Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-07-16
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Condensed News.


West Virginia's proposed Masonic
home at Elkins.
Harrison county, West Virginia,
will erect a jail and Sheriff's res
idence to cost $4,000
The county tax levy in Rocking
ham has been fixed at % cents on
the 500, an increase Of = cents.
The rate Of interest, which IS
years ago was s andl0 per cent on
the best farms in the Mississippi
valley, is today as low as 81 per
cent. on the banks of the Missouri.
Atnoon Thursday I,O25 teachers
had enrolled at the Summer
School Of Methods. OF this NUM-
Der 81 are from other States than
Virginia.
Luray College, Luray, Va. was
set on fire by lightning The fire
department succeeded in putting
the fire out before much damage
was done.
Maj R.N.Ellis. of Amherst county
died July Sth. He was born in
Amherst 81 years ago and passed
most Of his life at Red Hill. the
ancestral home Of the Ellis family.
Attorney General Anderson has
given the opinion as the .egal adj
wiser Of the State that no officer of
the State nor Of any county, city,
or municipality. can accept free
pass on any railroad or other trans
portation line in the State.
Az explosion occurred Thursday
in the Cambria Steel Works at
Johnston, Pa, and more than 200
lives were loss. 1t will be recol-
lected that the city was flooded
May 81, 1889, and thousands were
drowned. Really it seems Doom
ed place.
Flood conditions in Nebraska
are steadily growing worse. Every
day since June 30. with the eXcep-
ton Of Sunday, rain has fallen,
and every creek and riv,r in the
State has oyerhowed its banks and
spread over tie fiat country. Much
damage has resulted.
The Il adlock in the Stanton
Council has been settled by the
election Of Mr. ". p. Tams as
president. The following officials
have been chosen by the new coun-
ellis: }. A Glasgow, Police Justice;
j. Med McCue, Collector; G.
\. Hutchinson, Superintendent of
Streets; ). ID. Timbcrlake. Jr..
City Attorney; II. j. Taylor,
Chief Of Police.
In a few days r. Z. Byrd, Jr.,
the twelye-year-old son of Pros
ecuting Attorney r. +. Byrd. Of
Winchester will begin tourof the
world. He will travel alone Il
great par. OF the way HIS object
i've point is the Philippines, where
he will spend several months.
From there he will 90 to Asia and
Europe, returning home via Liver
pool and New York.
John Henry Warden Of Mont
gomery county, who some time ago
was acquitted Of numbering his
wife, is now being hunted by an
enraged posse Of citizens for ah-
Quoting the 13-year-old daughter
Of Harvey Austin. He is said to
have left the State. but The officers
Go not believe this story. If h is
caught it will go hard with him.
a short time ago while Mr. Dav-
id Crabill, Of Toms Brook was en-
tortaining company he poured "A
pitcher Of mill, and set it up
on table. He was called away
a few minutes and returned to find
that the pitcher had disappeared.
After Il lapse OF eleven days his
dog attracted his attention to the
woods near by, where the family
eat was found in tree with the
pitcher over its head.
The Supreme CourI Of APP peals
Of Virginia has decided in suit
for damages fer injury sustained
by detective sidewalk in city,
that when person has the oppor-
tunity to see the danger from such
defects and is injured thereby that
then no damages can be rec vered.
That seems to be cOmmoG sense
and justice, and it is to be hoped
that the decision will tend to dis
courage this kind of itigation.
Thirty years ago in Japan the
Scriptures were printed secretly,
and copies were sent out only after
dark. Those who were engaged
upon this work did it at the risk
of their lives. Now there is II
printing company in Yokohama is
suing the Scriptures not only in
japanese but in Chinese, Thibetan,
Korean, and two dialects of the
Philippine Islands. Last year
there were circulated in Japan
alone over 1873, 900 copies.
Forty prisoners confined in the
jail at st. Joseph, No., made Il
daring attempt at escape
by blowing out the rear end of