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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1882
Page
2
Ebe Winston Sea Sentinel reports L. W. Scoviltz leaving the Metropolitan Hotel in Charlotte. A severe northern snowstorm hits the states for days. A Volga fisheries disaster leaves six hundred fishermen missing. President Hayes era pensions and reforms are sketched, with mention of Judge Hunt’s retirement and Mrs Lincoln’s raised pension.
A fragment from political discourse contrasts party loyalty with self interest and notes an ongoing Senate move by Mr Vance to obtain charges and actions concerning malfeasance in the Sixth Collection district in North Carolina. Mr Hoar objects, citing disrespect to the Treasury Secretary.
The Courie trnal paragraph argues nine tenths of Americans are unprotected and taxed to shield the wealthier tenth from business risk. It calls the tax the most atrocious wholesale swindling on record and predicts continued taxation unless victims resist.
In a February 3 1882 letter from Retmsville North Carolina A J Extinetos denies having said a local quarantine would aid his business and offers to produce a certificate from a companion to prove no such conversation occurred He asks the editor to publish the denial in the next issue to set readers straight
Guiteau, after overruled motions for a new trial, challenged procedures and demanded time to prepare an appeal as Judge Cox read the sentence. The prisoner, appearing defiant, delivered a wild harangue invoking God and prophecy before the judge condemned the crime as among the worst.
The judge imposes the death penalty by hanging for Guiteau with a fervent verdict against his crime. The condemned man defies the jury, proclaims his faith, curses the court, and vows a glorious flight to glory, while his brother is mentioned in tense exchanges inside the courtroom.
A Washington correspondent reports from January 31 that Internal Revenue officials see potential merit in cutting the whiskey tax from about 400 percent of value to fifty or ninety cents per gallon. The discussion notes possible effects on government revenue and increased consumption, with claims that lower prices could shift whiskey use toward mechanical or industrial uses.
A discussion notes Kentucky whisky stocks of about 50 million gallons in bonded warehouses over three years. Extending the bonded period would let sellers delay tax payments, curbing forced sale pressure. Supporters cite revenue, tariffs, and bureau alignment as key factors shaping the measure.
The Cooperative Colonization Society Teutonia plans to settle 150 adults on Garrett property near King’s Mountain, Cleveland County, NC. They will build a sawmill, dwellings, and export ventures including a tannery, shoemaking, cabinet work, dairy, poultry, and fruit orchards within two years.
A, Pope, General Passenger Agent, expresses confidence in the Society’s work and its example for other colonies. He urges kindness to new arrivals and notes the Bureau’s role in the transaction. Also an ad promotes D. M. Ferri & Co seed annual with free distribution and planting tips.
In Raeren North Carolina February 4 pirate stockholders of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad ratified the contract selling the state interest in the company to the Construction Company with Dr. Conedo as agent. Purchasers will take possession early in April.
The Knoxville Tribune outlines Tennessee climate, land prices, and resources for newcomers with inquiries answered by mail. It reports the Internal Revenue Commissioner's figure that spirits distilled by January 1 totaled 73,336,914 taxable gallons, exceeding last year by 40,000,060 gallons.
An advertisement touts ammoniated fertilizer options with Baugh's 425 Phosphate and a true Ammoniated Super Phosphate made from meat and bone at $25 per ton cash. It claims high ammonia and phosphoric acid availability, guarantees analysis, and promotes in-house savings for a good crop. Baltimore based BAUGH & SONS invites readers to send for a full guaranteed analysis.
An advert vendes Parker's Ginger Tonic claiming to restore stomach liver and kidney function, purify blood, and renew health and comfort after energy slumps and malaise, portraying it as a cure for laziness and general bodily weakness.
Rescued people across communities testify to the health merits of gin or tonic, describing survivors among men, women, and children saved from sickness and near death by the beverage.
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