The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-25
ALL OVER THE STATE.

OLINA.
Carefully CulIed From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
MECKLENBURG.
Work is to begin at once on Char
lotte's street railway.
Mr.. T. V. Pomeroy, a miner from
Colorado, who arrived here several
weeks ago, has made arrangements to
establish an important mining plant
in Charlotte. He proposes to erect
works for the treatment of the gold
ores of the North Carolina mines, and
his plant will consist of chlorinating
and reduction machinery.-Charlotte
Observer.
The railroad from Rocky Mount to
Nashville is nearly completed.
Wright Bachelor shot and killed
L. d. Rackley, Jr., in Nash county a
short time ago.
DIR. T. C. Powell, of Rocky Mount,
a physician of very high standing So
cially and professionally, shot and
killed VIM. Sharp, a young white
man, son of representative-elect John
j. Sharp, one day last week.
BUNCoMBE.
James Reynolds, an old citizen of
Buncombe, was shot and killed
last week by man named Brown.
A broom factory has been lately es
tablished at Asheville and the propri-
etor says that farmers can make from
$50 to $50 per acre raising broom
corn.
GREENE.
We learn that white man by the
name of Faithful killed negro named
Dick Gay at Marlboro last Saturday
night.-Snoao Hill Enterprise.
We venture the assertion that more
illegal votes were cast in Greene coun-
ty this year than were ever known be-
fore in its history. The only thing
necessary to insure vote was for
man to express a wish to cast a Re
publican ballot Enterprise.
Mr.. B. F. Albritton, of Olds town
ship, this county, has two children
who are remarkable. Both are girls
and the difference between them is
marvellous. Miss Clara, the oldest
daughter, is Is years old and on last
Saturday weighed 290 pounds, and
the other, Fannie, is 13 years old and
weighs only 81 pounds. Mr.. Albrit-
ton has four other children, who are
average size.-Snoao Hill Enterprise.
CRAVEN.
New Berne wants the next n. c..
Conference M. E. Church. Get ready
to take care of $50 people.
Geo. II. White, COL, who was elect
ed Solicitor in the Second Judicial
District is New Berne lawyer of fair
ability and of good character. The
New Berne Journal says White pro-
poses to disappoint those white lawyers
who feared that he would give them
ofense or be disagreeable. His ma
jority is 2,O11.
robson.
The Silver Star Band of Shoe Heel
was awarded the prize, $50, for best
music at Fayetteville fair last week.
L,tmberton Robesonian.
Messrs. Jennings & Smith, of Penn
sylvania, have been in town several
days, the guests of o. III. Blocker.
They are capitalists and are here, we
learn, to see the place with view to
manufacturing. We will gladly well
come the gentlemen to our town.
Lumbertom Robesonian.
HERE AND THERE.
The railroad from Durham to Fay
etteville will be built.
At Statesville, last week, the Feder-
al court convicted ten persons of illicit
distilling.
Only two of the Democratic Sena-
tors were reelected to the Legislature
this year.
5000 Democrats in Wake, Chatham
and Durham counties did not go to
the polls.
The cotton mills of the State are do
ing the best business they have enjoy
ed for many years.
In week or two 100 Magnolia
trees will be planted in the campus OF
Wake Forest College.
The Commissioners of Hickory de-
termined some time ago not to levy
any town tax for the current year.
Caswell county will shortly vote on
the q1 zion Of issLioI 100000 in
boz Us to tie East and u est N. G.
Railroad.
Mr.. Eb. Quick, of Richmond coun-
| ty, had his horse, which was attached
to a one-horse wagon, drop dead in
| the road,