The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-02-01
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.

and General News.
The Salem post Office was moved
yesterday to the old Belo House.
BuisJ's, Landreth's and Ferry's garden
SEEDS.
Mr.. John Reich died near Old
TDWn Monday at the advanced age
OF 80 years
w. F. Smith s. Son shipped over
100000 of their Magnolia cigarettes
on the 24tn.
AT daybreak Friday morning the
Thermometer stood at 20 degrees In
some places
The Greensboro man, Mr.. Thorn-
toni was badly off in his horoscope of
the prize light
Sheriff Macarthur reminds the peo-
pie OF Forsyth county that the time
to pay taxes IS at hand.
Lee Smith, OF Abbott's Greek
town ship, killed pprker recently
that weighed 900 pounds.
Captain johnson says through
travel on his road, the Norfolk u
Western, is quite brisk now.
j. c. Fagg frightened negro in
Salem Saturday by firing d shot
gun at him. The negro skipped.
"A license has been issued for the
marriage Off. w. EYerhart. of Lex
ington, to Emma Sparks, of Wins
stOn.
The Firemen's Festival was liberal
1y patronized Thursday and Friday
Upwards of one hundred dollars was
taken in.
THE WEEKLY SENTINEL will be
delayed day next week. 1t will cen
tain an account of the execution Of
DeGraff.
Col. Thomas H. Sutton has re-
signed as trustee of the colored Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College at
Greensboro.
Mr.. Houston Fry, one of Davie
county's oldest and best citizens, died
January 24th at his home near
Cornatzer's. He was 81 years old.
Mr.. E. N. Penny, who has been
conducting shoe store on Main
street, will move his stock OF goods
back to his former home, Wilmington.
Sheriff Macarthur has not yet de-
cided upon the site for DeGraff's
scaffold. He will know in day or
two. 1t will not be far from the poor
house.
Licenses have been issued for the
following marriages RUFUS Robert
son to Sarah R. Dean, of Kernersville;
j. ID. LaugenOur, of Woodland, Cal,
to Mary Alice VoEler, of Salon.
The Hesperian Society Of the Sa-
lem Academy will give Its first enter
taInment on Thursday and Friday
evenings of next week. The play to
be given is entitled 'Rebecca's
Triumph"
News comes fIom Charlotte that
Mr.. George r. Quincy no longer owns
au interest in the BufOrd House of
that city. The hotel is now under the
management of Aessrs. Falls & We'd
enseller.
The report comes from Green's
boro to the effect that that city will
soon have f1rst-class electric railway
and telephone exchange. Mr.. Har-
moa has been awarded the contract
for electric light.
The tobacco manufacturing firm
of Bynum, Gotten s. Co., has been dis
solved. The business will be con-
tinued under the firm name of Bynum
& Crutchfeld, Mr.. Gotten retiring
from the business.
Congressman Bower is assisting
Maj. Anderson, Of Winston, to secure
position in the internal revenue SER
vice, the SPECIAL agency for which he
applied, having been given to w. H
Marlborough, of Louisburg.
Winston shipped nearly three
hundred Thousand pounds of manufac-
tured tobacco last week. Danville
shipped about half that amount.
Danvilles leaf sales during the week
aggregated | ,452, 091 pounds.
Deputy Collector Watson sold $50
gallons of unclaimed whiskey Thurs
day. The buyers were A. @. Green
and John moyle. The whiskey was
seized in Yadkin county few weeks
ago. 1t brought one dollar per gallon
"A rumor was current around
town Monday morning that DeGraf
tried to commit suicide Saturday
night by trying to butt his brains
out against the bars. Upon investi
CATION it was found to be incorrect.
THE SENTINEL is requested to
state that Henry Hughes, an old Con-
federate veteran, is quite ill at the
old Butncr hotel in Salem. He would
be glad to have any of his old COM
rddes and friends to call and see
him.
1t is understood that a 10 per
cent. reduction will be made on all
salaries of Norfolk & Western Rail-
road employees who receive over $50
per month. The order embraces the
employees of the Roanoke Machine
Works.
DIR. James Gibbony, of Wytheville.
Va, died Saturday at the ad-
vanced age Of mure than seventy
years. The deceased was the father Of
Mrs. A. l.. Groves, of this city and
was a prominent practicing physician
of that place.
Sheriff Macarthur found seven
barrels of brandy in pine thicket
Sven miles from Winston on the 18th
1t was stolen several nights ago from
A. Dunkins, OF Yadkin county. Sam
and Thomas Kiger. VIM. and John
BoIin were arrested.
Rev. L. G. Broughton delivered
temperance lecture in Roanoke
Thursday night. His subject was
"The Stuff That Kills." The Times
says sit was a temperance lecture to
the backbone, given in DR.. Brought
ms usual energetic STYLE"
An old man and woman, giving
their names as McCollum, were here
Friday night asking for help. They
claimed to hail from Texas aud were
on their way back to their old home in
Wilkes county. They were drinking
and found lodging at police quarters.
THE SENTINEL is requested to an
nounce that Rev. l.. r. Pruitt will
deliver an address before the pupils,
-ofrnnc ond friap6S nf thu Madison