The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-11-07
OUR FELLOW MORTALS.
THEIR MOVEMENTS UP AND DOWN
THE COUNTRY.


Some are Good and Others are Bad Others
are Grave and VT Others are gay, But
They're All Interesting
Babbitt, the soap man, is dead, and i
he made $5,O0O.OOO by his soap boil
ing.
Malone tips the beam at 105
pounds. His wife weighs 22,E, and had
triplets twice.
1t is said that Queen Victoria is
largely interested in real estate in
New Yok city.
Comedian Dixey keeps his appetite
and digestion in repair by taking a ten
mile walk every day.
John L Manning. ex Governor of
South Carolina, died at his home at
Camden, Tuesday of last week.
Strange things will happen. The
editor of the Waynesville Ners was
pounded by the appreciative citizens
of that town.
Ex-Pr,si6ent and Mrs. Cleveland
are becoming we'll known as regular
'frst nighters" at the New York
theaters.
One of the freshmen at Union col
lege this year is son of Allen w.
" right. once chief of the Choctaw ma
ton, who graduated at the same insti-
tuition in 1852.
John Wannamaker is looking so
pale and haggard that Uncle Jerry
Rusk Inadvertently alluded to him as
Wan Johnnymaker at the last Cabi-
net meeting.
Miss Mary Lenoir, of Cald we'll, and
Mr.. John Mcdowell Michael, of Hick.
ory, were married week before last at
the Chapel OF Rest, near Palmyra, on
the Yadkin river.
| The Inventor Edison's sixteen year
old daus hser is said to he almost mar
velously bright. She is described as
fair musician, u good draughtsman,
and she speaks four languages
james Redpath, the distinguished
literateur and lecturer, is at present a
guest of Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir,
and is supposed to be assisting Mr..
Davis i'll some literary work.
Mr.. E. P. Moses, Superintendent of
the Raleigh graded schools, has gone
ON trip to northern cities for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the system of the
best industrial schools with vi. W to
its adoption it it appears practical.
| Walt Whitman, the good, gray
poet, has boy about twelve years of
age to drive him around. The boy is
clever. He recently said : II think a
great deal of w. W. l keep a note
book, and 1 put down all he says into
the notebook, and after he's dead, I'm
going round lecturing about him.
Miss Clara Huntington, an heiress
of New York, and Prince Francis Won
Hatzfeldt Wildenburg were married
in London last Monday. The Prince
is said to be both proAigate and impe
cunious, and the New York papers dc
not hesitate to insinuate that Miss
Huntington sold herself tor a title.
/ Nine Nilsson is not afflicted with
insanity, with incurable sore throat
} with an access on the ear, with con
: sumption, nor even with hyetetia, ano
her voice is said to be as clear, strong
and brilliant as ever. Then why i
she not ON the stage2 Because she i
2 worth $1,OO0,O0O, aud her husband
; who is also rich, objects.
: Gov Gordun. of Georgia, it is an
! nounced, will visit Chicago mex
. mouth to deliver ali address under tn
/ auspices Of the ex- Confederate Asso
r citation of that city. The association
+ making an effort to raise money T.
erect u monument to the Confedrat
, soldiers who are buried i'll the GENE
r teries of Chicago.
: The l. ,ndon correspondent of tn
;. New York Times, 28th of October, ca
. bles that there is great anxiety abou
the health Of the Prince Of Wales
The report that he has Bright's dis
ease is repeated, and it is ssid that tn
: effect OF the disease is very obvious
London dailies have been asked no
J to publish any reports Of his cond
tion.
Col. A. H. Brooks, who il to-morro,
b to succeed Mr.. Sanford Kirkpatric
e as special revenue agent for the divis
b ion embracing Vir, inia, North an
g Soulh Carolina, arrived here last SAT
! urday. Col. Brooks held this positio
about five years ago,and is we'll know
to many people in this section. 1t
rumored tha. he will make som
d changes of revenue officials in th
= county, but nothing authentic COL
D cerning his intentions has yet bee
b learned Greensboro North State
Of One of the queerest occurrences I
re recent Pennsylvania politics is tt
le blackbaliing of Senator Quay, chai
se se man Of the National Republican E.
m ecutive Committee by members Of Il
l. Young Mems Republican Tariff Clu
o of fittaburg. Mr.. Quay was up f
honorary membership, but was turne
down by the Votes OF active member
81 1t thus appears that man may be
~ United States Senator from Pennsy
c wanna aud carry y presidential electit
ng on the "blocks Of five" principle wit
en- en- out possessing the esteem of the your
" Republicans of Pittsburg.