The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-28
GREENSBORO BUDGET
THE. CREAM OF THE WEEKS NEWS
From THE CITY FLOWERS.

The Political sftuation-The Third PARTY
Prospects of Water work.-Destruc-
tive Fire-Deaths.
Special Correspondence of the Sentinel.
GREENSBORO, Oct 26-Our quiet town
had another fire alarm Friday evening
about O'Clock the fire bell sounded and
signaled the third ward as the location of
the fire. Nobody knew where the fire was but
the people began to pour out towards the
Southeastern part of town and it was soon
found that the beautiful and costly residence
of Col. Mcmahon was in flames Before any
thing could be done the building was
thoroughly under way and there was barely
time to save the furniture. Onr citizens
worked faithfully and the most valuable
part of the furniture was saved. The fire
engine soon arrived, but too late to do any
good, except to save small out house. The
new engine has not arrived yet, and if it
could have been brought out promptly the
dwelling could have been saved with very
little damage. Insurance on house and fur
niture amounted to about $4,000.
WATER WORKS
Mr.. Thos. B. Keogh has made proposition
to the city authorities to furnish the town
with water works. He proposes to make a
contract to supply the town for ten years at
tue tx 0I WHICH LIInc the Town may
purchase the works if it sees proper. II they
won't make move in that direction now
they never will.
POLITICAL SITUATION.
1t Is remarkable how much localism there
IS in politics. Democracy in the North is a
different sort OF thing from what it is in the
South. Likewise in North Caroira, one
section of the State is shaping the complex
ion of its politics from issues that another
section never heard of. Ia Wake the .ll-ab-
sorbing question is the fence law In
Guiltord the fight is all over Prohibition.
The Third Party move in Guilford has
caused a very strange complication. The
party has drawn the volume of It's strength
from the Democratic ranks. If one Demo
crat out of seven votes the Third Party tick
ct the Democrats are defeated and the Re
publicans go in. The leaders of the Prohi-
bition Party freely admit that there is no
chance of their success now and that the only
result that can come from the Third Party
move is the defeat of the Democratic party
Yet they insist on raising an issue which is
good per Sc bat which can not succeed and
which can only do harm. 1t is argued that
| if Prohibition cannot succeed now it can in
the future and that the present agitation
| of the question Is mere experiment to test
| the strength of the Prohibition sentiment
! This, as Col. Morehead puts it, is nothing
more nor less than specializing in futures
il IS risking capital now that it may par
out" after while. In the mean time it will
elect. the Radicals TO Office. Ike Radicals
are shasp enough to see this and are doing
all they to encourage it and it is q
| strange fact the Prohibition Party has new
er had word to say against the RepubG
cans but hurls all its fury at the Democrats
A Prohibitionist was heard to say the Other
day tina. he didn't care a cent about the sue
cess of the party, but he wanted to beat jim
Morehead. Democrats are beginning to Sc,
how the wind is blowing and they know i
| is question of Democratic or Republican
rule and they will vote accordingly.
| The past week has marked the closing
scene in the lives of three of Greensboro
citizens. On Thursday Mr.. J. F. Cause,
Mr.. J. W. McMarray, two of eur Oldest cit
lzens, breathed their last. On Monda,
night. Mr. Claude Foust, salesman at Mr.. 6
w. Registers store5 died after very shor
Illness Mr.. Foust was we'll and hearty.
few days ago and his death was q shock t.
the community. G. o. A.