The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-02-05

well in their far West homes.
Peter Humble, paralytic, fifty
years of age, was burned to death
Thursday. near Asheboro, Randolph
county, while alone at home.
A Durham colored preacher locked
the church door and demanded $40
of the congregation before he would
let them out. They raised Sc and
begged off.
Wilmington reports good trade
and travel. The Messenger says the
hotels have been crowded with
guests for more than two months on
a stretch.
Since the passage of the bill re-
quiring all fertilizers sold in the
State to have tag attached to each
bag, the Department of Agriculture
has been over run with work.
The North State says the present
legislature is in personal appearance
a fine body. The members seem in
tent on their duties, are very orderly,
and of excellent department.
Invitations are quite numerous to
citizens of our State to attend the
Deep Water Jubilee to be held by
King Momus and his subjects at Gal
weston, Tex, February s, 9 and 10.
The Latta Tramway and Mill Com
pany, of Latta, South Carolina, is to
build railroad from that place to
deep water on the Little Pee Dee
river or the Waccamaw river, at the
North Carolina line.
Jesse F. Hoskins of Greensboro,
has been relieved as speciaA gauger
and has been assigned to duty in the
fifth district. Thomas Boyd has
been appointed to take the place of
Mr.. Hoskins as special ganger.
The exposition at Raleigh promises
to materialize. Subscriptions haye
been made in the city, and the Rich
mond and Danville and the Raleigh
and CASTOR railroads have intimated
that after the necessary consultation
they would subscribe literally.
The following revenue appoint
ments of storekeepers and gaugers
are among the late announcements
Andrew C.. Snipes, Winston; John
Nj. Hedgecock, Armisted E. Glasco,
Joseph H. Whicker and Albert E.
Robertson, Kernersville and Newton
E. F. Moore, late president of the
Peoples National Bank, Fayetteville,
charged with embezzlem ent of some-
thing over $106, 900 of the banks
| funds, was bound over in a justified
bond of $1,000 for his appearance at
the United States Circuit Court,
which meets in Raleigh next June.
1t is definitely learned that the au-
thorities of the Cape Fear and Gin
| cinnat. Railroad are surveying a
line, which they propose to project
from Gaffney City, South Carolina,
to Shelby, in this State, where they
| propose to connect with the Carolina
] Central and get through line to
Southport, below Wilmington, where
deep water will be reached
| The Wilmington Star has this to
say of an old Republican official Of
New Hanover Gen S. H. Manning
has settled with the State for the
| State tax and with the County Com
missioners and Treasurer for the
county and school taxes for 1890.
With this settlement Gen. Manning
closes his sixteen years as sheriff Of
the county with credit to himself,
1 y
as faithful officer.
| The Senior Class of Trinity Col
lege elected Wednesday, the
class day orators being as follows !:
l.. S. Massey, Durham, President;
w. II. Jones, Raleigh, Secretary; w.
J. Crawford, Montgomery county,
Orator; Fred Harper, Wilmington,
Poet; R. L. Durham, Greensboro,
Prophet; W. B. Lee, Durham. and
T. G. Daniels. New Berne, Histori-
ans. Mr.. Daniels was also elected
Captain of the class foot ball team.
One by one the counties and towns
along the Carolina Central railroad,
between Charlotte and Wilmington
have gone dry, until now nothing
except temperance drink can be
secured along the whole length of
the line, q distance of nearly 26O
miles. The conductors used to have
tough times with ''loaded" charac-
ters, but now all that is changed,
and it is a rarity to see a disorderly
character on the train.-Charlotte
News.
The Dunn Mountain Granite Com
pany, recently organized on that
magnificent mountain of granite,
comprising what expert contractors
and builders say, is the most exten-
sive and finest deposit of pure gran
ite 70 be found on the American Con-
tin9dt-are preparing for very ex-
tensive development, and in few
months hundreds of men will be
splitting off the sides of this mag
nificent structure that nature built,