The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-17
GENERAL BRIEFS.

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The trial of B. Shepherd White on
a charge of forgery is still in pro-
gress.
The annual meeting of the Ma
tIonal Bar Association will open in
Washington to-day.
Evangelist Fife is holding a Sc
ries of meetings at Oxford with IA
vorable resultf.
Senator German has been re-
elected chairman Of the Democratic
caucus committee and Senator Faul-
kner secretary.
There is proposition before the
Richmond city council to purchase
residence in that city for Mrs. .leffer-
sou Davis, not to cost over $25, 900.
Governor Francis, of Missouri,
has decided to call an extra session
Of the Legislature January Is. 1892,
for the purpose of redistiicting the
State.
On Saturday, Nov. %, a man stole
horse in Rowan county and was in
the Penitentiary on Wednesday, Dec.
2, only four days afterward.
A1nent the situation in the tlowery
Kingdom dreamy philosopher ar
guer that If China, We're better ftti she
could whip the world. Rats.
NJ. =. Brown closed his doors to-day
and made an assignment for the ben
eft OF his creditors. Assets about
S2S, 900, liabilities about $22, ,OOO.-
Salisbury Waterman.
There seems to be great excite
ment and much Indignation in Robe
son county over the acquittal of Me-
Dougald. An Indignation meeting
was held at Red Springs yester-
day.
The election of Hon. Chas. +.
Crisp rs Speaker of the House of
representative recalls a wax Incl
dent In wnicn his galiaGtry perhaps
saved the life of his captain.
The Justice OF he General Term af-
tirned the Judgement of the Criminal
Court in the ease of Thos. II. Hea h,
convicted for manslaughter, and san
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
4 House ;3rming is not an undes-
irable thing at times, bat it's ques-
t'onahle whether there are enough
Republicans there to make ma tiers
even comfortably hot for their Dem
ocratic confreres. Phil. Times.
In the stomach of a whale which
WAS recently washed ashore, there
was found, among a lot of other old
hric-a-brac and junk store btoDg-
ings. a five gallon jug of old rye,
corked and sealed. How that whale
must have loneed for Il corkscrew.
1t is .leasing TO note that such Al
lance Cong gressmen rs Alexander,
Branch, and Grady OF North 'aro-
iit,a, and Livingston, Of georgia,
were in the Democratic caucus, and
of them voted for Crisp, New Bern,
y c.
Australian influenza. which is
similar 10 the grippe" has made
IFS appearance in California Ia
Okeland, Alameda, and other towns,
hundreds are afflicted and many
deaths are resulting from the dis
ease.
\ new volcanic island, 800 metres
n length. hear Rome, has appeared
southwark of the island Of Paniel-
laria, near the scene OF the submar-
inc upheagal Of a few months ago.
V ,ssals are warned to give the spot
Il wide berth.
j book has just been published in
al
pose" we don't think there ought
70 be anyt!iino, compulsory about it,
but that ii ought to be left entirely
to them If they did propose they
would sometimes help ii bashfuI man
powerfully when it comes TO talking
business. ss.-Yiinington Star.
Gov. Foraker reports that IN his
two hours conference with Seer. tary
Elaine he was delighted to fina the
oldtime sparkle IN the eye OF the Sec
refary OF State, who shows himself
to be as vigorous in mind and hody
as he was before his recent indisposi-
ton. If Secretary Blaine is not 81
Presidential candidate, il is not be-
cause he is a broken down man.
From the latest reports from the
recent earthquake which visited a
section of Japan. it appears tia o.
5000 people We're killed and 2,000,-
600 people lef6 destitute and home
less. The disturbance was naiLly IN
the great centres of porcelain manu-
facture, this industry having been en-
tirely destroyed.
Up tt, Tuseday fourteen ofthe untier-
writer's taking riskts at the docks in
London have withdrawn from bust
ness, giving as their reason their in
ability to stand the losses they have
incurred through the recent disasters
caused by paenomenally severe gales
which have recently swept over the
Atlantic and along the British and
Irish coasts.
4 citizen OF Beaver. Pa, suing for
a divorce, brings against his wife the
charge OF having thrown u dish of
fried eggs at him. Surely the man
must be unreasonable. How does he
like To have his eggs when they are
thrown at him? The usual missile
form of eggs must be distinctly more
severe than are fried eggs. Ofcourse
he may not like to have eggs. in any
shape thrown at him. Many people
share in that aversion. A woman
who fires fried eggs at her husband is
certainly too emphatic, but why this
prejudice against fried eggs?2 Does
the man prefer 10 have stove Id or