The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-10
HONE And NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

HONE AID REiGHB0RH00D NEWS
w ork on the Market house pro-
crosses slowly.
The warehouses were crowded
with leaf tobacco to-day.
The Diagram for Bill Nye and
A. B Burback, lecturers, will be open
ed at Browns Drug store Thursday
morning.
Two young ladies died at the
Greensboro Female College the past
week of la grippe. A Miss johnson
died Saturday.
-DauvilIe's leaf sales last week
amounted TO 1,1O9.093 pounds. Leaf
sales in Lynchourg amounted to
953 400 pounds.
The new depot at Mocksyille, for
the y. G.. Midland road, has been COM
pleted Mr.. JAS. Sparks, of Winston,
bought the first ticket.
At the meeting of the Western
North Carolina Railroa Company III
Asheville yesterday Col. A. b. An
drews was reelected president and
Col. Frank Cox, vice-president.
1t is officially learned that hoist
ing machinery will be put in at the
works of the Greensboro Coal Com
pany's mines at Town Fork, Stokes
county, very soon.
Rev. J. III. Clewell, principal of
Salem Female Academy, and the par
ty of ten seniors, who have been
touring through the North returned,
last night. much pleased and benefit
ed by the trip. l
DIR. J. A. Blum, who has been in
Raleigh for two months past, SUPER
intending Forsyth's exhibit at the
Southern Exposition returned Friday
night and will resume the prac-
tice of his profession.
Mr.. Sam Reams, the clever ticket
agent at the r. & d. depot in this
city, left yesterday morning. for Wins
ton, where he went to take charge of
a similar position in that city.-Dur-
ham Sun.
THE State docket was finished
Tuesday. However, it is thought
that it will require the remainder of
the week to close up the civil docket.
poned until next court.
The NJ. p. Conference closed at
Randleman Monday night. Mr.. Il. II.
Pegram delegate from this city, re-
turned on the noon train and informs
us that Rev c. l.. Whitaker was APP
pointed to serve the congregation
here another year.
Inon ic-cr,aI fIfr. no
following couples this month: Alex
w. Daniels to Bette Hunnycutt;
John W. Coley TO l.. J. Ingram; X. c.
Ingram to Grace Coley; jacob Conrad
to Cora Gray.
MIR. P. NJ Wilson has returned
from Raleigh, where he has been at
tending the meeting OF the Worlds
Fair managers from this State. No
defnate steps We're taken in regard to
North Cardinals appropriation, he
thinks, however, that the State will
be represented at the Fair.
Some large hogs were slaugh-
tered in Salem last week. Mrs. l..
NJ. Fries killed two, the weight of
which was 59Oand 400 pounds. Mr..
Charles Fetter had two, the combin-
ed weight being $40 pounds. Mr..
Van Pitts three, seven months old,
weighing $50, 241 and 241 pounds.
Mr.. l. W. Durham, at one time IL
resident of Winston, bat recently of
Charlotte, has entered into co-part- |
nership with Mr.. W. A Cooper, Mar |
BILE Works, and several improvements
are being made at the yards. Mr.. |
Durham isAFell known and we well
come him ,cordlally,to the city again.
Prof. W. p. Dennis and wife who |
were engaged at the Southern Expo /
sition, for daily balloon ascensions
and parachute leaps, writes to DR..
Blum that they would like to make
an ascension and leap in this city |
Saturday, provided expenses to the |
city and small margin could be |
raised.
Can a few burglars enter the |
homes of the citizens of our city with |
impunity- right along with their
work without any hindranee or OPP
position? Shall three or four men
DEFY the whole city of Winston and
commit a capital offence every night
in the week? And we admit by these
continued depredations that we are
powerless to prevent it. Are these
facts? Well, it does kinder seem so.
Mr.. L. B. Winkler, OF Stockton,
CAL, who is here visiting relatives
and friends, left Salem the first time
in 1851 and arrived in California in
1852, being eleven months on the
road. In those days railroad trains
were not in operation. hence the trip
was made in a wagon, drawn by
oxen. The story of his trip and the
encounters be and associates (who
made the trip in wagons with him)
had with the Indians proves inter-
esting to his friends here. Mr.. Wink
ler's last visit to Salem was twenty
years ago.
The Roanoke and Southern Celebra-
ti0n.
A committee of the business men of
the CITY is being formed to perfect ar