The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-02-23
FORSYTH COUNTY TOPICS.
D4SHEs HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.

REPORTER
Lass Weeks Occarr enccs In Winston
salem and County Narrated in Con-
densed Paragraphs.
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~ 1st, 1880, for only s. o. st1ict
ly IN advance.
Street cars next!
The Spring poet will soon bob up.
-Raihoad! Raitroad!! RAILROAD {.
RAILROAD!!!!
-Kite-fying will soon engage the time
and attention Of the small boy.
-Messrs. Brown & Brown have had a
new piano placed i'll the Opera House
-"Gentle Spring" are words that ere long
will do to stereotype for the average news
paper Office.
Oar clever groceryman, Mr.. F. B. Efrd
is out with very pretty delivery wagon,
drawn By a handsome iron-gray.-
In our court proceedings error was
have been not guilty instead of guilty.
Or clever and popular furniture man,
Ar- Cicero Use, has moved to his summer
residence about one mile distant from the
ty.
Tuesday and yesterday were again biq
days for our reimbursement and farmers.
Every house vas packed with the weed and
good prices made many bright and cheerful
faces ataong The formers.
Capt" Sam Robinson, one of the big
gest. ebony hued, good natured darkies in
the city claims that he cast the first vote
for the Roanoke & Southern Railroad and
claims a ride on the first through train.
Coed for him, he ought to have it
y Mr.. Reynolds, President of the Inter
national Sunday School Association is visit
ing & number OF towns in the State in the
interest Of his work. He was in Winston
few days ago and met the officers and pas
tors Of our various Sunday Schools and
churches.
-Messrs. kester Bros have equipped
their machine shops with the latest i'm
proved machinery. They steamed up for
whistle was keen and clear, and convinced
us that the gentlemen mean business in their
underta king
"A statement of the Mutual Life Insur-
ending Dec. 31st, 1887, is made in this issue.
Mr.. J. C. Buxton is resident agent for this
well-known and reliable company. Examine
the statement carefully.
Bro. Foy has received a communication
from Judge ] ohm NJ White, of Charlotts-
vile, Va, who some time past made appli-
cation for the right of way for street rail
way through Ninston-S Salem. He says he is
sure the road vii! be built and equipped.
The delightful chewing gum seems to
be a source of pastime CT amusement for
many Of the fair lassies in the Twin-C City.
The reporter dares not to express his opin-
ion of the habit but he does think that the
girls should not chew gum in church. 1t
looks bad.
just as we go to press are informed
ofthe death Of Mr.. Wyatt Vaughn, at his
home at Walnut Cove, yesterday morning.
at an advanced age. The decea sed had been
in lingering state for some time He was
the father of our townsman, Mr. W. B.
Vaughn.
Yesterday was Washington's birthday,
and in observance of the occasion the banks
and ,lo i
and the Postoffices observed Sunday hours.
The band and military boys were out last
night in honor of the occasion and the lat
ter rendered some excellent music
Court instead Of decreasing Tailor Brad
ford's number of boarders did just the OPP
poste. There are 81 inmates at present
ard ma jority of these are testing their
muscular strength by shoveling dirt on the
public road in order to settle that little fine
or cost placed upon them by that man Clark
Eddie Warren, ten or twelve years of
age, got to playing with one of these pot
metal guns last week. He shot it and the
cid thing bursted and tore off the ends of
two fingers, manning his hand SO badly that
CO. PtatHtAOii VI I'tO was uGCcSSdEy.
Pooling with cheap guns is like swapping
unloaded pistols, they are sometimes badly
loaded"
Bank stock in Winston is valuable to
the man who owns il. This fact was clearly
shown here last Saturday when the twenty
shares, amounting to $4,000, (Wachovia
Bank stcck) the property OF the estate of T.
c. Hauser, Of Yadlin county, were bid off
by Mr.. w. A. Whitaker at premium of
ffty-two cents on the dollar or $50 on each
share.
Breaking into memories and smoke
houses is getting to be quite common
thing-too much SO for the good of those
who bear the loss. This week we are called
upon to announce another thievish act,
which occurred last Thursday night
Mr.. J. A. White, on Liberty Street, sustains
the loss of number of pounds of meat, all
that he had in the house The party enter
ed his smoke-house some time during the
night and committed the theft and left
without arousing anybody. Mr.. White has
not yet learned any thing substantial as to
who did the mean act.
Death Sentence COMMITTED,
Aa1iiue A Hen the negro woman who