The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-09
AROUND THE TWlN-CiTY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives-Soc
and General News.

Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives,
and General News.
Rev. j. f. Hoffman has been elect
ed head master OF Trinity HlSh
School.
Thomas Linville has been ap-
pointed stamp clerk in the winston
pOstotlice.
The Yearly Meeting of the North
Carolina Friends will be held in High
Point August stu to 10th.
1t is said that the Reynolds-Gos-
len faction is endeavoring to persuade
f. It. Kapp, of Bethania, to run for
Sheriff this fall.
Winston Fire Co. No. l have a
new hose wagon. 1t was made by
some OF the members. 1t has been
painted red-Wiley Keith's fayorite
color.
During July there were 16l cases
disposed of in the city court. The
fines and costs amounted TO 1898 80
Oat of the I6I cases tweuty-four were
dismissed.
The official records show that
more negroes are born, more die and
more get married than do the whites.
Yet many Of them are dissatisfied
with their lot.
"A Mrs Shaffer, near Sandy Ridge,
in Stokes county, recently gave birth
to boy triplets weighing : pounds
each. The mother and two of the
boys died last Friday
The Winston brass band will fur
nish music or the Masonic picnic ex-
cursion from Winston 10 MncksVilie,
on the 9Th. The Lexington band viii
make music at the picnic
The somewhat unusual cIrcum-
stance of two moons i'll The same
month will be seen III August, the
ttrst new moon being on the first of
the month and the second on the Both.
The Southern Express Company
i handling u good many chickens
these days. They come down on the
Wilkesboro train every evening Many
OF the fowls are shipped to Baltimore
Harry L. Dalton, son of p w.
Dalton, has been appointed stamp
clerk in the Winston postofice. He
is on duty. The second clerk has not
been appointed, but will be in few
days.
Reports from the country are 10
the effect that the crop of partridges
is unusually large this year. The
dry spring was quite favorable for the
young birds. Sportsmen are figuring
GA "a glorious fall"
Rev. j. II. Jefferson received a
postal card today from DIR. Ector, sta
ting that Rev. Ira Erwin was thought
to be somewhat improved on Sunday,
though he was still very sick man.
lie has typhoid fever.
-Salem's death record for July is
good one. During the month there
was only one death and that was
three -year-Old white child There
were four births-twO sons and two
daughters. All white.
During July Win ston shipped one
million, one hundred and eighty-four
thousand, seven hundred and thirty
five pounds of manufactured tobacco.
This is an increase Of 1893, 39o pounds
over the.shipments of July, 1898.
"A private letter announces the
safe arrival at Forshy Klippan, Swe-
den, of Mrs. w. j. Crawford and chill
dren, who left here on July 5th to Wis
it relatives in the Old Country. She
arrived at her destination on July
22d.-
Editor Goshen, in his paper last
week, dubs the Wheeler faction ''the
little cOterie OF dead-b beats who repre-
sent nothing and nobody and who are
too insignificant to serve even a de-
cent purpose as Democratic ad-
junct-"
In the county registers office dur
ing July there were ii marriage
licenses isSued-siX for whites and 10
for negroes This falls 10 SHIRT Of
June record In July of '93 there
were only ID licenses for both whites
and colOred.
Bob Nissen is manager of Waugh
towns baseball tedm-''WIld Cats"
He carried his club ito Walkertown
few days ago to play match game
and Bob's friends tell it that he made
application to the n. & w. agent for
reduced rates for his club.
The fremen are meeting with
splendid success in their efforts to
raise a fund for the annual meeting of
the State Firemen's Association, to be
he'd in Winston the latter part of
this month. The business men are
making liberal contributions.
-Newberns firemen are coming to
he annual meeting of the State Asso
citation. The Journal says: The boys
are looking forward to the occasion
and will enter one or more of the con-
tests with vim which we are salts
some of the hOnorS.
Two citizens of Forsyth, members
of the Farmers Alliance, and who
have been affiliating with the T'hirp
party, remarked in THE SENTINEL
Office recently that if the Populists
and Repu blicans fused they would
"cut their acquaintance" with the
Third party. They also added that
they knew number of voters who
would do the same thing.
"A thief entered the residence of
Mrs. w. @ Winkler in Salem Saturday
night. Her sons heard a noise and
made search but found no one. The
windows to the bake-room and ice
cream parlor were all closed but next
morning the door TO the former was
found open, also was window to the
ice-cream parlor. An entrance, it is
thought, was gained through win
dow to the bake-rOom. IL is not
known how much was stolen.