Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-06

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Nine persons were received into the
Methodist church .hore on the Oath
ult., and eight at Kernstown.
Big misunderstanding Eddie May
ers' sign Such boys ought to have a
job of breaking stone for the State.
The congregation of the church at
Mt. Zion made Rev. j. E. Widmeyer
donations during the holidays amount
ing to $500.
We hear of several families DESTROYS
of moving to Stephens City in the
coming spring, but find it impossible
to obtain houses.
Twelve new subscribers and cash in
hand this week. Send in the names,
friends we have room for few hun
dred more on our list.
Those of our patrons who are com
planning because of our publishing a
Local Option column should take it
coollyAlike they take their drinks.
The Moon, new paper, will soon
be issued in Stephens City. We I'M
derstand the Company is incorporated.
Can't somebody start one to be called
The Sum- We need more light.
The best, the cheapest remedy in
the world; see advertisement of Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
The churches are beginning to pre-
pare for an active warfare against the
evil one, and the ministers are preach
ing some excellently good sermons and
the people are attending in goodly
numbers.
The exercises at the Lutheran church
on Christmas night, and at the Meth
odist church on the night following,
were of most interesting character
Both places were filled to OVERLOOKING
and young and old seemed to enjoy
themselves as never before.
Wanted at once, 500 Barrels
Corn, tor which the highest price
will be paid in Merchandise, at
G. F. Mayors.
Farmers and others desiring a gen.
teel, lucrative agency business, by
which SIS TO 500 day can be earned,
send address at once, on postal, to Fl.
G. WILKINSON & Co., 1876 and 1877
Fulton Street, New York. 23m6
In Staunton,- Tuesday night, John J.
Burner, a Unknown married man of
Woodstock, Was shot in the house of a
colored woman named Fannie Lewis,
by George Amiss, baggage agent on
the Valley Railroad. Burner died
Wednesday afternoon.
1t is all over, and many will admit
that Christmas is the hardest working
day in the year. 1t beats the Fourth
of July for eating, and the mental
strain brought to bear on the little
ones anent the expected bonanza in
the stocking is too awful for contem-
plation.
There was large attendance at the
opening of Argenbright & Kline's new
Academy of Music" on Monday night
last. The room is capacious and we'll
arranged, heated by steam, and pos
sesses appliances for thorough ven
tilation. The performance was all
that could be expected, and was re-
peated on Tuesday night.
One of our Stephens City boys had
his feelings terribly hurt on Christmas
Eve. The boy had been patronizing
one Of the Winchester tailors, and in
quired of his sweetheart how she liked
the cut and fit of his coat. ut looks, >
said she, "as if it had been fashioned
over Uncle JakeBucher's collar block. +"
Moral-Get your clothing made at
home.
While on visit up the Valley last
week we spent couple of days at the
Pollock House in. Harrisonburg.-
mine host and hostess" Mr.. and Mrs.
S. w. Pollock, have evidently chosen
their proper vocation, for never in all
our travels have we met more genial
and taking landlord or SO pleas
ant and charming landlady. The
readers of the STAR, when visiting
that lively town, should give them a
call.
We saw pretty sight last Tuesday
morning-one that would have sent
the blood tingling through the veins
of the coolest hearted old bachelor in
town. Even aOe could admire. At
an early hour we stepped out Of our
Office and saw on the pavement one of
Stephens City's newly-married young
ladies tripping along, with a small
shawl thrown loosely over head and
shoulders, from which peeped out
pretty face all aglow with the roseate
hue of health-and in her arms she
was carrying Ito, dear reader, not a
baby or two-but something which in
our eyes greatly enhanced the beauty
of the picture-in fact she was toting'
only a washing-machine and boiler,
and wasn't ashamed of them, "at all
at oil " Talk ahout Mrs Tanotrv -