Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

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substantial slate covering.
Mr.. c. F. Didawick, of near this place
who has held the position OF railway pos
tai clerk or mail agent for some time, ha
been assigned to the Valley road, and
now on duty on the trains on this route
Mr.. Milton Vetters received last Satur
day a car load Of Standard Sewing Ma
chimes. This simple fact is conclusive
evidence of the superiority of this ma
chine and the appreciation of it by the
people Of this section.
An effort will be made by tae s. B
Gibbons Camp, Confederate Veterans, Of
Harrisonburg, to have reunion of al
the Surviving Old Confederate soldiers Of
Rockingham county, some time during
the present summer.
Dry River district. of Augusta county
Va, in which is situated the town of Mt.
Sidney, was carried by the dry's or nc
license party, by a large majority at a
recent election. The vote 2l0 for license,
1913 against.
The Convention of the Methodist Sun.
day Schools of the Baltimore Conference
will meet in HaIrisOnburg some time
during the coming month of July. II
VIII embrace a large attendance of dele
gates as we'll as visitors generally.
/ Mr.. Charlie Wunder Pence. Of
Timbervlle, graduated in medicine at the
University of Mary land, Baltimore, Md,
recently. Charlie is nephew of Mr.. NJ
B. Wander, of this place, and is good
boy, and deserves success.
Cross ties are pretty good kind of cuI-
rency in this country but are most all
fired iuconvenient to carry around in
your pocketbook. When a mans wife
goes shopping he just drives after her
with a wagon load ofthe circulating med
lum with which to settle tho bills.
Quite number of the bee keepers Of
this section are getting the Italian bee, ii
being much superior to the old kind az a
honey gatherer and can work on the red
clover, which produces a large supply Of
the best honey.
Messrs. Jno. W. FraYtl and Geo. KenDey
Dosh, artistic painters of this place, are
engaged on a large contract at Lost City,
w. Va, painting number of new build
iugs for Mr.. Cover, at the Taunery at that
place.
Mr.. Samuel Gill, of the Theological
seminary, Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pa, and Mr.. Luther Gill, OF
Steelton, Pa, were called to their par.
ents' home in this place, this week, to
attend the funeral of their brother, RObt
Gill, an account Of whose accidental
death is given in another column.
Capt c. 4. Macatee, of Front Royal
has been appointed to position in the
Internal Revenue Department, with a
salary of So 200 and travelling expenses.
lie is also entitled to a clerk, who will
also receive $500 a year. Cape. Macatee
| is a good man, and will doubtless make a
frst-class official.
Our eight years experience in whole
sale clothing manufacturing in Balti
more, Nd, has given us the experience tc
select stock of goods at very low Irices
We positively sell our goods on approval
If not satisfactory the goods may be re
turned IN good order TO the New York
Bazaar and the money will be refunded
Corn planting IS in full blast this week
throughout this section and many of ouI
farmers will finish by Saturday. A large
amount of land will be put out. and with
a good season a large crop may be ex
pected. 1t is feared that much damage
Will be done the first planting by cut
worms, this pest being unusually numer
Gus this spring.
We are sorry to hear, that the B. o
Co. will not build new depot az Stras
burg, Tut will simply patch up the ol(
affair. A Station of the Importance o
Strasburg certainly deserves and should
have ample ard comfortable depot
facilities. We hope that arrangement
may yet he made by which a new depo
bailding will be secured for our sistel
town.
Mr.. Thos. Mooney, of Conicville, thiI
county, has invented and patented yer!
effective and simple implement for hand
ling logs and heavy lumber. 1t is mad
of steel, and will doubtless prove of grea
value in lumber camps, on saw mills ant
about new buildings, or wherever hcav.
lumber is handled. The first ones hav
have recently been made at Mr.. Chac
Fogle's shops IN this place.
The Blue and the Gray for May 1894, I
an excellent number. Among the inter
esting articles, in this number IS "a stOT
of the Shenandoah Valley" Illustrate
with cuts of The court house and publi
square of Harrisonburg, of the big spring
and Captain E. A. Bowen, Provost MAI
shall of Harrlsonburg in 1862; "The battl
of the Crater" "POrt Norfolk" and Ger
Gordon at Appomattox.". Published b.
the Patriotic Americ an Company, Phlla
delphia.
The amoant OF business the New Yor
Bazaar has done, in the short time 1t ha
been here, in ready-made clothing, IAN
in the made to order department, show
the satisfaction of our customers. W
D extend many thanks to our customer
specially and the public generally IL
their patronage, and invite them to OF
anime our new spring goods of the late'
J styles and lowest prices.
e The LindamoOd property in the soutf
ern part of Woodstock, was burned
the 9Th day of April and on April 20, ju
., II days from date of FIRE, Mr. NJ. w. NJ
gruder the agent who had insured d
t-:,l;.o. e. csOO bapded the insured