The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-01-16
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Raleigh is working hard to get
the Baptist Female Seminary that is
to De erected in this State shortly.
Eleven car loads of negroes from
this State went through the C. C. &
A. road Friday night for points in
the West.
The grippe is on the decline in
New York and vicinity. Bishop Lit
tlejohn, of Long Island, is sick of the
influenza. The girls at Vassar Col
lege have it.
The Oxford Ledger last week was
an industrial issue of ten pages, and
was an excellent paper, profusely il
lustrated. Oxford should be proud
of the LEDGER
Under a recent order from Mr.
Vanderbilt no freight trains, except
transporting perishable freight, are
ru1. on the Pittsburg & Lake rail
road on Sunday. This reform was
inaugurated last Sunday.
...On Thursday the city of New
Berne voted by large majority to
subscribe fifty thousand dollars to
aid in constructing a railroad from
New Berne to Wilmington. Only
three votes were cast against the
proposition.
The great storm reported in the
west on Sunday night killed eleven
and wounded fifty three persons at
Clinton, KY, and demolished many
buildings there and at other places.
1t moved through western New York
state Monday, doing much damage.
"A cotton harvester was recently
tried in Mississippi, which, drawn by
two mules, did the work splendidly,
and left so little cotton behind it as
to make the expense of cleaning up
very trifing. With this machine the
cost of picking a bale is estimated at
So, against 81 by hand.
Gov. Fowle has referred the case
of Rev. Mr.. Joiner, the British SUBJ
lett who claims to have been outrag-
ed by the people of Randolph county
for preaching and teaching social
equality, to the, Attorney General.
The Attorney General will report the
circumstances to Mr.. F. J. Cridland,
| the British Consul at Charleston,
| S. C..
Paul White, prosperous ranch
man, who lives near Rocky Ford, Col,
about a month ago advertised for a
wife, giving an accurate description
of himself and his surroundings, etc.
His mail has been SO heavy ever
since that it has beenlpecessary to
put it in barrels at the postoffice, and
Mr.. White was compelled to bring his
farm wagon to town to haul it home.
He has not yet made a selection.
BY an act of the Georgia legisla-
ture at it's last session, January 10,
| the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee
was made a public holiday in that
State. AS the anniversary falls on
Sunday this year, Monday will be
observed. There will be public meet
ings in Various cities of Georgia, with
addresses and exercises appropriate
to the occasion. The Confederate
Veterans Association of the State
has invited all veterans of the Con-
federacy to participate in a general
memorial meeting to be held in the
State Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20.
"A taxidermist of Asheville made
a unique proposition to the people of
Richmond, Va, at the time of Mr..
Davis death, when they wanted to
erect statue to his memory. He
! agreed for the consideration of $40,
900 to prepare the body of Mr.. Da-
Wis in such a way that if mounted on
| a pedestal in a public square and ex-
posed to the elements it would last
5000 years at least. He said he
would guarantee it. just how he in
tended to make the guarantee good
was a puzzle to the Richmond folks.
They did not accept the offer. and the
remains of Mr.. Davis escaped the
petrifying process advocated by the
| enthusiastic taxidermist.