Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-01
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DuSt hedueT
Another movement like the
Boxer uprising is threatened in
China.
A project is said to be under
consideration to combine all the
, negro Methodist denominations in
the United States.
Alexandria is making prepare
, tions to receive the State Fire
mems Association, which will
meet there August II, Is and 10.
Eighty baskets of Homing pi-
geons were liberated at Orange,
Va, from May l4th to oath, for
Baltimore, Philadelphia and vicin-
ity.
The Virginia State building,
copy of "Monticallo," the home of
Thomas Jefferson, has been opened
to the public at the st. Louis ex-
position.
Col. George G. Cabell. formerly
Governor Montague's chief of staff,
is expected to run for the next
nomination for Attorney-General
Of Virginia.
In awarding 800 damages for
non-delivery of a message Nor
folk judge recently decided that
the messenger boy was the COM
pany's agent.
A man who used to carry bod
has been elected mayor of An i'm
portant California town. Hold
carrying is the business which
teaches a man how to climb.
Grand Commander George r.
Christian has selected September
18th as the date for the meeting of
the State Grand Camp of Confed-
crate Veterans at Lynchburg.
Managers of Mr.. Hearst VINO
have been trying to start a presi-
Dental boom for him in Virginia,
have abandoned all hope of success
and will make no further effort.
The Postofficc Department at
Washington has announced cru
SADIE against patent medicine man.
facturers who deceive the public
in their advertisements and clrcu-
lars.
A new society, The Raven, has
been founded at the University of
Virginia for the purpose of en-
couraging literary work, and to
recognize distinction in scholar
ship.
A detective, who is investigat-
ing the death of Edward L.Wentz,
son of the Philadelphia million
aire, in Wise county, says that
there is no doubt that young
Wentz was murdered.
The golden jubilee of the Y. NJ.
c.. A. has been held at Buffalo.
Representatives from every State
in the Union and Canada and
Mexico were there to attend the
fiftieth anniversary of the associa-
ton.
The third annual shoot of the
Waynesboro Gun Club will be held
on the 4th of July. This prom
ises to be the largest shoot the
club has held, and a mum Der Of val
liable and attractive prizes will be
shot for.
Fluvanna county Democrats in
electing delegates to the State
convention adopted resolutions
deprecating the attacks made on
Hon. w. j. Bryan, but favoring
receiving the "erring brethren"
back into the fold.
Messrs. r. T. Miller of Grottoes,
and H. NJ. Miller of Charlottes-
vile, who have been prospecting
in Augusta county, unearthed the
bones of a mammoth near Cave
Station. They took the bones to
the National Museum of Washing
ingtOn, where they were pro-
nounced the bones Of mammoth.
A dispatch from Helena, Mont,
says that last Wednesday snow
storm was general in Montana and
the Northwest territolie and
lasted twelve hours. The deepest
fall was six inches, and the lowest
temperature was 27 degrees. The
same day thu thermometer in Phil
adelphia registered 81 degrees in.
the shade.
An Associated press dispatch of
recent date says: The collection
taken up at Calvary Methodist
church of New York, last night
contained 1,40O pennies, which
caused the pastor to deliver a post
script to his sermon with III. Tim
othy, iv: ii, as text, beginning,
alexander, the coppersmith, did
me much evil"
The Stanton and Augusta
County Educational Association
has been formed, with r. ID. Has
lip, president, and Miss NJ. p.
Duval of the Virginia Female In
stitute, and Miss +. c. Weimar of
the Mary and Baldwin Seminary,
vice-presidents. Various vice
presidents from the county dis
tricts were also named.
4 Continual Strain
Many men and women are con-