The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-16
ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN NORTH CAR
DINA.
Carefully Culled From Our Contemporaries
and Compressed into Small
Particles.
WAKE.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Sentinel.

Convention of Northern born citizens
OF this State looks as though it is going
to be bigger thing than most OF our
people first imagined The leading
daily papers throughout the United
States are writing to Mr., j. L. Patrick
the State Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, who is doing most of the prelim-
mary work for the Northern born
citizens Association, saying they will
send representatives. Philadelphia
Bulletin, Daily Independent, Harris
burg Pa, Daily Republican, West
Chester Pa, Daily Register Norris
town Pa, Evening" Gazette; Pittston
Pa, Daily Independent, Phoenixville
Pa, Daily Nears, Reading Pa, Daily
Express, Faston Pa, DAILY Gazette &
Bulletin, Williamsport Pa, Daily
Nears Journal, Pottsville Pa. and
quite number of other editors from
different states North, write they are
coming. 1t is expected that not less
than two hundred representative daily
papers will have reporters in Raleigh
during the Convention. About one
thousand citizens of Northern Birth
have signed the call for the Conven-
ton. 1t is now expected that the
forthcoming fair will be the best pat
ronized fair in several years. The
assembling of the Convention, the
visiting northern editors and Capital
list and home seekers will add largely
to the attendance at the tair gate. A
number of prominent journalist will
deliver addresses at the fair ground
during the day and in the Senate
Chamber at night. A number of
prominent Northrn gentlemen have
visited our State during the last week.
P.
Raleigh raised $500 for Charles
The total value Of property in
Wake county is s9,081,O00.
The Governor has refused to par
don Dennis McKoy, white, sentenced
to twenty-five years in the penitentia-
ry for highway robbery in Mecklen-
burg.
In the contest for Chief Justice, in
the State convention last week, between
Judges Smith and Merrlmon, Judge
Smith got majority by only thirteen
sixthieths ofa vote-barely one-ffth.
Just to think that one vote would
have changed so important a result
Pittsboro Home.
Chas. H. Brown, a lawyer ofLenoir
county was last week convicted of an
attempt to unlawfully influence ju-
ry.
Judge Clark is always strict. At
Lenoir county Court last week, where
he presided, the Clerk of the Court
was observed whispering to a bystand-
er during the delivery of the charge
and was fined s25. A fine Of $40 each
was imposed on E. P. Loftin and Mr..
Emerson, who failed to respond as
jurors when their names were called.
The fine was afterward RENTED for
cause shown. The New Berne Jour-
nal says this aroused everybody to a
sence of duty and danger, and after
wards matters went on smoothly.
CRAVEN.
Now steel rails are being put on
the track of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Road between New Bern and
kinston.
New Berne published its deaths for
two months together-an unusual way.
1t misled us as we did not read the re
port through but glanced at its total,
for July and August there were 80 in
terments if We understand the report.
Star.
MECKEENBtRG
Charlotte had 26 deaths in August,
Is of which were colored.
Mr.. Will Davidson, workman
employed at the iron works of Lid
deli & Co., painfully burned yesterday
by quantity of molten lead drop
ping into his shoe,- Charlotte OaserU-
err.
NEW HANOVER.
Burglaries have been so common
of late in Wilmington that it is thought
that there is an organized gang O.
thieves in the city.
A company, made up Of Northern
and Southern Capitalists. has been or
ganized at Wilmington, with $500,00
capital, to carry on the numbering
business in North Carolina ant
Florida. 1t is understood that tn
company has secured large lumbe
tracts in both States. w. P. Canaday
Sergant-at-Arms of the United State
Senate has been elected President c
the company. Canaday also is Pres
dent of a creosoting company while
is to run in connection with the me-
enterprise This is said to be tn
largest creosoting works in the world
GoIdsboro Messenger.
HERE AND THERE.
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