Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-04-29
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE wEEKIN NORTH CAR
DINA.
Carefully Culled From Our Cotemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
iLASIANCE.
ALA n 4 NCE.
Correspondence of the Sentinel.


TO Miss Callie Ed wards, of Swepsonville.
The Swepsonville g Old North State
Brass Band have received an invitation to
make music for the Oakedale Academy
Exhibition, which will be the later part of
May.
Alamance county has but one bsrroom
which is run by nogro. The people de-
clare the county has been disgraccd BY him
long enough and are going to do their best
to close him out the first Monday in JUNE.
Go it gentlemen!
There are now three new cotton factories
being built in this county. Additions are
being made to some that are now in opera
ton. 1t will not be long before Alamance
county will be noted for her manufacturing
enterprises.
There are now $50 cars changed and fitted
for the narrow gauge road here at Company
Shops, with the force of hands now employ
ed they able to cha nge on an avera ge of
10 cars per day. The gauge on the road
from here 10 Winston will be changed the
first day of June. The gauge from here to
Goldsboro will be changed June Sth. The
road is now 5 feet wide, when changed will
be feet inches.
On the 25th of March, Ella Boldain went
to Elisha Willis, who resides about q miles
from Company Shops, and in about one week
she gave birth to child and on the I'd If
April she LETT there and was seen pass Il ne
gro mans house with the child, and about a
mile and a half FARTHER she was seen without
the child. Willis was away from home
when she left, when he returned he made
inquiries fc4her and heard that she was at
one, Mr. Fowlers, without the child. In
qulres were gone into and she, from the ev-
ldence, was arrested. When she finally told
where the child WAS buried she went and
showed them the place, the child was in a
small sack, part was upon the top of the
ground. An inquest was held when it was
discovered that the lower and upper jaw
bones were broken, face smashed and sides
bruised very badly. The woman said Will
lis killed the child with Iaudanum Willis
was arrested, but not enough evidence being
found he was turned loose; the woman Is
now IN Jail at Graham {. +. KING.
Company Shops, N. c. dpra 20, 1886
DURHAM.
The friends of Mr. Fred n. Strudwick are
working to secure his nomination to on
gress. He will not be candidate for re-
election as Solicitor.
Mr.. w. n. Kerr, of Durham, has inven-
ed a tobacco bag sewing machine, which is
sdld " NC d ulaINcl Vi fllaCn9plSfn ana VIII
put fortune i'll the pocket Of its ingenious
young inventor.
Some OF the State papers are connecting
w. L. Blackwell with the recent scandal
at Durham, wherein a respectable white
woman was beaten by negro wenclr 1t is
said Blackwell shielded the negro.
About thirty-fve women, EMPLOYED as
bag makers in Parrish's tobacco factory in
Durham, demanded an advance of wages,
saying il they did not receive it they would
quit work. They were told to quit and did
so.
: John Devereux, Esq, went to Yancey-
villelast week and made application for an
injunction 10 prohibit the town of Durham
from issuing bonds for Durham graded
school, for building said school or improv-
ing the property.
VIM. Billings & Bro. has started a new
dislillery Trap Hill, Wilkes county, with
MIR, T. NJ. Jones 'torekeeper and sanger.
CASTOR Church carrier of the horse-mail
between Wilksboru and Jefferson OCCASION
ally lightened his mailbag by emptying ont
public documents into the Yadkin River,
lie has been arrested and bound oyer to the
Federal Court at StatesviIIe
CHATHAM
Track laying on the Pittsboro railroad
has commenced.
\ telegraph line is to be pnt up between
Pittsboro AMI Aoncire.
Mr. Edward j. Bailey, of Chatham county
died Thursday. He was the founder and
principal of Union Academy.
The Masonic Lodge at Mt Vernon Springs
in Chatham county has been revived and is
BOW in a furnishing condition.
A little son of Mr.. +. +. Andrews i'm Had
ley township, Chatham county, while chop
ping with Ratchet cut deep cash in his
foot.
Samuel Handbook recently picked up or
Matthew Atwater's plantation in Chalhan
county, what is supposed to be meteorite
and which weighs about fifteen pounds.
Rev c. t. Bailey, d. d., editor of the
Biblical Recorder, will deliver the literar,
address at the closing exercises of Mt. Yer
May.
The Sheriff OF Chatham county has an ex
scution from Wake in favor of Fisk P
Brewer against the University. Brswe
was one of the Carpet Bag Professors al tn
| University during the presidency of DR.
| Pool.
Staples & shippIet, Thomasville, vii
build additional tobacco factory, tw
stories, 40x70 feet.
There is buzzard which has l.een seen i
Davidson county for more than thirty year
! which has stiff leg which sticks straigh
| out while the bird flies.
There are now fifty children at the Bar
fist orphanage at Thonasville The build
ings are completed, and money ready f.
building two mare. The Baptist If DnrhaI
have given 81 ,000
The closing exercises OF the Yadki
Valley School near Pennington in sDstvi
county, will be on Wednesday May the / gu
Rey.sJ. Futile, of Salisbury and Prof f
7. Phillips, of Lexington, are expected
address the school
Rev. w. r. Gwautny, of Grcensbor
formerly pastor of the Baptist church
Winston, will deliver the address at I'll
close of the school OF Cam Academy on IL
21st of Mays. The editor OF THE SENrINF
returns thanks for pressing invitation
be present
The Presi,ytery of Orange which has bee
in session at Wilson, n. G.. adjourned Satu
day and will hold its fall meeting with Il
church in Milton.
A (asweli county man has a young chic
en- which has two heads It presented Il
ordinary appearance of small chicken e
cept rs to heads. 1t had two well-deveIo
cd and perfect heals, each being suppl,
with two eyes and two ears The hea
come together and were joined To sing
neck.
Miss -Sadie Pate was very much surpris