The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-30
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
OLINA,

Carefully Culled From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
Sheriff Grantharn has made full
settlement of his Indebtedness to
Wayne county, paying in $4,000,
The Governors Mansion which
has been in course of construction in
Raleigh ior several years is yet far
from complete, and the work seems to
drag along slow.
The earthquake cracked the north
east angle of the new Supreme Court
and Library building at Raleigh.
The crack is five feet long and ex-
tends through 81 feet wall.
A Raleigh paper says Fab. H. Bus
bee, Esq, has received a telegram
from Mr.. Snodgrass, manager Of the
street car company, stating that he
has purchased the cars, &C., and ex-
poets to be here in few days.
The work of placing rock ballast on
the Raleigh & CASTOR Railroad has
progressed to within a short distance
below town. The stone used is from
the famous granite quarry near here.
Already in fine condition, the track
being laid with heavy steel rails the
entire distance from Raleigh to We'll
don, this important addition, which
has been going on in sections along
the road for some time, will make the
Raleigh & CASTOR in every respect
second to NO railroad in the South.
NEW HANOVER.
Col F. W. Foster, who has been IN
of the G. A. r. in California, has re-
turned home looking none the: wesse
for his long joarney.-Wil. Stor..
Mr.. James Sprunt returned several.
days ago from his trip to England,
and after brief sojourn with his fala-
lily at the Sound was at his place Of
business yesterday.-WL. Star.
BRUNSWICK.
The Brunswick county Democratic
convention nominated the following:
For the House, F. M. Moore; Sheriff;
J. B. Evans; Register of Deeds, J. B.
Mercer Clerk Superior Court, w.
is, Dosher; Surveyor, W. S. Milliken;
| Coroner, F. P. White.
|. A correspondent At Shallotte, in
Brunswick county, writes the Will.
Ssar that 'sink" has appeared in the
main road about two. miles from that
place, near Mr.. III. T. Hewitt's the ap-
pearance of which has greatly per-
picked the people. The earth has
sunk down, leaving a hole about FIVE
feet in diameter, full of clear cold
water. There is appareatly no bottom
to 1t, as several unsuccessful attempts
have been made to fatkean it.
Mr.. L. Thomas with a class of ter
children from the Oxford Orphan
AsFlum gave an entertainment at
Gatesville Friday night, for the bene-
ft-ef the orphans. The sum of twen-
ty-Ave dollars was raised.-Cotton
is opening very fast heze, especially
on,high sandy lands.--There is an
apple tree in Nansemode County Va,
which measure 81 fest across its
sbrnnehes.-The first bake of new
cotton shipped from this section a
shert time ago was raised. OH the farm
et.Mr- A Carter the most extensive
cotton farmer of this couasy-Hon.
louis G. Latham Demosratic Candi
date i'm this District madea good speech
at Gainesville to day. B. B. L.
GAREsvILLE, Sept. 2Gi
JONES.
p. ID Simmons, ESQ., opens his can.
1uss Of the End Congressional district
lat Maysville, Jones county, next Sat
I,ilndaY-
t Ehe Jones county correspondent Of
the New Berne Journal says fatal
aeci3ent occurred in Euekahoe town.
ship. at the home Of Mr. Gibbons
. IEnbaHk. Mr.. EubAnk was out in
ibis Sell, and when ksc returned to hi
lhome missed bis wife and enquired O.
the children where she was. They
told him the last they saw Of her shs
was at the we'll. Stepping out, h
saw at the well. Stepping out, h
saw at the we'll th.a the bucket VA,
OF and some of the planks OF the carl
we're torn of. HA looked in the vel
and saw his wife drowned. It is aup
posed she was disswing water and thu
bucket falling al, she slipped ant
was precipitatedi IN the we'll heaa fore
most.
| HERE AND THERE.
| There have. been % professions i,
the Methodist Church at Oxfcnd.
It is said there are immenss beds o
oysters at seas off the coast ct DAz
county.
The earsAauake cracked tke iasf q