The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-11-21
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Oxford now boasts of having the |
finest lodge of Odd Fellows in the
State.
Various points in Illinois report a
fall ofsnow Sunday night, the first of
the season, raging in depth from
three to six inches.
...Speir Whitaker has accepted the
appointment as Judge of the Superb
or Court for the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict of North Carolina.
Mr.. T. C. Harris, Curator of the
State Museum, reports the discovery
of stibnite. (gray anthony or anti
,mony sulphide) in Granville county.
...Some of the Western Republican
editors have got so sick seeing roos-
tiers in Democratic papers, that they
have lost their relish for chicken and
prefer sausage.
Mr. jefferson Davis is only suffer-
ing from cold, and hts condition is
not regarded as serious. He is in
New Orleans receiving medical atten-
ton.
The friends of Judge Joseph j. Da-
Wis will be glad to learn that he has
nearly recovered from his recent ill
ness, and will soon take his seat on
the Supreme Court Bench.
...Joseph Pulitzer, the editor and
proprietor of the New York World, is
about to start from Paris, where he
is now staying, on a tour of the
world. He will go by way of Suez
Canal, India and Japan.
Friends of Samuel J. Randall re-
port that though his will power may
enable him to attend the opening
sessions of Congress. he is a very sick
man, and there is no hope of his re-
covery.
President Harrison has finished
his message to the Congress, it is
said Will it be wise or ''totherwise?
The Baltimore American, Republican
organ, says he will recommend a
judicious revision of the tariff"
On Monday morning, Governor
Fowle administered the oath of office
Chief Justice, and also the newly APP
| pointed Associate Justice, Judge
Walter Clark, and these officials en-
| tered upon their new duties.
George P. Howell, Of Goldsboro,
and Robert P. johnson, of Asheville,
recent students of the University OF
| North Carolina, are taking very
high stand in the U. S. Military Acad-
envy at West Point. Both are near
the head of the class. 1t is thought
that both will be among the first
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| chance, at the end of the year to be
| No. 1.
miss Kate Drexel, of Pittsburg,
Pa, whose wealth is estimated at
S., 100000, entered upon her duties
as novice in the Convent of Mercy
! last week. Hitherto, during her stay
in the convent, she has been merely a
''postulant'' or applicant on trial fo1
admission. This preliminary proba-
ton being ended, she now receives for
the first time the habit of sister
with the white veil, which admits he1
to the novitiate and the duties and
regulations of the Order.
Brazil has just come through a
revolution in it's government. Dom
Pedro the emperor and his family
have left for Lisbon and proclama
ton has been made throughout al
the provinces that hereafter Brazil il
to be a republic instead of a monar
chy. Everything is still in an unset
tied state. Dom Pedro may be rein
stated as emperor before another
| week or he may never return to Bra
I'll. The outcome will be looked fol
eagerly.
The Civil Service Commission or
Tuesday laid before the President
with the recommendation it is under
stood, that the offenders be prosecu
ted it's report on the Old Dominion
Republican League, of Virginia, fol
violation of the civil service law il
soliciting contributions for politica
purposes among the clerks of the
government department. This circu
lar was sent out by c. A. Newton, az
president, and by Brooks Smith az
secretary.
"A Washington correspondent says
The Secretary of War, Gen. Cooke
U. S. A, and the principal of the In
dian school at Carlisle will visit Yves
tern North Carolina next December
to inspect the lands which Mr.. Ewart
has offered the government through
his constituents, for Geronimo's
band. Mr.. Ewart says military
post will be established near Ashe
vile if the Apaches are sent there ano
that Geronimo and the worst of his
braves will be closely guarded. HI
seems to think it will be a fine thing
for the Indians to locate in his dis
trict as they will also bring the fort
| and tho SOldiorS