Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-02-01
NO. 9.

NO. 9.
lamps around it. near the roof. that
looked pretty WHEN lighted. There is
. TWO trains running all the time on tho
: grounds, round trip of three miles for five
cents. The fountains and artificial lakes
on the grounds w.re lovely, and tho
fountains i'll he buildings were be tuti-
tui, with flowers blooming ali around
ana Ill the centres of them. The perfu-
uiery fountain i'll the main building WAS
me most pleasant one. especially to the
Sen:e OF smelling. 1t was stream of
pertumery Sponling up about a foot high.
| held IN, hantlkei chief in it until it was
wet With perfllmery.
GEOLOGICAL GAKDEN.-Herc was ami
| mails and fowls of AL kinds. The prairie
dogs were funny little things. also the
han9 aroos, but | believe the monkeys
created more attraction than ANYTHING
else there. The birds of Paradise and
golden pheasants We're beautiful. The
last DAY L was on the grounds
W.s pennsylvania day, staid
loI me lire works ut night,
which lasted about one hour 1t was
certainly grand, cant describe it; said to
oe zen Thousand dollars investe in it 1t
! ended by small cannon being fired.
] then We turned to take leave of the
! grounds, not knowing whether we would
So' o''I I've OF nor with 2SO.000 people
/ puShin" in every direction We coI;d not
move only as The current of people
moved and after we get out through the
gales 1t was about two hours before we
could get into u street car. but at last We
pushed INTO one where we were so
packed that We could nor raise our hands
| without great effort. Arrived ut our
! boarding place half after eleven o'clock
tired enough. Started for home next day
/ w Nit.h
at Nil:Ston Sunday morning three
O'Clock, very tired and sleepy.
Winston, Jauuary 2G,h.
lhcre Is OILY one white man in
Packtid's Senate and his name is
TWltchell.
The total OF imports ofmerchandiso
into the United States during tho
eleven months ending November so.
1876, was SIT, ,53G ,G97 less than to
The corresponding date in the pre-
vious year. The exports for the elev-
en- months of 1876 ending November
30th were 940,70O,752 greater than
during the same time in 1879.
A very full meeting of the farm.
els OF Meckleuburg county Was
held IN Charlotte last Saturday to
discuss the "ience law" Resolu-
tlons Were adopted ard n memorial
to the Legislature agreed on, ask
Ing the passage OF law forbid
ding stock running at large in the
connty, IN other words, Il "no
fence law.
Gen. Clingman is out in letter
IN which he strongly advocates the
election of Magistrates by the
Legislature, aud the election Of
county officers by the Magistrates.
lie says he does not know of any
material oppositicn to this plan in
Buncombe county where he lives.
In the Lower House of Congress,
the Committee on Pensions reported
hlll granting pensions to certain SOL
llers AMI sailors of the Mexican, Flor
lda, and Black Hawk wars, and GER
tain widows of deceased soldiers ana
sailors Of the same. 1t allows pen
sion of So month to all who served
sixty days ii the Mexican war, or
thirty days in the Florida or Black
Hawk wars; and to their surviving
unmarried. The bill was
passed.
DANyILLE 7 BAcCo MARKET
The leaf tobacco sold in the Dan
vile market for the month OF De-
Gem her, 1876, amounted to 17O,-
j56 pounds, which Brought an av-
rage of $l06p hundred. The
Innutity sold in December, 1875,
WAS 240, ,S47 pounds, and the av-
erago price Of the same was 1921.
The very small quantity of the leaf
which was marketed last month, as
with the sales of tho
same month III previous years, in-
hcates that more than the usual
)crtioD OF the crop was in the
lands of the planters at the be.
OF tho year 1877.
The DanviIIe Neacs says Colonel
[ b KecSh passed through the
,ity Saturday, OH his way to
Greensboro, from Washington to
procure some Important papers to
'e used IN the prosecution of tho
50 900 claim of the n. c. K. Il.
L4alnst the federal government for
AK improperly assessed, which we
mentioned a lew days ago. Col.
). IL. Wiley, who is Col. Keogh's
ssistant III representing the inter
sts Of the railroad company, is still
u Washington, where he will bo
eioined by Col. Keosh in few
ays. They feel the utmost conf
ence in the success of THEN mis-
ion.
Young lalies hav4 the privilege of
aging anything they please during
cap year she said, cycling him out
the corner of h"r eyes wish sweet
'o&. His heart gave great bound,
nd while he wandered if she waS ,yo-