The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-17
HONE AND NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

udEy.
Our young people are arranging
for q number of dances during the
holidays.
The shipments of manufactured
tobacco last week aggregated
157.7S2h pounds.
The little folks are begin ming to
look with longing eyes for the arri-
val Of Old Santa Claus.
La grippe seems to have a
strong grip on Winston-Salem--
and in fact the entire county.
1t is stated that the last rail will
Re laid on the Roanoke & Southern
Road within the next few days.
1t is reported that Winston will
have another large tobacco factory
in operation next year.
A large number of Academy
girls will leave for their homes this
week to spend the Xmas holidays.
The burglars have been sup
planted by the grip and the question
is now asked. which is the worse?
Miss Beckie Lumley, of Salem,
died Monday at the home of her
daughter on Liberty street, aged 60
years.
This was another "feld day. for
the warehouses. The breaks were
so large that double sales were made
necessary.
Court only sent one evil-doer to
the penitentiary. Thomas Wom-
mack is his name and he goes for
ten years.
Our Methodist friends will prob
ably begin work on their mission
Church in East Winston early next
year.
The following marriage licenses
we're issued Saturday-Jessie Clodfel-
ter to Sarah Candle; Thos. Sherman
to Sallie Penn.
Capt S. E. Allen who has been at
Hot Springs. for his health, is i'm
proving rapidly and hopes to be able
to spend the holidays at home.
-Winston's shipments of manu-
featured tobacco was not very large
last week; however they were double
those of Danville, Va.
When it comes to talking about
a rabbit market Winston is in the
ring. We think some of the dealers
should ship few to other mark cts.
The annual sermon before the
Forsyth Rifleman will be preached
next Sunday at the Presbyterian
Church by the pastor Rev. E. z. Da-
Wis.
"A young lady of this city has
received an appreciati tive gift from
her "best fellow in Virginia in the
shape of a little black pup. "Jimie"
is his name.
DIR. Harmon, practical optican
from Russia, has opened an office in
tbs Hotel Quincy, on tie ground
floor. He examines the eyes by in
strument.
Mr.. Frank Hanes, our clever and
enterprising tobacco manufacturer,
has had plans drawn for the erection
of q handsome residence on his lot in
West Winston.
"A committee has been appointed
in Roanoke, Va, to arrange for a
grand banquet to be given in that
city upon the completion of the
Roanoke and Southern Railroad.
There is squirrel that has taken
quarters in the Court House yard,
and seems to be as much at home as
q squirrel can be. We hope no one
will modest him and that others may
join him.
"A through passenger car is SOON
to be put on C. F. & Y. V. Railroad
from Charleston, S. c., to Roanoke,
Va. The car will be put off at Wal
nut Cove and attached to the north
bound R. & S. train.
-Sawmill men are already out on
the Roanoke and Southern railroad
cutting and stacking lum Der, getting
ready for the great building boom
that is expected all along the line of
the road next spring.
"A citizen of Winston says that
he protected his residence from the
burglars few nights ago by mailing
down the windows. Next msrning
he awoke to find that he had failed
to lock his front door.
Prof. Schmolck, the new music
instructor at the Salem Female Ac-
ademy, is actively engaged now ar
ranging q Ogramme, ETC., for the
Eid-Winter Concerts which will be
opened in about eight weeks.
Mr.. R. L. Cox, of this county,
informs us that from the sample of
wheat he had in the Forsyth Exhibit
at the Southern Exposition, he had
received an order from South Car
DINA planter for 125 bushels.
Rev. W. F. Kenneth. former
pastor of the NJ P Church here,
and who has been serving on the
Flat Rock circuit, with his home at
Kernersville for the past four years,
has been transferred to the Roa-
noke circuit.
The jury in the case of w. A. Nc
Gee vs the r. & s. Railroad Co., re-
turned a verdict allowing MCGEE five
hundred dollars damage for being
put of the train. 1t is understood
that the case will go to the Supreme
Court for it's consideration.
The County Commissioners had
a settlement with Treasurer Griffith
Friday. They also ordered that q
publication be made in one of the
county papers for four weeks of the
receipts and disbursements of the
county funds for the past twelve
months.
IT, Ert:. r.~,-: 1870.