Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-22


pie of stanton and the cog lty generally.
The Graded School in this place, will
omen on Monday, Sept. lst., with the fol
lowing teachers: PIof Luther Sheppe,
principal, Miss Kate Weaver, LIST asst.
Miss Mary E. Towns, 2nd asst. Miss
Emma Lantz, 3rd asst.
The barn of Capt. w. II. Myers, about
three miles from Winchester, was struck
by lightning on Friday afternoon, of last
week. The bay in the barn was fired by
the electric fluid, but hard work extin-
ouished the flames and saved the prop.
erty.
Mr.. JEFF. D. COffman, a Sh ensndOah
boy and for some years one of the
HERALD force. paid us a visit on Monday.
Mr.. Cofman is now a prominent printer
of Washington, d. c. With his wife and
children be is visiting relatives at his old
home. near SaumsvIlle.
The cattle in Highland county, Va,
are diving with strange and very fatal
disease Mr. Newman, of Crab Bottom.
has lost ten or twelve head inside of two
weeks. The Recorder fears the disease is
contagious, and sugg ests an autopsy by a
competant physician.
The corner stone of the new and ele
giant church of the Methodist Church
South, was laid at Lexington, Va, on
Thursday, with imposing Masonic cere-
monies. The building will be one OF the
largest and handsomest church edifees in
the Valley.
The annual session of the Virginia
Synod of the Lutheran church, cOmmenc.
ed at Mt Tabor church, in Augusta
county, on Tuesday. A large number of
ministers have arrived. Rev. JOS. A.
Snyder, of New Market, Is the President
of the Synod. The session will probably
continue for a week or more.
Mr. Geo. W. Miley, our efficient and
popular circuit clerk. is confined to his
house by sickness. Although feeling
badly be attended church on Sunday last,
but before the conclusion of the services
he became too III to remain and was
taken to his home, where he has been
confined ever since. Our last report states
him as somewhat improved.
Typhoid fever continues it's deadly
work in various parts of the State. This
county is getting it's full share, but we are
glad to say is not proving very fatal. The
greatest sanitary care should be observed,
and that IS just what Woodstock is not
doing. On the contrary, our dirty, stink
ing streets are standing Invitations to
typhoid TO come IN and do us up.
We regret to say that Mr.. Marsh
Hoshour has again had the hard luck to
lose another horse. This time 1t was
valuable mare. In the evening the animal
seemed to be all right but on going to the
stable the next morning she was found to
be in dying condition. This is the second
horse MIR. Hoshour has lost IN a few
months, be also having the misfortune to
lose a valuable COW a short time ago.
We will buy all the chestnut oak and
Black oak bark we can get delivered at
Va, for which we will pay the
hiqhest market price in cash. Do not forget
the fact that we never do stop taking
bark from one year to the other and con-
people can always rest assured
that their bark will be received and
promptly paid for. Soliciting your trade
we are Respectfully yours,
L. I. & r. E. STONEBURNER
A base b all nine from this place, will
20 to RivertOn, Warren county, to play
the club OF that place, on Saturday. The
nine is a pretty strong one, although
badly out of practice. We hope the boys
will have pleasant trip, aud come back
so thickly coated with glorious success
that none of them need 90 to any ex-
pense for fall and winter clothing.
Mr. John Carpenter, of Goodland, Ind,
saws: 81 tried ChamDerlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Darrhea Remedy, for diarrhGa
and severe cramps and pains in the
stomach and bowels, with the best re-
suits. In the worst cases l never had to
give more than the third dose to effect
cure. In most cases one dose will do
Besides ITS other good qualities it is
pleasant to take" % and so cent bottles
tor sale by F. r. Irwin Il Bro, Druggists,
Woodstock, Va.
Bulletin No. Z, July 1890, has just been
received from the Va. Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
1t treats of tests with varieties OF
Strawberries made the present season,
giving full discussion, with critical de-
SCIpllNb uObto VI ~ NdiiCtiCoi oioO AuAA
tabular statements showing yield, earli-
ness, quality, etc.
Of the newer varieties. Prof. Atwood
specially recommends Bubach No. 8,
Crawford, Eureka. Haverland, Miami
and Parry for commercial growing, and
for home growing a selection from the
above list with the addition Of the fol-
lowing sorts Belmont, Bomba, First
Season, Jessie and Sharpless. This Bull
letin and also others can be had by ad
dressing q request to the Experiment
Station, Black sburg, Va"
A week or ten days ago Mr.. Harry
Rifey, living near the mountain west of
st. Luke, this county, set large steel bear
trap IN the mountain several miles from
his home. On visiting the place few
mornings later he found that the bear
had been caught bat had gone off with
the trap. For some distance the trail
was plain but was finally lost, and the
most careful search by Mr.. Riffey and q
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