The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-03-29
AROUND THE TWIN-CITY
CURRENT LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY BRIEFLY TOLD.
Bits of Facts and Gossip Gathered
by Sentinel Representatives.
and General News.

A~OOAe~-
and General News.
One manufacturing firm here will
buy 100000 pounds of leaf this week.
Capt. L. NJ Hawkins will in a
few days move his family from Mocks-
willie to Greensboro.
Mrs. Mamie Herman has resigned
al book-kcepcr ut the Domestic sew
ing machine office.
Miss Edith N. Shaffner, recently
appointed postmaster at Daisy, this
comfy. has forwarded her bond to the
department.
The cOmmencem mt exercises of
the Salem Academy will commence on
Friday, May 25th, and close Thurs
day, May 3Ist.
Mr.. N. D. Hill, cf Bateman, Va,
sold 1745 pounds of tobacco on the
Winston III irkct recently at al av-
erage of 1856 per hundred.
One of our local merchants says
that Senator Ransom has no time to
think about the tariff bill because of
the Pollard d-Breckenridge trial.
-'FnE SENTINEL is Informed that
the annual commencement exercises
borO will take place on May 23rd and
9th.
The Norfolk s. Western authori-
ties are drawing plans for improve
ments on several tresties in the city
limits iu compliance with a recent
ordinance passed by the city authori-
ties.
The exterior work in rebuilding
the old Salem waiter mill is about COM
pleted. The mill is being rebuilt by
Edward Brewer, a former partner
with G. e. Sides III the old manage
mcnt.
j. A. White has just had brick
store house built on the corner of
White and Liberty streets, and is
filling it with groceries, etc. The
business is under the management Of
j. w. Hester.
There were fifty crates of cab
bage in the Norfolk 81 Western depot
Thursday morning. A number Of them
were sold in the afternoon at auction
for freight charges. The market is
overstocked just now.
-Luster Coe, Of Surry county, sold
l, 1893 pounds of tobacco on the Win
stem market. realizing $l60.08.
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The three-year-old daughter of
Mr.. r. j. Petree, of GermantoD, fell
sixteen feet out of barn window
March 21st. For several minutes she
was thought to be dead. She is now
reported to be doing very well.
Two marriages are to be cele-
brated in the Moravian church in Sa-
lem next month. One couple is com
posed of il Salem lady AID q young
business man OF Wilmington. The
second is Of a young Winston
couple.
Joseph Bevan and his son have
decided to remain in Winston. Their
stock of jewelry has nearly all been
sold. They are not decided definitely
what business they will engage in. A
few weeks ago they were planning to
move TO Baltimore.
Miss Siallia Bonner, student at
Salem Academy, received "A telegram
Thursday announcing the sudden
death of her mother at Aurora, N. 9.
Miss Bonner has been granted a leave
of absence which she will spend with
her uncle, MIR. III. Montague on Cherry
street
Poor old Hicks, the weather
only here but all oyer the country.
His predictions for March have gone
astray. From now on he predicts
very little of anything. Taking his
| utteranccs for the first part OF March
as guidc-by contrarieS-theuw we
will likely catch it for the remainder
| Of the month.