The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-05-20
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
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REeORTERS.


Last week. Occurrences h City asa
County Narrated IN Csndsss-s
cd PsrasraPhs. - =
Mrs. 81. A. Brown is visiting friends
In Yadkin county.
Dirt is being removed for the founda-
ton of the new Jail.
Miss Aollie Murphy, OF Salisbury. is
isiting Mrs. e. H. Jennings.
Mr. NJ. r. Stevens, of johnson City,
Team, is in Winston, prospecting.
Frost is reported TO have been found
in the low lands Monday morning. 49,
- Miss Ella Reed, Of Independence, Va,
Is visiting relatives and friends in Salem. =
- The Colored District School beyond
the Salem bridge, closed on the 18th inst.
u Mr.. Hampton Bynum left on Tuesday
evening for his new home at Moscow, Idaho.
Lawyers Stack and King Of the Dan
bury bar are attending court here this week.
Picnics are becoming the general topic
Of the day among the Sunday School schol-
Mr.. q. W. Folts Is having his former
dwelling removed to his 10, on Old Town
Street.
= Miss Bette Harris; Of Concord, N -,
is now with Messrs. Gutenberg Bros. as
saleslady.
= Miss Mamie L. Hatcbest, of the South
ern Woman, gave us pleasant call one day
the past week. E..
- Miss Laura Williams of Desvie county
il visiting the family of Col r. n Payne
on Seventh Street.
- drummer's license was issued from
the State Treasury last week to Mr.. D. z
Smoak, of this city.
- Misses Eleanor and Maggie Webb, Of
Hillsboro, are visiting Mrs. Eugene E.
Gray in the West End.
- The ladies of St. Paups Episcopal
Church realized $1S5.62 from their Bazaar
given last Thursday night.
~ Mr.. J. D. Paylor, late salesman with
Messrs, Thompson & Franklin, has accepted
position with Mr.. T. II. Pegram, Jr.
- Mr.. II. II. Happier, anctioneer at one
of the warehouses in Durham, spent several
days with his family here the past week
= Sixty-two convicts passed through
here Saturday to join the force already at
work on the C. F. & Y. v. Railroad.
= Mr.. VIM. Tate disposed of his resi-
dence on Fourth Street few days since
and was bid off by Mr. J. C. Bessent at
$500
Workmen are now engaged in build
ing an addition to our depot We learn that
a passenger depot is also in contemplation
at an early dav.
- Mr.. II. w. Foltz refusing to serve, Mr..
j. q. Bessent was reelected Town Consta-
BILE and Tax Collector by the City Fathers
last Friday night.
- We learn that the balance due on the
new Methodist E. Church of this CITY, has
been raised and that the dedication will
take place shortly.
- Calvin Nudsfn was arrested last Sat-
'urday morning by ChlefofPolice Bradford
for shooting and other dfsorderly conduct
around Farme.s' warehouse.
"A large King snake was killed ON last
Saturday at Mr.. G. ii. Fogle's residessce in
Salem that measured five feet and two 5Iasir-
es and weighed two and one-half pounds.
Owing to the heavy rains the water
courses are reported to be very high. The
Salem creek is said to be higher at present |
than has been known for number of years
- Some valuable land is offered for sale |
In another column in Surry county by Mr..
NJ. L. Holmes, Commissioner of Surry
Court. The sale will take place July 5th,
1886.
The Greensboro District Sunday SCHOOL,
Conference will be held this year at Ker-
nersviile, on May 2Sth. 29th and 3Oth. The
exercises no doubt will be both interesting
and instructive. & 3 Is . ~ Ss&
The Commencement exercises of the
Kernersville High School will take place
to-day Thursday and Friday. The liter
airy address will be delivered by Hon., Jas.
W. Reid on Friday morning. " r. @Wi1
= Mr.. NJ. C. Dorset, of Stokes, last
Spring purchased of w. T. Carter & Co.,
two sacks of their British Mixture guano
and has had the satisfaction of raising 1854
pounds OF tobacco. $4,000 hills being plant
ed. This is a good record. ~t-~
= Messrs. J. A. White & Son inform us
that their business is steadily increasing.
Only four new buggies and one pheton
rolled out from their shop the past week.
They are liberal advertisers in THE SENrI. |
MEL.
= Among the numerous dudes who dis
play their anatomies in the Salem Public
Square Sunday afternoons, is one little
dude who has schoolgirl" on his brain(?)