The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-11-30
TMIN-CIrY TOPICS.
Little Items Picked mp by The Senti
nei's Man About-Town-

| w A St0iJZ OF BeblanIa Killed UWC
brokers' averaging 1862 pounds each.
Morse & Wade, of East Bend
sent lot of canned goods to Winston
last week.
The new cologne factory OF
Messrs. Martin & Siewers, at Walker.
town, is nearing completion.
The Kernersyille public school
has an enrolment of 40 pupils with
an average attendance of 100.
The West End Hotel & Land Co
has just received $3.50 insurance
money from five British companies.
Mr.. John P. Charles and Miss
Bell Evans, of Pleasant Fork, this
county, were married on the 18th
| inst.
| Mr. John A Martin, of East Bend,
has bought the boiler tLat belonged
to the Zinzendorf Hotel and will use
it at his saw mill.
-Messrs. Liipfert and Jones have
commenced the manufacture of cigars
in Their. D. Johnson building, corner
Third and Liberty street.
The Winston timers who have
been roofing the Lew wooden mills,
have finished their work and returned
! home, says the Elkin Times.
! Rev. J. III. Hilliard, of Thomas
| vile, has accepted call to the pasto-
| rate of AbbOtt's Creek church, this
county, for the ensuing year.
/ The planning mill and box factory
| of Messrs. Leight Bros, at Walker
town, have, resumed operations and
| are now running on full time.
Licenses have been issued for the
marriages L D Lambeth and Mrs.
| Maggie Whitlow, and Edward F Clod-
| felter and Miss L Hedrick. of Wins
| ton.
Mr.. J. B. Sneed, who has held a
clerkship at Hotel Quincy for several
| weeks, has accepted a similar position
with the Benbow House in Green's
boro.
Licenses have been issued for the
marriages of Thomas S. Sink to Fan
ME Longworth, of Salem, and A. l..
Reed, of Tobaccovil1e, to Ellen Speas,
of Donaha.
"A series of meetings were COM
menced at New Friendship church,
several miles below Salem, Saturday,
conducted by Rev. Henry Sheets, of
Lexington.
Prof. Brown will favor the public
with song recital every two weeks
through the season of 1693-94. These
will be rare treats for the music-lov-
ing public.
Collector Kope Elias telegraphed
the Chalotte Observer yesterday from
BrySon City asking it to say that he
has not resigned nor does he intend to
resign the collectorship.
On next Saturday afternoon the
cadets of Davis Military School and
the students of Guilford College will
play football. The game will come
off at Sunny Side park.
The County Commissioners and
magistrates will meet in joint session
next Monday to discuss the new court
house question. This meeting will
probably decide the matter.
Mrs. Abram Mendenhall, an esti-
mable lady of Greensboro, died last
week. She was a native of Provi-
dence, b. l., and was married to Mr..
Mecdenhall in October, 1892.
Mr.. James A. Jones and Miss Sal
lie E. SicelOff, of Bethany, Davidson
county, were united in marriage at
the residence of the officiating minis
ter, Rev. w. A. Lutz, Nov. 22nd.
Broad street Baptist church has
appointed the following delegates to
Baptist State Convention which con
venes at Elizabeth City Dec. 18th: Rev.
John Miller, who tried to steal a
sack of flour from the Alliance store,
is now stopping with Jailer Zigler.
He failed to give bond for $50 for his
appearance at the next term of court.
Capt. Hawkins, of the Mocksville
road, says times are evidently i'm
proving. A car load of cotton and
fifty barrels of corn whiskey were
shipped from Mocksville on the 23rd.
-Messrs. J. J. and David Blair,
Aleck and Casper Biting went hunt
ing Saturday. Prof. j. j. Blair missed
eleven ducks at one shot, and declines
to tell the total result of the eXpedi-
tion.
The revenue officers made raid
up in Lewis Fork township, Wilkes
county, the first of last week, but it is
understood that the stills bad disap-
peared. They got hold of some beer,
however.
The funeral service of Mrs. Chris
tina Reich, who died at the residence
Of Mr.. f. e. Keehln, in Salem, last
Friday evening, was conducted by
Bishop Rondthaler from the Home
Moravian church.
THE SENTINEL is informed that
w. A. Whitaker has purchased the
James A. Sheek farm near Chestnut
Ridge, Yadkin county. He has also
bought large lot of improved fruit
trees to set out on his land.
News is received here thet Miss
Julia Wiles, daughter of Mr.. James
Wiles, of Footeville, Yadkin county,
has become insane. Arrangements
are being made to have her sent to the
State Hospital at Morganton.
Mrs. John Allen died in East
Winston Saturday afternoon. Mrs
Allen was about 35 years of age and
leaves husband and four children to
mourn her demise. The remains
were taken to Selma, n G, for inter
ment.
ID. d. Schouler returned Sat-
urday from a business trip to north
ern cities. Mr.. Schouler has had
final settlement with his creditors
and purchased a full line of fall and
winter goods which are now being
shipped to him.
The committee, composed of
Messrs. Ell. E. McIver and VIM. Tavis,
decided that Mr.. Edward Ogburn, of
ClemmonSville, was damaged to the
amount of S584.60 by the burning of
his residence a few weeks ago. The
building was insured for $500.
District Attorney Glenn says that
his next court will open at Charlotte
on the second Monday in December.
The docket for this term is large and
number of imn0rtapf, eases will he