Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
EDINBURG NOTES.

Mr.. Wissler sent off eight or ten of the
hands from his works here one day last
week to the neighborhOOd of Mt. Tory
Furnace, in Augusta county, where they
will spend some time prospecting for man
ganese.
For bargains in merchandise call at II.
L. BoyeIs.
Three of our band boys, Henry Wight
man, c. w. jennings and Jos. Glenn, left
here on Monday to accompany Skaters
Cornet Band, of Woodstock. to Fauquier
county, where they will furnish music for
a temperance picnic. They fill the places
of members Of the band who were unable
to leave home.
A new and fine lot of crockery at lowest
prices at II. Z. BOyer's.
Edinburg is afflicted with a ghost. Tim
id women and children are getting afraid
to venture out at night. 1t takes the
form of an old woman dressed in black,
with sometimes long grey beard. A
number have sworn vengeance against
this nightly visitor, and we suppose pis-
tol ball or load of buckshot will cut short
this mystery.
Having enlarged our stock Of ready
made clothing to between $500 and $1,000
it will be sold lower than at any other
place in the Valley. II. Z. Boyer
The festival Of the Shenandoah COrnet
Band on Friday and Saturday nights was
success in every particular 1t was
most literally patronized and proved q
very enjoyable affair. The proceeds, in
Guiding donations, amounted TO S54.93.-
The band boys now realize that their
efforts 10 give the people pleasure are fully
appreciated by the whole community.
All kinds Of good grain such as wheat,
corn, rye, oats, &c, taken at highest mar
/ ket prices in exchange for goods at II. T..
/ Boyer's.
The l6-year-od boys, as we'll as many Of
| the old toughs, are kept busy lodging Abs
Coiiman, who is anxious to make chain
gang of them and put them 10 work on the
road. The roads Of this section needs the
services Of every hand, as they we're ~
badly washed BIZ the many heavy rams Of
the last few weeks as to render them al
most impossible. We hope Abs. will gel
out every one of them, and see that they
work, too.
Mr.. Joseph +. Hoffman, who purchased
the Taploy place at the northeast end o.
Taylortown, deserves a great deal Of cred
/. for the manner in which he has gonI
ahead and fixed up everything about tn
place. The house, which has stood in
partially built condition for so many years
is no longer an eye-sore, as he has com
peted IT,, and it is now q very neat an'
attractive dwelling, while the whole plae
has been put in irst-class condition. 10
Is live one as Is abundantly prOyec
every day.
Our town council performed piece q
service one day last week that was great
needed. The old cemetery, in which Q
many of our loved ones are sleeping, hs
long been a sadly neglected and forlor
looking place By an order Of the coun
Gil the road master summoned the roa
hands Of the town and put them TO wOr
. in cleaning up the lot. All the bner'
, brush and weeds were cleared out, u
sunken graves filled up, the fencing n
paired snd.the whole place put IN col
dtion that is no longer a shame 10 OF
people. We hope the grounds will
kept in the:r present neat aud attrscti'
appearan q, md not be again allowed b
shameful neglect to grow up into TAM
led wilderness 50 I so long was.