Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-07-25
Briefs.

6FISlS.
A welcome and refreshing rain Tell
Sunday and Monday afternoons
Work on the new residence OF Mrs
John A. Graham, facing the college
campus, is progressing rapidly
The Sunday School of Trinity Meth0-
dist church will have picnic at NC
Cluer's Sulphur Springs on thursday
The Town Council met in regular
session Thursday night, but no bust
ness of Importance was transacted
Saturday last was the tbirty-nlntn
anniversary Ct the first battle OF
NIanassa, which occurred July 2lst'
1861.
The brick work en- the Smith Aca'
demic B rilding at the Virginia Military
Institute was completed Friday, and
the building is now in the hands OF the
carpenters and plasterers'
The Union Depot has been thor
oughly renovated and reprinted inside
and out, and now presents very at
trac'i i've appearance. The depot at
Fast Lexington is now undergoing the
same treatment.
r Mr.. Fl. DE Young has greatly i'm
proved the appearance Of his residence
on Randolph street by building large
brick addition, The house owned by
Mr.. Deyoung, and adjoining his resi-
,, dence, is also undergoing improvement
Memorial services will be held Sun.
i, day morning, August 5, at Natural
! Bridge Baptist church in honor OF the
late Mrs. E. J, jenkins, who dieo
March "a, 1900. The services will p'
conducted by Rev. 4, A. Morris.
i Owing to low water in james rive
lat Lynchburg the ice factory ther
is not able to supply the city with ice
Mr.. J, F. Shaner, of Lexington, is nov
s shipping ice to the Hill City to suppl
d the deficiency.
On account Of i'll health, Rev. Collin
Stokes, who has been the pastor OF tn
IS Covington Presbyterian church &c
81 about nine years, on Tuesday nigt
ISL pr sented his resignation to the sci
giop, and congregational meeting
wv to act thereon Sunday, the 29th instan
w. staunton Spectator; Judge s.
M Letcher in the Circuit Court Saturd'
'e' granted a charter to the Vesuvius Ma
ganese Company and twas on Mond'
lei fed for record in the clerks Office
ZEN that court here. The applicants
in charter were Charles A. Aver
va, Francis W. Holbrook, Frank A. Clai
Pboebus H, Alexander, George FIJI
wo worth, William H. Bulwinkel and FIR
Of L. Avery. all Of New York. The ca
wo tai stock Of the company 1926, 900.
er's The thirty.tbird annual mee'ing
i've the Sunday School Convention OF
Baltimore Conference, M, Il. Chur
o,r South, assembled in Stanton
old Wednesday, every district in the c.
ITO ference being represented. Rev. f
the Prettyman, local pastor, in his ha
how some church, especially decorated
the occasion, cordially welcomed
convention. Hon. Moses Il. Wall
presiding officer, responded. to the
ased come winning much applause wher
Iui in EXPRESSED the hope that Soutt
Iall's Methodist. would never forsake
= nO% old fashioned Me- hodist lac OF mi
COL terlal ltlnerancy.
Cure
n the Mr.. J ohn oval, Of this Place,
7'1 the ceiv d a telegram Sunday morning
il by bouncing tn e &c 18th of his hrother'
I Iets Buff. Loyal, who was killed at Mil
overs on Saturday. He was working
u te sa Goshen, and took the freight for
q to spend Sunday, there being no
> w. senger train on that da'e, He attem
to jump from the train and fell BIZ
the wheels. He was instantly K
tn, train moving at the rate OF
Sew niles an hDu. at the tile Mr..
. =. 10y Il a d Mss Annie Lee Chem
L XII gtop, atlend' d the fune a.
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