The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-28
NORTH CARoLINAIN BRIEF,


MIR. A. L. kirkman has estab-
lished q wast-board factory at Greens
boro.
"A Missouri syndicate is trying to
buy the Raleigh street railway and
run il by elect 'icity.
-rhe plans for a $40, 900 city hall
in C.iari,tte have been adopted by
the b 'ard Of aldermen.
The Daniel Stimson Lumber
Works in New Bern have been pur-
chased by a Northern syndicate for
$4,000.
Near Mt. Olive last week two
negroes fought with pistols. One got
a bullet in his brain and died. His
slayer escaped.
-Buncombe county Alliance me-
morializes the Legislature to increase
the pay Of jurors from one dollar to
two dollars per day
LAST week ,at Little River church,
in Orange county, two year old son
| of John Wilson fell in a pot of boiling
lye and died next day.
The Raleigh Signal, the organ of
the State Republican party, managed
and edited by the executive commit
tee, has appeared again.
North Cardinals most delightful
product-the scuppernong grape
has made its appearance on the mar
ket In the eastern towns.
There was big auction sale Of
| lot in hn Ia ff,vu Cf Ioct
Friday. Auctioneer Barham, of Dur
ham, sold 115 lots within 4 hours at
an average price of 800 each.
| Franklin, Macon county, has
established telephone communication
with Highland, 81 miles, and Walhal-
la, S. c., 50 miles. Another line is
soon to be constructed to Clayton, Ga.
| p. c. Thomas, Esq, of Davidson,
has announced himself as an indepen-
dent candidate for Congress in oppo-
sition to Hon. John S. Henderson, the
| Democratic nominee in the Seventh
district.
Stanley Observer: Mr.. Geo. w.
ly county, has curiosity in the way
of a pig. 1t has no feet, yet it is
hearty and frisks around quite nimbly
on the stubs where its feet ought to
be.
Charlotte Neus: In cutting
through hill the force of road hands
struck an old tunnel that was driven
for the Davidson gold mine, and also
unearthed seven foot vein of gold
ore. Mr.. Wadsworth is having the
ore taken out. 1t will pan 5000 per
ton.
Rev. J. r. Ferabee, one of the
head men in the negro exodus move
ment, informs the Raleigh correspon-
dent Of the Wilmington Messenger
that the movement will be larger this
fall than it was last, but that it will
be principally towards the West and
North.
the Republicans of the First dis
trict will have no conventions. The
executive committees have put out
Claude NJ. Bernard, Of Pitt, for Con-
gress, Judge G. G. Pool for Solicitor,
and for Senators, John w. Halstead
of Camden, and Enoch T. Snipes OF
Hertford.
Steve Jacobs, notorious outlaw
of Robson county, who was sentenced
to be hanged in May of last year, has
been captured in Georgia by Geo. N
IIurdry and delivered to Sheriff Nc.
Eachern, of Robson. The Governor
has paid the 5000 reward offered fol
his capture.
Twenty-seven years ago Mr.. Sutton,
a Mecklenburg soldier, who was in
Stonewall Jackson's command, was
shot in the leg. The bullet struck
him just above the knee and embedded
itself in the bone. It remained there
until last week, when Charlotte doc
tors took it out.
The Smithfeld Herald contains a
card from Mr.. James III. Pou declin'
ing the nomination for Senator from
Johnston county on the ground Of his
brother having been nominated for
solicitor. The convention has been
called to reconvene at Smithfield Sept.
II to nominate another candidate.
An interesting case was concluded
in Moore county last week. Several
men "salted" gold mine and then
sold it to "tenderfoot." The tender
foot brought suit and M. D. Brady
aud /. w. Cockman were found guilty
of a conspiracy to defraud. The case
consumed eight days and cost the
county $4,000. 1t will go to the Su
preme court,
The Charlotte Chronicle says
that Mr.. G. w. Laney has located 8
gold vein on his fathers property niEe
miles south of Monroe. He struck the
vein three feet from the surface, and
has gone down on it sixteen feet, and
is confident that he has opened wha,
will prove to be one of the richest, il
not the richest, gold mine in the State
The character of the ore is blue quartz
running through brown slate. The
vein is about ten inches wide.
A perfect complexion, free from pimple ol