The western sentinel., 1888-01-05
GOSSIP FROM GREENSBORO.
a Breezy Batch Of News From the "City
of F1oWara.o

/ sS-y oAtCn oI NOW9 from the "City
of Flowers"
Special Correspondence of The Sentinel.
GREENSBORO, Jan. 3-The holiday sea-
son just closed has been one of the most
quiet ever known in Greensboro. The er-
freme stringency in finances has been large
ly the cause of the extremely dull season ;
the people in this section having spent very
little money in celebrating the occasion.
| little girl was engaged in popping fire.
crackers last Monday, when her clothing
accidentally took fire and was burned al
most entirely off of her before the flames
could be extinguished. She was severely
but not fatally burned
On Sunday night of Christmas day the
alarm of fire was sounded about one o'clock,
and it was found that Hodgin's store near
! the depot was in flames. The building was
small frame structure, and was soon con-
sumed, the flames having gotten well under
way before the fire was discovered.
| 1t was reported here few days ago that
Allen Hairstoh, the murderer of Charley
Blackburn, colored, had been shot and in
stantly killed upon the western extension of
the c. F. & Y. V. railroad, where he is
| serving term for the murder of Blackburn.
The report comes now, however, that he
was not shot, but has been heavily ironed,
in consequence of attempts TO escape. Hair
| ston is a desperate negro, and narrowly es-
capped mob violence at the hands of the col
ored people here when Blackburn was mur-
dered.
Greensboro is to have what she has long
desired in a new and elegant opera house
fully equipped and furnished in pleasing
harmony with the rest of our beautiful and
growing city. Mr.. P. A. Adams has closed
| contract for the Planters Hotel building,
which he will tear down, and build on its
site handsome opera house.
Judge David Schenck, of this city, Presi-
dent of the Guilford Battle Ground Associ-
alton, and one of the most intelligent and
scholarly gentlemen in the State, is prepar-
ing history of North Carolina in 17s0-s1.
1t will be valuable addition to the histori-
cal records of the State
The trial of Morgan and Brame for the
murder of Crittendon has been set for the
first Thursday of the February term of Su-
perior Court. 1t is now generally conceded
that Morgan shot in self defense and the
probabilities are that both of the accused
will be acquitted.
The city board has closed the contract
with the Housten-Thompson Electric Light
Company to furnish the town with electric
illumination for 1888. The company are
putting in new dynamo and placing addi-
tional lights in position and otherwise in
creasing their capacity.
The Grand Lodge knights of Pythias of
this State will meet in annual convention in
this city on the second Tuesday in Februa-
ry. A large attendance and an interesting
session are expected. The locel lodge will
give the visiting members a grand banquet
The Farmers State Convention which
convenes here the 11th inst, looms up
apace. Delegates are being appointed all
over the State, and an immense attendance
is expected. The railroads leading into
the city, and the hotels and boarding houses
here have agreed to give reduced rates for
the occasion. This convention will doubt
less prove most important IN its results to
the farmers.
The Greensboro tobacco market suspend
ed sales during the holidays, from Dec. oath
to January Sd.
Wcrk ON the Stokesdale and Madison
Branch read begins with the New Year,
and it will be pushed to completion. The
stockade which is being built at Stokesdale
is now about completed. Already poles are
being erected for telegraph line between
the two places.
The contract for waterworks for Greensbo-
ro has at last been signed and sealed and the
matter is now certainty. At meeting of
the city board last Thursday, Messrs. Tay-
lor and Hubbard, water works contractors of
Baltimore, were present with their attorneys
and proposition was laid before the board
and definitely accepted. The water works
oblem has been perplexing one, and the
final disposition of the matter is a subject oi
general satisfaction among our citizens.
G. O. A.