The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-05-20

Our TRENDS says he would have sworn
it was Saturday.-Ashe6oro Courier.
/ CHATHAM. S&k
/ Mr.. Henry London's@ address in
Raleigh on Memorial day is highly
spoken of. IN
A colored man was drowned, a few
days ago while attempting to swim
across Rocky river at Siler's mill.
A five year old child of Mr.. Jos.
Riddle, Of Chatham county, caught
fire while alone at home and was burn
ed to death.
j. j. jackson is now mayor of Pitts
boro the commissioners are: 0. s.
Poe, A. j. Bynum, w. H. Leonard,
j. j. Crump and H. T. Chaplin.
Chatham court is in session this
week, Judge Walter Clark presiding.
On the State docket are 81 cases, on
the civil issue docket 80 cases, and on
the appearance docket only cases.
There is no case of special importance
to be tried, either criminal or civil.
A mule belonging to Mr.. W.. r.
Edgerton was drowned in Moore's mill
pond, near this place, in quite singu-
lar way on last Saturday. A colored
man had driven the mule and blind
horse to the mill, hitched to the wagon
and left them standing while he went
into the mill. They became impatient
and started off, and the blind horse
pulled the mule int the pond where
the water was deep and it was drown
ed before it could be rescued. The
horse being taller did not get over its
head.
Logan Dellinger, of Catawba coun-
ty, got $4,000 worth of lumber out OF
one walnut tree.
Mr.. P. A. Killian, at Reversible,
while chopping in the woods, accident
ally cut his foot nearly in two, last
week.
Robert Holler, son of Mr.. A. Hol-
Ter, who lives near Crossing in Cataw-
ba county, fell from trestle over
Gash's creek near Asheville last week.
He fell distance of 80 feet, breaking
two ribs and injuring his spinal col
umn.
Mr.. w. r. Self, of Newton, has been
granted patent on very ingenious
Invention in the shape of road en-
CINE. The engine is designed to be
attached to any kind of vehicle and
will travel at any desired rate Of speed.
1t can also be attached to drills, reap
ers or plows and can be used ON ON
nibus and street car lines
One of the colored convicts at work
on the Pittsboro railroad made his es-
cape recently. He was at work in the
deep cut at Browns shop, and after
he han rolled a wheelbarrow of dirt
out of the cut made sudden dash and
escaped although he was fired at three
times by the guards. It is thought he
was wounded. His name is Henry
Watson and is said to. be from Moore
county. He had been sentenced for a
term of Is months and had served
about 7 Of them.
HAYWOOD.
Waynesville votes bonded debt of
5000 to improve the streets.
The citizens of the station known
as Pigeon River, on the Western road
are in favor of calling it McBee's, in
honor of the efficient superintendent.
ROWAN.
The Salisbury graded school COM
mittee have on hand $1,000 for the
purpose of building school house for
the colored people. Steps will soon
be taken for the erection of this school,
Mr.. T. G. Cress, of Litaker town.
ship, in Rowan, picked up, while dig
ging post hole in his yard, a nugget
of gold, which weighed 10 dwt, and 5
grains. 1t was bright and clean, and
looked as if waterworn. ...
Two men blowing one horse to two
poughs looks like an impossibility, yet
it is done in this country, and it is an
ingenious time and labor saved. The
ground is first prepared for cotton and
the rows made up ready for opening
for the seed. Two light opening plows
are used, one to each trace Of the gear.
The horse walking between the rows
and the plowmen opening row on
each size. The Rowan farmer is up to
snuff.-Salisbawy Watchman.
DURHAM.
At the municipal election in Dur
ham, Capt Freeland, the prohibition
candidate for Mayor, and five prohibit
ton commissioners were elected by a
small majority.
At Durham Sunday night there
came near being ariot. Saturday night
three negro walters employed at the
hotel assaulted the clerk. Two of
them were arrested Sunday night there
was report current among the color
| ed people that the men captured were
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