The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-03-21
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

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Happenings In North Carolina and
Elsewhere.
U. S. Senator Chase, of Rhode Is
land, has resigned.
Geo. r. French, of Wilmington, is
dead at The age of So years.
Whitelaw Reid, editor New York
Tribune, has been appointed Minister
to France.
John w. Mason. of West w., has
been appointed commissioner of in.
ternal revenue.
w. w. Thomas. who has a wife and
| children living at Goldsboro, commit.
ted suicide at Birmingham, Ala.
Henry W. Grady, the editor of the
Atlanta Constitutisn, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the address at the
| commencement of Catawba College in
May.
Edgar Swami, paying teller of the
Lynn, Mass. City Bank, has default
ed in the sum Of $68, 595. He lived
| beyond his means with the inevitable
result.
The case of the young man Ripply,
who has been on trial in Graham for
killing his father, has resulted in find
ing him guilty, and he has been SEN
fenced to be hanged, but he has APP
pealed to the Supreme Court.
A local option election will be held
in Raleigh the second Monday in June.
This is permitted by act of the last
Legislature, which allows any city or
townto hold such election this year.
Durham will also vote on the same
| question.
A report from Murphy county says
in row last week white man 6y
the name of Holfax was murdered by
a negro named Emo. the trouble
grew out of misunderstanding re-
garding business transaction. The
negro has fed.
| A large force of laborers is building
the trestles on the line of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad be-
tween Wilmington and Fayetteville
| Another force is rapidly building the
great iron bridge across the Cape
Fear river at the latter place.
| Washington Erwin,a very old man
dropped dead while driving along the
public road in his buggy in Stokes
county last week He was return
ing home from store and when the
horse stopped at his gate his family
discovered him dead in his buggy.
/ In the case of Cross and White
Raleigh bank defau!ters, in the u. S
Supreme Court, last Monday, the
court, on motion of defendants coun
| sci, vacated the order advancing the
case on the docket, and it now stand:
| as before. 1t will probably not b.
reached before October
| Governor Fowle has received let
ter from the Secretary of War inform
ing him that Colonel Richard Irving
Dodge, Of the Eleventh infantry
would be detailed to represent the
regular army at the encampment o.
State Guard at Wrightsville next July
Colonel Dodge is native of Rocking
ham county, N. c.
Ex-President Cleveland and ex.
Secretaries Bayard and Whitney, and
Villas have gone on trip to Cuba
They stopped short time at the de-
pot in Richmond Monday and were
cheered by quite large crowd Of
assembled citizens. One very pretty
young lady called out to Mr.. Cleve
land, Il am a Democrat all over!'
The ex-President laughed heartily
and shook hands with quite numbe,
Of people.
The penitentiary authorities viii
next week begin work on the Govern.
or's mansion. Much material is OF
hand, notably the beautiful marble
staircase for the great hall and guam
titles of plumbing material. If every
thing goes on rapidly the mansion
can be occupied in October. Thai
is now the outlook. Governor Fowle
Will revive the pleasant old ante-bel
leum custom of holding monthly re
ceptions at the mansion.
A Chicago special says The in
ternational chase for Tascott has end
ed in failure. A. j. Stone, soE-in law
Of Millionaire Smell, returned empty
banded to Chicago last night, after q
fruitless journey of several thouss nd
miles. Mr.. Stone was accompanied
by Detectives Mcdonald and Viii
liams. Following clue which took
them to the Canadian Northwest, the
pursuit led to the Pacific coast.
There a capture was made, but the
prisoner, like so many others before
proved to be the wrong man.