The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-11-19
HOME AND NRIaHBaRH0OD NEWSS


Fine plump turkeys are bein
brought into market for Thanksgiv
ing Day, Goth inst.
-Messrs. ". F. and L. n. Keitl
are having cosy residences erected Ii
West Winston near the Salem line
Next year is leap year. TIL ert
will be ffty-three Sundays in 1892
Christmas comes on Sunday tina
year.
Mr.. Charley Tise, the young mar
who was kicked by horse few day
ago is improving rapidly, we ar,
pleased to learn.
There were large breaks at the
warehouses yesterday. The prices,
too. are reported very satisfactory to
the farmers.
The Durham papers speak in com
plimentary terms of Mr.. Weston X.
Gales fine work in that city this
week. the occasion being the. y. NJ. c.
A. "Week of prayer"
In twelve days the Southern Elk
position will be overland, Winston
Salem has had no day. Gentlemen.
why can't we do something in this
matter? We need day; we should
have day.
Rev. c. l.. Whitaker, Secretary
of the North Carolina NJ. 2. Confer
ence, is securing reduced rates on al
the railroads for the next session o
that body, which assem- bles at Ran
dleman on December End.
The condition OF the street lead
ing from Depot Street to the Z. & S.
plain and practical, that it needed
some Improvement before the ba6
weather puts in its appearance.
Forsyth Superior Court opens
on the 30th inst. At present the
number OF cases on the dockets
stand as follows: One hundred on
the State, eighty-odd on the civil
and twenty-four on the summons.
"A telegram received here Wednes-
day states that Josephine Wheeler,
daughter of Mrs. Sallie Wheeler, OF
this city, com mitted suicide in Dan
vile Wednesday morning. The de-
ceased is a niece OF DR.. ". r..
Wheeler.
The returns from every town
ship showing the vote Of Tuesdays
election have been received. There
were. in tie county. 46I votes cast
for the new Court House and 1896
against it, thus showing an oppos-
ing majority OF 1874 votes.
The Leader announces that
Mr.. E. D. Vaughn, of Madison, will
locate in Winston the first of the
new year. Mr.. Vaughn, il is under
stood, will form a co-partnership
with Messrs. Vaughn & Pepper in
the wholesale grocery business.
Presiding Elder Carraway, Of
the Winston district, in his report to
the Conference, said that his was
new district, but collections had
been well gotten up-successful re-
vi7als at nearly every charge. Il
think mine will soon be the leading
district in the Conference
In accordance with the predic-
ton Of Blum's Almanac and others,
the moon went into eclipse at $50
O'Clock yesterday evening and re-
manned until nearly 9 O'Clock. Many
Of our citizens were out viewing the
beautiful spectacle. This eclipse was
the recurrence of that of Novem Der,
1873. They occur at regular inter
vals-1S years and IL days.
Mr.. L. l.. Hendron, of this city,
has been restored to membership of
the Methodist Conference. Speeches
in favor Of his restoration were made
by Presiding Elder CerrawaY. Revs.
". g. Norman, j. r. Brooks, L. ".
Crawford, FL. T. Hudson, DR.. J. J.
Rem, DIR. T. w. Gutherie and 9th
ers.
The Union Meeting of Liberty AS
ISOLATION will be held at New Friend
ships Church. four miles south of
Winston and begin Friday before the
5th Sunday. The Memorial Church.
at that place will be dedicated on the
same Sunday, Elder F. h Jones, of
Chatham, Va, preaching the dedica-
tory sermon.
Capt. Hawkins is running on
both the North Carolina Midland and
Wilkesboro roads as conductor row.
He comes over from Mocksville in
the morning, goes mp to Wilkesboro
In the afternoon, returns TO Winston
at SOP D. H., and then leaves for
Mocksville at 500. He is succeeded
on the through freight between
Greensboro and Wilkesboro by Con-
ductor Fred Stockton.
Capt. johnson, of the R. & S.
road, is getting TO be Somewhat of. a
sportsman" as the boys say. He has
been 'possum hunting Q number of
nights since the season opened, and
he reports his success fine. For
few days past, however, he has been
deprived of his fun on account of
the death of his honored dog. He
is on the look out for another canine,
hence he expects to resume his sport
again shortly.