The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-11-29
CAROLINA NEWS NOTES.
WHAT Is HAPPENING IN THE OLD
NORTH STATE.

WHAT Is HAPPENING IN THE OLD
NORTH STATE.
Items Of Interest Gathered From the
| Sntinel's Exchanges and Boiled
Down for Its Busy Readers.
A negro at Maxton last week
drank level quart of whiskey at once
and still lives
Mr. Wade Harris, formerly local
editor of the Charlotte Chronicle, has
severed his connection with that paper.
Mr.. J. J. White is elected Senator
from Moore and Randolph counties
afea all the talk that he was not.
On February 18th, 1889, the doors
of the State University will be opened
to teachers who desire to take special
caurses of instruction.
Mr.. W. S, Hemby, the founder and
| former proprietor of the Charlotte
| Chronicle, is now connected with one
of the largest publishing houses in
Chicago.
Hon. w. L. Saunders, Secretary of
State, will deliver an address on
'North Carolina in the Revolution"
in trinity College chapel before the
faculty and students to. day.
The Wilmington Messenger is in
receipt of letter from Hon. Thomas
j. Jarvis, United States Minister to
Brazil, dated Rio de Janerio, October
26, stating that he would sail for home
on the 18th of the present month.
Merchants tell us that farmers are
IN better condition financially this fall
than the have been for several years.
They have money in their pockets,
are trading freely and are taking up
the old notes that are held against
them.-Neacton Enterprise.
The last Fayetteville Obs,ruer con-
taius the full text of the admirable
address OF Hon. A. E. Stevenson de-
livered at the Cumberland fair. The
fair, by the way, was success though
the weather at first seemed determined
to make it otherwise.
The pension warrants are being
prepared to be sent out. They are
for $S.25 each. The number of
pensioners is larger than ever before.
The auditor and his clerks are hard
at work getting the warrants ready SO
they can go out the first week in De-
cember.
The Statesville landmark says !:
MIR. Augustus Leazar. of Moeresville,
one of the members Of the legislature
for this county, was married Tuesday
night at the residence of. the brides
mother in Mooresville, to Miss Clara
owler, daughter of the late William
Fowler, of that place"
The Hickory Inn is having its
grand opening to day. This hotel is
one of the finest in the South and has
a capacity of 200 guests. It is ele-
gantly furnished and has all the mod
ern improvements The cuisine of
this house will be second to none in
the South,
Mr.. M. Bradshaw, of Randolph,
will be a candidate for the position Of
Engrossing Clerk of the Senate in the
next legislature. Mr. Bradshaw is a
prominent young lawyer of ,Asheboro,
was editor of the Courier for several
years, and has done telling work for
the democracy in this section.
| Mai. j. W. Wilson, who was chief
engineer in the survey Of that marvel
of railroad engineering, the Western
n. G. r. R., has been appointed by
the Canadian Government to inspect
the Canadian Pacific r. R. srom
Ottawa to the Pacific Ocean. This is
a high tribune to gifted North Car
Gilman which the SENTINEL is glad to
note.
In North Carolina there is not a
statue of a single patriot. In Europe
everybody OF any greatness at all has
his memory perpetuated in marble. OF
bronze We are people of utilita
rianism We neglect such things
But is it not well to show our, children
the features of our great ancestors p
Major Bingham.
The next examination for appli
cants to practice law will be. held II
Raleigh on the Friday and Saturday
preceding the first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1889. At that term, the two
recently elected Associate Justices
(Avery and Shepherd) will take theil
seats upon the Supreme Court Bench
and avail themselves of the opportun
ity of examining theappllcants, which
will be the first duty to be performed
by the court.
: The Raleigh correspondent of th'
Wilmington Messenger says: Not
: few people think that an exposition
should be held here in 1889. As fa
as county displays were concerned
the one in 1884 tar surpassed the on
Just held at Richmond, and yet no
: half the counties were represented
The matter ought to be taken in hans
, early. An exposition will pay, evei
better than the fret one.
Didn't Uaderstand volapuk.
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