Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-09
sTRAsBURa NEWS.

Qoite number of persons from our
town and vicinity will be in attendance
at court on Monday.
Mr. J. STROLLER Miller, of Washington,
d. c., is visiting the family Of his uncle,
Mr.. Geo. F. Hupp, jr., at his hospitaols
residence near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Stickley, of this
place, spent Sunday last. and part of
Monday, with the family of Mr.. A. G..
Shaver, of Maurertown
1t will not be matter of great surprise
to learn that the number of tickets sold at
this place to parties visiting New Orleans
to witness the prize fight between Snlli
van and Corbett, which came off on Sept
9Th, amounted to considerably less than
two hundred and fifty.
Mr.. S. o. Fisher, Of Lynchburg, Va, a
former townsman of this place, is visiting
the family of bis sister. Mrs. NJ. j. Houck,
on Queen street Mr., Fisher is disciple
of the Izaac Walton school, hence bis
visit during bass fishing season.
A gentle rain visited this section on
Monday afternoon last, followed by sew
eral light showers after dark set in. 1t
was not sufficient, however, to soak the
earth te greater depth than the dnst
lies. 1t IS fearfully dry here and the
farmers cannot plough again until the
earth receives thorough wetting.
Bass fishing is now at its zenith in this
section and large numbers are daily
brought to town. The fishermen com
plain much of the low condition of the
river and the great quantities of moss
which they have to co intend with. which,
in some places, completely covers the
bottom of the river.
The extensive repairs in progress on the
Lutheran church. this place. will, tits
said, create an outlay of about $4,000.
The work is being pnsLed rapidly forward
under the management of skilled artisans,
the repairs and additions being modern in
every respect, and when completed will
(besides "a thing of beauty and a joy
forever,") be credit to this Jealous and
progressive congregation, and pride and
ornament to the town.
The public school here will not open
until some time in October, owing to the
fact that up to this time the school board
are at lagerbeads as regards the principal
ship. Several meetings have been held
aud the claims Of number of applicants
have been voted on, part of the board
favoring a certain applicant, and part
another. Hence no principal as yet has
been secured. The other teachers have
been selected and are ready at any time
to take mp their duties in teaching the
young idea how to shoot"
Taking the summer as q whole, our
physicians have been on the loafing list,
so far as the active practice of their pro-
LESSONS are concerned. This speaks we'll
for the general health of our town and
vicinity which indeed has never teen
better. Immunity from fevers. and the
thousand and one ills to which flesh is heir
to- is in marked contrast to other summers
with their long lists of victims who have
succumbed to the inevitable, consequent
upon the many diseases engendered by
one cause and another. but believed
chiefly to be the result of the burning rays
of the sun. This theory, however, is
knocked bald-headed the present season,
taking this locality for an example; as
the sun has never been hotter and at the
same time the general health of this
vicinity has never been better, at least
not for long term of years past.