Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-29
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All Braues vi reHLeu sugar Wer
advanced Sc. hundred pounds in
New York last Thursday.
Hon. Marshall Mccormick, of
Clarke county, is mentioned as a
candidate for Attorney-General.
A movement has been set on foot
to remove Hampden-Sidney College
from its present location in Prince
Edward county to Norfolk.
Mrs. Matilda Sigler of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, aged 90 and the
mother of five generations, says
she does not want to live to be 100,
and is satisfied to die now.
Ground has been broken at the
Flat Top, near Roanoke. for the
erection by the DUPONT Powder
Company, of Philadelphia, of an
immense pow der mill, to cost more
than 1000, 900.
The Secretary Of the Interior
has approved the application OF
the Board of Trustees of the Col.
umbian University in Washington
to change the name to George
Washington University.
BY the explosion Of ar oil can
from which she was about to pour
kerosene upon some coal, Mrs.
Ruby Hood, young married wo-
man living short distance from
Richmond, was fatally burned
last week.
A class Of lS0 medical applicants
were before the State Board Of
Medical Examiners in Richmond
last week to take examination for
license to practice medicine. A
woman and ii negroes were among
the number.
Mrs. L.. G. Wheatiield of Rich
mond, while engaged in spring
cleaning recently raised blister
on her finger. Blood poisoning set
in resulting in her death. The
doctors pronounced it an exceed
ing ~ rare case.
President Capen of Tufts College,
gives facts and figures to disproye
the popular idea that the constant
meeting of men and women at CO.
educational colleges leads to friend
ships that end in marriage. 1t
seems that in five years only two
Tufts women have MARI ID Tufts
men.
Governor Montague has called
for bids for charging the State
Capitol, in accordance with plans
prepared by Mellow and Baskerville
of Richmond. The bids, each ac-
companied by bond of $4,000, are
to be in hand by July 18th. The
recent Legislature appropriated
$780, 900 for the work.
Winchester is on the eve Of ex-
pansion and steps will be taken to
(. extend the boundaries of the city
in nearly every direction, annex
ing territory which equals afmos.
one-ffth Of the present territory
| now occupied by the town and in
creasing the assessed value Of the
real estate of the city by nearly
r half million dollars.
Edward McCloud OF Brooklyn,
n. Y, was saved from drowning
: last week by a quid of tobacco in
his throat. He fell in Is feet OF
water and had gone down twice
when he was rescued. EXamina-
: alton showed that no water had
; gone into his lungs, and the reason
| assigned was that he had half
swallowed large quid Of tobacco.
Toe much liquor caused the
death of John W. Wilson, Jr., the
: 3-year-old son of J. w. Wilson of
= Richmond. Sunday the boy had
$ been given a little teddy While
d sick. He liked the tast', and in
g the absence of his parents from
G the room got the bottle from the
d mantl piece and drank gill OF
/. pure liquor. 1t was found impos-
y sible to revive him.
The pay of carriers on rural
routes has been changed so that
u carriers now receive so much n
y year according to the length OF
i their routes, as follows: Routes
;, "a miles and over, 1920; 23 to q
y miles, SOP; - to % miles, 1854
= 81 to % miles, 1865; 20 t. 81
y miles, $64S; Is to 20 miles, S6l2
). i. is to Is miles, $576; Ito 10 miles
=" $40: IL to II miles 1904; 10 t.
Z ~ miles, 1858; s to 10 miles, S46S
After suturaring her clothing
with Kerosene oil and wrapping
around her flanEel blanket satur'
n ated with oil Mrs. John Spur, OF
Shenandoah, Va, went short dis
,, tauce from her home and applied
u lighted match to the clothing
9 Before anyone could reach he
~ she was horribly burned and die'
:" in a few hours. She was abou
v "a years of age. Her HUSBAND
III was attending church when tn
u suicide was committed.
l. 4 Continual Strain