The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

OF Charles Wesley's great-grand-
sons three are members of the clergy
of the Church CT England.
The estate of the late Francis A.
Drexel, of Philadelphia, will foot up at
least $15, 100000, or about $4,000, 900
more than was expected.
Among the negroes of Norfolk,
Va, there has been organized a society
the euphonious title of which is 1.-The
Union State Grand Tabernacle of the
Imperial Order of Galilean Fisher
men,
Sarah McDaniels, colored woman
living on Mr.. Fish's place, one mile
from Tallahassee, Fla, has given birth
to forty-two children, and is now a ro-
bust. healthy-looking woman.-Louis-
lSlle Co4rter-J0urnal.
"A New York doctor, who died PEN
niless recently, was married three
times, and each wife brought him a
fortune of between 100000 and $780,
OO0 He cetainly was success as a
circulating medium.-N Y Tribune.
A Sparta (Ga.) boy fifteen years
old has made a small stationary engine,
the cylinder of which is five inches long
and two and One-half inches in diam
eter. 1t furnishes power sufficient to
run observation-disclosures Con-
stitution.
"A novel sentence was that pro-
nounced by Judge Church, of Mead
victed of riot: $50 to hear Francis
Murphy, sign the pledge. keep sober,
be Industrious, and sentence will be
suspended if this order is obeyed. y
Pittsburgh Post.
In the county OF Lanark, in Onta-
rio. are eight brothers, Coade by name.
who measure in their socks 81 feet t
inches, and weigh 1,720 pounds, or an
average of 215 pounds each. The tall
est is 6 feet inches, and the shortest is
6 feet 4 inches. The heaviest weighs
Ri pounds and the lightest 195.-
-H0ntreaI '!itaess.
Peter Wcdermier and Josephine
imam. young German couple of
i;u'falo. n. Y. filed with the court
clerk in that city the Other day an ante
nuptial agrecm. mt by which, after mar
riage. each is TO control mis- or her
property just as before. and dispose of
it as though no marriage bond united
them Both are wealthy.
John b. Cough was never ostenta-
tious in his gifts, but his private chart
ties were almost innumerable. For
! years he has supported the widow and
family of his friend Stratton, of Wor-
cester, who induced him to take the
pledge and who encouraged him 20
keep it, and he has educated and sup
ported many of his relatives.-Boston
Herald.
Charles Stewart Parnell is lineal
descendant, in the fifteenth generation,
| of Richard Neville. Earl of Warwick
famous in history as the ..kingmaker. :"
Earl Spencer and the Marquis of Hart
ington are blood cousins Parnell and
! Spencer being descendants in the
seventh and Harrington in the eighth
/ generation OF John Mordaumt, Fiscount
| Avalon. Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. c. f. Henry, of Geauga Lake,
Ohio, writes to the Cleveland Leaier
| that Garfield and Hancock were on the
| most friendly terms, and that Adjutant
! General Nhipple was promoted by
! President Garfield because he wished
to show his friendship for General
! Hancock. The General was writing :,
| letter to the President when the news
| OF his assassination reached Governors
| Island
james Gross. the sexton of the East
/ Brandywinc Baptist Church, of Potts
! town. Pa, WAS an old man. The other
| cE"n'ng he and his aged wife, who is
/ totally blind, sat quietly by their
! kitchen stove. as was their wont. Their
son joined them, and talked with his
mother in undertones, for they thought
! that the old man was DOING; but
when bedtime came the old man sat
motionl"ss in his chair. He was dead
and had died as he sat by the fire with
his wife before his son came in.-Pkils-
dolphin Press.