Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-24
EDINBURa ITEMS.

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noticed that rustic ornament on the cross
street, in front of Hopewell's drug store.
Sweet seed corn for sale at the Bakery.
This corn is we'll matured and was saved
expressly for seed purposes.
Mr.. John NJ. Ludwig has accepted a
position as auctioneer in Richmond, Va,
and will leave for that place the latter part
of the week.
Quite number of the members of tho
Methodist congregation, of this place, are
attending the annual session of the Balti-
more Conference at Front Royal.
County and District politics are not
much talked of in this place, but the
corporation election promises to be more
interesting than usual this spring.
DENTAL NoTICE.-Dr. I. +. Locke will
be in Edinburg on Thursday, March the
3Oth, and remain one day. All persons in
need of dental work are invited to call.
Rooms at Murray's Hotel.
Fred. Downey has entered the drug
store of VIM. Hopewsll & Co., for the
purpose of learning the business. He is
good bright boy, and we wish him every
success.
BE sure to go and see "Dot, the Miners
Daughter" to be played at the School
House, Friday night. Judging from the
material engaged and the preparations
that are being made it will be a real treat.
We are gratfed to learn that the corpo-
ration of this place is entirely free of
debt. Under these circumstances it IS
likely that the Graded School, which
closes its regular session this week, will
be continued another month at the ex-
pense Of the town.
The lady member of one of the church
congregations of this place, have resolved
to put the Sunday work of their hens to
pious uses, by giving all the eggs laid on
that day to be used for buying carpet
for the church. We learn that they have
been debating this question for some time
but could not arrive at any definite ac-
ton until the price of eggs went down.
LOOK HERE by a mistake in tie
shipping rooms OF Charles Broadway
! Rouss' immense establishment in New
York 1 hsve received a large lot Of
goods intended for some other store
Rather than send them back | will sell
them at much less than even my usually
low prices. CIll early for these special
bargains. GEO. A. RoBEY.
The County Record, in noticing an item
in this correspondence last week, wofully
distorts what we said when 1t quotes Us
as saying that the Democracy of Edin-
burg woull not support Tammany's can
didate IN the con sressional convention.
We did not say this. But did say that
the Democrats of this place were gushing
and all because the County Democracy
had served a notice upon TammaHy in
regard to uniform majority for all of the
Democratic candidates at the Court House
precinct at the coming May election aud
that Tammany's favorite would lot get
the support of the County Democracy IN
the convention that would send DELEGATE
to the congressional convention if it fail
ed TO do this. Now, the Record attempts
to ridcule oar report of this bit Of news
by saying that snch a peculiar system Of
politics is not democratic, and wonders
how your correspondent gained the con
iidence of democratic (0 friends, &c. Al
the Record, however, neither denies mol
affirms that such notice was served, i
is not your correspondents duty to sa!
moro than that he did gain his lnforma
ton from democratic friends who's
democracy have never been questioned
even by a doubtful mark such as the Rec
ord uses. In furnishing the bit of new
last week we SUPP Osed we were doing l
|, from an Independent standpoint for a.
independent paper and with no intention
of making a covert hit at any ono. w
were simply giving the news as il wa
given 10 US, and to show that the Count
Democracy were warning Tamman.
against combinations by saying in plai
words-'Hands off, and as we knew t
be fact. If the Record man was nc
equally as well informed as your CORES
pendent it certainly showed singula
want of information in the editor of
leading Democratic paper IN regard to tn
working of his own parry. 1t was eyi
, IDENTIFY widely known, and in no sense
secret.
y Democrats who receive the Record her
only smiled when they saw the dIslr
genuous way the Record man had of tryin
= to wipe ont what very large number
. smon-pure Democrats have said sha
~ mean business. The sooner the Reco'
and some others recognize this the bette
=, it will be for all concerned.