Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-01-22
sTRAsBuRG NEWS.

STRASBURG NEWS.
The ice supply, so far harvested in thi
section, is very mesgre indeed, while th'
quality, owing to the shallow ponds, Il
far from frst-class.
Efforts are now being put forth to es
tablish a lodge of Knights of Pythias II
this towr. A sufficient number of char
ter members will shortly be secured, ano
then-wen, then, we suppose "the WOO
viii As"
The victims from the prevailing infiu
enza, Or grip, IN this neighbornood, are
not near so many, nor is the virulence OF
this insidious disease so marked, as was
the case some weeks prior to this time
The present wintry weather is doubtless
holding the epidemic in allegiance. 1t IL
to be hoped that it will freeze it out en-
tirely.
"The Joe Jefferson Dramatic Club" OF
this place, who had expected to give one
or more of their popular entertainments
by the early part of February, have been
seriously retard ed in their efforts by tho
prevailing epidemic of grip, now conf
IDENTIFY hope to regale the public taste IL
the dramatic line some time during the
month of March.
Experts in chirography here now have
a rival worthy of their steel (pens) in the
person of l. w. Porter, principal Of the
Sirasburg colored school. Knights of the
QUILL and steel pen, look well to yonr flour
shes, Mr.. Porter is hourlsher from way
back (Steclton, Pa, and the capers be
cuts with a steel pen might well excite
the envy of a Chesterfeld-ing scribe of
the old school.
As boon to sensitive and suffering hu
manity it may be well to announce that
it is the fixed and settled purpose of our
efficient and genial surgeon dentist, Dr.
B. f. Maphis, to put into active practice
N the near future the celebrated "Hays
Apasthetic," for the relief of pain attend
ant npon the extraction of teeth, which
is superior to gas, chlorOfOrm, ether, or
anv other known ar aesthetic and what is
better than all, it is claimed by DR.. Hays
TO be rs harmless and as pleasant as milk
Tie collapse of that hitherto large and
substantial banking house of j. ). Mich
olson & Son, Baltimore, Nd, after 60 years
standing, and the recent tidal-wave at
New Market, Warrenton, and other Vir-
cinia towns, which scooped up the hard
earned savings of depositors, has cast
camper over this section of country in
general, and is but the inevitable conse-
ouence of the irresponsible wild cat bank
inr system of this State which the Legis-
lature has so far refused to place under
proper legal restraint. An authority up
on this subject recently said; at is as
easy to start a bank IN Virginia as it is TO
onen and run a commission house,
Many of these shaving shops, or banks
are located in small towns remote from
National or regularly Incorporated State
banks, and are the repositories of the
savings of the communities which support
them: hence the feeling of unrest which
has seized the people in view of heavy
losses sustained by many IN placing then
money in these pee-wee banks,-oflicered
in many cases by snail pee-wee men
small IN every sense of the word. That
confidence is shattered In the light of re-
cent events "goes without saying" and is
quite natural, and IN accordance with the
fundamental law of Nature, which is more
shading than the laws of the Medes and
Persians. because it is founded in Nature
itself and is az eternal. Not strange
therefore, is the question now asked
"Ifsuch banking institutions as the Mich
olson's of Baltimore, scarcely are safe,
Where shall their branch shops and pee
wee banks appear"