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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1880
Page
1
A detailed guide on priming and topping tobacco plants, including leaf counts for different varieties, timing to maximize quality, and the perceived benefits of leaving lower leaves. It also covers worming and suckering, moth lifecycles, and recommended insect control methods to protect yields.
A Sun excerpt argues for sinking experimental artesian wells on arid public lands to irrigate 500 million acres in the West, noting only 8 percent reclaimable by rivers and that 40 million Colorado acres could yield 25 to 30 bushels per acre with irrigation. It urges a $50,000 congressional appropriation and private efforts once feasibility is proven.
Legislature met Monday March 15 in extra session to consider selling the Western North Carolina Road and completing rail links from Asheville to Paint Rock and Ducktown. A 25-member committee was named from both houses to study the sale and related bills amid treasury strain and calls to cut internal improvements.
An interview with Geo. Win. Curtis reveals fears that a Grant nomination could split the Republican Party. The anti Grant faction gathers momentum as third term opposition grows, with speculation of organized action akin to the Liberty party in 1844 and potential disarray at the Chicago convention.
In 1871 Dr Ludwig Letzerick began microscopic work on whooping cough finding spores in the phlegm that mark the disease. He showed spores germinate in the tongue area before the cough erupts and that quinine can curb fungus growth. The report notes a surface decision in Chicago on voting rights under the fifteenth amendment, denying protection to free white men.
A Stanislaus river region boy about twelve and a fourteen year old girl ride all day among wild cattle lariats in hand and rope hogs in a large undergrowth herd. They catch hogs by head and feet and rope deer with precision, then pen and fatten them for market.
Justice Field dissents in the federal election law cases arguing Congress cannot punish state officers for duties defined by state laws. He contends the judicial power is limited to cases arising under the U S Constitution and laws, and warns of federal overreach eroding state independence and the tenth amendment. He calls recent Virginia decisions a new departure undermining prior constitutional rulings.
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