The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-29

The anniversary celebration Of the
Baptist Orphan Asylum, at Thomas
vile, will be held July 18th, Rev. j..
L. Carroll, Of Ashevilie, preaching the
sermon. Rev. DR.. Pritchard, of Will
mington Rev. DR. Huffman, of Scot
land Neck, and others will deliver
addresses.
| HERE AND THERE,
There are 100 cases on the criminal
docket of Wayne county.
Rev. Daniel Webster, Of Franklin,
is dead, in his 18th year.
Charlotte has raised the liquor tax
from $500 to $500 and reduced the
city tax from $1.OO to 80 cents.
Mrs. Barbara Bateman died at
Plymouth, last week, three hours after
being seized with a pain in the eye.
Mr.. Ed. w. Faucet, editor of the
Milton Advertiser, has bought the in
terest of Mr. Oliver in that paper, and
is now sole proprietor.
Four thousand North Carolina is
sold at 963M9S in New York last
week and $4,000 IS at 1875. The As
are quoted at 98@1O0.
Harnett county instructed for G. V.
Strong for Supreme Court Judge,
Walter Clark, for Superior Court
Judge, Dan Mclean for Congress.
Mrs. Atkins, of Wilkes county,
while standing on mountain peak
with her husband, last week, feel over
IA precipice SOS feet high and was in
stantly killed.
Messrs. 0. L. Huff and Dan Wan
err have ordered machinery for shut
tie block factory which they will put
up at Concord, They intend to begin
operations in few weeks.
DR.. Burbank and w. II. Car
staphen, Jr., had very narrow escape
from drowning on Sunday last, while
trying to cross the creek in high
water. = WiUiamston Echo.
Engineer Moore of the Western
North Carolina railroad, after trial at
Morganton for running over and killing
a deaf mute named Gibson, was re-
leased, the evidence generating him.
Mr.. j. H. Hill, shoe and harness
maker at Laurinburg, was found dead
near the railroad track on the Goth
inst, about one mile west of Shoe
Heel. Cause of death unknown.
Seventy extra looms were put into
the McAden mills last week. 1t now
takes near 50, 900 worth of cotton per
day to run these mills. Fully SIS, 900
is put into circulation weekly at the
mills. Current
j. C. Heatwell, engineer at Vein
Mountain gold-mine, Burke county,
was stricken by a bolt of lightning
while standing near the mine building
talking with friend The bolt was
seen to strike him on the back.
Mrs. Hannah Holton, a venerable
lady of Messic, Pamlico county, died
recently while sitting at the table.
She was probably the heaviest lady in
this county, her weight being 325
pouuus. one uieu VI uIopsS VI Inc
heart.
. Despite the heavy rains which have
prevented the thourough working of
the crops much of the growth on hill
lands is looking well, and the indica-
tions now are that there will be good
deal Of corn and cotton yet made in
Stanly county.-StanIy Observer.
The last railway in the State to
change its guage is the Chester & Le-
noir. This was the only narrow
guage road in the State 1t is being
made wide guage from Newton to
Lenoir. This done, it will be chang
ed between Gastonia to Chester, S. C.
Engineer James, who was in charge
of the train which killed a deaf mute
named Dobson, near Morganton, the
other day, has been taken to Morgan
ton for trial, the jury having rendered
verdict against him for murder. His
friends expect that he will be cleared
of the charge-AsheciUe Adpancc.
New office have been established,
and postmasters commissioned as fol-
lows: Longford, Iredell comfy, John
Setter; Hoyle, Randolph county,
John F. Laughlin; Loggett, Edge
combe county, Theodore Fountain !;
Alice, Runcombe county, Charles P.
West; Keith, Pender county, VIM.
C. Keith; Oscar, jackson county,
David S. Pressly; Theta, Madison
county, Joshua F. Justice.
New banks have been established at
the following places in North Carolina
during the past month: Asheville-
French Broad Bank, capital $4,000,
c. e. Graham, President, VIM. E.
Breese Treasurer; High Point-Na-