Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-09-22

Bineer for a specimen Of the finest ap
pies we have seen this year.
Mr. Marion Everly. who has been il
charge Of Mr.. n. b. Schmitt's drug stor'
in Moorefeld, arrived here Wednesday
Mr.. Jas. Riley, for long time one
OF our popular draymcn, who has been
sick for some months, Is still very i'll anC
not able to leave the house.
The handsome new dwelling on soutl
Main street, owned by Messr,. Frank
AID larry Bushcng, aud now occupied
by Mr.. viii KoOntz, has been much i'm
proved by repaiutng and the finishing
OF the verandas.
II you are thinking of painting, our
lineis always full and complete; also
pure linseed on always on hand.
+. S. Bowman Il Bro.
Remember that the harness made by
Al. Dysart & Co., is exclusively of oal
tanned leather. Many of the factories
are now using hemlOck leather which is
much cheaper and will not wear with
the regular oaktanned material. If yol
want good harness, buy Only that which
you know is homemade, and is Of oal
tanned material.
We regret TO say that Mr. Samuel
Rudy, who has been ill for some time
is still very week. lie is one Of our best
citizens and has the respect and kind
~ regard of all our people. We hope
he will improve and regain his strength
as the weather grows cooler and more
Oracing.
have Just returned from the north
ern cities where have purcha sed the
most beautiful line OF capes. cloaks,
children's clOaks, furs and cOlarettes.
fancy dress goods, and all the latest
novelties of the season. TO get the
latest aud be strictly 'up-to-date' always
deal with II. Glenn Locke, opp. court
house.
Crawford bell, popular young clerk
at the Hotel Warwick, Newport News,
Va, has mysteriously disappeared,
leaving all his belongings in his room.
Mr.. Bell is well known in Woodstock
where he attended school several years
ago. lie is a nephew of the late Mrs. |.
Hite Bird.
p. S. The whole mystery can be ex
planned by the fact that Mr.. Bell cam e
up to Shenandoah to see his sweetheart.
without consulting the newspapers of
Newport News.
All accounts not paid by Oct. lst will
be placed in the hands of collector.
p. l.. Yates & Son.
The town council at Berryvillc has
awarded a contract for the construction
of water works system to the w. Riley
Weaver Construction Company, Of
Baltimore. The plant will cost $4,000
to be paid for by bond issue. The
water will be tubed from several springs
on the top of the Blue Ridge mountain.
Best Porto hlcO mOlaSses 30 cts. Best
NO. molasses 81 cts. 81 cent syrup, %
cts. Light calicoes 3 cts. per yard.
Lancaster's hest ginghams cents. All
dress Innings % per cent less than retail
price, at Yates.
Kent Tuner, a colored boy, was
badly injured while helping to unload a
mower at the Winchester Far Grounds
Monday. The mower slipped the knife
striking Tnrner across the throat max
ing ghasly wound. 1t barely missed
cutting the iugular vein.
Ten young men, recruits ior the L.
5. army, left Winchester Tuesday for
Camp Meade, Pa. to join their regi-
ment. and from which point they will
soon leave for the Philippines. Five or
six Of them served in the Woodstock
company 2nd Va. Regiment, in the
Spanish war.
We are the largest dealers in carpets
| in the Valley, we have 100 patterns for
your selection. We also carry carpet by
| lie roll direct from the manufacturers,
not auction carpets that has probably
passed through four or five hands before
| it reaches you f. 5. Bowman & Bro
Mr.. Joseph Sager brought to thl'
Office Two medium sized eggs Of the
Siamese twins variety. They are both
soft sheled and are joined at the points
bya hollow tube about the size OF AZ
ordinary lead pencil. One egg is a very
light slate color. Mr. Sager says the heI
that lad them didn't seem to cackle an!
louder than she would over an ordinary
every day kind Of egg.
Some crops of potatoes that were
planted under straw in this section hav,
done fairly well, the potatoes being 0
good size. This is generally the case il
dry weather. Those that were plante'
in the usual way, without straw, are no
turning out well as a general thing
However. Notwithstanding the exceed
ingly dry and uniavorable season ther
will be more potatoes in this section
than was thought possible in the Garlic
part of the season.
All accounts not paid by Oct. Ist, wi
be placed in the hands of collector
p. l.. Y ates & Son.
We have received a copy of the his
tory of the Ninth Virginia Calyar.
written by the late Brig Gen. K. /
Y. Beale, and published by B. F. Johr
son Pub. co. of Richmond, Va. Apal
: from the interesting matter which tn
book contains. it is such works tina
preserve much of the important hstor
of the great struggle which otherwi;