Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-19
Condensed News.


bride of four months, committed
suicide at her home at Middletown,
Va, Thursday night, by taking
poison.
The City Council of Roanoke, by
vote of Is to 3, has decided to
table the anti-cOw ordinance. A
recent election decided in favor of
the cow by one vote out of a. total
of 1907
1t looks now as if Richmond is
10 have clear water at last. The
committee on finance and water In
joint session have decided to rec
ommend the issuance of $3.50, 900
of bonds for the establishment of
a settling basin.
The executors of George Sum-
mers, Andrew S.Phillips and VIM.
Johnson were granted a verdict of
$4,000 at Roanoke-$4, 600 each
for the death of the above-named
men. They were killed some time
ago at Betty Baker mines by being
run over by ore cars.
The market value of kissing is
on the rise. Up in New Jersey re-
Gently Justice of the Peace fined
a man $40 for publicly kissing his
sweetheart; the fine in Binghamp-
ton is $25, from the last quotation,
and now Petersburg, Va, has raised
the penalty to $50. Marriage Ii
censes are still to be had at 81 90 to
$500.
The large barn situated in the
Shenandoah Valley owned by John
Wissler d Son, two miles west of
Mt. Jackson, was totally destroyed
by fire one night last week. The
building, with large amount of
agricultural implements, hay ard
corn, was a total loss, estimated at
about $4,000, upon which there
was about three-fOurths' value Of
insurance.
In Cuba, where the negro has
the same right of suffrage as the
whites, the negroes and mulattoes
together constitute only about 81
per cent. Of the total population of
a little ever !, 800, 900 people. The
native whites are 5S per cent. of
the population. 1t is thus appa-
rent that if the white race draws
the color line in politics it can rule
the Republic.
Much interest has been aroused
by report that one of the rooms
of the executive mansion at Rich
mond is haunted. Two young men
sleeping in the mansion a few
nights ago were aroused by dis
tinct noise in the room, but when
the light was turned on no object
was to be seen. One of the SER
wants says there was similar cpl
sode in the same room du. ing the
Mckinney administration.
The steamer Alameda from Hon
olulu brings the news that the re-
cent election in the territory at
Hawaii resulted in sweeping Re-
publican victory. PRINCE Kalania-
ole was elected the delegate Con
gress over R. W, Wilcox, the
incumbent and Democratic candi-
date, by a majority of 1000, The
Legislature will be almost entirely
Republican, as fifteen Republican
representative and five senator's
have been elected.
1t has been decided to locate the
Odd Fellows Home at Wilmer,
suburb of Lynchburg. The fight
narrowed down toSalem and Lynch
burg as contestants, and % ballots
were taken before a decision was
arrived at. They will purchase
the Jaeger farm of III acres, which
contains number of brick build
ings, and Others will be construct
ed, making Il total cost Of $g5, 900
for the home. The Odd Fellows
and citizens of Lynchburg sub
scribed IS, 900 in cash in order to
have the home located there.
Edge Hill, former residence of
Thomas jefferson Randolph. grand
son of Thomas Jefferson, and one
of the handsomest country seats in
Virginia, has been sold to Mr..
Robert ID. Ballantine, wealthy
resident of Newark, n. j., and II
recent law graduate of the Uni
yersity of Virginia. The price
paid was 100000. The handsome
estate, which is only few miles
from Charlottesville, was origi-
nally the property of Governor
Thomas Mann Randolph, who
married daughter of Thomas
Jefferson, and it adjoins the farm
on which jefferson was born.