The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-15
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
OLINA.


Carefully CuIled From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
WAKE.
The next meeting of the North Car
DINA Bar Association will be held at
Raleigh on the Doth inst.
Rev. n. A. Purefoy, a venerable
and devoted minister of the BAPTIST
church, died at Wake Forest some
days ago, III the 10th year of his age.
CHATHAM.
The fall term Of Pleasant Lodge
Academy will open July 2oth, with
II. II. Ransom, graduate of Chapel
Hill, as principal
Capt. c. B. benson, was elected
first vice president of the teachers As
sembly, at its recent session at Black
Mountain, and also chairman OF Its
board of Trustees.
A locomotive and train of cars ran
up to Gum Spring on the Pittsboro
railroad. ON last Saturday, carrying a
load of rails for the track, which is
now laid to Browns shop. The re-
cent rains have interfered very much
with the work of grading the road
bed.-Pitts6oro Record.
The grading of the Pittsboro Rail-
road is progressing rapidly and will
be finished by the last of next month.
The old friends of DR.. William
McCienahan are pleased to see him
once more at his old home, after an
absence of twenty one years. In the
year 1865, Immediately after the war,
he removed to Texas, where he has
resided ever since.-P itts6oro Record.
A sad accident has just occurred in
Chatham county Mr.. James E. john
son struck his brother, Charles A.
johnson, on the head with brickbat,
fracturing his skull. They were both
Young married men of good standing
They were spending the at their faith
er's home. After dinner Charles
threw ball at James in sport, when
the latter threw a brickbat at the
former, striking him back of the left
ear. The wounded man lived three
days and died. They are both clever
young men, and were much attached
to each other No one thinks the
killing Intentional.
A tract of seventy-fve acres Of land
so cleared and % wood land-was
sold at auction at Swan Quarters on
the first Monday in this month and
was knocked down at $4,000, cash.
Neao Be1me Journal.
The State Board of Education met
at the Governors Office last week.
The main business of the meeting was
to receive bids for the Bible and Car
row lands in Hyde county. There
was one bid submitted to them and
that was rejected. The survey Of
these lands is now going on and the
Board are determined to press the
work as rapidly as possible.
PERSON.
The Durham Revie,c learns from
O. r. Smith that the railroad route
has been surveyed to the Person coun-
ty line. This is the Western line and
will pass near Moor's Mills. The cas-
tern line will soon be surveyed. The
work is progressing nicely.
Mr.. w. II. Long, OF Person county
informs us that on last Sunday a Sc
we're storm swept over portions of that
county tearing down and damaging
the crops generally also, that five
negroes while in wagon, near Rox
boro, were struck by lightning, three
of the number being instantly killed
and the other two badly stunned
Durham Neacs.
GUILFoRD.
j. r. Boon, near McLeansville, thi
county. has heifer twenty-si,
months old that has never had cali
but gives about quart of milk day
Patriot.
ia new postofice has been establish
ed at Hayworth's mill, seven mile
from High Point, called Orinoko,
with Mr.. J. Franklin Hayworth a
postmaster.
Col Coble, Of Brick church, exhibi
ted at this Office yesterday an old tom
ahawk of revolutionary fame, used b.
the Indians in defending their countr
from, the invading enemy. 1t is ratl
er combination, having a pipe on on
side and blade on the other, and i
recognized by the scent of tobacco
Patriot.
The Friends Yearly Meeting wi
convene at their meeting house o
Wednesday before the second Sunda
in August The second Sunday wi
be the "big" day. Several of the
most distinguished preachers will b
present, and large audience is expec