The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-22
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Rev. DR.. Chas. F. Deems is to deli
yer the sermon at the next University
Commencement.
1t is said of William Steinway, the
new member of the National Demo
cratic Committee, that he is "grand,
upright and square,
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is pre-
pairing biography Of her husband
from his journals and letters, which
will make a book of uncommon inter
est.
F. H. Busbee, Esq, of Raleigh, will
deliver the address at Morehead City
on the occasion of the laying of the
cornerstone of the Teachers Assembly
building, which takes place May LIST.
The papers are complimenting Col.
A. M. Waddell very ighly on his ar
ticle in the New York World recently,
entitled Incidents in the Lives of two
Cape Fear Pilets,'' the heroes of the
deep.
Mr.. Thad. Manning, of the Hender-
son Gold Leaf, is in luck. The To-
bacco Board of Trade has presented
| him with silver tea service Gas to-
ken of the high personal regard they
bear him."
Thomas F. Bayard is the only sur
vivor Of all the men balloted for in
the st. Louis Convention in 1876.
Tilden, Hendricks, Hancock, Allen,
of Ohio, and Joel Parker, of New Jer.
sey, are all dead.
A Washington correspondent says
that Mrs. Cleveland has been to the
theatre but once this winter, but she
has been to the opera several times,
and was particularly pleased with lit
sic Hofmann's piano playing. It is
said that her Presbyterian scruples
prevent her going to the theatre.
: Col, Cody, known to fame as "Buf-
falo Bill" having made nearly mil
lion dollars in England, is prepared to
return to America and try his luck as
an author. About the first of next
month the Historical Publishing Com
pany of Philadelphia will issue a book
by Col. Cody, which treats of the re-
clamation from the Indians of the vast
domain which lies west of the Allie
| ghanies. The volume will recount
the exploits of many famous frontiers
men, and will be valuable contribu-
ton to American history. Col. Cody
is careful, Industrious and conscien-
tious literary worker. He may ride
horse in a reckless manner, but he
writes history with painstaking care.
The Rev. J. William Jones, in a
letter to the Atlanta Constitution re-
ferring to the recent statement of Sen
ator Ingalls, that General Lee had IA,
Oil men in the final crash and COLI
sion of the war, says: cit was my pri-
vilege to be present at his own house
in Lexington, Va, when Gen. r. E.
Lee gave party of as detailed and
deeply interesting account OF the sur
render, and in the course of his con-
versation the old hero said-I quote
his exact words from notes [ made at
the time: 81 had that morning only
"a 800 men with arms in their hands
But | left Longstreet and Gordon to
hold their comrades in readiness, for !
was determined that if fair means were
not accorded us I would put myself at
the head of my brave boys and we
would cut our way through or die in
the attempt, rather than surrender. ~
! Sam Jones, the Georgia evangelist
has said many harsh things in his pull
pit utterances. His style has often
been ikeA paper of needles which
prick at every turn. It does look as
if a judgement has been sent upon his
daughter, Miss Annie Jones.
} she is reported to have lett Wesley.
an College at Millersburg, KY, be
cause when she attended church few
evenings since, a young divinity stu
dent knelt within six feet of her ane
"praye1 that God might convert her
that her father was running all ovel
J the Union preaching, while his daugh
J ter was going to h-l as fast as her
legs could carry her.
Miss Jones, we take it, is modes
and retiring, and she declined to re
main in town where she could be in
!, suited in that fashion. We don
blame her; not bit. Some preacher
arrogate to themselves too much dis
regard for refined feelings. The ide'
J Of praying about a young lady's-
! limbs! No girl of spirit would stan,
5 that.-DurHans Recorder.