The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-19
NORTH

A correspondent OF the
nal SAYS that Walter Evans, c0sorel~
cia5 a few days ago of hydroPnoUar
having been bitten by a mad dos apoue
seven weeks previously.
StatesviHe Landmark: An ehsrt -
being made to q new cOeNoa
uin In S~tatesvfile- The outlook Tor a
second maa is very encourasin8 anu
there is every prospect or success
Fayetteville Observer: The remains
of the late Mr.. W. G.. Moore who died
sunday night at Paducah, KY. arrived
here this morning and the funeral TOOK
;,lace at 5 O'Clock this afternoon in the
presence of a large number OF people.
The pastor, Rev. H. Tucker Graham.
conducted the service.
Charlotte News: Judge Robinson de-
cfded at Iredell court that a n VINO
carried a pistol concealed n ciafIned
that he had sold it TO another mar and
w. SimDlv carrying it to the purchas-
err. was not guilty Of carrying concx1ai-
ed The supreme court mas
reversed this decision.
Reidsvills Review: We heard q
prominent physician say yesterday that
he had no idea there was n small
pox in North Carolina, and further
said he had very grave doubts there
being any smallpox in the state since
the civl war. Many other peopse are
the same opinion
Oxfod Ledger: Many OF our Oxford
people harvested a good crop d ice
from 8 to 4 inches thick-We chal-
lenge Granville county. upon measels.
We have had in the last thirty days
about IS cases in this immediate sec
ton within two miles OF Clay and not
a single death yet
Washington Correspondent: Il have
lust heard of some vidence in the
Crawford contest election case which
If sustained will undoubtedly enable
Mr.. crawford TO win his contest with
Mr.. Pearson Mr.. Crawford stands
very well here and is regarded as n
of the most conservative and SAFE men
on the floor of the house.
Norfolk virginian Plot: The United
States staeamsnrp F1snhawk arrived
in port yesterday, and Is anchored on
Fayette street. The Fishhawk has
been doing oyster duty in North Caro-
lima for some time. Oyster beds in the
Old North State are full of sand. and
the has been surveying or
experimenting the work of restoring
the beds TO their proper condition
Roxboro Courier: That was a sad
accident at the Hloway copper mine,
on Monday, January 1st. in which VIII
ham Brooks, son of Warren G. Brooks
of his county, met an awful death.
Mr.. Brooks was working in the mine,
and at the time was going down in the
mine, N for some cause, fell from the
ladder TO the bottom of the mine0 dis
lance of nearly 200 feet and was killed
instantly. Mr.. Brooks was an intelli-
gent, hard working young man.
Charlotte News: Miss Minnie Gray
is teaching school this winter at Wax
haw. Several days ago in running
across the yard, h stumped her toe
and fell, breaking her arm between
the elbow and the wrist.-MiSS Mary
Ramsay, of the Presbyterian college.
was called TO Hickory, her home, this
morning, on account Of the Illness OF
her father, Rev. J. A. Ramsay, d. D.,
of the Presbyterian church.
Watagua Democrat: On Sunday
morning before Christmas the body OF
one Broom, a Kentuckian, was found
in the road e the residence of Enoch
Potter, on the head of New river. with
a ball through his body, the body being
cold in death. A c~oroner's inquest was
held but no clue as TO the murderer
could be reached. He was a quiet, in
offensive man, but when under the in
fiuence of liquor. ne was said to have
been a rather hard case.
Raleigh Pos: DIR. Albert NJ. Simms.
who recenCy resigned the pastorat,
OF the Tabernacle Baptist church ~
this city, left last night for Baltimore.
"Recently Governor Russell ordered
a special term of court for Surry coun-
", but upon the strength of a petition
from people of the county, approved
Judge Shaw, the order has been re-
voked, because Of the outbreak Of
smallpox in the county There are a
number of cases in the county.
Raleigh News and Observer: DR..
Lewis, a native Of North Car
DINA, has spent the past year and a
half in h University of Berlin. His
thesis, wriEten in German. has lust ap-
peared in Wiedermann's Annalen. the
highest German scientific magazine,
and bound copies Of it have been re-
ceived by his friends and relatives in
this city. He a lone some very Gre
liable original scientific work i'm the
laboratory Of the late Baron Won Helm
noltZ, 50 his former colleagues in Co
University say.
Charlotte News: 1t is claimed thai
CASTOR county now has more cotton
mills than any other county in the
south. And they were built by home
people and owned at home. CASTOR is
prosperous, and her prosperity is due
70 her own efforts.-The farmers of
this section are very much disturbed
On account of the scarcity of water In
wells.-One prominent farmer
informed \ News reporter to-day that
the wells in his section are in a worse
tina at any time during the
summer months.-Matthew, the I5-
old son of Rev. c.. T. Thompson,
Of Sharon, got his leg broken yester-
day at the chool house at Sharon
Raleigh News and Observer: h
Female University opens its
spring term with twelve more students
-Wadesboro. N G, Jan. 9-eSpeciaD
most dastardly murder was COM
mftted here last night between the.
town am depot The victim vas C.. M
Smith. Il white man Of PeachIand. He
had been 10 W~ddesboro ATTENDING
court Last night, returning home. he.
TO the depot to board No a
torty-five minute before time. This
morning he was found behind a tree
bear h road half way to- the depot
lead. with an ugly cash onthe head
He was robbed OF his watch, money