The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-02-07
THE WINSTON SENTINEL.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY :, 1889.
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Next Thursday is St. Valentines
Day.
Say: Smoke Leopold's Hav-
anas'
Winston is a-booming 1t is, it
is, it is,
Mr.. n. G. Williams was in Wins
ton Saturday.
Miss Smith, of Salisbury, is visit
ing Miss Mamie Williams.
Mr.. J. ". Bradford, chief of
police: Our congratulations
George E. Nissen & Co. are pay
ing cash for good wagon spokes. st
Bro Hunt, of the Burlington
News, gave us II pleasant call last
week.
Are you smoking Leopold's Hav
anas? If mot, try one at once-then
you will smoke no other.
Telegraph poles are being erected
between Winston and Rural Hall on
the Wiikesboro extension.
Tonight is Ladies Night" at
the Twin-City Club rooms and quite
a number of ladies will be present.
There is a big advertisement on 4th
page advising tobacco-grower TO
Drive to Browns Warehouse Read
The Winston revenue Office col
lected $50, 192.0+ during the month
of January. Oh, for the Cowles bill
to pass
The Centenary H. E. Sunday
School continues to grow in number
1t now has membership of 424
scholars.
The Methodists of kernersville
have raised funds sufficient to buy
bell and erect 4 steeple for their house
of worship.
-Messrs. F. & II. Fries are Offering
the best quality of seed oats at 50
and % cents per bushel. See theii.
ad. in another column.
More business houses in full blast
in Winston to-day than ever. beforein
the history of the city. We are living
in the right town, gentlemen.
A negro, charged with theft, es-
capped from Jail recently-how he
escaped no one seems to know. He
was recaptured last week, however.
The Junior Order OF United Anne
rican Mechanics, of Salem, has a
membership of 80 oddin good stand |
ing, with over 500 iii the treasury.
Night services at the Centenary
NJ E Church will be commenced at y
O'Clock hereafter instead of at Z, so |
Pastor Norman announced Sunday.
Fourteen convicts wearing the
penitentiary stripe, were brought up
: =,
hands now at work on the Mocksyille |
branch road
Last Thursday, thirty-two years !
ago, the big snow of 1857 began to
fall In that year, colder heads tell |
us, sn Nv was on the ground from
January 31st to some time in April. |
-Messrs Miller Bros have been
awarded the contract for the build |
ing of the Roanoke and Southern de-
pot at this point. The building will
be 40X149 feet and a portion of it
will be two stories high. Work has
already been commenced.
The grading on the Roanoke and
Southern road between Winston and |
Walnut Cove is now completed and
the only work now to be done is to |
finish the bridges and trestles, work |
upon which is moving forward rapid
ly. We expect to see Engineer Fagg
running his train into Winston by
the first of March, if not earlier.
Fourteen marriages were issued
by the Clerk of the Superior
Court during the month of January,
and five have been taken out during
the present month. Among the lat
ter was q girl 13 years old and a
widow-lady, aged 81, who on Tues
day married her fourth husband.
Two more exceedingly pleasant
receptions were given in Winston last
week. One was a ''storm party" at
the hospitable residence of Capt. J e,
Gilmer on Wednesda.- evening, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by large
party of young people. The other
was given to a few friends by Mrs.
J. D. Watkins and the Misses Wat
kins on Thursday evening. Music by
Prof. Bedee and Rotations by Messrs.
Blair and Bedee, an elegant supper
and a company of thoroughly enjoy
able ladies and gentlemen made the
evening one of very great pleasure.
We should be glad to publish the
names of the guests at both parties,
but haven't space.