The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-11
NINsTON Co. THURSDAY, II, 1886.
ALL OVER THE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
OLINA.

OLINA.
Carefully CuI1ed From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
Another white graded school is to be
established in Raleigh.
A colored physician, one licensed at
the late meeting of the State Medical
Society, has hung out his shingle in
Raleigh.
The North Carolina Agricultural
Society elected for the ensuing year
w. G. Upchurch, President, snd John
Nichols, Secretary and Treasurer.
Thursday night three men were
hunting coons near Wilmington. They
cut down a tree to get the coon. The
tree fell against the limb, throwing
the but of it backward. 1t struck
Olin Codgdell on the breast and crush
ed him to death in an instant.
NEW HANOVER.
The Baptist State Convention Of
North Carolina assemblies in Whining
ton on the 18th inst.
1t is reported here that Anthony
Howe, Jr., colored who is wanted here
for perjury, has been arrested in New
York city, where he managed to make
his escape last week from the officer
who had him in custody Ws1minqton
Star.
r. H. (to,,or,o,,,, omoo :, nl,ool
an admirable portrait of Hon. Will
liam A. Graham. 1t is in oil, of life
size, and is in William Carl Browns
best STYLE 1t is the finest of all the
portraits of Governors thus far collect
ed by Gov. Scales, and is presented
by the sons Of Graham.
GUILFDoRD.
A High Point man bought himself
pair of shoes recently for the first
time in "a years.
Mr.. Emory Bencini had the misfor-
tune to have his tobacco packing
house destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
1t was located about one mile from
town, and contained the tobacco from
$4,000 hills or about 10000 pounds,
all of which was burned. Insured for
$50O.-High Point Enterprise.
MECKLENBURG.
A car last week reached Charlotte
that had come all the way from San
| Francisco.
At Kings Mountain Friday night,
DR.. William Denny committed sui
eide by taking laudanum, at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Joe Crow.
Between sixty and one hundred col
ored people left Mecklenburg county
last week for Liberia under the charge
of an immigration agent
WILSON.
The colored people of Wilson are
moving to establish normal aud in
dustrial school in that place.
The c.tton factory works two sets of
hands now, and does not let the ma
chinery stop from Monday morning
until Saturday evening. The factory
is making money, we are glad to know.
- Wilson Advance.
GRANVILLE
The proposition of Col. A. S. Buford
to complete and run the Oxford and
Clarksville railroad if the road is grad
ed and cross-ties furnished has been
accepted. The road will soon be
built.-O9ford Torchhght.
A fire broke out Monday night at
Oxford, and as there is no fire depart
ment there, caused much damage be-
fore it was extinguished. The losses
were as follows: Herndon & Co., on
buildings, $4,000 no insurance; Col.
Mitchell, $4,000; no insurance Will
lis & Furman, on stock of drugs ST.
600; no insurance. The other miscel-
laneous losses are $500, with about
81 800 insurance
S. M. Gerguson's saw-mill, in Bla-
den county, was burned Thursday
night. Loss 81, 800; no insurance.
1t is our painful duty to announce
the death of N. A. Stedman, Jr.,
which occurred at his home at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Bladen county, on Saturday
the 30th of October. He was thirty
eight years of age. He was born at
Pittsboro, Chatham county, was the
son of the venerable Nathan A. Sted-
man, now living at Fayetteville, and
brother of our townsman, Maj. Charles
M. Stedman.- Wilmington Star.
DURHAM.
The Reunion of the Sixth N. c.,
Regiment, which is 20 take place at
Durham, has been set for December
the Sd instead of the 18th as has been
heretofore published.
Col. Holt, president Of the Durham
Blue Wing and Clarksville railroad
informs the Durham Reporter that