Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-12-16
UP THE VALLEY.
Budget of Interesting Items from the
Old Dominion.
from our Winchester correspondent.

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would be to their interest.
A large quantity of illicit whisky
and brandy has been seized in this
Valley by the Government officials.
The Board Of Supervisors has order
ed that everybody in Rockingham
County shall be vaccinated at an early
day
A fire, supposed to be of ircendiary
origin, on Sunday night, destroyed
stable at the north end of Braddock
street, this city.
The railroads are trying to prove by
statistics that it is safer to ride on
their roads than to stay at home.
This is important if
This city does fair amount of bus
mess, but its lack of manufacturing
is a serious, if not
fatal drawback to her prosperity
The regular routine of farmers
work in the county, now taking pre-
cedence of everything else, makes in
teresting news extremely scarce.
The Winchester Light Infantry
Company has been disbanded, and we
hear of no move being made to organ
ize anything similar in its stead.
The wood haulers are now doing
brisk business, and coal-dealers look
pleasant since the cold weather set
tied down to solid business methods.
A street railway from the B. & o.
R, R. depot to that of the c. " R. R.
would be convenience to travellers
and might possibly prove renumera-
tive.
The Virginia Legislature is now in
session, but we have little hope that
the laws will be so changed as to give
the people a free ballot and a fair
count.
Owing to the excellent water and
pure air, and tolerably cleanliness of
our streets, oar health rate will COM
pare favorably with any town in the
Valley.
The enlargement OF the city bound
airy SO as to include thickly settled
suburbs, could hardly prove anything
but beneficial to the great majority of
our citizens 7f'iA
The question Of charging the water
supply OF the city for convenience and
safety Of property in case of fire, is
likely to be answered favorably in the
near future.
The people who hold Office by vir-
tue of the Anderson Mccormick law,
could hardly be expected to kick
down the ladder that they climbed
into Office on.
Many notices of Christmas enter
tainments in city and county are now
before the public. Great preparations
are being made for having a good
time. So be it.
A great deal is being said about
good roads in this State, but we do
not know how much improvement
will be made, or how much of the talk
is wind, and wind only.
A large drawing of our proposed
new water works has been received
from New York, and is now on exhi-
bition in the postoffice window. 1t is
a work of art and science,
Our streets need many repairs to
make them safe and pleasant, and the
action of the common council looking
toward the improvement of sidewalks,
etc, may have good results.
Winchester manufacturers and bus
mess men, who wish to extend their
trade, should advertise in the Herald
as many people who come here to
trade take the Herald regularly.
A special election will be held in
this city, to decide by popular vote
whether a system of waterworks shall
be provided and bonds be issued to
pay the cost of this improvement
A prominent merchant of Staunton,
was fined $40 by the Mayor of that
city, for exposing to public view in
his store window, an alleged immoral
Autograph of the Black Crook variety.
The tie vote in the common coun
Gil in every attempt to elect superin-
tendent of water, has caused post
ponement ofthe election from time to
time, and it is not known when the
case will be definitely settled.
JIM. Langston, the colored leader
of his people in Virginia says ''that
the negro holds the governments of
the world in the hollow of his hand. +"
If this is so, God help the poor
white trash when he makes a fist of
it.
The Alexandria Gazette, rank and
able Democratic. paper, improves its
many opportunities to give Cleveland
some very severe punches in the ribs.
1t doesn't like the President just
little bit.
A good many slaughtered hogs are
brought to this town but prices are
still high. We believe combination,
or trust, or something amongst the
butchers has a good deal to do With
high prices at retail.
The smallpox in, the upper Valley
has not proven, as yet, to be at all
serious. Rumors Of epidemic sick
ness lose nothing by being circulated
freely; and often prove to have had
little or no foundation of fact to begin
with.
The L. s. Circuit Court is in session
in Harrisonburg, and a counterfeiter,
named J. s. Campbell, for awhile
resident of this county, was found
guilty and sent To the Alhauv \ V