The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-08
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
DAsHEs HERE AND THERE By OUR
REPORTERS.
Last Weeks Occurrences in City and
county Narrated in Condens-
ed Paragraphs.


- Winston will more than average one
building for every day In the present year.
- Miss Daisy Meroney, of Salisbury, is
visiting the family of Mr.. w. A. Meroney.
Mr. C. G. Smith, of Goldsboro, has
been spending several days with relativesin
Salem.
Reports reach us that the excessive
rains has done considerable damage to grow
ing crops generally.
- The Revenue Collections at the branch
office in Winston, for the month of June,
amounted TO $50, 531.S6.
- Rev. B. W. Dougherty, together with
his step-daughter, Miss Cleve Sawyer, left
last Wednesday evening for Bellefontaine,
Ohio.
= Efforts are being made to raise funds
for the purpose of erecting new Sunday
School Chapel at Centerville, South of Sa-
lem.
Rev. I. N. Jones, d. D., President OF
the Greensboro Female College will hold
services in the Centenary NJ. +. Church
next Sunday.
= The Salem band speak Of running an
excursion to Fayetteville some time in the
near future. The Forsyth Rifiemen are also
discussing the same thing.
Presiding Elder Cunninggim has APP
pointed Rev. s. r. Scroggs, of the Stokes
county circuit to take charge Of the NJ. +.
Church here until next Conference.
ID
tice in this issue of lot of land to be sold
at the court house door ON the 9TH of August.
The lot is situated on Cherry Street.
A fair audience attended the lectures
at the Opera House by Judge Farrar, of
Virginia, in the interest of the Woman's
Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church.
- Chiefof-Police Bradford states that
the amount of fines for June amounted to
SleSOO; number of convictions, 80 num-
Der bound over to court, 2 prisoners placed
in Jail, 3.
A Raleigh bar-room is occup pied since
the local option contest by shoe manu-
factory, and now one Of Winston's recent
bar-rooms is to be the location for harness
mandatory.
~ The T,rin-City Daily announces its
suspension for few days upon The SESTI-
SE1's bulletin board, and states that the
paper will probably appear next week, in
larger and otherwise improved form.
At a recent meeting of the Salem
Lodge, No. IS, of 1. o. o. F., the following
officers were elected: j. r. Miller, \. Ct;
j. W. Bradford, V. e.; n. d. Dowdy,
Treasurer, and H. T. FOUGHT Secretary.
= Parties visiting the Piedmont Springs
at Danbury will find no better accomdations
given anywhere than at the NcCanlessHouse
which is now open for the reception of Wis.,
itors. Read the announcement in this issue.
= Rev. l.. B. Wurreschke, in company
with his son, Richard, left last Monday
morning for tour "on foot" through the
mountains of Western North Carolina He
will cross over into Tennessee before his
return.
= At a meeting Of the Stewards Monday
night, it was decided that the dedication ex-
ercises Of the Methodist Protestant Church
of this city be held ON the 4th Sunday in
hSAt. TtS4lcnl L. .. oSDuFn Will
conduct the exercises
= Mr.. S. Al. Canady, of Deep River,
Guilford county, called to see us a few days
ago and stated that he was very well pleas
ed with the sale of his tobacco which aver
aged him Is cents per pound. Good tobac-
co is selling well on this market.
- On Monday evening while Mr.. Fred
Gerner was getting out of buggy at his
home about two miles from town, his pistol
in some way hit against the buggy which
caused it to fire. The ball entered his leg
just below the knee, INJECTING a very pain
full wound
= Mr.. A. r. Kernodls, of Alamance
county was in the city with few hogsheads
of Alamance county tobacco the past week.
We are glad to see tobacco on our market
from such a distance and hope prices here
may justify it. He sold his tobacco at
Browns Warehouse
- Notice is given elsewhere by the Clerk
that a meeting will be held at the Court
House next Monday by the County Com
missioners, for the purpose of revising the
TAX DOCKS lor 1000, ana the assessment OF
property &c. 1t will be well for our citi-
zens to make a note of this.
The Piedmont Wagon Co, of Hickory
n. c., and who are building up big
trade throughout the State insert an adj
vertisement in THE SENTINEL. this week
that is worthy of careful notice of every
reader. For particulars, call on Mr.. T. III
Pegram, Jr, who represents the '.Pied
mont at this place.
Eleven new names go down on oul
Winston-Salem list since last issue, while
quite good number throughout Forsyth