The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-06-14
FORSYTH COUNTY TOPICS.
DASHES HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.

DASHES HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.
What He Sees, Hears and What other
People Tell Him to Write About
of Local Interest.
The prospects for bountiful crop of
blackberries is said to be good.
The ladies of the NJ. p. Church organi-
zed a Ladies' Aid Society Tuesday evening
Some valuable town lots are to be sold
in Mt. Airy on the 21st inst. See notice
elsewhere.
Trinity College commencement takes
place to-day. A number of our citizens are
in attendance.
Salem Home Sunday School, the wealth
or permitting, will picnic in the beautiful
park west of Salem to-day.
Mrs l. w Masten inserts an ad. this
week telling THE SENTINEL readers where
to buy cheap millinery.
Prank Davis, who lives near Sedge
Garden, wants wife. Hurrah for Frank !
Can't some OF the maidens supply him ?
1t is estimated that the Winston or Pied
mont region will plant an SO crop of tobac
co this year, and that 80 per cent. has al
ready been "set."
Gov. Scales has consented to allow to
the Twin-City 4th of July Committee the
use of 50 tents for the old veterans and mil
tia to camp under.
The Taylor House, at Danbury, will be
open for the reception of guests on June the
18th. Capt Is Taylor inserts card for
the perusal of every reader.
Three coaches of Academy girls left
last Thursday morning for their various
homes The agent at our depot checked
over 300 pieces of baggage that morning.
Our friend, Major P. F. Duffy, has ac-
cepted a position on the Daily. He is one
of the best equipped, most facile writers ia
the State, and THE SENTINEL congratulates
the Daily.
Mr.. George NJ Bulla, former resident
of Winston, was married in Lexington on
Nay 31st, TO Miss Victoria Cecil. The GER
emony was perfarmed at the residence of
the brides father, Rev. J. E. Gay officiating.
We have been shown book contain
ing a history of the life of Mrs Frank, wife
of E. K. Hough, the photograph artist, who
was resident of Winston a few years ago
The work was compiled by Mr.. Hough, and
is well gotten up.
Governor Scales has prolonged the life
of Will Houston, the murderer of Kate
Cosby, until the 10Th day of July. We
are informed that, at the request of the
prisoner, the hanging will take place in the
Jail, and will be private.
Durham has put up drinking fountains
for its thirsty visitors. Other towns have
them and Winston wants them and should
have them. When our country visitors
come TO see US we want them to find plenty
of cool water. Can't our Commissioners
help US to get them?
Every young man who claims to be a
Democrat is requested to attend meeting
at the Opera House tomorrow night, which
will be for the purpose of organizing a
Young Mans Democratic Club of Forsyth.
Come out and help swell the ranks of true
Democracy.
The monument to be erected over the
first Moravian Missionary to Greenland
Matthew Stach, has been completed and
delivered to its destination, Old Town, this
county The work was done by Nessrs
McGaliard & Huske, at Kernersville, and
is in every way creditable. The unwilling
exercises will take place on the 30th inst.
Mr.. John Boyer, Forsyth's model
sheriff, returned Tuesday night from the
st. Louis Convention. The sheriff talks
"Bandana" to perfection, and he says that
the Convention was the biggest thing
he ever saw. He is a strong Cleveland
Thurman Democrat and no mistake about
it.
The new iron bridge across the creek al
the lower end of Salem was completed and
opened to the travelling public on Friday, O.
last week. Geo. II. Craft, of Atlanta, Ga.
was awarded the contract for putting up the
bridge, and the material was furnished by
the Smith Bridge Co., of Toledo, Ohio. The
total cost of the bridge and all work con
nected with its structure is 81 ,419.17. o
this amount 81 $50 was paid for the bridg'
and $69.17 was paid for necessary repairs tc
the abutments at either end of the bridge
The approach to the bridge on both side
is being substantially McAdemized