The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-05-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Various Happenings in the United
States and Foreign Country.


A negro woman in Halifax county,
Virginia, drowned her child because
she could not get work whereby to
support it.
Some idea may be formed Of the
magnitude of the Pennsylvania rail-
road system when it is known that it
employs 1861 engineers.
Pension Commissioner Raum says
there will be an unexpended balance
OF the pension fund appropriated for
the current year of $9,769, 1000.
Cuban cigar makers, by making
their cigars little smaller ano loose
ly wrapped counteract the effect of
the high tariff of the McKinly pill.
W. w. Astor has Il nice house in
London, for which he pays $4,000
a year rent. And the landlord won't
call more than once for the money.
The Sioux war cost the people $2,-
100000. And even then it was not
a war. Any hummer could get up a
bigger war than that for half the
money.
| Porter, our minister to Italy, is to
return home. The truth is, Porter
unstruDg his nerves by running after
Rudini's carriage in the streets of
| Rome.
| A New York girl was rendered so
desperate by an attack of the grip
that she attempted suicide twice,
and failing in this attempted matri-
rnony and succeeded.
Prof. Vichow denounced the Koch
1 1v7y nr,h N
warned physicians against its use,
but the Diet voted nevertheless 1861
600 marks to the Koch Institude.
For fifty-one years Elisha Bassett
has acted as clerk in the United
States District Court at Boston, and
has now concluded that it is time to
lay down his pen and adjourn, sine
die.
President Harrison is bringing
back a seven-pound silver brick as a.
souvenir of his reception in Colorado.
He will probably use it as Il paper
weight to flatten out Blaine's State
documents.
Mrs. Davis and daughter Winnie
are much gratified at the completion
of the monument to President Davis
at jackson, Miss. Miss Winnie will
unveil it on the 3rd of June North
Carolina will be represented by Miss
Corinne 81. Skies.
| The application for space for
North Cardinals exhibit at the
Worlds fair has gone on. 1t is for
twice as much space as was applied
for and accepted at the New Orleans
exposition, at which the State made
what is regarded as its finest display,
1t has been figured out that it costs
a rich man over $4,000 to die in
New York, if he has to have a funeral
which will keep up the dignity of the
family and be worth a good notice il
the papers. 1t comes high toget out
of New York, but sometimes it is
worth it.
The Canadian fishery cruiser Vigi
liant. Commander knowlton, went
, to Sea from Halifax, n. S., Wednes
day morning under sealed orders
+ Her cruise, it is said, will be along
{ the eastern coast, in the vicinity o
Canso and Prince Edward Island
where large fleet of American Fl N
ing schooners is at present.
I1eHfy SlcWS uCGtT6I IL tTuiSul I'll
! other day when he declared that th
e only men who ever made money il
< Wall street were those who kne,
] when to run" Translated, tn
s somewhat ambiguous expression
e means that spectators who refuse t.
e shoulder a small loss, and prefer t.
hold on in the hope of turn in tn
market, are bound to be showed ur
der sooner or later.
1t is the opinion of Abraham Hug
: gins, of Munsie, Ind, that the town
q ship trustees of that place are to
# mean to be sliced up for door mat:
: He comes to this conclusion becaus
K they have refused to pay for mai
y riage license for his pauper sol
s whose best girl is ready as soon a
e the financial difficulties can be mo,
!. ed out of the way. Heartless tru
), tees who will refuse to put up relic
l. in such case ought to be driven OF
?. of Office.
A man and woman calling then
= selves Second Adventists have bee
- preaching their peculiar doctine &
Goodson's Mill, in Duplin count,
l. They claim the power to heel the sic
and cure all manner of diseases, an
also to canse the Holy Ghost to d.
$. scend upon the epeople. Large crowo
attend their services, and ahol
n fifty have been baptized into the fl
:. lowship of their faith. They a
e causing considerable excitement
~ the neighborhood.
70 William West, who was hanged fl
- murder in Washington county, Pen
IF sylvania, last February, is now wor
ef ing on farm in that. county. I
n. says that after his execution his boo
"a was delivered to his family. He l
= vived, and his coffin was buried VIII
y he was in bed getting over his I'M
- ries. In about week he went to
=, quiet place and has been at work ev
10 since. The witnesses against We
are much alarmed, and the officis
will be requested to take some acti
=. in the case. 1t is not thought like
- that West will be hanged again.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison, the ell
IN trician and inventor, says he "
rs. have ready for the Chicago Worl
ng Fair combination of photograp
ed and electricity whereby man c
nd sit in his own parlor and see depi
Ter ed upon q curtain the forms of |
ng players in opera upon distant sta
lg, and hear the voices of the SINCE
cd Each movement and color will
IN plainly reproduced. The system ,
ar be applied to prize-fights. the MOI
on blows, talk and everything be
transmitted.