The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-26
AROUND The TWIN CITY
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives.
and General News.

lew udyS ago
The Salem Fire Company realized
about SO from the festival given last
Saturday night.
Allen Phillips. colored, was mar
ried on Monday, July 23rd, to Ora
Rogers, of Reidsville.
Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, of Ashe-
vile, is visiting relatives near Farm
ingtOn, Ddvie county.
Winston shipped over three hun
dred thousand pounds of manufact-
ured tobacco last week.
Grace NJ. E. Sunday School will
picnic at the Marienbad Springs, West
o. Winston, on Thursday, August I'd.
Frank E. Hege, of Salem. will
raise bull frogs in connection with hls
fowl and animal farm at Newbern.
"A new baby carriage has fan
operated by IA crank attached to one
of the wheels, to cool the little ones
face.
Our neighbor county, Stokes, has
only three bOarders in her jail. There
are sixteen inmates in the County
Home"
THE oENTINEL's city editor and
reporter have Joined the white caps
They are wearing Monarch bicycle
advertisement caps
The residence of VI r. p III. Hanes
on Cherry street has just teen re-
painted. The building il quite an
ornament to the city.
"A marriage license was issued on
the 18th for the marriage of +.
Shamel, of Alspaugh's, to Miss Daisy
Sprinkle Long, of Dosier.
News is received here of the
death, on the 18th inst, OF j. G. Flip
PIN, well known citizen of Stokes
county. He was about 80 years old.
"A number of Winston and Salem
ladies are learning the art Of riding
a bicycle MessrS. Senscman 4 Brick
elstein furnish wheels without
charge.
Dried blackberries are being
marketed in large quantities. The
yield has been abundant this year and
in the absence of other fruit they have
been used freely.
AT a joint meeting of the Win
ston and Salem Lodges, held last
night, it was decided that $50 be con-
tributed to the Odd Fellows Orphan
age, from the picnic proceeds.
The alligator captured by some
of the military boys at MoIehead is
on exhibition on the corner of Fourth
and Elm streets. The gator" is quite
a large one and is well worth seeing.
Sheriff Macarthur sold his fine pair
of bay carriage horses Monday to
Geo. G. Sutherland, Of Wilmington,
for 1890. This was the finest pair Of
small horses that has ever been in
Winston.
The time for opening the Kcrners-
yille Academy has been changed from
August 9th to August Goth. Miss
flf of OWL 1,
been chosen teacher Of the primary
department.
This city and section has had
rain that is worth thousands of dollars
to the farmers, tODaccOniStS and DuSI-
ness men in general. 1t commenced
Sunday afternoon. The tobacco men
say that the rain was worth mil
lion dollars
The matrimonial Industry
seems to be somewhat on the wane
this month as compared with June.
From June 1st to Goth there were q
licenses issued, while from the 1st to
Goth of this month there have been
only IL issued.
Capt. r. B. Glenn is anticipating
a suit from the Twin-City Club. The
umbrella which he advertised few
days ago, charging some member of
the club with carrying it off, was
found sitting up in one corner at the
Glenn residence.
Governor Black, of Pennsylvania,
and Mr. A. A. Arthur, of Tennessee,
representing a syndicate, have pur-
chased the property Of the North Car
DINA Steel and Iron Company, and it
will be known hereafter as the Green's
boro Steel s. Iron Company.
Gold has been discovered near
Walkertown on the property Of Fewel
Fulton and Others There are six
small farms included in lease re-
Gently taken by prospecting cOmpa-
ny. Experienced assayists say that
the dirt will yield from 81 to SIS per
ton.
Some boys in the West End have
been amusing themselves quite fire.
quently, recently, by taking front
gates off the hinges and removing
them some distance. The names of
these boys are known and If they con-
tinue the practice they are likely to
get into trouble.
The new residence of Rev. S. f.
Conrad, near the Zinzendorf, is taking
on quite a handsome appearance. The
finishing touches in the way of exte
rior painting are being administered
Rev. Mr.. Conrad will probably sell the
residence he now occupies and move
into the new one.
Clement Manly arrived hsme last
Monday. He was in Washington Sum
day. He reports the situ3 alton there
quite interesting as well as exciting.
The fight over the tariff bill is the
''cause of it ALL" 1t is the opinion of
many, says Mr.. Manly, that the fight
will result In no tariff bill at all
"A Winston man who goes to Roa-
noke every few days, says that over
300 darkies have left the magic
City, during the past few weeks for
Pennsylvania. They go to work in
the coal mines there. An agent for
the coal mines speaks of coming 20
Winston after colony of colored men.
Rev. J. L. Aston, colored, met
with a painful accident July 18th. In
his attempt to get off the Liberty street
car, while 1t was running. his right
foot was caught and run over by one
of the car wheels. While the injury is
quite painful it is hoped that amputa-
ton will not be necessary. No blame
Scott Britton, an employee in the
box factory of Lewis & Huff, of Ker-
nersviIle, was quite seriously Injured
last Thursday afternoon by loose
belt. It appears that heavy belt
few off a pulley and struck Britton
about the right eye. The attending
physician says that there is little hope
of saving the injured eye.
Raleigh Knoll, colored, who resides
Dcrrps mis- for \, r,ff he,