The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-07-30
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Personal and Political Points and
Common A ga RS.

George Garner has been appointed
a fourth class Postmaster at Flag
stone Pike.
The fatal ''yellows' have made
their appearance in the peach Or
ehards of Maryland and it is said
the crop will be shortened 100000
baskets.
The pensions will cost this year
500, ,OOO,0 900 more than Grant and
Garfield said would ever be required
on this account, ten years after the
close Of the war
1t is long since any man has been
the subject of many prayers as have
been offered up for the recovery of
the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon of London
during his long and dangerous ILL
ness.
There are 720 women preachers in
this country, and their most sarcas-
tic critics cannot deny that they earn
their salaries by the serious earnest
ness with which they perform their
clerical duties.
Fred Douglass is hard to convince
that he is a back number. He should
be placed upon the shelf occupied by
the bloody shirt and the rebel yell
and kept there as a relic of an un-
pleasant past.
J. j. Farris Esq, Editor of the
High Point Enterprise and his young
bride (nee Miss Laura Stamy, daugh-
ter of Rev. p. W. +. Stany) are at
Wilmington and Wrightsvilie Beach
enjoying the sea breeze.
The assessable valuation of real
estate in Roanoke for the present
year is $7,456,9l7 and o. personal
property $4,000, ,000, making an ag-
gregate of 81, ,05G,9I5, which is an
increase of 81, 100000 over that Of
1890.
4 special to the Post from Alex
andria, says: George S. Saith was
shot and killed on the street here to-
night by Jefferson Phillips. The
shooting was the result of quarrel
about Il woman. Both men were
white.
: A separation is in process of ar
rangement between Prince Louis,
the nephew of the late Empress of
Brazil, and his wife, who was for
merly Miss De Hamli, of New Or
leans. The cause of the separation
has not yet been made public.
A Columbus, O., special says: The
democratic State central committee
organized an executive committee OF
fifteen members here Yesterday after
noon, with Colonel james E. Neal, OF
Hamiltop, az chairman Chairman
Neal H-as authorized to select his
own secretary and treasurer.
Uncle Jerry Rusk predicted the
other day that Harrison could be
renominated and re elected. 1t must
be rem mbered, however, that Uncle
Jerry is now In charge Of the Wealth
er Bureau, and weather prophets
are proverbially unreliable.
\ correspondent places the address
of a letter on the back thereof, the
writing being across the folded parts
of the envelope. He suggests tniS
plan as an effective method of pre-
venting the Illicit opening of letters
by steamipg, etc For the intended
purpose the suggestion appears to
be a good one.
The recent discussion abroad or
tobacco and alcohol following Tol
stoi's merciless screed against THEN
use has revealed man who smok &c
| for seventy years without interrup.
ton, consuming between eight thou
| sand and nine thousand pounds OF
! tobacco, and yet retaining perfec
| ply steal and moral health.
A monopoly organ denounces al
income tax of any kind as 'clas
| legislation of the worst sort" AL
equitable tax on incomes above So,
900 or $4,000 IS .''class legislation
only in the sense of taxing clas
perfectly able to pay, to the relief o
The fifty times larger class to whom
taxation is a grievous burden.
| Gov. Holt has decided, on the ad
vice of the attorney general, not t.
pay the worlds fair commissioner
any part Of the So, 900 voted by tn,
general assembly from the direct ia.
fund. The governor does not thinl
| be would be justified in carrying ou
the act, as it requires him to max
| inroads upon the funds held in trust
The ablishment Oftwo new STAN
ship lines between this country an,
! Europe-one from Newport New
| and another from NOrfolk-makc
an era in the history of southern
commerce. The Newport News lin
is backed by the Chesapeake & Obi
Railroad, AMI the Norfolk line by tn
Norfolk & Western. There will b
lively competition around Hampton
Roads henceforth.
! Professor Foster predicts terribl
hurricanes during September, Octe
Der and November on the Atlanti
and gulf coasts. These hurricane
will seriously affect weather an
crops. The professor begs his reat
ers not to disregard this forecast a
sensational alarm, but to heed i
as we shall have the most violer
storm period this fall that we hav
had in sixty years.
The Standard Oil Company havin
obtained almost absolute control {
the Northwestern Ohio oil fields, hs
now commenced. to gather all th
natural gas interests of the same Sc,
ton. The Northwestern Nation,
Gas Company, a Standard corpor.
ton, of which Secretary of the Trea
ury Charles Foster is president, pu
. chased the Marion Natural Gas Cor
! pany's entire interest in the fiel,
! thus obtaining possession of all tt
; natural gas wells, territory! and Co
: | -, that of Ob