The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-19
TAR HEEL TRANSPIRInGO
From ChiCimiCGmic0 to the Mansfield
Mountains.
in OLD STAGE DRIVERS LIFE ENDS.

The Engagement of Cha rlotte Society
i Nan to Kentucky Belle-A Brill
| liant Hebrew Wedding in Eastern
| North CaroIina-Pardencd out of
the Pcnitentiary-A Big Robbery
Yancey Walker, aged 81, died in
Durham.
There are 3l5 students at the Uni
versity.
Mrs. Cicero Ford died at her home
| in SouthRiyer township, Rowan coun-
| ty.
There were 33 cart loads of New
River trout on the New Bern market,
January 9th.
Mrs Elizabeth Fl. Lewis, aged So,
| died in Shilow township IredelI coun-
ty, recently.
Jim Osborn shot Levi Sheppard in
Wilkes the other day. The shooting
| was uproFoked.
A life-size crayon portrait of the
late ex-Gov. Scales has been placed in
the State library at Raleigh.
J. P. Mullen has been appointed
postmaster at LincOlnton in the stead
OF Miss Mamie Hole, deceased.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Frank d. Alexander, of Char
lotte, and Miss Fairy Brown, of Will
| miOgton.
The Landmark advises against hold
ing .postof1fce primary, in States
vile, for the purpose of centering on
man for postmaster
The advocacy of Hon, W. NJ. Rob-
bins for the Mexican mission arouses
much enthusiasm in his native coun-
T. a 1f..h c
Senator Vance has introduced bill
j n the Senate to appropriate S2o, goo
for a monument to General Nathaniel
Greene on the Guilford Battle
ground.
Fire was discovered over the furnace
OF she chrysanthcmum and rose house
~ the Morganton Asylum recently,
but was soon put out without any
damage.
J. S. Guthrie, of Bentonville, Ark,
is in town. He has been travelling
about and likes Winston quite as well
as any place he has seen; he may en-
gage in business here.
Waightstill Collett, son of Mrs. NJ.
r. Collett, of Morganton, was killed
Brock. Pa, recently, where he was
Miss Ella Rosenthal, of Kinston,
and Mortimer Marks, of New Berne,
were married Jan, 4. It was one of
the most brilliant Hebrew weddings
ever occurring in Eastern Carolina.
Dr.. r. j. Brevard, mayor of Char
lotte, fell on the street near Jordan's
drug store the other day, shattering a
small bone in his left leg and dislo-
h ie, h in To 70
out again.
Miss Mamie Hoke, postmistress at
Lincolnton, died January 10th. She
was appointed 8 years ago bv Mr..
Cleveland. Miss Hoke was member
Of one of the most prominent families
in the State.
For the first time in years, the
French Broad river is frozen ever. All
the ponds around Asheville are cover
ed with from four to six inches of ice,
and crop is being gathered for the
first since 1886.
Gen. Rufus Barringer, of Charlotte,
writes the News and Observer, con-
demning secret societies of all kinds.
He mentions approyingly the fact
that the Chicago University has de
clared against fraternities.
Mr.. Willis Ell. Brogden, brother of
Ex-Governor Curtis H. Brogden, who
was recently convicted in Wayne
county of manslaughter and sentenced
to six years in the penitentiary has
been pardoned by Governor Holt.
Miss Matte Dowd, daughter of Maj.
G. Dowd. of Charlotte, is taking ranks
among the best artists Of the country.
Her pictures sell readily for S15 and
upwards. She has established stu
dio in New York city.
W. III. Junks' farm house, store,
| smoke house, potato house and well
house were burned in White Oak
township, Wake county. Mr.. Junks
| had moved to Durham and rented she
| place. His insurance was 81 600: TO tai
| loss SO, 900.
!, In Catawba county during the hol
| idays two boys named Warlick were
using profane language in store in
| the presence of ladies. Jacob Kistlel
reproved them and they attacked him
He knocked one Of them down with
| chair and one of the WarlIcks sho1
| him in the neck. Kistler'S condition
is serious and the Warlicks have skip
ped.