The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-06-26
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Evangelist Fife is preaching to
large-crowds at Kings Mountain.
The North Carolina Democratic
Convention will assemble in the Capi-
toll at Raleigh on the Goth of August
w. S. Guthrie, hotel keeper at
Rutherfordton, drove the silver spike
on the road from that place to Marion.
--Alonzo Mills was knocked down
and robbed by four unknown negroes,
in Fender county, last Saturday night.
"A gold mining company has been
incorporated in Marion with a capital
stock of 81 100000.
The wife of Rev. G. P. Bostic,
missionary to China, died several days
ago of small pox at Chefoo.
An Englishman offers the State
of Louisiana million and a quarter
of dollars annually for the lottery
privileges.
1t is said that Senator Ingalls, is
opposed to woman suffrage. A Sena
tor who is opposed to woman suffrage
should not part his hair in the middle.
In row between colored base
ball clubs at Greensboro, Bob Edwell
was tapped on the head with a bat
and killed.
In shooting and cutting match
between some drunken negroes and
several white men on a train in Geor
gia, two negroes were killed and two
whites dangerously hurt.
In Missouri, among the Demo-
Gratis to the State Convention recent
Iy in session, 423 were for Cleveland,
Palmer II, Whitney s, Hill 4.
"A cyclone passed through a por-
ton of Illinois Friday evening, kill
ing many persons and wounding many
more. A school house was lifted in the
air and nine persons killed.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, the beau
tiful precocions son of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, is slowly wasting
away. His physicians despair of his
life.
While Gov. Hill was in Brook
lyn Memorial day he received from
Boss Mclaughlin fine game cock
with bangle tied to his neck bearing
the legend: Il am Democrat
Probably the richest man in Ala
bama is Josiah Morris, Of Montgom-
cry. He has fortune of S3,000,000,
made for the most part from dealing
in real estate.
John w. Mauney, Esq, who has
for some time been in the field for So
Iicitor of this district, has withdrawn
his name and favors the election of
B. F. Long, Esq, the present incum-
bent.-Salisbury Watchman.
A badIaccident happened June
the Goth, near Childs, Md, on the
Philadelphia Division of the B. & o.
railroad, by which two men were
killed and several persons more or
less injured. Among the wounded
was Bishop Keane, Of Washington.
-Kernersville expects to have
soon national bank with a capital
of $50, 1000 to $4,000. Parties ont
side of Kernersville are offering to
take stock literally. The Neeus
thinks the bank certainty.
-Meroney Brothers, the proprie-
tors of Connolly Springs, have sold
that heath resort to syndicate of
Salisbury gentlemen. The new own
ers of the hotel and property will open
it up this season in better style than
ever.
"A G. A. r. man entered the car
of the7 Michigan fish commission, at
Lansing, the other day and received
glass of water to examine, but mistak-
ing it for an offer to treat he swallow
ed it at a gulp. 1t contained over 200
wriggling little wall-eyed pike.
Mrs Minerva Caldwell, the Wild
ow of the late Gov. Todd r. Caldwell,
died in Morganton Saturday afternoon
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.
r. Collett. She was the daughter of
the late VIM. Cain, of Hillsboro, and
the sister of Judge Ruffin's wife.
The CO. operative cotton factory is
an assured fact. Fifty per cent. of
the capital stock has been subscribed
and the resolution under which the
committee was working, authorized
the organization of a company when
this was done.-Durham San.
Cards are out for the marriage
Of Mr.. Robt. R. Bridgers, Of Raleigh,
of the r. & D. R. R. system, to Miss
Annie Cain, of Durham, daughter of
DR.. JAS F. Cain. The ceremony will
take place at 1880 a. m. June 25th, at
St. Philips Episcopal church, Dur
ham.
We are glad to learn that the
House committee on Library, to
which the matter was referred, yes
terday ordered a favorable report to
be made on the bill introduced by
Hon John S. Henderson, providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 for
the erection, at Guilford battle ground,
of a monument to Geo. Nathaniel
Decentralization Patriot.
IN. III. d. Wilson, of Greensboro,
has won the Founders Divinity Med
al at Vanderbilt University, which
carries with it a divinity fellowship
While rejoicing at Mr.. Wilson's sue
cess, we regret to learn of the serious
illness of Mr.. Frank Jones at Wander.
bilt. He has typhoid fever. He is a
son of DIR. t. M. Jones, of Greensboro,
and is theological student.
5000 veterans will attend the first
of the United Confederate
Veterans, of which Governor Gordon,
of Georgia, is the general commanding,
to be held at Chattanooga, Teun., on
the 3rd, Atm and 9th of July. Gems.
Johnston, Longstleet, Beauregard,