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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1878
Page
2
Local items note the OC Job Office printing services and a shift in Raleigh for the legislature. Discussions touch the bloody shirt Radicals, whipping post debates, and barroom openings. Grants and elections loom as Memphis to New Orleans fatalities rise and Grant prepares for a European return.
Washington correspondent reports finance committee members and tobacco growers urging swift action to cut Virginia's tobacco tax from 24 to 6e. Key figures and party lines are noted as the Finance Committee, Treasury officials, and lawmakers such as Morrill and Dawes oppose change, while supporters press for informed Senate rally.
Judge Kerr presided as court opened Monday morning. A religious meeting at the Baptist church reports eight or nine baptisms on Sunday night. A traveling troupe failed to perform last Friday night. Two Charlotte beauties Miss Johnson and Miss Shipp visit the city with Rev. Mr. Byrum. Kate Putnam plans a play on the 14th. A man from Winston seeks his wife at a boarding house. the preacher involved forged a license. Eight Good Templars joined Monday night. Presbyterian Sunday School under C. E. Yates totals about 200. Dr. J Henry Smith travels to Springwood for a relief meeting. The Revenue office is set to move back to Greensboro.
Louisville notetaker reports Breathitt County chaos lawless state with officials powerless to arrest. Prominent figures fled life threats. Jackson depopulated as rival factions mass for potential clashes amid warlike conditions.
In Salisbury, the Superior Court records show German settlers were treated as aliens but later naturalized as subjects. The court, following English law, sometimes tried foreigners by mixed juries and required sacramental proof of adherence to the established church. Many names appear in lists of applicants who took oaths and received papers, linking to families known today.
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