The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-03-29
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGHs
OUT NORTH CAROLINA.

Inter restfng Items Gathered From the
SentinePs Exchanges, and Boiled
Down for its Readers.
An opal worth 800 has been found
in Caldwell county.
Rev. r. G. Pearson is preaching
Gods word to thousands in Whining
| ton.
An occasional farmer of enterprise
ing turn may be seed planting CORA
Rockingham Rocket.
Floyd West, who killed Reuben
Sexton in Ashe comfy, two weeks ago
has been arrested in Staunton, Va.
The young men of Rutherfordton
are organizing military company.
Up to this time thirty have Joined the
organization.
Mr.. Wainscott, the emigrant agent
shipped about 60 negroes from Hicko-
ry to California last Tuesday. They
were all sorts and sizes.
Statesville's plow factory has gotten
| to work and is putting up its plows. A
plowing exhibition was given at the
factory grounds last Saturday.
Mr.. G. R. Watkins, Montgomery
| man, while out turkey hunting, was
taken for turkey by Mr.. James, an
other hunter, and was taken home
with his thigh full of shot.
There is natural rock house in
Swain county which is used as
church. Seats have been placed in
| it by citizens of the vincinlty and
| regular services conducted.
The Morganton Star says a cotton
factory is to be established at Round
Knob on the Western North Carolina.
Railroad. 1t is an established fact.
The company has been formed and
the money raised.
The Lenoir Topic tells of Cald-
well county man finding about twelve
years ago, what he supposed was only
"a curious and pretty rock" He pro-
duced it lately and had it examined
and it was pronounced an opal worth
| 500.
DR.. Evans McBrayer, of Shelby,
has recently invented valuable sur
gical instrument. 1t is used to sew
up flesh wounds. BY means of a cur
we'd needle, with which a very short
stitch can be made, the silk is drawn
through the skin and no scar is left.
1t will be patented.
| A lady's hand in requestl The
Dunn Sign Board says: "Two young
men met last Thursday, the Sth inst,
at the residence of Mr.. d. I. Jones for
the purpose of marrying hjs daughter,
Miss Sarah E. Jones. Both had IL
cense, but it is said that Mr.. Jesse
Reaves carried off the prize. Our
sympathies are with the fellow who
had license on hand that he had no
use for.
At meeting last week of the Loc-
al Board of Managers for the Wilson
Normal School, Prof. Silas Warren, of
the Wilson Collegiate Institute, was
elected Superintendent, and Prof. Nc
liver, of the Peace Institute, was elect
ed Principal. We congratulate them
on securing Prof McIver, for he is
one of the brightest and brainiest men
our state affords.
There will be big excursion from
Greensboro, and all along the line to
Morehead City on May 1st. The
cornerstone will be placed by the
Grand Lodge OF Masons of North Car
olina, convened by Grand Master G..
H. Robinson, and there will be in at
tendance fine escort of Knights Tenn
plar in full uniform also the Cover
nor's Guard, several schools in body
and large number of other visitors.
A man named Pruett last week
married the daughter of Rev. w. III.
Hull, near Morganton. After supper
some young men proposed that they
have dance and general carous-
ing time, all of which the father of
the bride said he would not permit
The next morning to the astonishmeRt
4 of Mr.. Hull (who had treated all the
parties with utmost respect) he found
his cows tail cut off; his fine mares
name and tail shaved, one of her ears
cut off and severe cash cut in her
neck, evidently intended at her throat.
His mill was also disabled from grind
ing, the hopper and frame having
been found lying out in the river. GA
yard or two of hemp, good masters !"
At about ten o'clock p. M, Satur-
day the 18th. inst. Lawson Dawes,
residing near Oak Springs, sent his
mother to his aunt's for his razor, and
then left the house to go to the field
for his gears, leaving his wife and sis
ter in the house. Before returning he
saw smoke rising from the house and
on reaching it found it on fire, and
both doors closed and barred. He
opened one door and found the bed
burning. Thinking his wife had es-
, capped he wrapped himself in quilt
and rushed in to save his sister who
was an invalid, and had not left the
, house in years, but after getting his
hands badly burned he had to leave
the house to save himself. 1t is be-
} lieved that Mrs. Dawes closed the
| door to wash herself aratory to
t dressing and going to her fathers and
5 that her dress caught fire, and for the
t purpose of extinguishing the flames
i she raf and covered up in the bed
. which set the bed and then the house
: After the fire closed down a few