The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
PERsoNALAND PERTINENT.

| L nHN p. w hitt'Sf, cousin t,l
the poet Whittier, committed suicide
IN New York last week by taking
prussic acid
Col. Samuel j. Tild.n, Jr., a
nephew of the Sage of Grey stone, was
married last Wednesday To Miss
Halsey of Brooklyn.
1t is said that Gov. Beaver, of
Pennsylvania, will succeed Gen'l
Raum, Of refrigerator fame, as Com
mis- ioner of Pensions.
The Irish party leaders are. rally
ing. g.around Parnell and express the
intention Of remaing loyal TO him in
spite of all the scandal caused by the
O'Shea divorce case.
Gov. Fowle has sent out invita-
tions to the q. 5. Senators and Gov
ernors of the States to attend the
Southern interstate immigration con-
vention at Asheville as the guests of
the city.
speaking OF the Republican de-
feat, Speaker Reed said the Republi-
can party always was a party of big
ideas-liked big things-and now it
has received the biggest licking it
ever got in its life.
"A sensational runaway match is
reported from Johnston county. A
white woman named johnson eloped
with negro named White. They
bought tickets to Richmond, Va. The
woman is 18 years old.
DIR. Alexander G. Abbott, of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, has gone to
Berlin to study DR.. Koch's wonderful
new method of curing consumption.
The University of Pennsylvania has
also sent man to Germany to study
the method.
u. j. Boyle, the Catholic priest
who SO narrowly escaped hanging at
Raleigh on the charge Of rape, has
turned up at Rome, where he was
summoned to answer to the charges
made against him By the Catholic
clergy of this country.
The Goldsboro Headlight says
that Owen G. McKinny, now of Elkin,
but late of Goldsboro, was made to
leave the latter place by a vigilance
committee composed of the friends of
a Miss Matthews whose character, it
is alleged. was aspersed by McKinny.
The court at Clonmel, Ireland,
found John Dillon aud William
O'Brien, who are in the United States
representing the cause of Ireland,
guilty of conspiracy to induce the ten
ants on the Smith Barry estate not to
pay rent, and sentenced them to two
terms of imprisonment of six months
each.
r T. Meadows. of Bledsoe, Tenn,
sold his farm and stock, preparatory
to moving to Texas. While seated
by the fire talking to his wife, he pull
ed out the money, which was in large
bills, and began to count it. just then
somebody opened the door and gust
of wind blew it all in the fire, and it
was destroy ed before he could recover
it.
Judge David Mclean, ex-pre.i-
dent of the Savannah Savings Bank
of St. Joseph. Mo-, has been sentenced
to the State penitentiary for accepting
deposits when he knew the bank to be
insolvent. Mr.. Mclean is over sixty
years old and lost an arm twenty years
ago while defending his bank against
robbers. He squandered 100000 of
the banks money in speculation.
1t is said that the Republican
Governor of New Hampshire will call
an extra session of the old Legislature
and fix things so Republican can be
elected Senator in spite of the Demo-
cratic majority in the new legislature.
According to the law, each clerk of re-
firing legislatures makes up the roll
of names of the new legislature, and is
seems he has power to organize to suit
himself. The present clerk is Re-
publican, but anihonest man. So he is
to be displaced by tool of Chandler,
who can be made to do the bidding of
the Republican bosses.
The Bsptists are to have a roll
ing tabernacle, chapel on wheels,
which is to travel all over the North
west, carrying two missionaries. The
chapel car is 60 feet long and 10 feet
wide. At one end space about Is
feet long will be fitted up for living
purposes. The remainder of the car
will be fitted and furnished as chap
ell. This car will run upon the ex-
tended system of the Northern Pacific
and Wisconsin Central railroads, and
doubtless other roads. In summer
the car will be supplemented by
tent.
The story OF an attempt to assassi-
nate President Harrison last spring
has just been made public. A Vir-
ginia crank wrote several letters to
prominent men threatening that, un-
less laws were made to protect Repub-
licans in the South, he would shoot
the President He set the Goth Of
May as the time fo. carrying out his
plan. Detectives were put on the case,
and they found him in Petersburg.
He went to Washington May 23, being
closely shadowed by detectives. Stas
tioning himself on Pennsylvania ave-
hue, he waited for the President to
pass. About 9 o'clock Harrison
passed by in his carriage, and the
man attempted to draw . revolver, but
was quickly overpowered by the de-
tectives. A 80 calibre revolver was
found on him. He was aent to q
Richmond insane asvlum.