The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-19


Durham county has been abolished.
The place was filed by w. K. Parrish
The Newton Enterprise says the
County Agricultural Association will
hold its exhibition at the Fair Grounds
at Hickory on the 18th, Goth, 21st and
22nd of October.
There is good deal of local excite
ment about the discovery of silver near
Yadkinville. A piece of ore has been
sent to Washington, and the assay
yielded 80 per cent.
Mrs. Merrett, of Stokes county, last
week gave birth to four children at
once. The proud papa has named the
boys Paul, Saul and Hall and the girl
-Danbary Reporter.
Mr.. r. II. Williams died at Gates
vile, Gates county, the 4th instant,
aged 60 years. He was one of the
most prominent citizens of the county,
successful business man and Chris
tan.
Mr.. Geo. p Hart retires from the
Rocky Mount Ialker, and Mr.. G. III.
Harris takes charge as manager and
proprietor Mr.. j. B. Lewis will be
the editor Our best wishes attend
all.
Mr. J. G. Dobbins, an employee of
the Richmond & Danville railroad
company, was run over by an engine
and instantly killed at Seneca, on the
Air Line division. Charlotte Obeer-
Ger.
The Western North Carolina Rail
road is to be extended from Paint
Rock to Knoxville, Tenn. The Ashe
vile Citizen says arrangements for the
construction have been completed and
work will egin at an early day.
Mr.. James w. Inman, who was
seriously injured by tree falling on
him several months ago during
storm, died at his fathers residence,
below this place, on the LIST inst, in
the 23rd year OF his age.-M Airy
Neacs.
Although the corn crops of Jackson
county are not up to the average year
ly yield, our farmers may condole
themselves with the fact that they are
in far healthier condition than those
in other parts of the State Webster
Herald.
In Cleveland county Thursday
lightning struck two hildren of Yves
ley Scheck, colored, who were hocing
cotton. One of them, girl aged 7
years, was killed instantly, and the
other was knocked unconscious
Shelby Neau Era,
The Greensboro North State says
w. w. Taylor, Esq, Of Philadelphia,
was here Monday prospecting with
view to put up city waterworks. Mr.
Taylor was well pleased with the sit
uation. He proposes to go into the
waterworks business as a private bust
ness.
At Teachey's, Duplin county, the
laying Of the corner stone of new
Baptist church took place on the 10th.
Rev DR. Prithard, of Wilmington,
deliver the address The Masons took
part in the ceremonies, and all neigh
!
The Gordon BOYS, sons Of Louis
Gordon, deceased, who live six miles
from town on the road to Pleasant
Grove, have three and half acres of
of very fine tobacco. 1t is the Hester
variety. We hope they will succeed
in curing it properly'-Monroe En-
quirer.
A novelty, in North Carolina at
least, is the fact that a Columbus coun-
ty man is going to bring suit against
a fair damsel of his region for breach
of promise Of marriage And why not?
Is there any good reason whytthe wo-
men should have the monopoly of re-
dress for wounded ffections.-Neaos-
Observer.
Atat old burying ground near Hyco
church in Caswell county, the graves
have rock wall about a foot high
around them and upon that a shin
gled roof. Under some of the roofs
are four or five graves. There is no
opening. The gable ends are weather
boarded tight The Yanceyville News
says most of the graves are over hun
dred years old.
Mrs. P. P. Foster, an excellent lady
committed suicide in this county Tues
day night. She got the family to bed
and went out behind the house and
took her life with a revolver Mrs
Foster has been suffering with fever
and it was thought it affected hel
BRAIN. She left a husband and five
children. -RiedsriHe Weeky.
The number of white children at
tending school in this state, according
to the last report of the Superinten-