Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-09-17

/ We have Just Openeu lull INC vi iall
millinery, to which we will add during
the season the latest in everything. Prices
reasonable. j. RHODES h Son.
Stanton has decided to adopt the cleo
trio light. They have entered into con
tract with a company to have the lights
in operation in sixty days.
Robt G. Bickle, am ex-Mayor of stauD-
ton, and one of the wealthiest residents of
that place, died on Thursday morning of
! last week.
The barn on the home farm Of Capt.
Jas W. Glenn, near Duffields Depot, was
burned on Monday of last week, being
accidentally set on fire by little boy.
Loss abont 81 400
Now let's push the road to Hardy. It
is too important an improvement to let
stand still for day. Go to work with
your petitions aud get all the signatures
possible
Now is the time to advertise your fall
goods in the HERALD. In this way you
can bring your business to the notice OF
every man, woman and child in the
county.
The Talley Spirit, an old and popular
paper, Of Chambersburg, Pa, has made
It's appearance as a daily. 1t is neatly
printed and handsomely gotten up. 1t
gives promise of the success we heartily
wish it..
A new game Of cards called 'matri-
mony" has been started in Woodstock,
and promises TO become much more popu-
lar than progressive eucher If the man
wins he takes the girl, if the girl wins she
takes the man.
DIR. JOS. 5. Irwin has been struck hard
with the spirit Of improvement. He will
greatly enlarge and otherwise improve
the small house on the corner Of Church
street, and will add very much to that
square by repainting some Of his houses.
II YOU want to see nice lot Of hand
some and valuable articles 60 and OK
anime the contents of Bargelt's show
windows. Most of these articles are to
be given as premiums at the approaching
fair.
One Of the most interesting exhibits at
the coming fair will be pair of Bob.
Hollars boots. II room cannot be found
on the fair ground it Is proposed to rent
few fields near by, remove the middle
fences and have the exhibition there.
The store room in the Irwin Building,
o. posite the Court House, will be filed
on or before Oct. lst., with large stock
ofclothng, millinery, hats and caps, and
fancy goods generally. Due notice will
be given through the columns Of this pa
per.
Two Young men Of Charlestown, Jeffer-
son county, w. Va, found piece Of tim
Der placed on the track Of the b. & O. X.
r. near that place. They removed 1t just
in time to prevent the Winchester accom-
mediation tram from running into it and
causing a serious disaster.
Large quantities of bark are coming In
daily to be shipped from this point The
bulk of it is consigned or sold 10 the enter
prising firm Of Hottie & Lacey. Shenan-
doah has a world of natural resources, not
the least Of which IS the bark trade that
brings many hundreds Of dollars into the
county every year.
Mr.. Z. c. Haas. Of this place, laid very
queer egg upon our desk, with his hand
It is shaped most any way, and has a NUM-
Der Of strange characters on it, the word
two can be plainly made out, the other
letters, Rass says, spells earthquake. The
hen was evidently very much demoralized,
and will probably retire from business
until all these new-fangled shakes are
over.
1t is stated 10 Washington, by parties
who claim to know, that the Washington
and Ohio Railroad has been sold TO New
York parties for six hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand dollars. The purchasers
are not railroad men, but spectators, who
hope to be able to sell to one Of tho lead
ing railroad lines at large profit. The
new owners, it is said, will take posses sion
about the first Of October.
The clerks offices are nearly finished,
and will compare most favorsbly with
any in the State. The tile floors are very
handsome. while the marble nantes,
nickle-plated CRATES, &c, give the rooms
an air Of cosy comfort. The archsd cell
ings are Of corrugated iron painted a
pretty shade Of blue. The whole build
ing is as near fire proof as it can well be
made and is credit to the county.
Here is an item of interest TO the ladies :
If white clothing, say dress, is put away
in a dark closet or drawer, it will in time
become yellow. But if it is placed in a
box lined with dark blue paper, it will
come out as white as it ever was, no mat
ter how long il lays. If cOlored and has
been faded by exposure to light the color
will he restored by wrapping it in paper
and packing it away IN perfectly dark
places.
Mt. Jackson sent another boarder to the
county Jail on Wednesday. We did not
learn his name but are informed that he
is charged with stealing wheat. 1t would
be a right good idea to build a branch
iail at Mt. Jackson. II would save Tho
county some hundreds Of dollars yearly in
the shape Of transportation. Constable
Downey's face is getting 20 be very
familiar one on our streets.
Can nothing be done to stop the littl'
boys of this town from smoking o'gar
, cites Almost every one Of these littl'
"kidsy Won meet is putting away like al
old veteran. It would be far better 10
, them to smoke pipe, as cigarettes are Ia
more injurious than either a cigar or pipe
Why will not parents look more cloSel'
a after the habits Of their children Man.
Of these little unfortunates will not lly
to manhood unless they are broken from
this terrible habit Of smoking cigarettes
+ Our young friend, Harry Campbell
L made narrow escape from serious II
@ Jury, on Monday evening, at ut. Jackson
= He boarded an ea7ly freight train at tina
d point and after it had started he fOun'
a that be had forgotten some Of his baggage
In attempting to jump from the car b
fell or was thrown 10 the ground, narrow