The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-28
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

Gen. Sheridan's widow is guest
of Senator Hale's family in Ellsworth,
Me.
From Atlanta, Ga, cores news
of festive negro, who is the father of
seventy eight children. He has been
a secret polygamist for years.
The daughters of Lord Petre,
Lord Clifford, Lord Mostyn, and
other ladies of high rank, are among
the Sisters of Mercy, London.
I'm only five states now can a
teacher legally fog pupil. But there
are many ether ways in which an I'M
ruly urchin can be made to feel very
uncomfortable.
Senator George of Mississippi,
wears his hair very long, ard when
he gets excited in debate it streams
out from his head, imparting leonine
aspect to his tout ensemble.
w. A. B. Branch, Democratic
nominee for Congress in the First
district, is a brother. in.law of Kerr
Craige, of Salisbury. He is an alum
nus Of the University and quite an
orator.
Temperance advocates are re-
ioicing over the fact that Blaine is
now a total abstainer. 1t is remarked
that the list of public men who have
joined the various temperance organi-
cations of late years is long one.
The mail brings more than seven
undred letters a day to President
Harrison. Only few of them reach
his desk, the remainder being &C
knowledged ard answered, if necessa-
ry, by Secretary Halford's staff of
clerks.
Rev. F. ]. Murdoch, of Sails
bury, has received the degree Of Doc
tor of Sacred Theology from the Uni
versity of Suwanee, Tenn. 1t is a
degree that is comparatively seldom
bestowed, and is regarded as high
distinction.
Hannibal Hamlin speaks of him
self as the healthiest man in Maine,
Notwithstanding his eighty one years.
His friends say that he regrets getting
himself into an overcoat last winter,
as it has made him a little sensitive to
weather changes.
The Rev. DIR. York, of Elizabeth
town, Tenn, has established schol-
arship in Trinity College in honor Of
his father, the Rev. Brantley York,
the founder of the institution out of
which Trinity college has grown
Rockingham Rocket.
The Wilmington Star says prom
inent Allianceman- predicts that the
Farmers Alliance will have presi-
Dental ticket in the field in 1892,
with Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, for
President, and Gov. Hill, of New
York, for Vice President.
We are reminded of what we
heard some one remark as he came
away from public speaking in 1888,
where Hon. G. w. Sanderlin, candi-
date for State auditor, had just deliv-
cred a mastery address: "He's a Bap
fist, but be amt using COLD water for
the Radicals, you tp'-Fdyettevilte
Observer.
DR.. York's Republican friends in
Wilkes talk about sending him back
to the Legislature. "Barkis is will
ling" as shown in a speech a few days
ago in Wilkesboro, in which he de-
clared that, if desired, he would run,
though he preferred "soME OTHER
good man." The doctor sticks to that
phrase.-iSate Chronicle.
The plague of Speaker Reeds
life during the present Congress has
been Congressman Rogers, of Arkan-
sas, wro has stood up in the House
time and again and denounced him
for his tyranny and acts of usurpation
as no speaker was ever denounced be-
fore in the history Of the American
Congress One Of his recent utter
speaking of the attitude of the
people of the country toward Reed
was this: "May l tell you, Mr.. Speak
er, that they curse you, and despise
you, and hate you, and when you are
assailed in private and in public they
are silent" Mr.. Rogers is a native OF
BERTHE county. N. c., and first cousin
of Mrs. j. 7. Webb, of Statesville-