The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-19
LEXINGTON NOTES.
What FIR. Yost Expects to do Ia This Eiec
tiou-aIauy Personals.

LEXINGTON. VA, Aug. 1S.-Special,-
II is rDrorted that Yost. the Republican
candidate for Congress III TINS dlslIicl,
yyiI have the nlitcrate voters Of his party
supplied with slips on winch VIII he
printed his name, The same 20 De used
IN inc booths by the voters.
David pool. former resident Of this
place. is dead at BndEt"hter. lie was
an oy-lTuion soldier in the frontier ser
vice. and had a record for bravery in
Mir, &. c. Burke, of Newport News. a
former wcll-known business man here. Is
TGo T1eechcrs Institute for the county.
which has been in session here all the
week. closed yesterday after most sue
,ful session.
Mr. James Gleason, the well-known Nor
folk and Western train dispatcher OF
l.vnchburg. formerly q Buonl Vista real
estate hustler" was here this week
visiting relatives.
The nomination Of Harry Tucker for
another term In the United States Con-
press bv the Democratic convention tor
the Tenth congressional district, was Just
az hts friends had expected.
Mr W ;. FORESTER managing editor
OF the Louisville Q<y) Commercial. IS a
guest Of Prof. 4. l.. Nelson, OF tho w. ana
Gen. q. ". G. Lee ana hts sister Miss
Mildred, are IN Washington. the guests
OF Capt X. L. Lee Jr. Before their re-
turn in September they Will visit Mrs. W.
II. =. Lee at RavcnsWOrth, near AlcXan-
dria. Va
The annual report of the superintendent
Of public schools for the county shows
the following interesting facts: III white
and q colored schools, %,755 white ana Ill"
cOlored pupils. with the following average
attendance: White, 2-9l.l1; coioTed. III 70.
The following VIII be the tax icvies for
school purposes by school districts Cen
tral. six cents on the 500, Natural Bridge,
four Gems: Buffalo. six cents; Kerr'R
Greek, ten cents; Walkers Creek, SIX and
n half cents: South River, eight cents.
Also. ten cents on the 500 for county
purposes. Col. James II. Paxton, the
Oldest member OF the county school board,
by reason OF the inhrmites Of his dd-
vancoI age, rendered his resignation.
Mr. Isaac III. Miller, one OF the Oldest
and best-known citizens Of the county Is
Nr. J. y. McGunln. one Of the Oldest
citizens Of tn Raphine section. Is dea1'
AIR. Il. p. Bob5itt. who died in Rich
nond the past week. was q native OF thls
place. and formerly lived IN Lynchhuls,
where he vas k99%n as as a btiiliah' young
All OF, the personal giopery Oh ' ne
Glasgow. Va was sold by the receivers
at public auction, THURSDAY ioy; o,ra 1,..o,.
and Mineral Company lthe boom town OF
Savernake). adjoining Bucna Vista on the
east, was sold NJ public auction here this
week by order Of the court, and was pur-
chased by Henry AugIstas Brudenen
Bruce Marquis Of Ailesbury. England,
one Of the original incopOrators, Tor
$3.50. The property originally cost the
company SJ0.0tO.
rhe following Jurors hay been summon l!1l.
e1 for the fdil term Of the Circuit Court
which meets September lst: Herbert Van
deveer H 5. Campbell. T. NJ Wade, T.
n. Jones, Il. Il. MCGOWAN, w. r. Moore.
~ : IqckiA NJ j. Campbell. John Judy,
a. K. Wiseman, j. Z. Ackerly. ". l..
Patterson, Charles Lindsay. lloyd J..
Davidson, W. Il. SHAW, j. N. Brooks, I.
y. Parsons, j. A. Runl.le. j. W. Wallace.
". B Campbell, W. /. Parsons.
4 lot At Glasgow. Va, that cost $l2,-
OO0. with 4 $50 house on f. YES sold at
auction Thursday last FOR $3.50.
Al the September court oay-hrst Mon
dav--the political pot VIII De set 70 boiling
I'm good shape. and the prospects are that
there will be a representative OF Doth
parties here 10 educate the masses 10
Their public duty.