The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-01-22

Madison asks authority of the
Legislature to hold an election to
issue S., 900 bonds for street improve
ments.
The Charlotte Chronicle says that
since the new schedule, no train of
the Richmond and Danville have run
on time.
Two additional wires to New York,
and one South are found necessary
by the Postal Telegraph Company at
Fayetteville.
The Charlotte News gets a new
press of the latest Cottrelf pattern,
and moves into new quarters on the
ground floor.
Z. c. B. Whitington, of Wilkes,
firing at two snow birds on the
ground, killed eleven partridges un-
der the snow.
Clinton Rogers, former sheriff of
Granville, is in Jail on charges of
poisoning a man with whose wife
he was too intimate.
Republican claimants of the Now
Hanover county Office begin quo
warranto proceedings against Demo
cratic occupants.
In private schools Granville leads
every county in the State with 81
private schools, SO of which are
white and 4 colored.
The engineer corps has surveyed
one route from Gafney's to Shelby
and propose to try another route on
their return to Gaffney's.
Bank Examiner Tate shows that
$1O6, 900 will be required to pay de-
positOrs of the Peoples Bank, Fay
cite, and recusitate the institution.
D. M. Lowder, a one armed veteran
of Cabarrus, raised ten bales of cot
ton, plenty of hogs, corn, wheat and
other supplies for home use for his
family.
Lieut.. Jas. B. Hughas, U. S. A.
detailed to Bingham School has been
ordered to rejoin his regiment in
Arizona, succeeded by Lieutenant
Little.
Graham has marketed 100000
worth of cotton this cotton year, and
the Cleaner thinks there is good
opening for a broker and Commits
sion merchant.
The Patriot thinks the salary of
the Governor should be raised to
$1,000 to accord with the new man
| sion. The farmers generally do not
favor the raising of official salaries
| at this time.
The proper treatment of the in
sane is one of the grand social prob
lens of this age, and we are glad to
see North Carolina occupy vantage
| ground in her care of those mentally
affected.-Shelby Aurora.
The stockholders of the Fayette.
vile Peoples Bank recommended
Judge McRae to be appointed re-
ceiver of the bank, and appointed 8
committee of three to assist him in
the collection of the assets of the
bank.
1t is stated that the "Central Pro
testant," which has for a long time
been the organ of the Methodist P
church in this State, has suspended
publication indefinitely. Rev. j. L
Michaux, of the Greensboro w orkman
has been editor and publisher of tn,
paper for several years.
|. Several families have recent.
moved to Shelby, so as to send thei
children to school. Yet some tax
payers refuse to aid this enterprise
by taxation or voluntary contribu
tlons, and exclaim "Am my broth
er's keeper" Yes, we answer, yo'
are.-Shelby Aurora.
Capt. J. E. Fry, in charge of tn
force of hands laying track on tn
Yadkin railroad, says the work i
being done as rapidly as possible
that the road is graded to Albemarl
and the track completed to Biles
vile. From Bilesville the work will
be continued and trains will reacl
Albemarle in the early spring.-Sal
isbury Truth.
Our people have gone to wor
right for the upbuilding of the town
Wewill have sidewalks paved. Effort
will be made to have other stree
improvements. But what is needle
} now is bank. One Of our citize
the other day, said bank woul
add much to the growth of the towr
Why not have a banki We lear
that there il. charter for a ban
here, and certainly there ought t
be such an institution.-The Leader