Book % of Mortgages, at page 2O6,
will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter described, at
the front door of the court house in the City of
Langdon, in the County of Cavalier and State
of North Dakota, at the hour of two o'clock p.
M, on the oath day of February, 1900, to satisfy
the amount due upon said mortgage on the
day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are
those certain premises situated in the County
of Cavalier, and State of North Dakota, and de-
scribed as follows to-wit:
The northwest quarter of section twenty
seven (27,) in township one hundred and sixty
two Q62) range sixty-one (6D west.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
Dated at Langdon, North Dakota, this 18th,
day of January, 1900
H. D. ALERT AND W, F. WINTER,
23-8 Mortgages.
CLEARY g. MCLEAN,
Attorneys for Mortgages, Langdon, N. Oak.