The weekly sentinel., 1886-12-23
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ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK. IN NORTH CAR
OLINA-
Carefully CuIIed From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.

The next n. G. Conference of the
M. f. church will meet at Fayette-
Vile
Over three hundred Jets Of electric
light have been subscribed for in Fay
etteville.
The Henderson Methodists have ex-
pended So, ,201 on their new church
building.
Dr. w. H. Barker, the noted phre-
nologist, died suddenly at New Berne
last week.
The Smithfield Herald has put in Il
power press and is greatly improved
in appearance
The Albemarle and Raleigh Rail
road will be extended from William
ston to Plymouth by April.
In the paper box shop at Dukes
factory thirty persons are employed,
and in one day 200 boxes were made
The first sheriff, to settle State taxes
with the Treasurer this year, was Jos.
G. Neal. Esq, sheriff of Mcdowell
| comfy.
David Jordan, Esq, chairman Of
| the board commissioners Of GuIlford
county, fell dead at High Point last
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Owens and Isaac Jones have
been sentenced at Washington to i'm
prisonment for life for the killing of
the formers husband,
The commissioners Of Lincoln coUn-
ty have decided to withdraw all aid
to paupers outside OF the poor house
after the first of January.
Davie and Montgomery county,
each, voted in favor of county SUB
scriptions to the South Atlantic and
North western Railroad.
The surviving members OF company
A. 3rd, n. c. Infantry will meet at
Snow Hill on the 1st Of January 10
make arrangements for holding a re
union.
, North Carolina contributed S13,-
270.16 for the relief Of the Charleston
earthquake sufferers OF this amount
Wilmington sent S2,S73.25.
The Outlook says that the infant
child of Rev j. w. Puert, of Yadkin-
vile, died on the 1st inst, and that Oil
the 9TH its mother followed it to She
grave. ~.4s. -..l4s
Bob Jones, colored, who killed An
; derson Lee in Johnston county some
t time ago, has been arrested. He was
working in Dover under the name Of
Stevens.
Two prisoners, the only ones in the
building, escaped from Jones county
Jail last week One Of the men, John
Green, colored, was under sentence of
death for burglary.
Arrangements have been made tn
complete the laying of steel rails on
the A. & n c., road to Goldsboro.
|. The road is being put in first class or
T. der in every respect
On Friday last w l.. Bingham, a
q deaf mute, and Miss Lizzie burlington,
q left Raleigh in buggy intending to-
marry. He drove into Durham alone,
y, and took the tram Tor Greensboro. 1t
). is supposed he murdered his companion
The Times says the steam saw mill
ID and cotton gin of Tatum q Co, at Je-
v rusalem, Davie county were destroy
ed, with five bales of cotton, by FIRE.
recently. Loss 1000 and no inSur-
re ance.
. 4 citizen OF Meclllenburg Is report
Ct ed as having sworn out warrant
against certain Of hesheritf' 5 deputies
ne for having added - cents Ior collect
u ing taxes The charge is said to be
IN illegal.
The Governor has ordered an elec-
er ton to be held in the First S2Latorla
at district on the 9th day Of January,
RS 1887, to FIJI the vacancy caused by ths
death of NJ. r. Gregory.-M@JIees
&c boro index.
ID, A large crowd Of spectators watched
20 the operations, of the street rallwa,
70 hands as they laid The track through
Independence Square Yesterday The,
,rs are now at work on Tryon street push
81 ing the work towards the graded
n. school, Choriote-4hroicle.
tn The contempt case at AsaeSiile, IL
which Mes.e- : I-man, Cameron 3nt
;v- Stone, editors Of the Citizen, were de
of fendents, having appealed from th
ma Inferior to the Superior Court of Bun
hv combe county, was disposed Of las
week BY consent of counsel on botl
sides the rule was discharged and tn
IL case referred to an arbitrator to aware
ng COSTS The Citizen has no comment
in to make except that it claims to be re
} lieved by this disposition of The cas-