The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-19
IN CITY AND COU MY.
DASUEs HERE AND THERE BY OUR
REPORTER.
Last Weeks Occurrences in City and
County Nara ed IN Condensed
Paragraphs.

Look after the poor.
-Life-preservers are in order.
Winston has Prohibition Club.
We have Il general mixture of weather
rail, hail, snow and ice.
Winston needs another bank. She has
the capitai-theu why not have it.
A new steeple has been placed upor
the Moravian Church at kernersville.
DR.. Alexander NJ ontague, of California
is on visit mere TO his three brothers.
Plenty Of sleet end ice indicate good
fruit year, Sc say older heads than ours.
Miss Susie Elliott. one of Danvilles
most charming young ladies, is visiting the
family Of D.. z. F. Gray.
Our deer young f-ien7, MI william
Wolf, will travel this year for the new to-
bacco firm of Hodgin Bros. & Lunn
The Admission Hot Blast says that Ga
mer & Son, grocers, have sold out their bust
ness to Mr. E. B. Willery, of Winston.
The Female Missionary Society of the
Moravian Church, will hold their annual
love-feast tomorrow night. Public cordial
1y invited.
Mr. John Butner of the Salem Orches-
ira, has just purchased 800 violin, while
Mr. Bernie Wurreschke, of the same organ
ization, has violo.
Bro. Foy has been informed that ex-
Congres smen James w. Reid has associated
himself with Mr.. Pat. II. Winston, of Lew
iston, Idaho, in the practice of law.
The Grand Lodge of Masons, at their
meeting in Raleigh last week, elected Mr.
S. H. Smith, of this city, Deputy Grand
Master This is only an honor worthily be-
slowed
An oyster sgpper will be given to-mor-
row evening at the store room formerly oc-
cupsed by Mr. : E. Allen by the young
ladies of the Presbyterian hurch. Public
invited TO attend
"A Mr.. Goo!sbcy from Rockingham
county, sold his tobacco in Winston Tuesday
for 1920 and at night, the gentleman claims,
some one searched his person and rid him
of the whole amount.
The Register of Deeds of Stokes county
issued eighteen marriage licenses last week
We doubt whether Forsyth or any other
county can beat the number-notwithstand
ing it Is Leap lear all around.
We were glad to see n. Glenn Will
liams, Esq, whiskers and all, in the city
on Tuesday. He says he has 600 bushels |
black Irish oats to sell. Parties wishing to |
buy would do we'll to write him, at Dalton,
n. G.
yesterday our young friend, Mr.. Harry r. |
Ransom, a most successful educator Of our |
State. On March 9Th, Mr.. Ransom will |
be united in marriage to young lady of |
Richmond, Va.
The Netrs and Fdra. says that Mr. R. s.
Nelson, who has been running a bar-room |
in Winston for the last six months has re-
turned to kernersville and opened up a |
grocery store at his old stand. He says the |
tax was too high for him in Winston.
Some unknown gentIenan(J visited
THE SENTINEL office Tuesday night and
stole blue coat which belonged to the edi-
tor, AMI vest, the property Of compost
tor. \ free plff'' will be given the above
gentleman If he will return the articles to
this Office forthwith Immediately.
Rev. 3. E. Hail passed through the
city this week with his family Oh his way to
bis new field of labor Il Mt TRY. We
were pleased to receive Il call from him
and furthermore 2lal t. learn that he is
highly elated over his new charge and that,
in his opinion, such bright future awaits
our neighbor town.
Our clever tobacco manufacturer, Mr..
b +. Hanes, has received from Atlanta
certificate of reward for the best general ex-
hibit of tobacco at the Atlanta Exposition
Mrs Grover Cleveland has sent Mr.. Hanes
an autograph letter thanking him for copies
of photographs of herself and the President
framed in tobacco.
The first Moravian Missionary 10 this
country lies entombed at Old Town, this
county, and some time during the spring or
summer, lin May, if we mistake mott the
Moravians propose to erect a monument
over his grave. The church at that place
will be 100 years old at that date at hich
time Centennial will be held. The occasion
promises to be an interesting as well as
memorable one for our Moravian friends.
-Kernersviie, it is said, is one hundred
and twenty years old. 1t was first settled
about the year 1850 by Caleb Story, an
Irishman. Tradition says that he bought
the original tract of 400 acres, on which the
town was built, for four gallons of rum. He
sold to Dobson, and for many years the
town was known by the unpretentious name
of "Dobson's x Roads," Dobson sold to
Shober, and Shober to Joseph Kerner, ma
tive of Germany, in 1918.
The Salem Orchestra, which is beyond
doubt one of the finest musical organiza-
tions in the South, speak of giving number
of concerts in the near future Prof Robt.
l.. Carmichael will arrive here the early
part of next month and will take charge of
the organization director. The Orches-
Ira are discussing the question of visiting a
number Of towns in the State, and an effort
will be made by its members to erect an
Academy of Music for the Twin-City.
The heavy sleet last Friday evening
brought the electric light wires in contact
with the telegraph wires, and the couse-
quence was that the current of electricity
caught fire to the instruments at both the
uptown and depot offices of the Western
Union Telegraph Co. The operators were
very much startled until they ascertained
he cause OF the fire. The instrument at the
Ireensbf,r., t,ffiaa we learn o.,,1hf IN, lie |