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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1879
Page
3
News notes sweep through Winston and surrounding towns with court terms, weather chatter, church events, and local commerce. Mentions of Rev De Surren at St Pauls, new Yadkin College YMCA, Greensboro Patriot switch, and Carolina Chill Cure ads mix with crop updates, tax notices, and civic happenings.
Bishop Epwonp and Rev Robt DeSchweinitz arrived in Salem on Tuesday to pay tribute to their brother Bishop E A DeSchweinitz who died in October. The piece notes local events including semicentenaries for Mrs h and Mrs C L Rights, a disturbance at Kernersville leading to jail, a projected railroad charter from Madison to Winston, and community notices from Kernersville Academy to Salem residents. It also mentions a murder-like robbery incident, a false gun loan scheme, and Hop Bitters praised by a Providence, R I reader.
Sixteen Forsyth couples wed in October. Names listed include James H. Masten and Flor. A. Slamilton with Laura A’ Bynnai. Franklin Cooper with Elmira Glenn. and many others. Also notes a fall term Superior Court with civil cases, damages claims against local entities, and the death of Geo A. Matmilton from typhoid fever near Jefferson Ashe county.
The town offers parlor and land lamps at reduced prices with a claim to best in town. The county board orders the Liberty colored graveyard turned over to Anthony Allen and others as a bargaining ground for the colored race if fence upkeep is kept up. Watson and Glenn retained as counsel in E Belo vs Railroad tax. sheriff asked to collect the tax on Belo’s railroad stock until issue is settled. Jury report on laying a road by the Paper Mill through N T Watkins lands. petition to determine the road and jurors paid. A pauper claims payment noted. Swan Down for complexion advertised at Mira's Drug Store. A recent Ashe Superior Court session saw a party indicted for assault and battery. verdict guilty by a tight squeeze, fined one cent by Judge George Hamilton.
A reward of 10 dollars is offered by the Episcopal Church Vestry for information leading to the detection of the person who broke two lights in the church’s north window last week.
At the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening Rev. Mr Johnsor W.Y. Revette united Miss Estene Bacox and the unnamed groom in marriage. The church was festively decorated with evergreens and a beautiful arch and marriage bell pendant. A wreath and clasped hands motif adorned the walls as friends gathered to witness the ceremony.
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