The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-15
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breach of promise. says that ii he made
o he must have been talking In his
sleep He says also that owing 20 his
lonely life he has acquired the habit oil
talking to himself, and frequently
awakes to find himself in the midst of
a heated argument on some current
topic or quoting passionate poetry 10
some fair vision Of his dreams. Tne
case Is to be tried before a Jury, anc
We anxIously await the verdict AT i-s-
f1ush, the case looks a little gloomy tor
the defendant, but you can never tell
what a jury will do. IL the jurors arc
married men. AMI will STOP and quiet
~ think over the things they said dur-
ing their courtsii:p days they may de-
eide, quite properly, that it is a diff
cult matter to distinguish between the
talk Vi a man in his sleep and the CUFF
ne n out to the object of his aHe--
tons. those sounds sweet ami soft
which give delight and hurt not" The
man has a chance if the jurors indulge
in introspection.
John Tomzcak, twenty eight years
~NNt @A~A at d4A6 IL oIuC1 udy. A4kS
Tomzcak was buxom, red-cheeked, and
tw~enty-six years old. Frank Czymki,
a neighbor, is twenty-eight years old.
Just before the funeral Frank called en-
Mrs. Tomzcak. II hear you're a widow,
now," said Czymki. Yes, I'm a widow"
she sighed. "a nice looking wol1ian
like you should not be long without a
husband" Czymki observed. Let us
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a flash, and the widow became a bride.
She did not have time to don widows
weeds. Czymki was one of the chief
mourners at the funeral and a hearty
participant in the politics of the wed
ding. The Buffalo papers played the
affair UP as a novel sensation, and tel
egraphed highly eolored versions of It
to all the big papers of the country.
Still, the case is not without precedent
by any means. If Czymki had killed
the other fellow, whose name looks like
the product of 4 drunken Typewriter,
and then won the widow as she was
returning from the funeral, he might
have tied the score of King Richard III
in the wooing and winning of Anne.
The Buffalo story as it stands is COM
p%aratively mild, but Buffalo has got
owe starring her murders, having TAX
en- the record in that line a few years
age.
Cracking a tl~ree-bagger with Two
out and the bases full, on July i, has
won for F. J. Wells. shortstop OF the
Altoona team, a BRIDE. When at a crit
ical stage of the game Wells. stepped
forward and almost knocked the cover
off the ball pretty Gertrdue Benetiel, Of
Oklahoma City, who, with friends was
sitting in the grand stand, applauded
more vigorously even than her compan-
ions. Ism he a dear?" she murmured.
Il want to meet him" The meeting
"a arranged 1t proved case Of love
at first sight, ami the couple obtained
a marriage license. H G. Pace, the
Altoona pitcher, was the witness WHO
enabled the pair to get the license.
A th~ree-base hit may cause a we'd
ding in Altoona, but there are towns in
which it would cause an epidemic Of
heart disease. If made by the home
team.
oliver G. Miller of Davidson county,
North Carolina, says that two years
ago many eggs we're disappearing from
his hens nests. and finally he placed
a door knob of white china in a nest
This, too, disappeared, but the egg rob
berry ceased. One of Mr.. Miller's ten
ants, John Forshee, told him this week
he had killed a very large blacksnaHe.
Mr.. Miller noticc1 a large lump on the
the snakes body He cut the skin and
found the door knob. The snake had
evidently swallowed it two years ago
and it had cured the reptiles egg-steal-
ing propensity.
~Forshee spoiled a good story and 6e-
| prived his landlord of the natural traits
of his investment by killing that snake.
The Kansas CITY Journal has an au-
thenticated story Of a snake that made
it's nest in a box in which a bottle Of
whiskey was concealed and hatchel a
bunch Of little snakes. If the North
Carolina snake mad been let alone, Fo'-
snee would probably have had door
knobs to throw at razorb2cks.
The station at English, Ind, was the
scene of an auction out of the ordinary
A young couple had been put off a
train for failing TO pay their fares.
They were we'll dressed and refined
| looking. After a conference the young
| man took Off a fancy vest and offered
to sell it at auction. It brought very
little.
The young woman then produced a
new pair of fine shoes and five pairs Of
silk stockings, and offered them FOR
sale. A crowd soon gathered, and
there was a good deal of rivalry among
the men to obtain the hose. The couple
took in enough money to get tickets to
st. Louis. The young woman said she
would sell every stitch before she would
beg.
They are modest people out in midi
ana, and the fancy prices paid for the
stockings undoubtedly resulted. from a
determination of the crowd to prevent
the young woman from carrying out