The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-05-06


Messer's capture.
MECKLENBURG.
An electric light plant will be erected at
Charlotte, by Mr.. Robinson. Work is to be
commenced soon.
A young man by the name of Morrow, ut
Pineville, while overheated drank large
A warning to others.
There is little doubt that the re-survey of
the boundary between North and South
North Carolina quite big slice of Territory
long held by South Carolina. B. S. Alex
ander, of Charlotte, one of the commission
ers appointed by Gov. Scales to investigate
the disputed line, has a copy of Spencer's
survey for examination. Governor Scales
is making vigorous effort to get at the real
facts in the CASE
HERE AND THERE
Forty people left Caswell for Idaho re-
Gently.
North aroiina has forty-three railroads
in operation.
Over 200 boxes of peas are nov shipped
daily from New Berne
Mt Airy now has twenty-one stores against
ten three or four years ago.
Purgatory is the name of u newly establish
ed postoffice in this State
The Bollston mine in Henderson county,
has been stocked by a syndicate at 500, 900.
A COW belonging to a Mr.. Stroup, of Lin
soln county, died recently of hyd rophobia.
1t is claimed that the trade of Warrenton
has increased ten-fold within the last six
months.
The Prohibitionist of Yadkin county will
hold prohibition convention at Yadkin-
vile on Saturday May 18th.
An effort is being made to change the
place of meeting of the Press Convention
from Shelby to Morehead city.
Judge Shepherd imposed fine of S. at
Tarboro last week upon man who took
seat in the bar with his hat on.
At the mine of Mr.. c. D. Bowers, on lola,
a solid block of very fine mica weighing SO
pounds, was dug out few days since.
A train on the Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad killed three chickens and the own
er wants $50 damages. The case is now in
the superior court.
Col. w. P. WEIGH, of Athens, Ga, former
ly OF Waynesville, has bought half inter
est in the Haywood White Sulphur Spings,
paying 1of IL 9Zo,Ooo.
The Milledgeville cotton mill has receiv-
ed nine carloads of machinery, which they
are hauling from Thomasville to their mill
on the Yadkin river.
The committee of Congressman to inspect
the inland water ways on the coast of North
Carolina made a short visit They have
already returned to Washington.
J. Lee Crowell, young student at Chapel
Hill, has distinguished himself as an orator,
having taken the gold medal. He is the
son of j. L. Crowell, OF Stanly county.
The improvement in the Western North
Carolina Baptist since its removal to Ashe-
vile, is notable. Rev. Joseph E. Carter,
the editor, is making it an interesting pa
per.
Miss Susan Reed, a maiden lady living on
Upper Laurel, Madisoa county, died recent
1y, at the age of 10l years. She never
drank a cup Of coffee in her life nor was ever
married.
The Dan Valley Echo comes to us this
week at the beginning OF the second year of
its life enlarged to an eight page paper. 1t
is greatly improved. THE SENTINEL wish
es it continued success.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Henderson is preparing to build new house
of worship, and its committee has advertis-
ed for 100000 brick. The building will
doubtless be handsome one.
Mr.. Jason Maston, living near Bakers
vile, Mitchell county, sold $500 worth Of
German carp in the past few weeks. He
was also offered so for one of his breeder,
which he refused.
Mr.. G.. NJ. Setter, proprietor of the En-
glish handle works at Troutman's, Iredell
county, left last week for England and the
Continent where he will remain some time
in the interest of his factory.
The Baptist church at Sassafras Fork il
expected 10 be completed in about month.
1t will be quite a large and handsome build
ing with seating capacity of nearly five hun
bred persons. Rev. Mr.. Stradlers is the
pastor.
David Bell, of Pelletier's Mills, n c.,
found very small pearl in an oyster seven
years ago. He wrapped it in paper and laid
it in a trunk, and the New Berne Journal
says that it has grown from the size of BIB
shot to the size of small marble. During
the seven years it has not been wet.
The notorious "moonshiner" of the
swamps of Lenoir county, George Jones, who
for the past ten or fifteen years has succeed.
ed in evading arrest and still continued to
run an illicit distillery, was ON Saturday
morning arrested by Deputy Z. S. Collector
H. P. Dorch, assisted by Policeman H. L.
Spicer, of Goldsboro, and the Messrs. Rhodes
of KInston.
A serious cutting affair occurred at Rawls'
Bridge, in Greene county, Saturday night
in which young fellow named Britt, who
is notorious fussy character, cut two young
men who were irving to oet him IN come
out of a barroom in which he was drinking
The young men who were cut are Messrs.
Steve and Tom Thompson, brothers, and
ore of them is reported to be very seriously
if not fatally injured. = 81 Z
thaniel Modlin, living near Powellsville,
who mysteriously disappeared on the 9th of
April, was found buried in the woods near
his home An examination of the body