The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-12
STATE NEWS,
Tar Heel Happenings from Cherokee
to Currituck.

A youth. Julius Smith, shot his
arm off hunting rabbits near Lenoir.
Mr.. John Taylor, of Wilmington,
dealer in fancy goods and millinery,
has assigned.
Mrs. Artemisia Bridges, aged so, of
Cleveland county, fell into the fire
and was burned to death.
The residence of n. a. Kuykendall
on Hill street, Asheville, was totally
destroyed by fire, Jan. 3.
The Democratic electors met in
Raleigh the 9th, to cast their votes
for Cleveland ard Stevenson.
William Sharswood, of Surry coun-
ty, has recently been elected mem
Der of the Pathological Society of Lon
don.
Capt. Chas. Mcdonald is now may
Or of Concord. Mr.. w. G.. Means re
signed, having been elected State
Senator.
G. W. Borrows, of Providence, r. l.,
succeeds j. w. Stallings, uas physical
director of the Asheyille Y. NJ. G. A.
gymnasium.
A Davidson correspondent to the
Lexington Dispatch says that lie
feaSted on q nice water melon on De
cember 9th. 1t was kept in box of
wheat.
a fire in Salisbury December 9TH,
entirely destroyed the house near
Lexington College, occupied by Rev.
G.. w. Clinton, colOred, editor of the
Star of Zion.
DR.. Abernethy of Rutherford Col
lege has been appointed u member of
the Advisory Council of the Religious
Congress of the World, which meets
at the Worlds Fair.
Elizabeth Young, negro woman of
Union county, was recently tried and
found guilty of murder. The Supreme
Court granted her a new trial, and it
has been ascertained that she is en-
tirely innocent.
j. III. Andrews, sent out by Sheriff
Greenwood of Wilkes, to collect taxes,
left his horses at StateSVille and took
the train West. He left enough prop
erty to cover his debts. The reason
of his act is not known.
At Christmas dance at Dobbin
Waters, in Golden Valley township,
Cleveland county, Bird Waters, a des-
perado, cousin. of Dobbin, fatally
stabbed the latter from behind be-
cause he was ordered away.
Adam Plyer was bitten by mad
dog at Troutman's. Going to Char
lotte to obtain an application of a
mad stone, he was told by physician
that the bite being through very
thick clothes, did not cause poisoning
Mike Sellars in drunken brawl in
/ Cleveland county shot Ed Harmon in
| his front door and also Lee Ware, who
| followed Harmon. Sellars thought
| Ware was Dave Harmon, when he
shot. He had quarreled with both.
He escaped in the darkness.
Gov. Holt has appointed Hon. John
S. Henderson a delegate from North
Carolina to the National Ship Canal
| Convention which meets in Washing
ton, Jan. II, 1893. This convention
will consider the adyisability of a
canal connecting the great lakes and
the Atlantic ocean.
| Mrs. j. R. Burney,,a widowed lady
residing at Littleton, N. c., while
engaged in sweeping the snow from
| her back porch last week, fell out up
on the ground and broke her neck
| dying instantly. She had aust eau
| toned the children to be careful wheI
| the sad accident besell her.
Statesville was in danger of fire
again recently. The f1ue of the Far
mer's Warehouse chimney was discov
cred to be on fire January End. A boz
| of ashes was on fire January 4th, be
hind ]. r. Flanigan's store, and ;
similar box smoking behind the Mile
block