The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-21
xoRTH CAROLINA.

who was taken To the pest house sew
eraI days go. died there Thursday
evening. The young woman was a
daughter of Mr.. George Schenck. who
lives at No. 71S South church street.
Durham Sun: T. J. Holloway sold
900 pounds of tobacco 1t the Parrish
warehouse today for $2s0.30. This was
AN average Of nearly $?9 per hundred
for the entire lot.
Asheville Gazette: Rev. Weston r.
Gales is quite i'll at Montreal. He is
suffering from an attack of pleurisy
following grip. Robert L. Garrett has
been with him several days. His con-
dition is considered serious.
Fayetteville Observer, Nov. 10: Mrs.
Henrietta Grady, wife Of our esteemed
townsman, Mr.. Jessie ". Grady, died
at her home near the Nile Branch
last night after a long and painful ILL
ness. The funeral will e held tomor-
row morning at 10 O'clock from the
residence
Washington Gazette: On account OF
the rapid advance IN he cost Of pro-
visions, the keeper of the county home
represented to the boaEd OF county
commissioners the amount new allowed
him for boarding tfe inmates would not
meet their actual expenses The board
increased this from twenty
cents per day per capita TO thirty
cents.
Rocky Mount Spokesman. Last Fri
day Miss Eliza White mad a lilac on
exhibition at her book store. The lilac
is an early spring flower and to see
one I'm bloom this season C the year
IS something out of the ordinary. The
cluster OF blooms was the only one on
the bush and grew at Dr.. Marriott's
near Battleboro. The flower was per-
tRre growth was DEVELOPED as If it
had been in the balmy spring
Charlotte Observer: At $50 o'clock
Sunday night some one rang the door
bell at the residence Of DIR. ]. II. Nc
Alden, on North TryOn street DR.. Nc
Alden answered the ring and saw a
white man standing in the front yard.
What do you want?' asked DIR. Nc
Alden. For reply the man threw a
large brickbat at DIR. McAden and
then ran. The police were summoned.
but did not apprehend the mysterious
aSSaiIant-
Raleigh Times: Thomas w. Child
ress. a white farmer Of Swift Creek
township. a been arrested charged
with one Of the most shocking cases of
cruelty to animals on record here. He
is accused Of putting out an eye of
two cows and feeding ground glass to
two heifers. The stock belonged to a
~neighbor. R. L. johnson, who's farm
adjoins that of Childrcss made the COM
plant before Squire Yearly and Child
ress was arrested and placed under a
$500 justified bond until next Wednes-
day when the trial VIII take place.
Gaffney City Special: The people
north of here are much interested in tin
CAPTAIN S. S. Ross has cover tin
stone on his farm. nea- Gaffney. After
Investigating 1t as best he could, he
carried samples to Pitt:burg, where
the mining and sneltlng of tin is un-
derstood. Experts sTsted that his sam
pies were the genuine article and some
of them have come here tC examine
more thoroughly the outlook. with a
view to forming a company or making
a direct purchase. 1t would be quite
q revelation to m~ineralOgistS If tinstone
in paying quantities should be found
on the old red hills of Cherokee county.
Winston Journal: Some Of the boys
are enjoying the discontinue of a
South Side policeman who had trouble
in getting his jurisdiction on straight
and chased into Winston the other
night. He paraded around fer n time
like a regular officer and made a raid
on a gang of young fellows at a we'll
nOw resort and chased Ole of 'em
through a window, frightening him so
badly that he ran a block or two with
the sash round his neck. Atout that
time, however, it was learned that the
policeman was out of his bailiwick and
the tables were turned. 1t is said they
chased him down Main street until he
blew his whistle like a fire alarm.
They also claim to have gotten his
billie" The indications point to the
conclusion that he was scared.
Gastonia Gazette: :. A. Jenkins has
received notice from the commissions
OF inventions that a patent has been
granted for his rotary engine, of which
an account was given some time ago
in The News. Mr.. Jenkins is in part
nership with his father-in-law. ]. F.
received notice Tuesday. There are
many advantages in IL rotary engine
Owe the ~reciprocat;ng engine. Mr..
Jenkins patent Is the only one that
has what is known as EXPANSION in
creating power. There is no back mo-
ton. no dead motion 1t takes less
steam to run it than Il does the old
r~eciprocating motion cylinder, or a
turbine engine. Any engine can be
made On this plan. The rotary engine
is neat and takes I'D very little space.
There is less danger than in a cylinder
Hundreds of efforts have been made to
invent one that will AXE the place OF
n r~eciprocating engine. 1t is thought
that 1T is only a question of time when
the rotary will replace the reciprocal
ing engine Mr.. jenkins has his mode
at BeSSemer and it runs we'll.