Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-04-25
inst before tbe bnll was lassoed


there was a very pretty scene, The
two lions were very close together;
the crippled lion huddling up CLOSE
to the terrified lioness. The bill
advanced on them id a trot, but
just as he was upon them he sesttt.
ed to realize their helpless, uondl-
ton, stopped short; and aftet ete-
ing them far few minutes, slowly
walked-off in different directioH.
Victory was declared fpr the bull,
and be was lassoed and tied to tho
cage.
Just at this juncture, when eve'
body supposed the fight was
over, the old Mexican bull fghtef:
who had failed 10 have a fight in
tie morning, entered the arena and
and declared his intention of fight.
ing the victorious bull: just be.
fore the bull was turned in the
mans wife interfered in a most erli-
Phatic r3arhe.: She said her hHs-
band would kill any bill in tho
world if ne was sober, but now he
w'ls drunk. His mother, who must
be upward of tinet5 years of age,
added her voice to the harmony,
and the spnnky old man, who is d
veteran of the bull rings of Mexico,
WAS taken of.
AT this jnncture general row
was, with difficulty, avoided. Tire
days perfOt :hau6es ended By ttrh-
ing ano'her bull into the cage With
two hons to finish them off or give
them chance to retrieve their for
tunes, Eut' on his making assault;
the wounded lion growled furiously,
and after that 81 attempts to in
duce the bull to so near him were
perfectly futile, while the lious
themselves refused 10 assume tbs
aggressive. The audience number
ed about two thousand, and nothing
occurred to mar the occasion, e4.
ceht the injuries to the man already
mentioned. Jack Farley, whose lex
IS so uangled that a.fputdtioh &iil
/ haze to be fesorted to:
The victorious bull is otie of thS
most extraordinary fighters evef
seen; Such is the testimony OF
men @h6 have been btlt fghters in
Mexico. Arrangements will b8
made to fight him against Mexicana
next Sunday, when something still
more tragic may be expected:
biPoRTANT TO TOBACCO MANUFAG-
TrRERs.-The Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue has addressed a let-
ter TO Mr.. E. @. Wade; collector
for the Third district OF Georgia.
regarding the recent circular ad-
dressed to all collectors on the sub.
iect of manufactured tobacco. In
the letter he Says:
cit has been anG is row held, that
farmer or planter who sithplY sup.
plies his Employees with what manufac-
tTred tobacco they need for their own
personal use and fer .heif special ac-
aomn1odatiou, and not With view to
gain profit Himself; is not regarded
as engaged in bitsiness Of selling man
! uIdIttlt Sll lJDdCtOs dIlu HOuIo uOo' OS
required to paJ special taxes for thus
Simplifying his Hired laborers with to
! bacco."
This ruling is not intended to en-
brace all cases where farmers anc
planters furnish supplies of tobacco
to their tahorcts; whether such la!3ot
!, erers are PAID stipulated sum in cast
or its equivalent. by the year. month
: week, or day; or paid by rcceisinS ,
proportion of the crop produced, d:
per contract or where the Iaborer'
:. cultivate given number of acres O.
t lanI at an agreed rent. A farmer o
9 planter who, solely for the accOmmo
dation OF his laborers or employees
: as above defined, not with view O
/ gain or profit to himself, eyet th6ugl
e he charges a price fer the tobacco il
, advance Of What he pays Ty the DO,
0 oufscientiy TO make himself entirel,
h wholo-i. e., to reimburse himself 70
such loss, cost, and expense as he ma,
q necessarily incur-is not to be hel.
9 liable 20 pay for the special tax
+ Wdsh. RcpuWican, 9th.
@ OH PRoDUCr OF RowAN.-Fcv
Y are aware Of the extent of the ol
btfsiness III THIS coanfy. Four firm