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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19
Between Winston Salem and Wilkesboro.

Passenger train No. leaves Winston-Salem
10 a. m daily except Sunday, arrives atWilkes-
boro I:15 m. Mixed train No 81 leaves Win
ston-Salem 40 p m Mondays Wednesdays and
Fridays, arrives at Wilkesboro 7:50
Passenger train No 10 leaves Wilkesboro
230 D M arrives at Winston-Salem at 10 m
Mixed train No Sc leaves Wilkesboro 8 a IN
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, arrives at
Winston-Salem 3:45 D m.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19
Southern Railway
PIEDMONT AIRLINE.
Condensed Schedule
Trains Leave Winstcn-Salern.
go A M DAILY

Connects at Durham for Oxford and C1arks-
Vile: at Selma for Fayetteville and interme-
diate stations the Wilson & Fayetteville
Short Cut. and for Wilson Rocky Mount, Tar
boro, and for stations on the Norfolk & Caro-
lima Railroad Al Goldsboro for Newbern and
Morehesd City daily except Sunday, For
Wilmington and intermediate stations on the
Wilmington Weldon Railroad daily.
$40 nj DAILY
Connects at Greensboro with the WashingtC n
and Southwestern Vestibuled Limi:ei,) sLd
the New York and Florida Short Line lIimited)
train for all points South and with main line
train No. IL for Danville and Richmond and all
intermediat local stations-for Raleigh and
points east of Greensboro. and with main line
train No. 35 fast mail for Charlotte, spartan
burg, Greenville, Atlanta and all points South
also Columbia, Augusta, Charlotte, Savannah,
Jacksonville and all points in Florida, Sleep
Ing car for Atlanta and Jacksonville and at
Charlotte with Sleeping car for Augusta and
Jacksonville.
1890 M DAILY
Connects at Greensboro for all points North
ais Raleigh and Goldsboro
Trains Arrive at Wiastcn- Salem
9.45 DAILY
From New York, Was5ingtoz, Richmond;
Lynchburg, Danville and Raleigh.
1870 P. M, DAILY.
From Atlanta Charlotte, and all points
South, Goldsboro Raleigh, and intermediate
points
$50 p. M DAILY.
From New York, Washington and Danville-
all points North-RaleiPh and Go'dsboro-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19
TROUBLE THREATENED.

HAZELToN. Pa Aug. IA Serious
trouble is Threatened here at the
anthracite mines where the men have
struck. 1t is claimed that the miners
attacked and injured the suDerin-
tendent at the pits this morning. A
squad of police has been sent hurriedly
to the scene OF the disturbance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19
LOUIS NJ. SWINK,
Attorney at Law,
Winston, n. G.

stste and Federal Courts Money to loan
on Real Estate Mortgages. Claims collected.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-08-19

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Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Painless Surgery.

The greatest boon ever given to hui
manity through human agency is sur
Rical anaesthesia. There is not min
ute, day or night, in the year when it
is not saving some human creature
from torture. There is not minute
when it is not giving mental comfort
10 thousands who know that they must
undergo operations, but that this be-
nign gift will make the ordeal pain
less. Anaesthesia has banished pain
from surgery, and has taken away the
dread OF pain, that was almost as hard
to bear as the pain itself. 1t has made
easy operations that could not be done
because the hurt was more than human
fortitude could endure, and thus it has
heightened life. The fiftieth anniver-
sary of the first public demonstration
of surgical anaesthesia was recently
celebrated in Boston. Physicians and
surgeons made much of the occasion.
as became the representatives of hui
name ard benefcent profession. To
have been permitted to give this boon
to the world is sufficient to immortalixe
the name Of the giver, DIR. William
Thomas Green Morton.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
BEATS THE RECORD.
san Gabriel, Cal, Woman 10 . Great
Grandmother ut Forty-s,x.

SAn Gabriel, Cal. Woman IL . Great.
Grandmother at Forty-sax.
The youngest great-grandmother in
the country lives in southern California,
in the San Gabriel valley. She is good
looking vivacious woman of middle age
and her name is Mrs. Jennie Nelson.
before she was is, Mrs. Nelson was n
mother, at 80 she was grandmother
and at 46 she became great-grand-
mother. That is record which is sell
dom equaled.
nardino, Cal. in May, 1850. Her mother
was Spanish woman and her father an
Englishman. Her maiden name was
Jennie Fawcett and she was par
ticularly handsome and attractive girl
At that time there We're very few white
families in that section and so those
which were there were friendly. The
nearest neighbors and closest friends
of the Fawcetts were the Nelson's, and
when Miss Jennie was only IA years
old she was married to George Nelson
young man of 10.
When Jennie lacked two months OF
completing her fifteenth year she he.
came the mother of a bright baby girl
The youthful couple moved to Sal,
Diego and there in the course of II
years six more children were born to
them. The eldest child was a girl and
was named Isabelle. She was soon fa
| nous far and wide around San Diego
for her beauty, and her friends were not
surprised one day to hear that she had
come home from school to announce
that she had been married to Earl T.
rhelps. dashing young man from the
east. Miss Isabelle was in short dresses
still, but her mother forgave her, aud
the couple went to live on young Phelps
ranch. near the town. There. when
Isabelle was IS, her first child was
born.
This made Mrs. Nelson grand
mother at so. Since then the grand
child. Amelia, has grown to girlhoot
and last year she became engaged to q
young Orange county ranchman, Henry
Walker. They were married and q shor,
time ago, at the age of 16 years ant
three months, Mrs. Walker became tho
mother of little boy. This interesting
little chap has the most remarkable SCI
of relatives. Besides his 4G-year-old
grat-grandmother he has an aunt who
is week younger than himself. and hs
has grand-uncle who is less than three
years old. Baby Walkers father is bu,
20 years old, his grandfather has JUS
passed his 35th birthday and his great
grandfather Nelson is barely 49.-Sar
Francisco Call.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Brought to Terms.

Husband (growling)-Supper ought
to have been ready half an hour ago.
What on Garth are you reading?
Wife (sweetly) - Old love letters.
Would you like to look over them?
"N-o, ] don't care to be reminded
Of what a fool was about you.''
"Oh. these are not your letters. They
are letters from former lovers
"Er-by the way, my dear, you spoke
about wanting to go TO the opera to-
right. II forgot about it, but I'll
60 right out and telephone for seats. ''
IN. Y. Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
A Royal Rider.

Qpeen Henriette of Belgium, by
Birth an Austrian archduchcss, contin.
ues, in spite of her snow-white hair aud
rank as d grandmother, to occupy her
time with circus riding. A year ago she
gave in the riding school of the royal
palace ut Brussels a semi-public per-
Torrance, in which she and her daugh-
ter Clementine put their horses through!
all kinds of fancy PAGES and trick-rid-
ing with the skill of professionals.
They leaped their horses through burn.
ing hoops and over flaming hedges, and
her majesty jumped pet horse over
a dinner table covered with flowers
and lighted candelbra. Then she
drove team Of 20-in-hand, herself
mounted on her favorite mare.-Detroi!
Free Pregs. ...- t.-
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
ELECTRICITY.
Will Soon he Produced Direct from
Coal.

WILL soon BE PRODUCED DlfCCt from
Coal.
One of the greatest problems of the
end of the century--how to derive cleo
tricity direct from coal-is, in the light
OF recent discoveries, stage nearer So
luton. The work of Dr. Jacques in this
direction, which has received the rec
ognition Of the highest scientific author
tiles, has been lately called in question
on the ground that reports on the
efficiency of his process were based on
the amount of carbon consumed within
the pots, and no data have been given
as to the amount of coal consumed upon
the CRATE, or the power necessary to run
the air pump-factories which might
greatly modify the commercial efficiency
of the apparatus when put into use.
DIR. jacques has now effectually an
swered these criticisms in complete
story of the invention. He proves that
the phenomenon exhibited, i. e., the
generation of the current, was not due
to thermo-electric action, but to the
chemical combination of oxygen with
carbon to form carbonic acid. He also
demonstrates that under proper condi-
tions the electrical energy obtainable
from one of the generators is substan-
TALLY equal to the potential energy of
the weight of carbon consumed with the
pot. The invention is not yet by any
means perfected. AS compared with
modern steam engines, only relatively
small carbon electric generators have as
yet been built; and with this generator,
as with the steam engine, increa sed size
means increased efficiency per pound Of
coal, particularly in'thc coal consumed
in the crate. A two-horse power car
bon electric generator, in an occasional
use over period of six months, gave an
electrical efficiency of 80 per cent. of
that theoretically obtainable. This
means an efficiency IL times greater
than that of the average electric light
and power plant in Use in this country,
and 40 times greater than plants Of cor
responding size. But while showing
these extraordinary results DR.. Jacques
comedies that many details have still to
be worked out, and many improvements
TO be made before the carbon electric
generator can be put into general com-
lnercial use on scale comparable with
that of the modern steam engine. The
data given, however, are most encour-
aging to those-and there are many
who regard the commercial obtaining of
electricity direct from coal as possibil-
ity of the very near future. - Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

Nor a mile OF railroad track was laid
last year in Nebraska. South Dskots,
Wyoming, Nevada. Arizona. New Mex
leo, Massachusetts. New Hsmpshire.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Idaho. and
only one mile in ksusas.
A Fossil (Ore woman who had shot
. coyote which her husband had
missed, sitter discovering it trying to
steal his turkeys, carried the scalp to
the newspaper ofi3ce and applied 1t on
her husbands subscription.
EMBEDDED in solid coal John Holmes,
of Salineville. O.. discovered "a. torma-
ton which is declared by physician
to be q human skeleton. The material
will be carefully cut out The bono
seems to be rs hard as . dint, and Of q
dark gray color.
TIE family of MrA Mary Rsgland, .
widow of SO, living near Port Gibson,
Miss, objected to her marriage with l..
H. Lyman. a neighboring farmer Of 70.
who had courted her for two years. So
the lovers cloped aud were united in
matrimony at the courthouse BY q
supervisor.
THERE are five families living in
Lumpkin, Ga. almost in calling dis.
tance of each other. that have five
boys and one girl each. making IS boys
and only five girls, namely. E. p. Fear
son, II. b. Everett, Mrs. Rush. Allen
Kenyon and $. s. Everett Mr.. W. H.
Grifis, in the same neighborhood, has
five boys and no girl
POSSIBLY the oldest woman in Eng.
land is Sarah Thomas. Who on Feb.
rusry will be 109 years Of age. Mrs
Thomas has smoked clay pipe for 60
years and bids fair 70 enjoy life and
tobacco for some years 10 come.
MISS McK1NEer. . favorits niece Of
the next president, and Miss Bryan. q
second cousin Of tho democratic candi-
date, have entered Mt. Holyoke for the
class Of 1900. II is q singular coincid.
ence that these two young ladies
should have been thrown together 90
intimately during tho late election.
They are now boarding together in the
South Hadley hotel.
STATES ATTORNEY MCGUIRE, of How.
ard county. Maryland. says that pea
cocks are more valuable thxn watch
dogs in guarding premises in the coun.
try. Senator Gorman's farm is sup.
piled with peacocks for this purpose.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
Domestic Troubls Causes a Terri
BILE Deed at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
Herman stlmm Kills His wife and Child,
and After several Attempts Sue
ceeds In Taking His
Own Life.

GAINESVILLE, Wis.,. Jan. 1l.-In one of
the three little rooms above the Kent
Paint 'company's store the bodies of
three people-AIr. and Mrs. Herman
Stimm and their six-year-old son, were
found weltering in their blood. dead.
Saturday morning. A mute witness
cheap revolver half submerged in
fresh blood-convicted the father OF
the crime, and the black eye that
showed through the blood stains on
Mrs. Stimm's. face proved that resist
ance had been offered, but uselessly. A
jet Of brains from the child's head had
been thrown to the ceiling when the shot
that cut its little life short us it lay in
bed had been fired. and another wound
i'll the head showed that the father had
not calculated to half do the job. Ono
bullet had been sufficient to kill Mrs.
.Stimm. and it had entered squarely be-
tween the eyes.
The Bloody Deed.
After emptying his revolver in slay-
ing his wife and child Stjmnl, it APP
pears, had tracked their blood out into
the kitchen. Then he walked back and
locked the front door. leaving the marks
of his blood-stained fingers on the key
and the white doorknob. After
that he went back into the sit
ting-room aud watched his wife's
life ebb out. Then he calmly
reloaded the revolver. letting the empty
shells fall on the floor. Seating himself
ON the floor where he could see his
wife's dying agonies he held the revol.
yer against his forehead and pulled the
trigger. His nerve was gone, however,
and the revolver raised as the shot was
fired and the ball simply cut three.
inch scalp wound in the top OF his head
Raising the hammer again he pointed
the weapon at his chin. The bull missed
its mark and grazed his neck, hardly
tearing the skin. Then, holding the re.
voIver close to his left breast, he sent 9
ball clashing into his vitaIs aud fell over
dead, while the weapon dropped into
the pool of blood beside him.
The Discovery.
The shots were heard by many people
but no one investigated. When the
Kent company's store was opened Sat
urday morning blood was found oozine
through the ceiling and dropping on the
floor. The door to the rooms above was
forced by Sheriff Acheson and the au
thorities took charge. Family troubles
were responsible for the crime. Stimn
having repeatedly threatened. since hi:
wife sued him for divorce, to kill hel
and himself. Mrs. Stimm was mus
cuiar woman and did not fear him
They had been living apart since the be
ginning of the suit. but Stimm went t.
her home Friday night. He was u box
maker by trade and 80 yenrs of age
Mrs. Stimm came here from Monroe ant
married Stimm seven years ago.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
vviseonsin Netional Guard.

Ailwaukee, Jan. 9.-rhe convention
OF the Wisconsin National Guard asso.
ciatidn closed Friday with the reelec-
ton Of Gen. King as president. Milwau-
kes. was selected as the place for the
next meeting. Other officers elected
we're: Secretary, Col. Patton; treas
urer. Mai. Joachim.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
SPAIN ACTS.

she Takes tho First Step Toward Amerl-
- can Mediation.
New York, Jan. s.-A special to the
Journal from Madrid says: Secretary
of State Olney has received dispatch
from, the American minister, Hannis
Taylor, in Madrid, announcing thar the
Spanish minister of foreign affairs. the
duke of Tetuan. had formally invited
him to give an opinion of the Porto
Rico reforms as a practical measure OF
self-government for Cuba. Mr.. Taylor
declared the scheme to be worthless.
The duke of Tetuan then asked Mr.. lay
lor his opinion of the greater reforms
for Cuba promised in the preamble to
The declaration of Porto Rico reforms.
The American minister replied that the
reforms were too vague to inspire any
confidence in America. Mr.. Taylor
urged the Spanish government to make
defnitive declaration OF its purpose
to grant full local self-government to
T, Cuba, coupled with economic reforms.
as basis for negotiating peace.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Nows In Bret

NOW0 In Bret
Willow City has 100 youngsters in her
school.
The acreage of winter wheat is S per
cent greater than last year.
It costs only cents each day to feed
the convicts in the penitentiary.
Cass county expended e971 in giving
paupers the Kelley cure the past year.
Wolves were never 80 numerous al
at present in North Dakota.
John johnson pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling liquor contrary to
law In Walsh county, and Judge Sauter
sentenced him to 90 days in the county
Jail and fined him 5000, in default Of
payment five additional days.
Fred Thorman. convicted of high.
way robbery and sentenced to the pen
itentiary in March. 1894. from Pembina
county, was pardoned by the governor.
Register of Deeds Barcelo. of Cavalier
county. receives S1s. 900 from the estate
of his father, who secently died at
Montreal, and will move to that city in
the near future.
The postoffice at Cando has bcel
raised to the presidential class.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Not Feasible.

"Isn't this delightful?" said she.
ut is," said he, from the rear of the
tandem. "Why should we not GO
through life this way?'
ION wind?'
The wheels rolled on, but the con-
versation Jagged four or five blocks be.
hind. painting heavily.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
A Puxxle.

She-There is one thing about poii-
tics could never understand. ~
He-What is that?
She-Why is it that in making up
tickets they always use a slate:
Wouldn't sheet of paper, and a pen or
pencil be more Brooklyn
Life.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
sainnesota's Governor ln.ugurated.

~ m1MueBUs8 O0ve1H01 s"oo8oH8Ve0s
st. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2. - The in
auPuratiou of Gov. David n. Clough
was accomplished yesterday when the
two legislative houses met III joint ses-
sion at II o'clock. A large number Of
SPECTATORS saw the executive sworn IN
for his second term and listened to the
reading of his 1pessage.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Progressive Honor>,

She-Maj. Pommelwell wears three
medals. wonder why they were given
him?
He-He got the third because he hal
the other two; the second because he
had the first, and the first because he
had none at all.-Washington Times.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Illinois Leg eislature.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 7.-The senate
and house of representatives, constitute
ing the Fortieth general assembly Of
Illinois, were opened yesterday and
both bodies were organized according
to the previous decisions of the majori-
tv party in caucus. Edward C. Curtis,
Of Kankakee county. was elected speak
er of the house.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Hanged by Unknown Men.

Columbia, s. c., Jan. 7-Lawrence
Brown, a young negro. was found hang
ing by the side of the South Carolina
e Georgia railroad near Orangeburg
Wednesday morning, with q placard on
his breast saying that Judge Lynch
would execute any man, woman or
child who destroyed their property.
Brown was accused Of burning the barn
Ct R. e. Wannamaker, but was. at Wan
namaker's request, discharged.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Hanged for Murder.

Brooksviile, KY, Jan. 11.-Robert
Laughlin was hanged here for the 1nur-
der Of his invalid wife and 14-year-old
niece. After the murder he set fire to
the house and the bodies were con-
suned.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Organized.

As result of the recent meeting of
the state educational association, an
organization has been perfected. in
Guiding the teachers of Cass. Richland.
Traill and Barnes counties, to be
known as the Southwestern Dakota
Teachers Association. 1t is on the
same principle US the tri-county teach
ers' association in the northern part of
the state and will prove valuable ad-
junct to the state association. Meet
ings will be held semi-annually.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Msdo Fast Time.

Cleveland, O., Jan. IA special train
ON the Big Four road ran from st. Louis
to this city. 54s miles, in ten hours and
! four minutes.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Can Maka Cnatoria.

The decision Of Judge Lochren. in
the case of the Centaur company, of
New York, against Heinsfurter & Dag
gett, of Fargo, was filed with the clerk
OF the United States court. The de-
cision is favorable to the Fargo firm
and gives them the right to manufac.
ture and sell vegetable compound un.
der the name of Castoria. The case is
an interesting one and dates from last
April. when the Fargo firm began the
manufacture of and sale of prepara-
tion called Castoria. The New York
company known as the Centanr COM
pany has for many years been engaged
in the same business and began the
suit to enjoin the Fargo firm from using
the name Castoria.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Marrow Escape.

The express train on the Great North
ern, bound north, was derailed between
Easily and Langdon by thick coat OF
ice and snow which covered the track
to great depth. The train ran on this
crust for several hundred feet after
leaving the track but was not over.
turned.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
NORTH. DAKOTA NEWS.
Interesting Figures.


The annual report of the state land
commissioner includes some interesting
figures of the wealth of the state in
land grants. The total grant of the
government to the different institu-
tions is 663.0S0 acres, of which $50, 491
acres have been selected. There yet
remain 1858 acres for selection and
over 100000 to be selected in lieu of
common school lands, lost to the state.
The commissioner urges the necessity
OF completing these selections. The
school land leasing for 1896 exceeded
any OF the past four years. A new ap-
praisal of values is urged, as lease price
in some localities is practically prohib-
itory. There is included in the report
statement of all receipts from the be-
ginning of statehood to June so, 1896.
which shows the total acreage of land
sold to be l30, 302, the total purchase
price S2,30s, ,379. OF this. there has
been received 81, ,222. .092. of which
$40. 40 is invested in bonds and S879,
el9 apportioned to school districts.
Perishetl In the Blizzard.
Word was received at Devils Lake
that the body of Mail Clerk H. NJ. Bur-
rows, of st. Paul, who perished in the
blizzard of Nov. 90 last, had been
found. An Indian while out on hunt
ing expedition discovered tho body
near McCall's farm, which is across the
lake and seven miles from Devils Lake.
A reward had been offered for the
recovery of this body by the authori-
ties and many citizens have been
searching but none thought he could
have survived to get so far away in
such a storm.
When the train on which he was,
was in the yards he attempted to 20 up
town. 1t seems that he got turned
about in the awful storm, and strug.
Rled on and on in the darkness for six
or seven miles, or maybe more, for
none can tell how many turns and re.
tracings of his steps werc made by the
fated man. Burrows lived in st. Paul
and was we'll thought of.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
An Accident.

An Accident.
Fireman Fowler, of Jamestown, was
accidentally shot through the right
hand at the round house. He was TAX
ing some clothes out of the seat box in
the cab of his engine when Colts As
dropped out of its sheath and was dis
charged by striking the foot board.
The bullet entered Mr.. Fowler's wrist
and shattered a bone. but it is not be-
lieved he will lose the use of his hand.
Griggs courier., 1897-01-15
Sad.

The inaugural ceremonies at tine cup.
ital were summarily brought to an end
by news of the death in Minneapolis of
Miss Stella, daughter of Gov. Briggs.
who had just taken his oath of office
when the telegram was handed to him.
Although Miss Briggs had been in fail
ing health for some months, and her
death was only a question of time, it is
no less severe blow to her devoted
parents who have spent the past year
in constant attendance upon her.
lsanqueted.
A banquet was rendered to Judge
Templeton at the home of John NJ.
Cochrane by the Grand Forks Bar as
sociation. The Judge retires from the
district bench, and large number of
attorney did him honor at the banquet.
The association presented him with
the Century dictionary in 10 volumes.
az q token of the regard in which he is
held by the bar. The banquet was q
superb affair and the occasion one long
to be remembered.