The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-02
LATE = EWS NOTES,

The center of the population of
= ais country is new said to be in Jen.
niDgs county, Indiana.
-Birchall, the celebrated Canadian
murderer, has been convicted of the
murder of young Benwell.
-Four hundred Russian soldiers
were drowned by the collapsing of a
bridge in Poland, Saturday.
Sam Jones has arrived in " il.
mington and preached his first sermon
to an audience of 5000 people.
-McAuliffe was knocked out in
the second round by Slavin in the
! great prize fight in London last week.
! 1t is said that there is combined
| movement among the European coun-
tries to retaliate against the Mckinley
bill.
About two hundred European
| iron and steel men will visit the iron
regions of the South during the month
| of October.
Two students at the Virg. mia
Military Institute had fist fight last
week from the effects Of which one of
them has died.
William Wallace Rollins has
been nominated by the President to
be collector of internal revenue for the
Fifth N. G. District
w. H. Schrieber, who stole $500,
900 from the First National bank of
Detroit, has been decoyed into the Uni
ted States and arrested.
Since the mad dog scare at Nor
Canton the city fathers have passed u
law providing for the killing of all
dogs found Loose in the town.
The census of AshevilIe which
has Just heen retaken shows the popu-
lation to be 1884. This is an in-
crease of 1900 over Porter's count,
The Hollis are building another
cotton mill of over 5000 spindles at
Company Shops. They now own
twelve cotton mills in Alamance Co
"A passenger schedule on the G.
&. q N. r. r. goes into effect to-day
by which daily train will run be-
tween Greenwood and Monroe-118
miles.
The Senate has confirmed the
nominations of E. B. Grubbs, of New
Jersey, Minister to Spain, and Ed
ward H. Conger, of Indiana. Minister
to Brazil.
The Eaglish are not alarmed by
the Mckinley Tariff BILL They say
it may hurt their trade with the Uni
ted States but will help them in other
quarters.
The books of the late Samuel J.
Iilden show that he expended in all
between 100000 and 100000 ON
Greystone, his summer residence on
the Hudson.
The jackson, Tenn, wooden mills
have assigned. Liabilities 100000;
assets not ascertained. The failure
grew out of the recent failure of the
jackson bank.
Lewis NJ. Griffin, a vel! known
tobacco man OF Richmond, who COM
mitted suicide last Monday by shoot
ing himself with pistol, was to have
been married Oct. 8.
Col. Fairbrother, the editor of
the Omaha Bee, who married Miss
Mamie Hatchett, Of Henderson, has
bought the Durham Globe and takes
charge Immediately.
"A Philadelphia Judge. in de-
ciaring that the Kreutzer Sonata was
no an obscene book, expressed the
opinion that John Wanamaker was
no judge of law or literature.
The route which the Roanoke and
Southern is TO take has narrowed
down to Charlotte aud Monroe. If
Charlotte wants it bad enough to make
a proper effort To secure it the road
will go there.
The cigar manufacturers are buy
ing largely of Sumatra tobacco in an
ticipation of the increase of the inn
port tax. One steamer landed ut
New York Sunday with half million
dollars worth.
Sundays morning service at St.
Pauls Cathedral in London was inter
rupled by horrible tragedy. During
the service man named Easton, in
the congregation, Committed suicide
by shooting himself twice with a re-
volver.
Henry Watterso-s made a great
speech before the Massachusetts Re-
form Club in Boston last Friday in
which he said that the two great dan
gers which threaten the country are
tbs Gospel of Force" and the Doc
t1ine of Protection"
The Republicans of South Caro-
lima are running a shrewd scheme to
beat Tillman. They have named q
ticket composed mainly of straightout.
Democrats who fought against TIIE-
mans nomination to the last. A. &.
Haskell is on the ticket for Governor;
John Bratton for Lieut.. Governor,
and Jas. H. Earl for Attorney Gen
eraL. 1t remains to be seen whether
these Democrats will lend themselves
to the scheme or not.
Representative Miller, OF. South
Carolina, who has just taken. his seat
in the House by the aid of Reed &
Co., is bound to get something from
his new friends for his constituents.
He has just introduced bill appro-
priating one million dollars for the
erection of suitable home for disa-
bled ex.slaves. Every negro in the
country would be delighted to board
at the expense of Uncle Sam, and
they would all soon come under the