The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-05-14
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
various Happenings i'm tic United
States and Foreign Country,

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bread riot on account Of the in
creased price of bread.
The Italian Consul at New Orleans
is greatly lispleased at the report of
the grand jury in the parish prison
lynching.
The Richmond and Danville tlirec-
tors are discussing the terms of the
lease of the Georgia Central to the
Georgia Pacific.
4 Northern syndicate has pufc.las-
ed the property of the Pacific Guano
Company at Charleston, S. {. and
will start up the factory.
Secretary NJ. Ohler, of the Kansas
State board of agriculture, in his
April crop report, says the agricuitu-
raj condition of the State is very sat
isfactory.
1t is commendable for Boston to
organize society for the education
and elevation Of the poor Italians
there, but they should not try the
elevating process with IL rope.
Charles j. Dixon, six-foot lunatic
from Pueblo. Col, was arrested in
New York Tor threatening to kill Jay
Gould. The man said he was Il mem
Der OF band of world reformers, who
called themselves Christ's Followers.
The tobacco warehouse of +. W.
Dorham & Son, Covington, KY,
near the suspension bridge, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Thursday.
The firm estimate the loss at SOS, 900;
| insurance $4,000, in The Royal of
| Liverpool.
W. Il. Oakman, first vice president
of the Richmond and Danvi!le Rail
road Friday resigned his position,
and becomes managing officer of the
| Central Railroad Of New Jersey. Mr..
Oakman has been identified with the
X. 4 d. for nearly six years is the
manr ging executive in New York.
! Twenty-Five THOUSAND Sunday-
school children, divided into eighty Y
parties, made Il canvass of the city
of St. Louis, No, Thursday. for the
pnrpOs' of ascertaining how many
children dOnotattendS Sun,li, y-Schoul
or church, and extended All invita-
ton to all to visit places OF worship.
Miss Mary ErrckinriGge. daughter
of Congressman Breckinridyp, oi
Kentucky, is not satisfied with being
n social belle at the capital. and has
begun the study of law in her father S
office. Miss BreekinriIy. is ;,rt;t
and popular, and it g,,rs withou:
saying that She is IL sensible girl and
will ma Ike ii good lawyer.
4 steel rail weighing 600 pounds
WIS laid across the track ii: front o
tie Newport express on the Erie
Road, near Urbana, Ohio. Thur, day
The locomotive, gnin- siNtv Y n;',.S M
hOnr, struck it and fortunately clear
ed the track 4 man n;.n:rtl Snyder
charged with the ciine, has been ar
restel.
The Woman's National In.lu-tria
League has solemn,y resolved thai
BiHir's rejection lsy the Chimes is ON
of the greatest compliments wti,.i
the cnslaved bari,:Irian.S ct.ni.i h.,v,
paid to him. Unfortunately for her.
MIR. Blair is not looking III the aftii
through the same end of the t,.I,sc.l:e
Alli,e Hayes says that il is diff
cul! for IL girl to attend college un
less she can command $500 IL Yea
above her living expenses This i
about ;ls much as many hrainy, vel
rdueat"d aud ambitious gi,l, cal
earn as clerks Or attendants, an,
bars out the daughters of uien who's
earnings are not far above the aver
age.
Sam w. Small. president of tn
: Utah Methodist University, has ter
slered his resignation t o the hoard {
| n nf h., ~ III
action of Small is said to he due t
the bitter controversy that has her
: going on for the past few Weeks bt
. tween IL portion of the directors, an
, himself over an alleged misuse {
? University funds.
On the night of August %, 1896
! HE farm residence OF Michael Shelby
t near Wooster, Ohio, was fureiily eI
2 tered 10y four masked III n, who houn
! and gagged Shelby and his aged wi!
t and stole cash amounting to 81 ,
; 600. Mrs. Shelby died from nervou
prostration. Henry II. Buckley, HI
! grandson, Harry Webb, and sol
, Daniel Binckley, neigh5ors nf I'll
, Shelbys, have been arrested.
The coke strikers, of P-nnsylv;
MIA, are having Il new trouble
! face. Since they quit work an effo
has been made to force them fro
e their cabins. In this the Landlord
!, met with some resistance. The
d have now adapted "a different line
tactics, instead OF putting them OF
a of their houses they simply levy c
: their household affects for rent. TIL
| HI ho Sfrrk r.
t business and is taken very serious
n by the strikers.
> Edith Brown, a beautiful girl of
years, of Marion, Ala, was frighten'
J. to death on Tuesday by IL st. Berna1
dog. She was passing along t
l. street, and the dog ran viciously
the fence and bounded against
. climbing up on the palings. 7
o child screamed and fell to the groun
@ Passers by came to her assistant
!, but when they reached her she "
a gasping, and in a few moments w
9. dead.
u The reclaimed lands in the sou,
Is ern portion of Florida produce
immense yield of sugar cane,
,e does tho rich hammock, while go
Il pine land, properly cultivated a
c. fertilized, though not given the sa
t, amount of juice, compensates
in the decrease by an increased dens
ii in the fluid. A comparison of I
ve cost of its cultivation with the c.
is of cultivation in Louisiana and
). ba shows largely in favor of Flori,