Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-10-02

Just received eight ma gnifcent pianos
direct from the celebrated Decker Bro,
A. B. Chase, and Bush q Gert's facto-
res. Call and see them at the Wood
stock Fair, or at my music store, Middle
town, Va, where have them in stock at
all times. G.. w. BRAGG.
Mason Tavner, who resides near Berry
vile, Clarke CO., Va, was cumming his
way towards home on freight train one
night last week, and when near Martins
burg had his leg broken by two of the
cars suddenly coming together with great
force. He was cared for and sent home.
The oyster has made its appearance in
this market. The crop promises to be a
large one, especially in Virg MIA waters.
and the young fellows who are in love
for the first time can just expect to drop
his sheckels in the oyster parlors with
rapid and disgusting regularity.
Van Pelt & Walton are again before
the people with magnificent stock of
new clothing, hsts, gents furnishing
goods, &c. They have everything you
want. Read their big advertisement in
this issue, and remember that every word
of it is plain truth. We have seen their
stock and know what we are talking
about
In Shenandoah county 20 stills are busy
converting apple juice into brandy. Page
county, though much smaller than this,
has 81 stills in active operation. The
counties of Warren, Frederick and Rock
ingham, all in this district, have many
stills turning out large quantities of ap-
pie brandy daily.
The Staunton Tindicatcr says deed
was recorded there Thursday from An
drew Wheeler. j.. of Philadelphia, repre-
senting the Abbott Iron Company, of
Baltimore Md, conveying to Jed. Hotcb-
sideration of $4,000. The land lies in the
Gambill survey, not far from Shendun,
and is Blue Ridge mountain land.
The river is very low and clear, and
large umbers of fish are being destroyed
by the giggers. 1t is great pity that
this business cannot be stopped, as it is
by far the most destructive of all the
means ever used for taking fish. Good
Judges estimate that fully one half the
fish struck are not secured bat escape
only to die without benefiting any one.
The excessive heat and drought of the
past two or three weeks has withered and |
burnt the grass so as to almost destroy |
the fall pasture. MANY of the small
streams and ponds have about dried up, |
while the complaint of empty cisterns is
almost universal. A gentle, soaking rain
of from twelve to twenty-four hours du-
ration would be blessing indeed to this
section.
The season when the man of the house
will wrestle with and have fun over the
stoye-pipe, which. of course. was not
market when taken down in the spring,
will be here before great while. 1t IS
also supposed to be a harvest time for the
ID, and it is thought that one week of
putting up stove pipe shows greater
balance on his part of the ledger than all
the rest of the year beside.
For goodness sake let us clean up our
dusty, dirty, tilth-littered streets before
the Fair. They are now enough to give
a Digger Indian The cholera. Let every
one sweep in front of his or her property
from the door step to the middle of the
street, and then let the town authorities
see that the dirt is hauled away. 1t will
make wonderful difference in the APP
pearance of the town.
Samuel II. Cave, living near Marks
vile. Page county, went home Tuesday
night OF last week, and was found lying
dead under bis bed Wednesday morning.
A broken lamp was on the floor and one
of his hands was badly burned by fire
still smoulderiDg in the room. The fire
was soon extinguished, and 1t is thought
death resulted from suffocation. He was
about fifty years OF age.
You will find at all times fine ass ort-
ment of pianos and organs at 6. W.
3ragg's music stole, Mddletown, Va.
Second hand organs from S25 up; second
hand pianos, from $50 up splendid new
Story l. Clark organ for $500 an ex
cellent new pianos for s250-sold low for
cash or easy installments. For catalogues {
and terms address G. W. BRAGG, Middle
town, Va.
And now the Fort holds up her hand to
be heard Mr. Paul Rinker, of this pros
porous section of the county, reports that
he has threshed so far this season ii 800 '
bushels of wheat, 1105 bushels of rye and
23l9 bushels of oats. This, of course, was
only in portion of that valley, and Paul,
as well as many others, want to know
why 1t would not pay TO build railroad {
through a section so rich in agricultural
products while its mineral and timber
resources are simply boundless.
Hog cholera is reported to be playing
havoc among the gentle porkers in some
sections of the county. As far as we can
learn there has been no cases in this
neg hborhood, and our hog raisers are
most earnestly hoping and praying that
it will pass over them for this time, at
least. We learn that at some places the
dead hogs have been thrown into sink
holes, aud even into streams instead OF
being buried or, better still, burned. The
former is contrary to law and if discover
ed would surely be severely punished.
Anumber of changes have been made
in the Presbyterian church, in this place
recently. The two side doors entering
from the vestibule will be closed up and
large door cut in the centre, from which a
broad isle has been opened through the
middle block of pews. The side isles have
been made something larger. The benches
have been made much less rigid and
more comfortable by changing them from
a dead level and inclining them back a
lew degrees. In the spring the church is
to be reirescoed, and reprinted inside
ard out, the windows changed and other
improvements made.