Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-04-15
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

them helping h.nd in their great trouble.
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NOTES ABOUT TOWN
- Forsyth's new Jail will cost about S12..
OO0
- Work on the Broad Street Baptist
Church is progressing rapidly.
- Confirmation services will be held in
the Moravian church next Sunday.
= Tim New York Bergain House have
an attractive new ad. in this ISSUE Read it.
- Dwellings are in great demand in the
win-City. We do not know of vacant
honse.
= Mr.. Chas. P. Grogan, of New Mexico,
of this city.
=" Only Farmers Daughter" was Civ
en- to full house at Browns Hall last
Thursday night.
- Collector Bessent offers some valuable
property for sale in this issue, to satisfy tax
es due the town of Winston.
- All the old deeds now on hand at the
Register of Deeds office are expected to be
recorded by Nav LIST, at fatherest.
- A new advertisement of Ashcraft &
Owens is unavoidably left out of this issue
Their former adj. may be read on the fourth
page.
A Calisthenics entertainment will be
given tonight Thursday in the Academy
Chapel, by the young ladies of that institu-
tion.
- Messrs. Miller Bros, have the contract
for erecting the Starbuck block, consisting
of four store, on Main Street, near the ORR
nOco Warehouse.
- Rev. o. II. Lacy entered upon his pas
torial duties at St. PauPs Episcopal church
last Sabbath. We hear his introductory
sermon quite favorably mentioned
: Seventy convicts passed through here
on last Wednesday, from Dalton, enroute
for Greensboro. Where they will commence
laying the track on the C. F. & Y. V. R.R.
- Mayo & Adams, two enterprising
young colored men have formed a co-part-
nership and will carry on grocery business
next to MIR. Frank Martins store ON Liber-
ty Street.
Quite number of onr tobacconists
have begun operation. Others will follow
suit in a few days. 1t is thought, more of
the weed will DO manufactured this season
than ever before
= Letters for publication must be accom-
panied by real name of the writer, not to be
published however. 4 letter from 81 r."
i,t,, 10, l.,
lating this established newspaper rule.
= MIR. j. Hoffman, of Washington, y. c..
has opened Il beautiful line of dry goods, no
tons. etc, in the Buxton Shelton block.
You may expect to hear something Of inter
est from him through these columns next
week. Their adj was crowded out of tins is
sue.
- Mr.. j. q. Goldsmith late of this citv
but now Of Richmond, Va, spent several
days in the city the past week. Jake is
clever fellow and his many friend here are
over ready to greet him with IA hearty
shake.
= Six people claiming to be Mexieans
arrived in the city Il few DAYS ago They
have built little tents in the cigar factory
lot and are daily giving outdoor entain-
ments, trying to sell their medicines. Med
icine vendors are becoming a nuisance.
The Monroe Enquirer says it filled an
order for 10000 dodgers from Winston last
week. THE SENTINEL some times sends
job work to Monroe, so " fair exchange is
no robbery"
= Mr.. James Kennedy was very badly.
but it is thought not seriously hurt on Tues
day evening by being thrown from a ladder
caused by a runaway horse which ran against
it, while pencilling the brick wall on corner
of Third and Main Streets. He fell about
twenty five feet.
= We call attention to the advertisement
of Richard Murphy, who conduct first
class butcher shop on the corner of Fifth
and Old Town Streets They are obliging
young men and keep the very choicest
meats, sell at moderate prices, and we be-
speak for them liberal patronage.
The series of meetings which have been
pTOSTcSS at the NJ. e. cntfcil more
than two weeks, still continues Eight per-
sons have already connected themselves
with the church and the interest now man
ifested is greater than ever. Both the pas
tor and Rev. Mr.. Ferree, are laborlng zeal
ously for the conversion of souls. Rev. I.
J. Ogburn is not assisting in the meeting as
the Republican stated last week.
= Capt. Gales, of the Winston Fire Com
pany, has received pass for himself and
company from the r. & D. r. r., giving
both the company and engine transportation
over our branch road to Greensboro. The
company will leave on the 26th inst, for
that place to make display of the compa-
NY, provided the commissioners will grant
them use Of the engine. It will be grand
holiday for the boys.