Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-09
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.

The Iron Cross segar at F. s. Hess.
Mrs.M. Geary's is the place to get your
bargains.
Houses are in demand in this place.
Cheap auction goods and Iron Cross
segars at T. 5. Hess
MANY of our farmers are still waiting
for rain so they can SOW their grain.
P.J. Fravel & Son have the best 81 %
ladies shoe in town.
Woodstock has literally overlooked
with visitors during the week, neatly
every house in town having its qEota.
Mrs. Jas. H. Cullers, of Page county,
fell from a porch one day last week,
breaking her collar bore and two ibis.
Mr.. Levi McIntmff, living near town.
raised several bushels of very tine pea
nuts this season. They are much larger
than the eastern Virginia peanut.
Mrs. NJ. Geary keeps on hand constant
" the best line of hardware IN the city.
Don's forget that Monday IS court day,
and that it will be a good time to settle
your little account with the HERALD, or
to call in and subscribe.
Mrs. NJ. Geary has the latest styles in
hats, caps, &c.
Mr.. John B. Rhine, an old resident of
East Rockingham, died last week. at the
extraordinary age of nearly ~ years,
lacking a month and few days.
Mrs. NJ. Geary has a complete line of
lamps. lamp goods, glassware, &C., &c.
Read the announcement of DR. Joseph
B. Strayer for State Senator tor Shenan-
doah and Page counties.
Lost back of the amphitheatre, at the
Fair Grounds on Thursday, a gold bracelet
with spring lock and chain. The finder
will please return to HERALD Office.
Miss W. C. Keene has opened a millin-
ery establishment in Mt. Jackson. Read
her advertisement in this issue.
Mr.. John Layman. an old citizen and
prosperous farmer of this county, died at
his home few miles from this place in
the early hours of Saturday morning, at
ter an illness of some months from heart
trouble.
Mrs. NJ. Geary' is the place to buy your
dry goods, dress goods, &c.
Glassware in great variety and full
hue VI lamp SONNo oe - " A~'NA -
Sons.
Daniel G.. Marfz, a prominent citizen OF
Rockingham, and a brother of the gallant
Col. d. II. Lee Martz, died on Sunday of
last week, aged 80 years.
Mrs. NJ. Geary will show you a general
line of goods if you take time to give her
call.
From the enormous amount of glass
Jars. crooks, &C., sold this season in Shen-
andoah our people will have the most
aboundant supply OF canned fruits, pre-
serves, &c, than for many years past.
P. j. Fravel & Son have just received
large assortment of bed-comforts and
blankets. 1t will be TO your interest to
call and examine them before purchasing.
Overhaul your chimneys and flues and
see that there are no defects in them be-
fore you subject them to the big fires OF
winter. A little care now may save your
home.
Just received another car load of the
beautiful Story Il Clark organs. IT you
desire to examine them call to see them
at Woodstock Fair, or at my music store.
Middletown, Va. Catalogues and prices
lululcuSN vi olpitSdtiOhs
G.. w. BRAGG.
According to the report of Hon. Jno.
T.. Massey, State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, s697, 029.02, is the amount
for school purposes out of revenue assess
ed Tor the year 1891. OF this amount Shen-
andoah county will get $3.50 SO.
There will be meeting of the citizens
OF the county In Twins Opera Hall,
Woodstock. ON Monday, Oct. 18th, (cOurt
day. at 1880 O'Clock, for the purpose Of
inaugurating movement for the erection
of a monument to the late Senator ii. III.
Riddlebcrger
We opened our millinery department
on Thurday, Oct. LIST, with a full line of
ladies and misses bats, velvets, ribbons,
silks, feathers, birds, &c. Also a large
stock Of infants silk and plush caps.
Miss Salle Davis will again be IN charge
of this department. P. ]. Fravel & Son.
The 4th class postoffice at Shenandoah,
Va, has been raised to a Presidential Of
fic and X. =. Prltchett, the postmaster, re-
appointed. The 4th class Office at Coying-
ton, Va, has also been raised to Presi-
Dental Office.
z. J. Frayel q Son announce 10 their
friends and customers that they nave re-
ceived the largest stock of dry goods, no.
tions. shoes, millinery, &C., that has ever
been brought to this city, and they will
besold at extremely low prices. A call
will convince you.
Corporation taxes are due. Bills are
now ready for payment, November list,
1881, being the limit for corporation tax
off - Aota
ed. s. v. r. CLOVER. Treas.
What We want at Woodstock is a
creamery and ehcse factory. It will
be1efit tyeIy farmer IN radius of ten
miles Of this place. They can make one.
half more out of the COW by the creamery
and have it in cash. A creamery would
Put in circulation twenty Ave thousand
- tie FIRST year.
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