Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-05
Condensed News.

The president has Issued the
usual thanksgiving proclamation,
naming November 9th as Thanks
giving Day.
The finance committee Of the
Richmond city council has decided
to fix the retail liquor license of the
city at $500.
The Roanoke Fair Association
has purchased a fair site and will
soon put it in shape for a general
fair next fall
The first snow Of the season fell
in Tazewell lastIweek, but melted
almost as fast as it fell, except on
the top Of the mountains.
The coal operators are making
preparations to sell direct to the
consumers in New York through
agencies, in which capacity some
Of the retail dealers will be re-
tanned.
Sir. James McManaway, an old
Confederate soldier, died at Middle
brook, Augusta county, Oct. 18th,
aged 90 years. He was a member
Of Company ID, Fifth Regiment,
Stonewall Brigade.
Major-General S. b. NJ. Young.
who will command the United
States army when Lieutenant
General Miles retires August 18th
next, is, like General Miles. SOL
der devoid of West-Point train
ing.
There is an extraordinary old
man at present living in Russia,
known as ",Swet" Snip. He was
born in May, l775, and is, there
fore l27 years old. He has never
been i'll, and walks each Sunday to
the village church.
The scaffold upon which the
noted outlaw and murderer, Tom
Horn, Of Cheyenne, Colorado, is to
be executed, is so constructed that
he must hang himself. Its
mechanism is probably not dupli-
Gated in the world.
Serious earthquake shocks have
recently been felt throughout up
per South America. All towns,
villages, and plantations near the
Sahta Maria (Gautemala) volcano
have abandoned their hom es, and
residents are fleeing to places Of
safety.
Cash and sto ks TO the value Of
81, 100 were fouad on the body Of
Mrs. Nettie Shugar, wife of Lorenzo
Shugar of Lebanon, Pa, after her
death. Not even her husband or
her family had any suspicion
of Mrs, Shugsr possessing such
wealth.
Hamilton Sutton, young far
mer of Augusta county, about 36
years old, committed suicide at
Verona, October Goth, by hanging
himself. Mr.. Sutton and the hands
wee out in the field at work and
young Sutton left and went to the
barn and hanged himself with II
baling wire, which he fastened to "a
rafter.
The average retail price of
anthracite cCal, according to
Samuel j. Smoot, president of the
Retail Coal Dealers Association
of New York, has dropped from
80 a ton to $3.50. Only a small
quantity is on hand for delivery,
but all dealers who are members of
the association are selling what
they have for $3.50.
The county school board of Ro tx
ingham county, realizing that
great injury results from undue
multiplication of schools, has
adopted resolution that no school
shall be continued whose daily
average attendance falls below 10,
and in ease IF continued average
of less than 20 for two consecutive
months, the school shall be closed /.
The annual report of the Fourth
Assistant P0stmaster-Gene for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902,
shows that in number of post
offices in her territory, Virginia
stands second in the United States,
with total of 3,746 offices. The
gross receipts of these offices was
$1,615, Sl9, which makes Virginia
thirty-ninth in the Union in point
of expenditures with post-Otfices.
BY the disagreement of jury
in the corporation court at Win
chester last week, the right of "a
man to punish another mans child
for cursing him remains an unset
tied question. Arthur Barr, the
son of John NJ. Barr, cursed Will
liam Zirkle. Mr.. Zirkle thrasheds
the boy soundly with a strap, inh
nicting a number of brui'es wit
the buckle. Suit for $500 DANA
ges was entered, but the jury was
unable to agree and was dis
charged.
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