The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-09
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEwSOF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
OLINA.

Carefully CaIIed From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
Officer Willis was stabbed in the
thigh by J. r. Williams, a penitenti-
ary guard, while arresting him for
drunk enness and disorderly conduct,
"a we learn from the Raleigh Visator.
The transfer Of fortyfve patients
from the insane asylum at Raleigh to
the asylum at Morganton, as agreed
upon recently by the boards Of the two
institutions, was effected last week.
MECKLENBRRG.
The St. Catherine gold mine, near
Charlotte, has been purchased for s25-
900 BY :. party of Capitalists, who will
introduce into it the most approved
mining machinery.
Rev. DIR. Miller, OF Charlotte, had
a very narrow escape from death in
the mountains. A mule ran away
along a road, mountain on one side
and precipice on the other, but he es-
capped with only a big fright.
Our reporter, curious to know the
effect Of the earthquake down in the
mines, accosted one Of the Rudisill
employees. This miner was down in
the shaft, over 800 feet below the sur
face, and he says that the effect was
peculiar. The miners down in the
mine felt something like conclusion
and they imagined that a boiler on
the surface had exploded. There was
no vibration noticeable, but they dis
tinctly heard roaring noise Char
Lotte Observer.
CRAVEN.
There were % interments at New
Bern in August.
Which route will you take? the
Great Salvation Railroad from Earth
to Heaven, or the Ruination Railroad
Quick Route to He'll ~ is the rather
unique heading of poster announc-
ing camp meeting near New Berne.
We did not know that city was the
diverging point Washington Pro
yress.
ROWAN.
The house of T. A. Albright, in
Locke township, was struck by light
ming during rain a few days ago.
The lightning passed over one of his
children, which was in bed at the time
and stunned negro who was in the
room.-Saisbury Watchnaan.
Daniel A. Crisco was convicted at
Salisbury Friday of selling spurious
metal as gold, and has been sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary. He
admits his guilt and tells of gang in
Salisbury and Rowan county who are
engaged in counterfeiting and in man
uiacturing this spurious metal into
nuggets that are sold for gold.-tSahs-
bury Watclman.
Otis Griffin, a boy about ten years
old, son Of Mr. G. w. Griffin was try
to cross a slough in the Park, on a
plank, the plank turned and threw
him in the water. He could not swim
and would have been drowned had it
not been for couple of darkeys who
saw him fall and ran up and got him
out.-Ki,.ston Press.
Prof. w. z. Hidden, of the Emer5
aid and Hiddenite mine, in @Alexan
der county, called on last Thursday
evening and displayed to, the mining
editor Of this paper, the most wonder
full lot Of gem stones ever seen in this
country-in fact the cabinet collections
in all the museums from Boston to
New Orleans, could not produce such
a collection Salisbury Watchman.
Mrs. A. J. Lawrance, near Enoch-
vile, this county, was driving her COWS
to a pasture a few days ago, and saw
III little egulley a brig hts looking
speck. and picked it up. 1t turned
out to be gold and weighed 126 grains
She gathered up other shining parti.
cles at the same place, where, in all
probability there is a good quantity OF
the precious MISUNDERSTANDING Watch
man.
HERE AND THERE,
Rev. A. J. Laughlin died at Cedar
Falls on the 20 ult.
A revenue stamp office has been es.
tablished at Mt. Airy.
Ten agricultural fair are to be held
in this State this year.
Salisbury iia.s clltcicd Into "a con
tract with northern company to sup
ply it with water work.
On last Friday, during the absence
of the family thief entered the house
of Benz. Pinion, and breaking oper
his trunk took therefrom S86.-Mont
gomery Vidette.
1t is rumored that the railroad from
Cheraw to Wadesboro will be taker
I'D and moved aWaY-moyed some