The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-10-04

boot and shoe store man, has evidently |
gone into the farming business with vim
ND in Wilkes. He has shown the Chronicle |
an ear of corn fourteen inches long, and the |
editor says the pretty part of 1t is that the
whole field from which 1t came is full OF
| such ears.
Mr.. Pearson preached to crowded
| house of children at the Centenary church
last Friday evening from the text what
| think We of Christ ?'' About 400 of the
| Graded School children attended in body
besides laage number of other children
| and adults, all Of whom appreciated the IN
structIve lesson given.
-Chief-of-P Police Merony gives us the
number of cases tried at the Mayors Office
and the amount of fines derived therefiom
for the month of September as follows:
Nuisance, 81 breach OF the peace, oo;
drunkenness, 5; retailing, 2; carrying con-
cealed weapons, 8. Total number of cases,
So; amount of fines, 1896
-Dayie court convenes next Monday.
THE SENTINEL will be represented and we
ask every patron to assist our representa-
tive in getting up large list of subscribers.
THE SENTINEL will be aed-hot during the
campaign, and will tell the news. Those
indebted to the paper are earnestly re-
ouested to see our agent and cancel their
arrealages.
The Leader says: Capt. Pearson,
civil engineer of the R. & S. surveying
corps, was in Madison Tuesday on his way
from Martinsville. He reports work on the
e road as being vigorously pushed at both
ends. The work of locating the line by
, Madison is being done now and the force
? will pit h their tents in our town in few
days
The frost of Sunday morning is said to
4 be the earliest of which there is any official
# record. The following are the dates of the
first frosts for the past eleven years 1878,
:. October goth; 1879, October Goth; 1880,
October LIST 1881, November 4th; 1882,
:, October 25th; 1888, November LIST; 1884,
October 10th; 1885, October 9Th 1886, Oc-
tober 3rd 1887, October 9th; 1888, Sep
TENDER 30th.
AT Walnut Cove few nights sinc'
there is said to have been considerable
rumpus among the hands at work on the
9 Roanoke & Southern road at that point
&c An attempt was made by these hands tc
&c liberate the convicts at work on the c. f.
Y. V. Road who are confined in the stock
). ade there. An unsuccessful assault wa
n made on the stockade, and one of the guard
is badly beaten by the negroes.
The Statesville Landmark of last weel
20 says that a crowd of "a railroad hands, will
d. Is carts and two wagons, with two or NOR
~ women as cooks, all in charge of Ben Hen
derson passed through from Spartanbur
he to Winston In addition to these. anothe
Sc crowd of hands, numbering about 200 i
on all, arrived in Winston Saturday and o
Monday morning began work on the R.
90 S. in a vigorous manner.
lie Envelopes were given out at the servic
ne Monday night for voluntary contributions a
a reward of Evangelist Parsons services
III conducting the great revival meeting
sv Winston for three weeks past. The enve
A. opes were taken up Tuesday night, an
when their contents were counted up yeste
day the amount was found to be Sl,OO
which was turned over to the Evangeii
ho |
to-day.
Commissioners Meeting.
~ The County Commissioners met Mond;
-. and transacted the following business
in. Ordered that the following persons be a
,ro pointed as Registrars and judges for the
respective precincts for the ensuing electi
to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 9th, 1888, vi
us The first name mentioned for each precir
'eo is for Registrar. Abbott's Creek j.
70 Phillips, David Smith, VIM. Clinard, 10
us' Tucker, L. P. Mathes.
Bellows Creek Fuel Fulton, A. G. We
and ]. H. Fare, Jas. Lewis and w. W. Fulp.
the Bethania-John A. Anderson, n. F. S
The Ivan, J. T. Moore, R. D. Reich, S.
esi- Miller.
Broadbay-Chas. Rothrock, G. A. S
eph der, w. H. Sheppard, L. L. Smith, j.
s to McKaughn.
He Kernersville-J. NJ. Guyer, J. s. Fl
lily, mon, C. T. Snider, A. F. Robertson, V.
Perry.
rro Lewisyille-Milton Blackburn, J..
eve. Binkley, J. L. Warner, w. A. Harper,
res A. Stoltz.
Middle FOrk-f. "A. OK, Cudue n1oI
Nj. H. Ogburn, ]. P. Crews, Willis N
49,. shall.
- Old Richmond-E. L. Reed, John Spl
= - kle J. A. Scales, E. P. Kapp, E. M. L.
-, Old Town-C. FL. Hauser, L. l. Hine
NJ. Pratt, J. C. Crews and c. 7. Whicke
Salem Chapel. D. Waddill, N. D..
inner Ivan, Joe w. Marshall, Gideon CIR
u"iic Ham Grubbs.
VIM South Fork-A. B. Mock. J. E. I
oa'- VIM Ebert, ]. A. Nifong, Columbus Pic
Vienna H. R. Lehman, Il. c. Lineb
the S. Spease.. w. II. Goshen, J. J. Ma. 81
His Salem-N. T. Shore, R. w. Belo, j.
ut his Sheppard, c. P. Sides, c. B. Brooks.
rable WINSTON. G. Young, B. ]. ShepE
told. C. A. Hall, P. A. Wilson, H. x. Dwire
years Ordered that John w. Jones, county
dead veyor, be authorized and empowered to
rning | lect the amounts assessed against land
ealth ers living on Bellows Greek and Nj
year. Creek drained under order of the b
came and to distribute according to..said orde
> tho Ordered that c. P. Sides have the b.
s,b- across his mill race on Shallow Ford
lo.d at Silas reek repaired at once, the
N the being in dangerous condition.
The Board drew the following juror
the Superior Court to be held on DC
= - I'D, 1887
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