The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-11-25
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
DASHES HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTERS.


County Narrated In Condens-
ed Paragraphs.
- Thanksgiving Day.
- Xmas one month distant.
- Most of the factories have I" shut down.
fer the winter.
- Jack Frost has about rid the trees of
their green foliage:
= Thanksgiving services will be held in
most of the city churches to-day.
= Miss Annie Griffith, of Concord, is on
a visit here, the guest of Mrs. J. c. Resent
Some of our citizens report slight
earthquake shock Wednesday night about
IL o'clock.
- Four persons connected themselves
with the H. p. Church at the morning serv
ice last Sunday.
= The regular monthly ball of the
Pleasure Club took place at the Club ball
room on Monday night.
- The organization of Knights of Labor
Assemblies are now being spoken of at both
Salem and Waughtown.
= Misses Ada and Addie Young, of
Charlotte, visiting the family of Major
John Young, of this city.
A fine gold watch was ratified at Hof-
fins Satur day night and Mr.. r. Kennedy
was the successful tosser.
- Since the schedule change, the post
Office general delivery is now open on Sum
day from 7:3O to $50 a. m.
= Messrs Smith & Brown have just
placed in their drug store one of the pretti-
est soda fountains in the city.
- The Salem Home Sunday School are
practicing for their Christmas Concert which
promises to be grand affair.
- We learn Mrs. Terry will shortly re-
move her boarding house to the cosy (up-
stair apartments of the Starbuck block.
~ Postmaster Smith has employed an as
sistant clerk in the person of VIM. Hendren.
Business at this office continues to increase.
- The Post Office was closed Monday
from 10 a. M till l p. no. in respect to the
memory of the late Ex-President Chester A.
Arthur.
- Preparations are being made for an OPP
eretta to be rendered by the members of the
Methodist Sunday School some time during
the holidays.
Our country friends, from the ''big hill
country" can be seen almost daily upon our
streets offering bargains in apples, cabbage,
chickens, &c.
The past week has been an unusually pro-
pitious one for " dog and gun" and great
many of our sportsmen have been cut try
ing the field.
Rumor says watch out for a shock of
matrimonial electricity to strike Winston
about the 23rd of December. This is no
Virgins sensation mind you.
The protracted meeting at the Baptist
Church has been postponed until next Sun
day, when DIR. Nelson, of Raleigh viii be
present and assist in the meeting.
= Mr.. J. o. Foy has purchased half
interest in the IWin-City Daily, and that
paper will now be conducted under the joint
management of Messrs. Snider & Foy.
"A party of about thirty ladies and gen.
tlemen with horses and dogs to match en-
gagged in a rabbit chase Faiday evening and
brought in wagon load of I" Mollies."
- lady who has been former resident
of Atlanta says that Winston compares ia
vorably with that city in every respect and
especially IN its numerous fine dwellings.
= Thanksgiving services will be conduct
ed at the Centenary NJ. E. Church this
will be held at the Moravian Church, Salem
We are pleased to learn that our friend
Mr.. Cicero Use, who has been confined to
home limits for some time past, with that
painful disease, rheumatisA, is now conva :
descent.
= At meeting of the Forsyth Ri1emen
last week the following officers were elected:
First Lieutenant-J c. Bessent Ensign
J. NJ Graham Orderly Sergeant-B. Wur-
rescke.
- Rev. I. J. Ogburn received a very
painful accident last Thursday while step
ping from the train at the depot, causing a
badly sprained ankle, and since that time
has been confined to his ROOM
The meeting of the Directors of the
Winston and Fayetteville R. R., which took
place on Wednesday the 18th at the same
time of the meeting of the n. c. Midland
ended in smoke like the latter.
= Rev. Virgil Wilson, of the Church of
Deciples, preached in the hall adj Ginning t he
morning and night. MIR. Wilson will preach
next Sunday at the above place at 109 a. m:
and p. m. All invited.
= The Southern Youth for December
edited and published by Messrs. Coley &
Sterling, both compositors on THE sENrI-
MEL, lies on our table. 1t is neat and
modest publication, issued in the interest of
amateur journalism ia the South.
= Mr.. L. G. Carmichael, in company
with other gentlemen, who have been on
visit here for several weeks returneu to
their homes at Hope, Indiana, this week
These gentlemen speak in high terms of
their visit and the Old North State
- The frame work of Mr.. JAS. A. Gray's
residence on Cherry Street is nearly com
pleted. The roof will be put on when work
will be discontinued till spring, to allow
timbers to shrink and the brick work to set
tie, which is pretty good idea these earth
quake times.
- Rev. Mr.. Scrogss, pastor of the NJ. E..
Church of this city will leave Monday for
Reidsyille. where Conference is held this