The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-28
The WINSTON SENTlN Ell.
THURSDAY MORNING, Aug. %, 1890.
HOME AND NEIGHBGRHooD NEWS.

in the Hanas building.
Mr.. w. NJ. Darlington, who has
been auite sick, is greatly on the i'm
prove. He left for Leaksville Satur-
day to make IL visit to relatives
1t is rumored here that Brewer
has bought the Greensboro North
State, and that it viii be run entirely
in the interest of Force Bill Johnny.
There is Il striking similarity in
appearance between Mr.. Goldmark,
who is h re overlooking the electrical
plant, and Joseph Pulitzer, of the
New York World.
Mr.. Robt. Galloway, one Of Reds
ville's most popular young men. will
keep books for Watt x Webb as soon
as they open the Orinoco warehouse.
We ARE, glad to welcome him to Win
Ston
Col. .Jno r. Webster, of Reds
vile. WAS here Monday. He ays that
if the two wings of Rockingham
Democracy unite, the county will
give tremendous majority for the
Democratic ticket.
Mr. H. b. Hardy, the paripatetic
music-box aud walking ADVERTISE
for several days this week and secur
ed several subscriptions for that
sprightly journal
1t. is rumored here i'll Winston
that Bro Pepper, of the Danbury
Reporter, has sold ten % his iron
mines to Il syndicate for $4,000.
If this be true. he will be the richest
editor i'm the State.
About the most business-like
man you see on the streets nowadays
is Mr.. w L. Carter, who is making
thousands of brick every day at his
yard near Winston. The demand far
exceeds the supply.
-Messrs Buford, Wilson and Rey-
nolds have return I'll from their trip
to Swayne county. They say that
two of the party caught 116 noun
tain trout in one day and that they
all had IL good time.
The ReveWe is the name of the
monthly paper which is issued by the
Davis school The August number
is on our table and is an exceedingly
neat sheet 1t is "a first-class adver-
tisernent of Il first-class school.
Those who went to the Masonic
picnic at Mocksville last Friday came
back and said that Prof. W. A. Blair
made an excellent address, such an
one as reflected high credit on Ma
sonry ,on Prof. Blair and on Winston.
The street car track has been ex-
tended down third street around by
the depot, thence over the ''dry
bridge" and connects with the main
street line in Salem. The ears meet
all the trains and get a good share
of the passengers.
-Messrs. Brown & Brown have
placed an electric fan at their soda
fountain. 1t is made of steel and is
shaped like screw propeller of a
steamboat 1t is run by an electric
motor and makes a stiff breeze that
reminds one of the sea.
Mr. and Mrs Raleigh Scales, of
, Madison, are in Winston attending
the bedside of Maj. Ham Scales, who
is so i'll that his friends fear the worst
at any moment We sincerely trust
that the good Major may yet be
spared many years to his friends and
kindred.
Yesterday morning The SENTI-
MEL found a big fat turnip on it's
desk with the compliments of Gen1
J. B.. Stewart 1t measures 1Sh
inches around The General is
hereby thanked, and should take due
notice thereof and govern himself
accordingly.
The paving of Main street has
been nearly completed to court house
square. Work will begin next on
Fourth street and be carried as far
as Cherry. Then Liberty street will
be paved up to its intersection with
Fifth. Further than this has not
yet been planned.
Mr.. James Clement Ambrose is
lecturer who lectured in Winston
some months ago for the benefit of
the Graded School library. We pub
fish on The SENTINEL's first page
this week an interesting article on
North Carolina which he contributed
to his home paper.
Mr.. E. III. Wilson requests The
SENTINEL to say, for him, that he is
in no sense a candidate for county
treasurer, and will not allow his
name to be placed before the conven-
ton. He has doubled the capacity
of his leaf factory, and proposes to
devote all his time next year to the
tobacco business.
Among the needs of Danbury, the
Reporter this week notes the follow
ing: sFist, Danbury needs rather
lean hog to eat the watermelon rinds
in front of the store doors; then she
needs an additional cow to keep the
grass eat,down on the streets; next,
two good snake dogs to kill out some
of the biggest rattlesnakes.
The baseball game last Thursday
between Winston 4 Charlotte was
one of the finest ever played in the
State and our boys came out on top
again, the score standing: Winston
6, Charlotte /. A champagne sup
per was given to the clubs Thursday
night by some of their admirers and
the Charlotte team went home and
gave Winston's hospitality much
praise.
The editor of The SENTINEL was
in Danville recently, and was de-
lighted at the comparison between
that town and this. Danville's street
cars are small and slow, while Wins
toms are the handsomest in the
South aud get along lively. Wewere
sorry to see the sign NF'or Rent" on
many stores in Danville, and glad to
remember that every store in Wins
ton was occupied.