Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-30
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.


Ihflstinas Is not quite month on
Now is the time to see that your chin
neys are ready for the winter.
All wool Jersey gloves cents per pair
at J B. Clem's.
The American Baptist Congress will
meet in Richmond, next Wednesday.
Bring your turkeys. chickens, ducks,
butter and apples to Geary's and get the
highest market price.
There will be meeting of the Wood
stock Fire Company tonight. A full at
tendance is requested.
j. b. Glen, at Lantz's Mill, sells horse
shoes at cents per pound. Ask other
merchants what they sell them at.
Lindsey Reid, an aged colored man OF
Lexington, was instantly killed by being
kicked by horse on Friday evening OF
last week.
Noah Martz, Esq, highly respected
citizen of Rockingham county died short
time since of typhoid fever He was
sixty-eight years old.
Uncle Charley Tohea and wife, we'll
known IN this place, will leave in a short
time for the Catholic Home in Richmond,
whTe they will spend the remainder OF
their days.
The season is rapidly approaching when
the ice harvest Will DO gathered. 1t
would be well for our readers who have ice
houses, and intend 10 fill them. to put
them in readiness.
J.B. Glen, at Lantz's Mil, will sell
you No. and pins, $50 pins to the
paper, at cent Good needles ? and
cents per paper. Thimbles l cent and
all other goods 10 proportion.
Hon. Andrew Hunter, distinguished
lawyer, died at his residence in Charles
town, w. va, on Thursday Of last week
in the eighty-ffth year Of his age. Old
age was the cause Of his death.
Blrs. Elizabeth zirkle. living near New
Market, was badly burned few days ago.
She WAS standing over an open fire when
her clothes caught. II is now thought
her wounds will not prove fatal
There will be no services in the Luth-
eran church in this place next Sunday
morning. Rev. Mr.. Bushong, the pastor
will be absent in Mt. jackson assisting
in the installation Of Rev. L. A. Mann.
James Mays aud Washington Rule were
employed as section hands on the Rich
mond & Allegheny Railroad. Wednes-
day evening Of last week Rule cursed
Mays aud the latter struck the former
with a rock on the temple causing death
in few hours.
twill pay any one to come twenty
miles to see the wonderful display Of J. b.
Clem's second stock Of winter goods
bought at 20 per cent. below market value
for cash.
A company ofcapitalists nave purchased
Weyer's Cave, in Augusta county, and IL
will be properly opened and prepared ior |
visitors. A large hotel IS now being /
built near the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road for the accommodation Of the travel |
ling public and the visitors to the cave.
On W ednesday aud Thursday nights
last the Excelsior Comedy and Specially |
Company gave two very credible per-
tormances in Twins Opera House. Large |
audiences greeted them each night and /
every one seemed pleased with the
entertainments gwen.
Bill Nye, the humorisi, while in Rich
mond recently, visited Libby prison. As
is customary he was requested to write
his name in the register. On the page
headed name be wrote, Edgar W. Nye," /
and on the opposite page headed remarks
be wrote, Escaped, November 22nd /
1855"
ED. Lacy, fireman on the Chesapeake
A. Ohio Railroad was horribly mangled in
Richmond last Thursday by being caught
under the trucks of coal car. The en-
CINE on which he was fireman jumped the
track and Lacy becoming excited jumped
of on a side track where he was caught
He was only twenty-one years old.
J.B. Glenn gives u cents per dozen for
eggs and sells goods at from 20 to 80 per
cent, yes $50 per cent. less than any
other merchant can afford to, who sells
on time and buys on longer time. If you
don't believe it go and be will convince
you.
currants, seedless, valencia and London
lager raisins, cItron, French aud Turkish
prunes, hominy, beans, corn meal and
buckwbeat -four for sale at Gearys.
Anumber Of gentlemen from Pennsyl-
vania have been in this neighborhood for
a week or more looking for purchlsiable
farms, desiring 70 locate with us. Sew
eral have been successful and will move
TO this section as soon as arrangements
are perfected. Let our people give them
a hearty welcome so that they may never
regret coming TO the Valley.
The very latest "fad" in wedding fash
ions is foS the bride-elect to kiss all the
ushers, when they are invited to ofliciate.
Just in what part Of the globe it bad its
birth we are not able 10 say, but it re-
mains to be seen whether Hymen's fol-
lowers will adopt il. It lie not yet settled
whether the groom-elect is TO return the
commitment with all the maids Of honor.
If YOU have any money to spend, no
matter how much or how little, it will
nav YOU to 20 to J B. Clem's mammoth
cheap store, at Lantz's Mill, where you
can get foil valae every time for every
cent you spend.
While engaged in choPping down tree
near Timberyille, last week, Mr.. Thomas
Mohler had narrow escape from being
crushed to death. In falling, the tree
lodged on another one and Mr.. Mohler at
tempted to dislodge it, when it fell in an
opposite direction from which he expected.
IL struck him in the back knocking
him to the ground. Fortunately he had
the presence Of mind TO crawl out before
the body oftbe tree struck him..
Our merchants should not fail TO place
an advertisement Of their holiday goods
in the HERALD. The sooner the better
Persons will soon commence purchasing
their Christmas presents and as usual
will examine our advertising columns to
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