Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-04-29
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
DAsHEs HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTERS.


- County Fathers meet next Monday.
- The city election takes place next
Monday.
Quite number of our factories and
workshops were closed Monday.
- Maj Samuel II. Smith, Postmaster of
Winston, has been confirmed by the Senate.
- The Twin-City was Overlooking with
visitors from abroad on Sunday and Mon
day.
- The NJ. Z. Sunday School have chang
cal their hour of meeting from three to four
o'clock p III.
- Easter eggs laid by the visionary crab
bits" was not passed unnoticed this year by
the little folks.
- Efforts are being made to have Gov.
Colqui, speak ia Winston o. Prohibition at
an early day.
The ice-cream season is now at hand.
The young man trembles when he is re-
minded of the fact, by his chest girl
= The hop of the Pleasure Club Monday
night was an enjoyable affair. THE SEN
TISEL returns thanks for an invitation.
= Sheriff Dalton, of Stokes county, pass
ed through here Monday with insane
coIorea man for the asylum at Goldsboro.
- Messrs. Crumpler & Chick, by the use
of the paint brush have improved the ap-
pearance of Messrs Pfohl & Stockton's
store front.
= DR.. Rondthaler will begiu series of
sermons in the Moravian Church next Sun
day night on The Life and Trials of the
Prophet Daniel"
- A SENTINEL reporter returns thanks
to Mr.. s. B. Ziglsr, of the firm of R. L.
Gambler & Co, tobacconi.ts, for samples of
their popular chewing tobaccos.
Mr.. George Alsop, of this place, has
accepted position As engineer on the Nor
folk & Western Railroad, with headquarters
at Norfolk, Va His family will remain in
Winston.
- 1t is estimated that about 1000 people
witnessed the sunrise services held by the
Moravians in the Salem graveyard Sunday
morning. The meeting was very interesting
and impressive.
- Postmaster Smith has just added SO
new lock boxes to the Postofice. A stamp
window has also been placed in position
which adds to both appearance and conven-
fence of the office.
- Picnics, fishing parties and the like,
called many away on Monday to the rural
districts, and the beautiful weather lent adj
ditional charms to the pleasant sports and
the happy participants.
- The Charles mine in this county, is
producing this season, but the machinery
has been SO recently installed that as yet not
much can be said, though the ore bodies
appear to be good and abundant
-4Ml.ssrs. ] ! White & Son inform us
that an order was received by them from
Fayetteville last week for buggy. Adver-
Using brings orders when everything else
fails Their business increases daily
- Mr.. J. w. Long, of this county, sold
$50 pounds of tobacco at Browns Ware
house, few days since, for which he receiv-
ed $16S,2S. His entire crop, raised on
three and one-half acres, brought him over
5000.
= very interesting meeting was held
in the Courthouse last Wednesday night
for the purpose of making arrangements
looking to the celebration of the 10th OF
May in memory Of the exConfederate Sol
dies.
- The Register OF Deeds having finished
registering all deeds filed fol- record up to
the Goth of April, and lacking room in the
pigeon holes for filing the same, desiI es the
Of Il.
sibls and get them.
- The Moravian graveyard and GENE
terry were thronged with visitors Sunday af.
ternnon viewing the many floral tributes OF
sainted ones, placed there by loving hands
a token of remembrance of departed
friends. The graves were beautifully deco,
rated
- We hear great many complaints
made among the working class about get
ting their mail. They say that often times
when they come by 1t noon the mail is be
ing oLensd, and at night, the office is CLOSED
before they can reach it, therefore, it is very
ineonvenient to them.
A SENTINEL representative will be in
attendance at salisbury next week during
Court, and our Rowan county friends are in
yited to meet him there and cancel thei
back dues. If you can hand him the nam,
of your nei .hbor As a subscriber, we woulC
greatly appreciate it.
= Mr. John r. Ray, State Organizer o
the knights of Labor, was here last Thurs
day and Friday nights. Ne are told tina
large assembly of this belly WAS organize,
among the whites on the former night an,
on the latter a similar organization was per
fected among the eolored people. The or
der Is growing in favor throughout the Stat
and we learn quite number of the laborin
class here speak of joining at their mex
meeting, to night.
= DIR. Reynolds, the temperance lecturer
spoke 10 a crowded house in the Bapti.
Church Monday night upon the record {
Of his own life, with plain and practical lie.
sons drawn therefrom. On Tuesday nigh
Ike. lectured in the Opera House to an atten
i've audience. Att he close of each address
fetal abstainance pledge was presented an
was signed by about loo of our citizens. Iii
Doctor is plain, forcibIe speaker, as Ii
handles his subject in Il business-like mai
ner, dealing with facts alone..
The Winston Fire Company.
The Winston Fire Company MOL wer
down to Greensboro on Monday and displa
ed the workings of both engine and con
pany. The boys returned at might high
pleased with their trip and state that u
company were successful in their dispIs
aud that the engine worked like a charI
The company requests The SENTINEL to r
turn thanks to the good citizens of that pla