The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-05-25
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered in the Old
North State.

Evangelist Pearson is at his home
| ia Asheville.
Court opens in Greensboro May
| 29th. There are now twenty-three
prisoners in Jail awaiting trial.
Sunday night nine of the Durham
county convicts escaped from the
house in which they were quartered.
Three of the Rowan county chain
gang escaped on the 18th. One man
was shot, but not seriously wounded.
Moses Britt's barn and contents
were destroyed by fire in Wayne
county. His baby had died just an
hour before.
Three boys aged 10, IA and 13
years respectively are in Jail in Ran
dolph county for breaking iD-o the
Randleman store.
A sixteen year old daughter of Mr.
j II. Iyey, who lives near Morning
Star Church, in Meck.enburg county,
was found dead in bed.
In attempting to jump over d gate
horse belonging to Jeff Edwards,
of Allegheny county, was empaled
and died in a short time.
The Reflector says there is in Green
vile q colored woman, AZ years old,
who is the mother of eighteen chill
dren, twelve of whom are living.
The death of Mr. R. NJ. Johnson,
former citizen Of Goldsboro. where
he is we'll known, occurred in Ashe-
vile, where he resided for ten years.
Mrs Walters, aged eighty years,
who lives near Maxton, carded aud
spun her thread and knit a counter
pane during her spare moments last
year.
Carl Thompson, of Stanly county,
was killed in a wind-stOrm while,
seeking shelter in an old house, the
wind blowing the house over and
crushing him.
R. T. Rycroft died suddenly in
Granville county recently. His body
has been disinterred on suspicion
that he was murdered by his wife.
The stomach has been sent to Raj
eigh for analysis.
Secretary Carlisle has awarded a
silver lie saving medal of honor to
Benjamin Hewlett of Whining ton, n.
C., tor rescuing two girls from drown
ing on the 9Th of August 1892, at
Wrightsville sound, n G.
Every road leading out of Raleigh,
with one exception, has been graded
and nicely macadamized for several
miles. A business gentleman esti-
mates the gain to the city from
truck alone at from $4,000 to $15,-
600 per annum
blackburn &WiiIett, of Newbern,
have shipped thus far 5000 crates
Of cabbage. One day they shipped
l 100 and another day previously
they sent off 1, $50. These are the
largest shipments of cs bbage from
one farm that ever left Newbern.
Lightning struck the livery stables
of III. Hahn & Co. in NewDern and
tore a hole through the roof, and
broke up one side ofa iced box, killed
a horse, knocked a young negro man
over, stunned his ia ther and slightly
shocked Messrs Benz. Hahn and
Herbert Tisdale.
The Hon. George Davis, of vii
who was attorney general
in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis, has
declined the invitation to make an
when Mr. Davis remains lie
in state at Raleigh, May 30. on ae-
count of physical debility, incident
to his advanced age.
The wife of Yes Wingler of Union
towship~ died last week from a broken
skull and other bruises. The report
was that she fell from the loft and
thus received the wounds, but later
there arose suspicious offoul play on
account of the nature of the wounds
and the infelicity. of the domestic
life.-Wilkesboro Chronicle 18th.
The Greensboro people have dis
covered that they can have no local
option election this year. Sec. BIB
of The Code formerly read, "upon
the application OF one-fourth of the
voters" &c, but on the 9th of March
it was amended by substituting
t'one-t third" for. one-fourth. The
petitioners did not number the
necessary one-third
The approaching commencement
at the North Carolina University
promises to be full of enjoyment.
Hon. Thos. G. Fuller will deliver an
oration on the life and character of
the late Joseph j. Davis and Judge
r. Z. Bennett will make an address
on the life and character of Hon.
Walter L. Steel. The class of 1S43
will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of it's graduation, and Judge r. P.
Dick. a member of that class, will
speak on memories of fifty years.
There will be a grand reunion of
alumni and a large meeting of the
board of trustees.
A:Battie With Tramps.
GRAND, RAPIDS, Mich, May IA
gang of we'll armed tramps took pos
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