Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-03-25
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
DAsuEs HERE AND TIL ERE BY or Il
REPORTERS.

Last Weeks occurrences IN City anu
County Narrated in Condens-
ed Paragraphs.
= Eggs plentiiul at ten cents per dozen.
= Water pipes are being laid in the Sa-
lem graveyard.
A paten. was recently granted Mr.. ID.
E. Fries, of Salem. on a, hard-planter and
distributor.
- The handsome residence of Mr.. Thos.
Morris, on Cherry Street, is now nearing
completion
= Over three hundred scholars are now
enrolled at the colored Moravian Sunday
School in Salem.
: The Twin-tity Glee Club gave en-
tertainment in the Music Hall in Salem on
Tuesday evening.
- Messrs Brown, Rogers & Co., hard
ware merchants of our city, have taken out
drummers' license.
= The large Newfoundland dog, of Mr..
E. A. Ebert, supposing to mad, was kill
ed on last Saturday.
Quite a number of new tenament houses
are being erected on Depot Street, in the
eastern part of the city.
= Tobacco breaks the past week have
been very large. Our warehouses were fill
ed to their utmost capacity.
- An order was received a few days ago
by Messrs F. & II. Fries from China, for
several hundred bales of sheeting.
= The many lady friends of Mrs. c. H.
Wiley rendered her very generous pound
ng on her birthday last Tuesday.
: According to the almanacs, Spring
commenced last Sunday, the 2lst, though
we think them little previous this year.
We learn that one of the convicts on
The c. F. & Y. V. R. r., was shot a few
days ago while trying to make his escape.
= Steps are being taken by the Moravi-
ans to celebrate the Tooth anniversary of
the Sisters House, which occurs on April
9TH
The Salem baseball club have receiv-
ed challenge from the Oak Ridge Second
Nine to play them match game on Easter
Monday.
- The machinery for Messrs. Gray &
Martins Smoking Tobacco Factory arrived
several days ago, and they are about
ready for work.
= The second quarterly meeting Of the
NJ P Church will be held in that church
Friday night. President 7. J. Ogburn will
conduct the services.
= Mr.. John Petree will begin in a few
days the painting OF the Methodist parson-
age. John knows how to handle the brush
and will make good job of it.
Messrs. F. & II. Fries changed work
hours on last Monday to their summer
schedule, beginning operation at six o'clock
9. m, and closing at 6:45 p. m.
- DR.. J. t. Bagwell has purchased a
tract of land consisting of 100 acres of Mr..
F. A. Miller, about two and a half miles
West of Winston, for which he paid $500
per acre.
= Jones Dick, col, showed us an egg
which he declares was the second one his hen
laid in one day. 1t had handle-like ex-
crescence at one end, and the shell was par
TALLY soft.
= Mr.. J. III. Poindexter, Of Ya'!kin coun-
ty, informs US that he raised 1,5s9 pounds OF
tobacco last year from one and a half acre
of ground, and it was sold upon our market
for good price.
Mr.. T. s. Fuller left on last Saturday
for Northern cities to purchase u stock
of dry goods notions, etc, for the store room
now being fitted UP Liberty Street The
style of the firm will be Fuller & Durham.
= Sheriff Boyer has purchased the house
and lot on Liberty Street, recently occupied
by Mrs. Hardy a boarding house. Mr.
John Petree is now, identifying both the out.
side and interior by the free use of paint
= The Christmas Anthem, entitled
'"There were Shepherds" by Prof. F. Agthe
which was sung at the last Christmas Con.
cert of the Salem Academy, has been pub.
Gshed in sheet music and has been dedicat
ed to the Professors vocal class of the Acad-
envy.
A new mail route has been recently
established from Kernersvile 10y Goodwill,
and thence into buckingham county by
Rocky Springs and Pond P. O., back to
Kernersvilie. The mail leaves on Friday
and returns Saturday.
We would be pleased to know why il
is our people do not raise their own seeds
such potatoes, onion setSy ETC., when they
know there Is such Il scarcity every year
AMI the prices So enormous. Seed potatoes
are naw selling reality at 81 .25 per buslieI
quart.
= The remains of a colored infant wa.
piowed up ON Tuesday evening by a coloree
man near Depot Street News was sent a
once to Coroner Dix. who as soon as possible
repaired with a jury to hold an inquest Owe
the dead body. Diiisent search was made
but the child was nowhere to be found A
present writing no further particulars hav,
been learned.
= AS will be seen by their announcement
elsewhere, the Grand Spring Opening o
Messrs. RytIenberg Bros, will take place a
the Trade Palace, on Wednesday, Marcel
31st. In addition to their regular stool
they viii have on exhibition collection 0
household decorative art work. The lad,
readers of THE SENTINEL are invited to b,
present.
= Messrs Hinshaw & Bynum have new
ad IN this issue. This house rs claimed il
their announcement, receive more goods
pay more freieh t pay more purchase tax