The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Constantinople that Osmau Pasha
has met with violent death.
A four-story building, Nos. lO7 to
III Myrtle street, Brooklyn, was gut
ted by fire yesterday morning.
The entire presidential party will
leave the cottage at Cape May Point,
Nj, next Tuesday for Washington.
It'll reported that Common, winner
of the st Leger stakes, has been sold
to the Austrian government for f14,-
900.
The body of ex-President Grevy,
of France has been embalmed, and
will be buried after an imposing state
funeral.
Five men working on railroad
near Glasgow, Scotland, were killed
by an express train running over
them.
F. L. Carroll committed suicide at
San Francisco hotel by exploding
a dynamite bomb. The hotel was
badly damaged.
The cycling race in France, from
Paris to Brest, was won by Terrent,
who made the distance-745 miles =
in fifty-four and half hours.
The emperor of Germany met with
a warm reception on his arrival at
Munich, from the scene OF the Aus
trlan army maneuvers.
The Legislative Council of New
leland has rejected bill passed by
the House ofRepresentatives provid-
ing for giving females the ri ght to
vote.
Governor Merriam, of Minnesota,
yesterday finally refused to interfere
in the case of William Rose convicted
of murder, and Rose will be executed
at Redwood Falls, Mimi, October
16.
Kirby Bird, who shot Conductor
Howard, of the Louisville, n. O. s.
Texas Railway, two weeks ago has
been indicted, convicted and sentenc-
ed to seven years in the penitentiary.
A dispatch from Const.ntinople
says that Kiamil Pasha, the recently
deposed grand vizer, is virtual
prisoner in his own house, and that
he is not allowed to receive visitors
The Kev. Tom Dixon, of New York
is to deliver the opening prayer at
the Southern Exposition, at Raleigh,
October l. and an address is to be
| delivered by Octavius Cohen of the
| Charleston, S. c. World.
Nine peaches, weighing ten pounds,
are California; first contribution to
the Chicago Exhibition. They are
forwarded by Charles Maui, of Kern
| county. who feels sure that, for size
and beauty, they will maui the prize
away from all competitors.
President Harrison tried to catch
the South with sugar during his tou,
through this favored region. He
failed. Now he is trying to catch the
North by ejecting vinegar at the
South. This scheme is not any more
promising than was the first.
1t is enough to give Phil Armour 6
fit of the blues to hear that steamer
from Auckland has just landed il
London a cargo of 40, 900 sheep ant
1000 cattle, frozen and dressed read.
for the market, and at prices lowe
than those charged for American
meats.
The Princess of Monaco, who ha
at last prevailed upon her HUSBAND
to,close the gambling establishment
in the principality so soon as th
leases expire, is said to have conclud
ed to convert the beautiful casino a
Monte Carlo into hospital for con
sumptives.
The railroads of the country en-
ploy 100000 men. Each year the
lose 1000 of their number in killed
and 10000 of them are injured ar
nually. 1t is estimated that 5000
900 people depend on these employ
es for a living
Cares plow the burrows, trouble
SOW the seed, and Affections gathe
the harvest of that blessed comfor
which ripens only in a perfect depeI
dence upon the glorious promises {
the Christian religion.-Wilson Nil
rOr.
By placing two iron bars at seve
, or eight yards distance from eac
, other, says New York's Sun, an
, putting them in communication O
one side by an insulated copper wir'
apd on the other side with a tell
phone, it is said that storm can b
predict ed twelve hours ah 9 a
through a certain dead sound hear
, in the receiver.
3 The Odd-Fellows of Chicago al
t going to erect a building $50 fe,
! high. 1t is to be in the form of
4 cross, with four wings twenty-tW
!. stories high, the central structure
be thirty-four stories high. The
are to be 1000 finely-fitted Office
and the building will accommoda
! 5000 people. The cost of this mo-
est little air-castle is to be 81 ,OO(
: 900.
e One of the most serious things tn
d have agitated Paris for some time W
r raised last week over the instabili
r of the Eiffel Tower. The residents
the Champs de Mars, anywhere wit
in reach of where the tower would
b. likely tosrau when it comes o yer, ha
; been in q panicky state. owing to t
e report of an eminent engineer, "
q recently made some profound a
d careful calculations showing that
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