The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-09
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

try has increased over sixty millions
in the last month.
Judge Boykin, who has been
quite i'll is much improved. He is
now at Cleveland Springs.
The fast train of new vestibuled
cars between Washington and Allan
ia will not be put on until OCT. 18th.
Rev. J. B. Bobbitt, D. D., of the
North Carolina conference, was mar
ried to Miss Hettie M. Hervey, of Ra-
leigh, last week.
-E. Burd Grubb, the new Minis
ter to Spain gets away with Ingalls,
by parting not only his hair but his
name and whiskers in the middle.
This Congress appropriated
over four hundred million dollars of
the peoples money, an increase of over
forty millions over the last Congress.
Mr.. c. E. McCulloch, the popu
lar young local editor of the York
man, has resigned that position to &C.
cept one with the G. F. & Y. V. rail-
road.
1t is said that Capt E. w. Eau
cette, late principal of Finley High
School of Lenoir, has declared himself
as an independent candidate for Con-
gress against Col. Cowles.
-Websters Weekly says that new
citizen of Reidsville gets hot under the
collar when the boys bleat at him.
His sensitiveness is accounted for by
the fact that his surname is Lamb.
Lord Wolseley has been sent to
Ireland to. take charge of the troops.
Owing to famine and evictions the
country is in very unsettled condi-
tion and great riots are looked for.
Capt. Pride jones, who has been
in the employ of the R. & D railroad,
will have charge of the vestibule train
running between Washington and
Charlotte on the Virginia Midland.
Capt. Frank NJ. Wanamaker, a
prominent lawyer and straightout
Democrat of South Carolina, was
stabbed and killed by M. F. Herlong,
a Tillmanite, last week. They quar-
relied about politics.
President Harrison sides with
Blaine in his fight against Reed &; Co.
Reeds followers think the President
does not sh ow enough consideration
for the new "man from Maine." Reed
is becoming too much Of a presidential
possibility to suit little Benny.
Mr.. NJ. B. johnson, a native of
Fayetteville and at one time an engin-
eer on the G. F. & Y. V. railroad, was
killed in collision on the L. & N. in
Alabama, last week. His remains
were inferred at f fayetteville, where he
leaves wife aud two children.
Rev. Mr.. Atkinson, who went
from Asheyille to South Carolina to
take charge of the Columbia Female
college, is meeting with success. The
Charleston World says the school
opened with forty young ladies pres
ent, and new arrivals every day.
Sam Jones says that if the Will.
mington people are too stingy to pay
him he reckons he can stand it and he
might lend them little if they are
very hard up. He says he always
brings enough Doodle with him to pay
his way back home. Sam has no no.
tion of walking.
European papers say that the
Mckinley bill insures the failure of
the Worlds Fair at Chicago, as far
as exhibitions from the old world are
concerned. Manufacturers will not
go to the expense of sending over ex-
hibits when American markets are
closed to them.
Samuel j. Randall, the great
leader in the House for many years,
died worth only five Thousand dollars.
He was incorruptible and was a shin
ing example of honesty and purity
amid the INSCRIPTIONS men who 80
often sit in the halls of Congress to
make laws for the country.
Burke county convention nomi-
mated tbs following ticket: G. Houck,
Legislature; j. w. Happoldt, Clerk
Superior Court; j. A. Perry, Sheriff;
j. v. London. Register of Deeds; F.
r. Kaylor, Coroner. Col. Houck is
President of the Alliance, and is an
out and out Zeb Vance man.
MIR. Brewer did not turn up at
the joint meeting at Oxford. Perhaps
he was "sick" like Ewart has been
since young Crawford tackled him.
Brewer is no match for Capt. Will
liams on the stump and he dreads q
meeting. Moore, the negro candidate,
was present and advised his hearers to
either vote for negro for Congress
or the regular Democratic -nominee.
Gen. Jubal Early has been seeing a
hard time lately. He celebrated the
passage of the Anti Lottery bill by
getting drunk, doing ups policeman
and getting put in the lookup. He
hadn't gotten we'll over ris spree, when
passing along the streets of Lynch
burg, brick wall fell upon him. The
General was dug out still in fighting
trim. He had narrow escape from
death.
Maj. Rollins, the newly appointed
revenue collector for the 9th district,
is q native of Madison county, farm.
er, and about 55 years old. He was
an officer In the Federal army and
has always been staunch Republi-.
can. He was not candidate for the
place and was . compromise between
the Eaves and Mott factions, althous b
the follower Of Eases herald It as =
defeat of Mott. It is said that the