The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-19
njgTH CAROLINA.

SANFORD Express: The Express Is
-teid tha Mr. w. w. Woodell. agent
fer the Atlantis Coast Line at Swami
Station, has held that position for 81
years and has never missed meeting a
train. He was made agent at thai
place when the old Cape Fear u
Yadkin Valley Railway was first bnilt-
There is talk OF an Ice factory being
built In Sanford this year. We also
learn that plans are on foot Tor q
laundry. The machinery has been
purchased and the plant will probably
he put In operation in the spring.
Durham Herald: News reached the
city yesterday of a fire in
township in which an aged coiored
woman by the name OF Rachel Hal
vas burned to death. The home de-
sfroyed was that of Mrs Kate Riggs,
about twelve miles north Of Durham.
No one was at the home when the ire
occurred save old unit Rachel Han.
who was about 20 years Of age, and IL
seems that no one saw the blaze or
knew of the fire until Thursday morn
ing when Mrs. Riggs returned TO her
home from a neighbors where she
spent the night. 1t was then mat she
found her humble home and practlc-
ally everything she had reduced TO
ashes end among the debris were the
4charred bones of the colored servant
Times: Mr.. job A Har-
rison. an aged citizen OF Greensporo'
who Is in charlotte or a visit TO MS
son. Mr.. James Harrison. is making
an effort to secure his share of an En-
giish estate valued at 5000, 900, 600. Mr..
Harrison who is so years old. traces
his ancestry back to Sir FTancls
Drake. and it is under the will OF the
latter that the aged gentleman claims
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ing of land in Great Britain and mon
ey in the Bank of England.
Franklin Times: The fire insurance
adjusters have ascertained mat the
value of the property destroyed at the
State Normal was s65, 0OO. n the ex-
act amount of insurance to be paid Is
$32. 75s.ee |. The insurance was distr1-
buted in 10 companies by SO different
policies.
Marion News: j. L. L. Bird, Esq,
came very near loosing his little three
vear cid girl last Saturday by poison.
The child climbed up to the mantel
piece and got hold of a bottle of NOR
shine and helped hercelf to some of It's
contents before any one
what it was doing. 1t was not known
how much she had taken. Prompt
and drastic measures were taken to
annul the effects of the deadly poison,
and this was kept up until all danger
was passed.
Troy Examiner: About two dozen
negroes are quarantined for smallpox
in the pest house between Mt. Gilaad
and VAUDEVILLE. 1t seems that a num-
Der of negroes are having the disease,
but thu far no deaths have been re-
sorted.
Charlotte Observer: AS the result
Ut an alteration at Young's boarding
house on West Fourth street Last
evening j. H. Rickels had his throat
cut by Zeb Gentry. Rickels will prob
ably recover. though the wound began
ct the back of his neck and extended
clear around his throat. barely miss
ing his jugular vein. His u was
sewed up by 4 physician. The two
men belonged to the force that has re-
GENTLY come here to assist in putting
in the new system for the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, and Rickels
Hnd the others who were in he party
and presumably saw the cutting are
at all c~ommunitive. They saA
they belonged to the same union and
had sworn to protect n another
and with this plea the friends of Rick
81 ~endeavored to persuade Sergeant
Pitts to drop the case; Their eHor.s
swere unsuccessful; though Gentry
@zLaged to give the police the slip
and hGd southwark on the train last
night. The cause of the fight Is rot
known
an unusual accident on Pattern aven- |
ne early this morning. A horse driV-
by Horace Wells. ran into a two horse
wagon belonging to j. w. Jones OF
Reems creek. Mr.. Wells horse vas
vedgeA tightly between a front wheel
and a rear wheel Of the so
HAT it could hardly move. The traces
we're cut loose. and the buggy, to
which the horse had been attached.
mas relied out of the way. but this
did net help matters. Finally one OF
the Wagon wheels was taken on n
the horse was extricated. apparently
rene the worse for his adventure.
REV Bern Journal: A J. Caho, a
negro, was arrested yesterday a1tsf-
noon aed taken before Mayor Euis
sitting in special court to answer 10
the charge Of criminal assault. Inc
crime was committed last week. Sat
urday. and the victim a little negro
stri named sarah ] Edwards, who Is
not ever Ill years old. The trial was
continued until Monday afternoon.
Kiasston Free Press: Mrs. Lizzie
Bail. whs fell on the ice near her
home On Biount stree. yesterday. mas
heea attended by a half dozen physi-
dans and this afternoon Is resting as
rveu as could be expected under the
Circumstances. The injury sustained
IN the fall amounts to a fracture o.
Ae femur. or thigh bone. and will re-
kut In sae limb being some shorter
dan the other. The injured part Is
Spaintered and will require her con-
Hnensat to her bed for fv or six
ueeks. The dislocation was a stub
er~ one and the treatment was ex-
-eediagdy painful but was borne by
Hrs. Ball with characteristic forti
Ftede.
The best physic. 'Once tried n
xeu win always use Chamberlain's
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