The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-08-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Thomas Eddington & Co., iron
founders of Glasgow, have failed.
Liabilities $25O,OO0.
And now will Blaine write letter
Of thanks to Quay for the indorse-
ment of his convention or will he
burn it
Alfred Goldwaite, of New Orleans,
one of the counsel in the celebrated
Gaines case, has been stricken with
paralysis.
lola receives about "a 900 for each
novel, irrespective of the 81 200 he
receives in the first instance for serial
publications.
The apple crop is the most prolific
on record, but the price of cholera
medicines remains thesame. Chalk
one for the Mckinley tariff.
Several of the Southern States are
preparing to hold State fairs during
the coming autumn that will be of
greater Importance and interest than
any of those held in the past years.
The Chicago Humane Society is
trying to send man to Jail because
he was learning his 2 year old baby
to smoke. The imbecile asylum would
seem to fit his case more comfortably.
Mrs. Langtry commences another
American tour January II, Manager
Joseph Reynolds having signed with
the option of s'L' Enfant Prologue"
A practical colored woman at Leav-
enWOrth, Mo-, took out a marriage
license the other day, her intended
husband being unable to leave his
work to arrange that little prelimi-
nary.
Col. W. A. Boykin desires to bring
the Fifth Maryland Regiment to the
Exposition on Maryland Day." and
desires to know what ARRANGEMENTS
can be made for quarters, etc, for
600 men.
William Butcher, of New York, an
Indian descended from Powhata's
tribe, died the other day at the age
of one hundred and twenty-One. His
married life has lasted eightv-eig
years.
The wheat crop of France is esti-
mated at 9O,OOO,OOO hectolitres,
leaving a deficiency of 32,OOO,OOO
hectolitres. Owing to this fact the
customs surtax ok wheat will be SUI
spended one year.
It costs 500 to kill jew in Russia.
He may be robbed and beaten with
impunity, but if he is killed outright
a fine to that extent is imposed on
his murderer. How is that for our
boosted Nineteenth century civiliza-
tion9
The cottage at Fordham, N. Y,
once occupied by Edar A. Poe, has
been purchased by Clyde w. Bry-
son, who will keep it in good repair.
The sum of $50, 900 has been set apart
to keep the house and grounds in
order.
There has been great fevernishness
in the wheat market for the past
week. Prices have advanced rapidly
and the spectators have been much
excited. In Chicago Monday the
market went to $1.15 and fell back
to ST. .O3, but prices are still high
caused by short wheat crops in Eur
ope.
A meeting of the "Alliance Broth
ers of the United States, who are in
accord with the resolutions passed
at meeting recently held' at Forth
Worth, Texas, has been called for
18th to be held at St.
Louis, Mo. The call is signed by U.
S. Hall, Missouri; W. S. McAllister,
and w. L. Sargent, Tex
as.
The administration has not decided
to send a minister to Hayti until |
after the Ohio election. This effort |
to hold the negro voters of the
Buckeye State together tor Mckinley |
is rather disaphanous 1t is, how
ever, exactly in accord with the policy |
of the Republican party, which has
always been to fool the negro to the |
top of his bent.
An exploring party from Banning,
Cal, are reported to have discovered !
3 hitherto unknown canyon 600 feet |
deep, near Mount Grayback. Going
into it they found that it was filled |
by glacier mile in length, 25 feet |
thick and GO feet wide. That the |
glacier possessed motion was proved
by the fact that immense rocks were
pushed forward out of their beds by
masses of ice and snow. The bot
tom of the cracks was of dirty, yell |
lowish color and looked very old.