The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-24
GENERAL BRIEFS.

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Rutherford College
Published statements that the Re-
p bilcan Senators have virtually de-
cided TO contest theseats ofSeuators
Hill, Briee and White, attract some
| attention among Senatots.
1t is talked among railway people
that just as soon as the Seaboard
| Air Line begins to build the link from
| Ridgeway to Richmond the Atlantic
Coast Line will build the little link
from Springhope to Raleigh
1t is officially announced that over
one hundred thousand dollars of the
direct tax viii remain in the State
Treasury at the end of the year, the
demands not having been as great
as were expected.
III. Il. Battle, director of the State
Weather Bureau, has zone to wash
ington to confer with the Chief of the
Government Bureau in regard to
the genera! hetterment Ofthe service
He will arrange for an increase IN the
| mum ber OfStatiOus in THE State from
81 to 100.
The Supreme Court has fled a de-
clslon IN an Important case i'll which
an entirely he" question is involved,
whether it is negligence for Il railway
not to keep its right of way cleared
The e'upre,ne Court overIules him
and reverses the decision.
A valuable gold vein has been dis
covered in Nash county neag She por-
| It's mine and some rich samples were
shown there a day Or two ago by Nr.
William Moseiey who is entleavoring
to organize company to work the
deposit
1t is said that the Pope is nea- his
end and th5t Cardinal Gibbons is
likely tn be his successor The Car
dlnal WAS once the parish priest at
Wilmington, and should he become
tie head of the Papal Sec. truth
will indeed be stranger tban fc-
ton.
1t appears that the Workmen III
most OF the protected iron industri. =
are paid on Il sliding scale. > Hcrce
the nafuralness of their sliding. Gown
ofuener than mp, because it is always
easier To slide down than in the CON
.trary direction.
lie DECISIONS of tile Courts both
State and Fetieral, make IL. eylsie al
that 4 inqueut stockholders II tfe
new town deyeiopenianta and improve
ment companies viii be compelled TO
pay up their rsubscriptions Eve sicn
! by various sui btcriugtS. has been
tried but without uccess.-Dur'larn
sun.
a dispatch from Pekin states that
the recent victories Of the Imperial
troops sent against the rebels IN
Mongolia have brought the insu rec
tion TO an end All the distut oan
ces IN the country appear TO harl
terminated, and affairs are resuuire
their normal condition.
y Georgia exchange tells of a nlar
who WAS so lazy that he cursed ii.
! shadow for following him. He is
near relative OF the man who stop
| ped his ctoci1 1T night for fear tn
1t would wear cat by running aut
stopped his home paper ia the da.
because Il woali NOT ran wi'aou
his paying for it
AR. aud Mrs tevelanG are tos9ept
= week uf two ii Wilningto,i. a. IA
guests 0t ljt and Mrs PailI % <
Joues. F:.o as-. ief.i.ers oi soc. / IL j
th@f ci.arH4is@ cify. ana vino c1tl
tain i7iaglef tockefelier and ecAe
ID nabolja, III a sty!a as cliarIniug Is
is graceful Mrs. Jones is 'l;tu2lN
OF eX-i 'onmrps> ;nan Wharton j GretI
u OF Fayetteville.
= OrcouFsc, il j. true that Jean !
: liu!i, II wealthy French gentle.naI
has run away from his grand Par
. ian home and is now working as
y lahorer. shoveling dirt at S125
$: day. or the Chicago Fair groUni
"a but. it doesn'. follow that he : IL
= sane He WITS only suffering from
- morbid desire to got his name il 81
> papers.
% 1t is stated that eA-Speaker Re,
d. remarked that he preferred the ele
IS ton of Mr.. Mills as speaker, beeaC
N he could have made Mills throY j
r.. gavei ar him before the session, "
zg well under way. Crisp viii esupl
IS better weapon. He will thI Nv
1T crushing Rule al Reed Just as so
,H as the latter recommenecs his G
Of pranks.-Atianta Journal.
IN At meeting in Ballstown. \
"' Of the holders Of mortgages tax II
~, nts the Nebraska and Kansas Farm 10
Company. It was reported that
taxes or interest had been paid
many OF the 10 faortgagors, and IA na
'"' instances the property nortgas
had been sold for taxes. The &C
pany hold mortgages in Nebras
and Kansas to the amount OF 81
ION 900.