The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
HONE AND HEIGRBORHaOD NEWS.

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their convention on the 23rd.
Mrs. j. c. Buxton and children
have returned from MOrehead.
Bro +. G. Hackney. of the Dur
ham Recorder, was here Tuesday.
-Messrs Tom and Arthur Finley,
of Wilkesboro, were in Winston on
business this week.
Little Mabel Thomas. the fonr-
year-old daughter of Mrs. Harrison
Thomas. died Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs W. L. Franklin
have gone to Morehead, to visit rel
atives and enjoy the sea-breeze.
-Messrs. Medearis and Goodman
have gone north to buy the fall stock
for Messrs Hinshaw 4 Medearis.
MIR. Robert Haskins. who has
been IL leaf dealer in Winston for sew
eral years. Will 90 to Danvile next
year
-Messrs. c. Buford. {. \. Winkler
and j. L. Morgan left Monday for IL
fishing and hunting excursion to
Bryson City.
Another addition to Winston $
mercantile bueiness. Mr.. w. \.
Hamilton, of Carthage, has opened
in the Liberty block.
The contract has been let for the
new Episcopal rectory. 1t will be
built in the Reservation and is to be
completed by October.
We are glad to welcome Mr..
Paul Chatham, of Elkin, to our city.
He has accepted a position with
Messrs Hinshaw & Medearis.
. The orphans from Oxford gave
entertainment in the Opera House
Monday evening. They will be at
the Masonic picnic tomorrow.
Geo. H. Beall has bought the inter
est of j. X Bailey, decd, in the firm
Of J. X. Bailey & Co, and the firm
name is now Leak, Beall & DeVane
The street ears are said to pay
handsomely. Each car takes in, on
an average, S25, per day. Thirty
seven hundred is the number that
rode on the ears last Sunday.
The new Methodist Protestant
church at Oak Ridge will be dedica-
ted next Sunday. Rev Dr. L. W
Bates of Washington City is expect
The report that train robbers
attempted to ''hold up the train
near Lexington last week was caused
by two mischievous boys who
thought that it was fun to pull the
bell-rope.
New tobacco is bringing good
prices in Winston. Several lots this
week brought as much as 80 cents
per pound A small lot of bright
wrappers last week brought $1.OO
per pound.
One of the employees of the cleo
trio light company last week came in
contact with q Give" wire and re-
ceived Il current sufficient to run a
street car 1t set his clothes on fire
and scared him badly.
Some Northern philanthropists
are going to erect a building on the
. lot of the African Baptist church in
this city, for the pupose of establish
ing an asylum for negro children
whose parents have deserted them.
-Winston-Salem is becoming more
widely known as a health resort.
This week party from Cedar Keys,
The party consists of Madames Lut-
terlOh, Miss Holmes and Mr.. ChaS.
Lutterloh.
Winston is always ahead. The
telegraph wires were extended to the
baseball grounds Monday and this
week, during the games between
Charlotte and Winston, the operator
sent the news to Charlotte at the end
of each inning. That's progress!
Capt. S. E. Allen has returned
from Northern markets, where he
bought stock of hardware. For the
present he will occupy the warehouse,
but will move into one of the stores
in the new bank building as soon as
it is completed.
Prof. Job. Anderson, a practical
mining engineer, has been for some
time and is now among the iron mines
near Danbury, making an exhaustive
survey of the property. H. is salts
fed, he says, that the ore is there in
good quality and immense quanti-
ties. If this be true, then Winston
will certainly have big steel works
before long.
The tobacco crop in Forsyth and
neighboring counties this year is far
above the average. The farmers are
curing it more carefully and the aver
age grade will be higher than for sew
eral years. There is some complaint
of rot, but it is not general. The
quantity raised will be greater than
last year, but prices will not decline
much if any, for the reason that the
stock which the manufacturers have
on hand is very small.