Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-04-11

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Rev. II. P. Hamill to Lexington A
for as learned, tle other appointments
in this section also rem ain as at pres
ent.
Mr.. W. Hoge and bride, of West
Virginia, spent a few days of their
honeymoon in Lexington last week
Mr.. II ge was a rneub sr of the gTadu-
al ed class If 1898 of tie Y. III. L.
Mr. r. E. Hutton returned 81 ondaN
from Washington where he spent say
eral DAYS ATTENDING TIE session OF re
Bait more Conf. rene, Methodist Epls-
copal Church, South.
George Nj. Coe hran, the oldest an d
one of he les lawyers OF Staunt N,
oied Friday nigh. of apoplexy. he
was well known in Rockbridge and
rad practiced at the Lexington bar,
Profess ". S. Curlell, Of Wash
ngtou anu Lee University, delivered
lecture Saturday before the Liking =
N Hi.h School. His subject was
''Longfellow.'
The brick work on the Smith Aca-
dsmic Building at the Virginia Military
Institute has besun and will LepusnFd
rapidly by contractor Scale unit com
pleted,
]. A. Blueheck has succeeded w. IL.
Marks as baggage-master on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio train on the Balcony
Falls route and will move his family
to Lexington by the 18th inst.
Rev. A. P. Boude returned fl Ola
conference last night. H. was sum
moned from its sessions Sunday after
noon by a telegram calling ulm to Elk
ton, Va, to conduct the funeral SER
vices Of Mr.. William jennings.
The pension board appointed under
the new law met today, and many ap-
plications were filed, The hoary locks
and venerable forms Of veterans OF he
"L ost Cause" were much iii evidence
on our streets.
Mr., and Mrs, Walter Il. Marks, who
for several years have resided here,
have gone to Clifton Forge to live.
Mr.. Marks was the well known baggage
master on the passenger train on the
Lexington branch of tie @. & O,
Lexington would like to erjoy Staon-
toms good fortune in the mat or Of
telephone rates-compei,tlOn having
carried the minimum cost Town to SOC.
per month. We could all afford to
have telephones.
The resignation of ". II Edmunds,
OF Halifax, as a member OF the Board
of Visitors of the Virginia Military
Institute has been accepted, and W..
d. Hill, of South Boston has been
appointed to succeed him.
1t liz likely that tho next lieutenant
colonel of the Second Regimen o tue
National Guard of New Jersey will be
the Rev. Otis A Glazebrook, rector of
an Episcopal church in E izAbeth al
The present chaplain of tn' re ,iment,
The annual Easter egg hunt WI !
take place at the Associate Reforme
Presbyterian church, Timber Ridge,
Saturday afternoon 1t 4 o'clock. An
admission of 5 cents will b. charged.
The little folks are ANTICIPATE & a
pleasant time.
The Virginia Military Institute cata-
legus for the ses4io of 1S99-I9OO Ii IS
just been Issued from the prs IL Is
eplste with views inc dent to the
- no j and surrounding-. There has
been an enrollms It of 240 cadets at
the school thus session.
The contention that lAe acl of 1885
SO creating the Office OF fiduciar OF
accounts Is uncon titutIo ial, thu Stale
oMcias In RIchnond say is not very
rectical on now. TIE law is not
however, ike the tax valuation act, IN
tnat it provide. specific appropria-
ton.
The announce ent Is made of the
engagement of Mes PR ,cilia Will ms
Bird .es 10 hr. JOnn Carmlchae OF
Lexington, Va. Miss Bridges is tn
third daughter Of Mr.. I'd Mrs r bert