The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-02
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

Personals and Other News Items Told In 4
Short Paragraphs.
= The young ladies of Salem Academy |
will give concert Christmas.
- A drove of forty fine horses and mules |
passed through town Monday evening.
= Col. J. w. Alspaugh's family are in
Reiusville this week attending Conference.
- Miss Minnie Thompson, of this City,
has gone visit to Davidson College. |
The streets present most lively pic
ture now, and trade is yisibly Frightening
up.
= Miss Maize Spears, the vocal instructor
of Greenboro Female College, Greensboro,
was in this city Sunday.
Messrs. F. & II. Fries will shortly
place in their Cotton Factory a mammoth
200 horse Corless Engine.
: The Philharmonic Society, of Salem,
will prepare Christmas Cantata to he rem
dered during the holidays.
- The Revenue Collections at the Wins
ton branch office, during the month of No
vember. amounted to Sal ,069.O6.
= The new jail is just finished and is
now ready to do business. A stronger and
better Jail cannot be found in North Caro-
lima.
= Mr.. G. F. King, of The Craftsman, the
labor journal at Charlotte, gave us a call
Wednesday.
= Rev J. T. Bagwell, formerly of this
city and now of Charlotte, has been visiting
here several days.
: Rehabilitation Ceremony of Center
vile chapel took place Sunday evening at
81 o'clock, Rev. DIR. Bonathaler preached
the dedication sermon.
DR. F. H. Johnston, pastor of the
| Presbyterian Church of this city, preached
in the Presbyterian Mission Chapel, of
Greesboro last Sunday.
= Since the rain the tobacco breaks have
| been very heavy, the warehouse floors hard
| ly being capacious enough to take on the
| supply. There is an Improvement in prices
= The new fire engine house of Salem is
now just completed and ready for the engine
1t is brick structure, neat ard commodi-
ously built.
: At the Moravian Church Sunday a
collection was taken up and $40 raised for
the Moravian Theological Seminary at
Bethlehem, Pa.
! = Some mischievious boys reused the
whole town of Salem Monday night by let
ting off baby-waker" that sounded like
a dynamite explosion.
- Miss Maggie Watts, of Reidsvllle, who
has for several days been the guest of Mrs
J. E. Gilmer, of this city, has returned to
her home at Reidsville.
- Arrangements are being made be-
tween the Wachovia Band and Forsyth
Rifemen for the establishment of that Band
as the regular Company Band.
= The County Superintendent will attend
at the Courthouse on tbs 9th, 10th and
18th of December, for the purpose of exam
lining applicants for teachers certificates
- The Greensboro Workman of Tuesday
says, eve learn that Hon. James w. Reid
has made an asst gnment for the benefit O
his creditors. We have not learned the
amount of his liabilities, or who is the as
signee"
= The meetings conducted by Mrs. Mary
p. Moon at the M. p. Church closed las
; Friday night with fifty conversions and up
wards of twenty accessions to the Church
Mrs. Moon left Saturday for Yadkinville t,
f assist in meeting at that place.
= The Variety Stores are beginning t.
|. fairly blossom with dolls and toys and book
! and other Santa Claus supplies, and numer
Gus boxes under the counters and in tn
cellars are bursting with Xmas possibilities
] = Thanksgiving dag in the Twin Cit,
passed off quietly and nobody did anything
a unusual much till dinner time, when TIL
regulation gobbler was interviewed to tn
extent of about five-fourths of his gobbler
: ship and the hungry uan went on his wa
rejoicing.