The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-15
NEWS NOTES

Gen L. W, Lawler, one of the rail
road commissioners of Alabama,
died at Talladega.
James Haley, of Blaine City, Pa,
was murdered on the road near Ashe
vile, Cambria county, Pa.
The funeral of the poet John G.
Whittier at Amesbury, Mass, on
Saturday, was attended by many
well-know literary men and women.
1t is stated in the September crop
report issued by the Department of
Agriculture that the drought has in
jured corn il Maryland and Virginia.
Home Secretary Asquith has replied
to the petition in behalf of Mrs May
brick, declining to advise the Quet n
to interfere with the prisoners SEN
tence.
DIR. Pierson, of Philadelphia, has
been finally accepted as Mr.. Spur
geon's successor in the Metropolitan
Tabernacle of London.
Samuel j. Showalter, of Rocking
ham, has bought the Weaver farm,
near Waynesboro, Va, about $50
acres, for $11 900 cash.
The trades congress at Glasgow,
Scotland, adopted resolution fav-
or!ng the passage of a bill by Parlia
ment to exclcde pauper aliens from
Great Britain.
The yacht John E. Mehrer, Capt.
Samuel Gale, won the yacht race at
Atlantic City, Saturday. The Carrie
Egner was second and the Alert
third.
The September examination of cad
cts for admission into the United
States Naval Acadamy at Annapolis
is about closed, A habing been sue
cessful out of about 20 who presented
themselves.
Thewar vessels Philadelphia, Vesu-
vius, Miantonomoh and Dolphin have
been ordered to Baltimore to take
part in the reunion of the naval vet
Grams this week.
Rear-Admiral Luce, on the retired
list of the United States Navy, has
arrived at Madrid, Spain, to take
charge of the American exhibits for
the Columbian Exhibition.
A dispatch to the London Daily
News says Mr.. Robert Garret1's
coaching party in the Austrian Alps
are loudly cheered at every town,
Village and hamlet they visit.
The monument to be erected by the
Army of the Cumberland on the field
of Chickamauga will cost $35, 900.
It's site will be near cold Rosey's"
headquarters, which were in the Wild
OW Glenn'S cottage.
The new Trafalgar Square Theatre
in London was opened Saturday
night with the comic opera, "The
Wedding Eve" The house was
crowded. Sir Arthur Sullivan and
Miss Geraldine Ulmer were present.
The Cunard steamship Servia, on
the passage from New York to Liver
pool, was in collision with the ship
Undaunted in a fog at sea septem-
Der 6. The Servia was going very
slow, and neither vessel was injured.
Moszko Kaufman, fifteen years old,
had sent to his mother in Roumania
money to pay her passage to this
country. She died on the Scandal,
of cholera, and her four other child
rem are stricken with the disease.
Mexican briganas killed Celas Nor
ties, agent of the State bank of Dur
ango, Mexico, and four guards who
were crossing the mountains with
$4,000 in gold. The robbers car
ried off the gold. Only one guard
escaped.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the
heir to the Austrian throne, will start
in December next on board of war
ship tor a tour in the East. Leaving
the warship at New Zealand he will
sail on private steamer to the Uni
ted States and will pay visit to the
Worlds Fair in Chicago.