The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-08-30
AROUND THE TWIN.CITY.
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
bySentinel Representatives. Social
and General News.

Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
bySentineI Representatives.
and General News.
Late corn is needing rain in this
section.
M. ID. R. Burton is arranging to
build 81 600 residence.
Local talent is preparing to render
one of ShakeSpeare'S plays at an early
day.
-Watermel0ns are Incoming scarce
and the prices have al upward ten
dencr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Tise will cele-
brate their golden wedding on Septem-
Der 5tb.
The white graded schools open
next Monday. The colored school
will open two weeks later.
Miss Alice NJ. Boswell, sister of
Mrs w. i. Burbank, was recently
married at Oakland, California, to
DR.. S. II. Butean of that city.
There will be an ice cream supper
at Hickory Ridge church on Sept. SGh,
& O'Clock D. M, to which every body is
invited. The proceeds will go to re
pairing the church
j. X. Pfohl, clerk at the N & w.
depot, has II gned his position. He
will attend the MOravian Theological
S Seminary at Bethlehem. Pa and pre-
pare himself for the ministry.
The handsome residence of D. S.
Reid. on the South Side, is nearing
completion. The flooring is being
laid and the walls plastered. The
dwelling is quite an imposing struc-
ture.
Mr. w. j. Peterson, Of Salem, is
inStructing the orchestra recently or
ganiZed at Kernersville. Besides this
musical organization, KernerSvIlle,
our ueighbor town, has two brass
bands.
j E Ziglar. Forsyth'S popular
taller, is having erected in North
Winston, handsome brick livery
stable which he will ere long stock
with a splendid assortment of horses
and turuuu1s.
Postmaster Belo, of Salem, made
application to the department at
Washington for additional clerical al
lowance for his office, but this was re-
fused, says the Charlotte Observer
correspondent.
The list of prizes in the big "bicy-
Gle meet" 10 occur here Sept. 9Th, has
been conpl eted and will be made pub
lie in (, y days. t constitutes one
of the most valuable lists of awards
eyer arranged in this State.
MIR E A. Miller, of Greensboro,
sent the Record a postal card with 887
words written on it in leeible hand.
He also inscribed the Lords prayer
and the Ter Commandments on card
emf the size of a silver dollar
Secretary Carlisle has offered
eward of 5000 for the supposed Illicit
distiller. or distIllers in Stokes coun-
ty, who shot w. G. Lewis, United
States raider, On August Sth, while
underwriting to capture moOnShlner.
Principal Clewell is very much
pleased with the bright prospects for
the next session of the Salem Acad-
envy, which opens Sept 4th. He is Of
the opini n that the register will be
about 400. 1t was about $50 last
session.
Ned Harris, agent of this division
for the insurance branch of the Loco
motive Brotherhood of Engineers, has
sent on proof of the death Of the late
ChaS. H Briggs who was killed at
High Point. He had a policy for
1880 This is payable to his widow.
The many friends of Register of
Deeds Henry Keehln will be glad to
know that he is rapidly growing fat
at the Rel Sulphur Springs, Va. He
has gained five pounds already. Hen
~ seems to be well pleased with the
Red Sulphur and will probably remain
there several weeks longer.
"A stalk of corn 16 feet in heighth
is on exhibition in the clerk of the
T vi a mo
t. have raised it on his upland farm.
He offers to convince any "doubting
Thomas" that he has fine corn crop
if they will go with him out to his
country home west of Winston.
Isaac Morris, an aged citizen of
this county, was in the city Saturday.
He is 81 years old, having been born
March 31st, 1874, in Stokes comfy,
near GermantOn. He is enjoying re-
markedly good health and is quite
clear mentally. He came to the city
to have some photographs taken,
which he is sending to his relatives in
distant parts of the South and West.
M A. Smith and Dennis Hall, of
High Point, were in the city Tuesday
They were travelling on bicycles and
from which place they came that
morning by 10 O'Clock, a distance of 80
miles. Hall continued to High Point
on his wheel but Smith stopped over
fer the train this evening
Greensboro was visited by heavy
rain about o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Record says there were two heavy
electric explosions. Mr.. j. w. Ken
dali, a railroad man. was badly shock
ed while sitting on his front porch.
There was no rain to speak of in
WinstOn-Salem. Roanoke was also
visited by fine rain the same after
noon.
State Secretary Coulter, of the Y.
M. G. A., who has been doing some
work in Stokes county, arrived here
last Monday on the n. & w. train.
He was accompanied by his family.
Mrs. Coulter and children went out
driving over the city and reached the
Southern depot in time to see the
train leave. OF course there was dis
Notwithstanding there was no RENE
dy. They spent the night with DR..
w. L. B own and left Tuesday morn
train for their home in Charlotte.