Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-04-15
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEKIN NORTH CAR
OLINA.
Carefully CuIled From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.

| Carefully CuI1ed From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
| Particles.
Warren Davis, who lives near Mt Airy,
| fell dead one day last week. The deceased
was about So years old and was highly re-
| spected by all who knew him.
A brass band has been organized at Mt.
| Airy, with the following. members: J. III.
Biakenlore instructor &. NJ. Booker, leader
L. w. Seabolt, J. L. Banner, YIN. Banner,
S. F. Lowery, Wn.. A. CAMP beil, J. H. Full
| ton, W. y Bolt, Il f. Sharser, Charlie
Durham.
From the Neus we learn that the Mt.
Airy Lodge, No I07 L O. o. F., will cele
braie the Anniversary of the organization
Of the order in America. on Monday night
April Doth. Rev. Z. p. Snow and Prof.
George w. Sparger will address the public
on the subject of Odd-Fellowship.
The Planters Bank has been organized at
Mt. Airy with the following officers J. NJ.
Matthews, President; Winston Fulton. Vice
President G. d. Hensley, Cashier. The
following is list of the Directors: Winston
Fulton, J. NJ Matthews, r. l.. Haymore, G.
D. Hensley, Jas. ii. SLarger, j. H. Fulton,
S. d. Idol, w. F. Carter, l.. w. Ashby, D.
a Rawlev, A. G. Trotter. The bank has
DAVIDSON.
John A. Hunt has been commissioned
acting postmaster at Lexington.
Rev J. n. Stallings, President Thomas
vile Female College, died last Friday.
The Lexington Dispatch states that Mr..
VIM H. HINT died at his residence there
few days since, about As years of age. He
was born and reared in Lexington and al
ways lived there. He was county treasurer
from 1874 to 1880 and was postmaster from
July, 1885, until his death.
RANDOLPH.
Messrs Jno H. Burgess & Co, are erect
ing new saw mill and dressing machine at
Staley.
Mr.. T. c. Worth has rendered his resigna-
ton as member of the board of county
commissioners of Randolph to take effect
the first Monday in June.
Messrs. j. H. Free and J. E. Walker are
preparing to put up 60 Plaid looms at Ran
dleman in the building formerly occupied
by A. 0. Red1ing & Co., as a sash and blind
factory.
Parson Hammer, having given bail, has
been released from Greensboro Jail.
Greensboro gets an additional appropria-
ton of 50 900 for her public building.
Mrs J Jacob Bodenhammer committed sui
eide at High Point last week by taking 4
dose of Rough on Rats.
Mr.. A. B. Smith, of High Point, has &C
copied position under Collector Boyd.
He is a brother of Maj. Sam. Smith, Post
master of Winston.
The High Point Enterprise says the town
commissioners have purchased a machine
for working and improving the streets, 1t
will do as much, or more, grading in day
as fifty hands and do the work more salts
factory. 1t is the only one owned by any
town in. the State
Jefferson D. Raglan has been commission
ed postmaster at Lowell, and Ezekiel T.
Harrell postmaster at Mount Sterling.
Some beast of brute tied dog to the
rear end of a car on the Narrow Guage Road
at Gastonia recently. When discovered by
the conductor the head of the dog was all
that was attached to the rope, the body
having been torn off,
rAsQUoTANK.
Elizabeth City wants a county Agricultur-
fair.
The Falcon wants the next State Guard
Encgmpment at Elizabeth City.
The ladies of the Elizabeth City offer to
take charge of the Court House Square and
beautiiy it with flowers and cvergreens.-
A runaway couple from Norfolk were
married at the Methodist parsonage in Eiiz-
abeth City, by the Rev. Mr.. Wills one day
last week. The Eame of the gentleman was
Arthur H. Page, the lady Miss Belle God
din
Warrenton will vote on local option LIST
Monday in June.
Mr. Bobt F. Torrell has been appointed
postmaster at Warren Plain.
The general convention of the Christian
Church, which assemblies once in every four
years, meets this year on the 30th inst, in
Warren county, at Mount Auburn
At Warren court last week case was tried
wherein one Barrow sued one Petit for $40,
900, for wounds inflicted with a knife. Pet
tit paid 5000 and costs and compromised.
Mr.. w. L. Massenburg, of Warren, lost
his granary and all of his last years crop of
tobacco and pant of the year before, by fire
one night last week Loss about $1,000
insurance 81 900.
MONTGOMERY.
In Montgomery county recently some per-
son attempted to burn Mr.. Wesley Dunn'x
barn. The property in the barn was moved
to another mans barn by Dunn. The mall
icious enemy set fire to the latter barn. and
it WAS consumed. The same night the corn
crib of George Martin, colored, near 10y, was
burned. Many evidences exist to show that
all the fires were incendiarv.
ROCKINGHAM
A company is organizing in Leaksville
for the purpose of establishing bank in
that place.
negro ~barseeper by the Maine OF Joe
Lawson shot and instantly killed Alsxan-
der Simpson, another negro, al Riedsville
one day last week.
CLEVELAND
A white man named Duncan, who was
arrested some time ago on the charge of hav-
ing burned Gibson's mills, in Cleveland
county, was tried at Shelby last week, and
the jury returned a verdict of guilty.
DR.. E. 6. Elliot, proprietor of the Spark
ling Catawba Springs, has just completed a
new building three stories high and 1856 feet
long, with a capacity for housing 500 guests.
Last years Mr.. c. A. Reid of Catawba
Station raised with the help of his two lit
tie boys and without horse, $50 bushels of
corn and 5000 pounds of good tobacco. Mr..
Reid hired the blowing done and it cost him
$500. He had Is acres planted-5 in to-
bacco and 10 in corn.
The Daily Journal is four years old. 1t is
bright, newsy paper and the people of
New Berne give it a generous support. It
amply deserves it.
A meeting of the North Carolina Medical
Society will be held at New Berne, on We'd
nesday, May 10th, and will continue three