The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-08
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

The State Treasurer reports S4,119-
81 received last year from marriage
licenses.
The Episcopal Convention to be
held soon at Tarboro will be the cen
tennial Of the establishment of the
church in North Carolina.
According to Rowell's Newspaper
Directory for 1890 there are 1872 pa
pers in North Carolina with a COM
bined circulation of 1877 ,259.
"A cyclone swept over the region
between jackson, Miss, and New Or
leans Tuesday, which destroyed con-
siderable property and several lives.
The Washington Gazette, State
Chronicle and Henderson Gold Leaf
all favor Ocracoke as place for the
meeting Of the North Carolina Press
Association this year.
Maj. Hankins and an engineerin,
corps from the Richmond and Dan
vile railroad, are at Greensboro sur
veying the lands of the North Caro-
lima Iron and Steel Co.
All the contractors in Asheville
except one have acceded to the de-
mands of their employees, and here
after nine hours will constitute
working day.
The Gree lis boro Patriot says that
there Is a rumor that a masked party
of lynchers will soon visit Stoneville,
Rockingham county, and punish a
man who is charged with very grave
crime.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger says it is quite
probable that by the end of the year
the Governor will occupy the execu-
tive mansion. 1t is expected that work
will begin soon.
1t is learned that Judge Spier
Whitaker will be a candidate for the
nomination for Judge in the Raleigh
district, and that w. r. Allen, of
Goldsboro, will be his opponent for
that honor.
1t is calculated that throughout
Austria and Hungary one million of
men have struck or threaten to strike,
and in Spain all of the trades are Join
ing in the movement for the establish
ment of an eight hour working day.
The Old North State Orchestra.
of this place, will pa ~ticipate in the
great June musical festival at Char
lotte. A director will arrive here next
week from Toronto, Canada, to take
the organization in hand, and will
have charge of it all summer.-Land-
mark
The State convention of the W.
G. L. U. of North Carolina will be
held at Concord July Is, II, 10 land
10. Mrs. Frances E. Willard, the
noted temperance advocate, of Illinois,
and Miss Annie Gordon will be in at
tendance.
Avery Butler.the 14-year-old boy
who shot and killed his father at
Clinton recently, has been convicted
of murder and sentenced to be hanged
June 10th. He said in lis testimony
on his own behalf that his mother
urged him to assassinate mis- father.
Papers in suit to be brought
against the officers Of the State Farm
ers' Alliance of Texas are about pre-
pared, and will be filed next Friday.
It is understood they will charge that
81 200, 700 has been Incorporated,
but by whom and in what manner has
not yet been made public.
= The Cabarrus county Democrats
are evidently taking time by the fore
lock. The township primaries have
been called for May oath, and the
county convention for May 31st. This
will name Cabarrus's
choice of candidate for Congress.
Col. P. B. Means aud Capt S. B. AL
exander are the rivals for the nominal
ton.
-Four banks have suspended pay
ment within the last week. The Bank
of America, Of Philadelphia, failed
first. A run upon it began Monday,
which caused it TO lose 100000 of the
deposit. The Fidelity Surity, Trust
and Safe Deposit Co, of Camden, n.
j., and the Gloucester Bank followed,
and then the Merchants Bank, Of At.
Iantic City, N. j., went under. 1t is
said that all the failures were caused
by heavy runs ON the banks made by
Last summer, when the North
Carolina teachers were on their way to
Europe, Miss Helen Fowle and other
young ladies put note in bottle, re
questing that if it was ever found the
finder won Id communicate with them.
The bottle was thrown overheard in
mid-ocean on August 10th. 1t was
picked up last week by a gentleman
at Virginia Beach. He communi-
Gated with the young ladies, as re-
quested.
Clement Manly, Esq, last week
argued very interesting case in the
Supreme Court. It involves the ques-
ton of whether man can obtain
damages for injury to his feelings. 1t
comes up from Craven. The plaintiff
alleges that the VI estern Union Tele-
graph Co. by its great delay in deliv
ering a message informing him Of the
death of his wife caused him acute
mental suffering, and for this claims
5000 damages. He won his case in
the Superior court of Craven county,
but the defendant company appealed
1t is said that William E. Jack
son, a we'll known Georgia lawyer. has
solved the suite bagging problem"
that he has perfected mechanical APP
pliances for making bagging from cot.
ton stalks" and has '.just returned from
New York with a roll of bagging" It
is also stated that cotton circles in