The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-30
GREENSBORO BUDGET.
THE CREAM OF THE WEEKS NEWS
FROM THE CITY OF FLOWERS.

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FROM THE CITY OF FLOWERS.
The Democratic County Convention Sat-
uraay and the Ticket 1t nominated-A
Burglar at the College.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
GREENSBORO, Sept. 18th. The College
had an exciting burglar sensation the other
night. One of the young ladies was arous-
ed about 2 o'clock by hearing strange nois-
es and found there was man in her room.
She began to scream when the intruder
rushed to her and smothered her voice by
Shaping his hands over her mouth. The
rumpus awakened another young lady who
was sleeping in the room and she raised
the alarm at the top of her voise till DIR.
Jones appeared at the scene Of disturban ce.
The burglar made his escape before he
could be recognized or captured. The room
was found to be thoroughly ransacked but
nothing of any value was missed and no
harm was done save throwing the young
ladies into bad state OF Decentralization.
1t has been reported that gang of house
breakers are heading this way, and it will
pay to be on the lookout. 1t will be re-
membered that the town was riddled two
years ago.
DEMOCRATIC CARNIVAL.
Saturday was gala day with the Dem
ocracy of Guilford. The fuss that has been
raised by ''Third Party" movements and
Republic bugbears has put the Democrats
on their metal and the way they mustered
their forces in County Convention here last
Saturday twas caution" There were 500 of
them and everything moved like oiled ma
chinery. Harmony and enthusiasm were
|. the order of the occasion.
The Convention adopted the State Plat
form, passed resolutions to improve Public
Schools, and to impose the competition OF
convict labor on public roads. The ladies
of the w. C. T. U. sent in a request that
the convention declare its policy with re-
gard to the prohibition issue. This, togeth-
er with a motion to endorse the Greensboro
| Patriot as the organ of the Democratic Par
| ty in Guilford County was turned over to
| the committee of Resolution. The commit
| tee reported that the policy of The party on
| the whiskey question, had hitherto been
satisfactory to the people and that they
prepared to take no steps backward. The
committee also recommend the adoption
4 of the Greensboro Patriot. The report was
accepted by the Convention. Nominations
were as follows For Senate, Col. James
T. Morehead. For the House, w. p. Whar-
ton and J. B. Bunch, For Clerk. J. n. Mel
son. For Register, w. N. Stiner. For
Treasurer, A. G. Kirkman. For Sheriff,
o. C. Wheeler For Coroner, DR.. Tate.
The Convention made mistake in not
nominating DIR. w. d. Bradshaw for the
house. If the balloting had been after he
spoke he would undoubtedly have received
the nomination. As it was, he came very
near it. The nominees all made pertinent
speeches. Col. Morehead said he had been
at the business too long to get mad when
his man didn't get the nomination and he
didn't propose to make any fuss now
| DIR, Bradshaw said that since the Prohibi-
ton Party called itself 'side show" he
thought the Democratic party was about the
only genuine John Robinson ShoW in Ameri
ca and that Col. Morehead was the only
Jumbo now alive. The DIR. told the anec
dote about the Irishman's turtle and said the
Democrats had the turtle by the tail, which
was pretty good hold for it was all tail.
1t was the general opinion that DR.. Ne
reus Mendenhall would be the nominee fol-
the Senate, but he has been nominated or
the prohibition ticket, and SO far, has Meth
er accepted or declined the nomination
He said, however, he would accept the
nomination from the Democrats if rendered
sAwDUsT.
Greensboro is to have Electric Lights.
A new weekly PAPER will start shortly.
Bellevue Institute has one hundred stu
dents.
Greensboro sends $1,000 to the Charleston
fund.
Four excursions passed through and from
here within the past week.
Mr.. G. W. Armfield will not accept the
nomination for Sheriff on the Republican
ticket.
DIR. Benbow is going to tare down "Rot
ten Row" and put in some handsome brici
stores.
The entertainment by the Ogden Comedy
Co. Monday night had a slim attendance
and was rather on the second rate order.
The present condition of the roads ir
the country around Greensboro is a regular
wagon drivers paradise but the circus viii
raise dust in town if it don't rain.
Mr.. Archie Scales is home on a furlougf
from the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He
Governor at Raleigh. He will return Oct
30th, and graduate in June.
The new Baptist Church is progressing
finely. 1t is to have four large gables and ,
transept roof and will be model of splen-
did architecture. The Baptist church herr
was destroyed by fire year ago. but the new
one promises to be the finest Church in the
City.
The woods is full OF political aspirants
heard man say the other day that thret
candidates for office shook hands with hin
in one day, and that none of them ever knew
him.before. GO. A.
Court week-Cotton Prospects-Kowiand