The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-12-04
LATE NEWS NOTES.

"A. d. Mcpherson, brother of
United States Senator Mcpherson,
was run over by an engine in the
Covington, KY, stock yards last week
and killed.
David B. Hill will, in all proba-
bility, be the Senator from New York.
He has concluded that Cleveland
holds the trump cards in the Presi-
Dental race.
DR.. Cronk, the weather observer
at Baltimore, says that one winter in
three is colder than usual, and as we
have had two mild winters, this winter
will probably be severe.
-Pegleg Williams, the negro i'm
migration agent, has telegraphed the
Mayor of Raleigh asking when the
planters will be ready for him to
move the laborers. He expects to
carry thousands of negroes out of the
State this winter
Postmaster General Wanamaker
Telegraph system in his recent report.
Jay Gould is bitterly fighting this
scheme and it is said that he caught
Wanamaker short on some railway
stocks few days ago and unmerciful.
ly squeezed him.
The 3 C's railroad has been
completed to Marion and the track
was being laid within the corporate
limits of the town last week. The
Free Lance says the road would have
been completed before this but for the
great amount of trestle work near
town which had to be built.
1t is reported that Jay Gould has
captured the Richmond Terminal sys
tenn of railroads. At the annual
election of officers of this company to
be held Dec. 9th many changes will
be made. A line of steamers to ply
directly between Newport News, Va,
and Liverpool is projected. This will
be Of great benefit to cotton shippers.
According to the official count
the Republicans will have a majority
of one in the State Senate of Wiscon-
sin. The legislature is Democratic
on joint ballot and of course will elect
the Senators, but they cannot pass a
new apportionment law to undo the
present unfair Republican apportion-
ment as they had intended doing.
james Lowe, the Durham mar
ried man who eloped with Miss Grace
Campbell, was brought back for trial
but his wife withdrew all charges
against him and he had to pay only 8
small fine for his crime. 1t is sale
the two brothers of Miss Campbell
threatened to kill Lowe Then Airs
Lowe threatened to kill the girl. 81
| far no blood has been shed.
Hon. Jas. L. Pugh was elected
U. S. Senator from Alabama to sue
coed himself. Several ballots were
taken and it looked at one time Ike
there would be deadlock but thu
| Alliance candidate was withdraw
when it was seen that he had NJ
chance. This will be Push's thirt
term in the Senate. Another victory
for straightout Democracy.
The tobacco Congress held il
Memphis, Tenn, last week, adopted s
resolution demanding the repeal of tn
| United States laws which imposed {
tax on leaf tobacco or license upoI
the purchase or sale of the same
The preamble to the set of resolutions
declares that should the farmers b,
allowed to sell tobacco to home con
sumers free of tax their best custom
ers would be found in this country.
Three men, Sam White, Ed Con
ley and A. Y. Hicks got into diff
Guilty at Marion few days ago
While Hicks and White were clinch
ed Conley, Hicks barkeeper, tool
White by the neck and jerked hin
back, to separate tenn, he claimed
While in this position White wa
struck by Hicks and White accused
Conley of holding him for Hicks tt
strike Conley resented this ane
cursed White. who is only II year.
old, and followed up his abuse BY
striking him over the head with /
horse pistol, infictins a painful
wound. Conley and Hick, have
been bonnd over to court.
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