Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-01-20
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader


Misprints viii presenc them
selves in other columns besides
those of newspapers. The author
of temperance novel who wrote,
drunkenness is folly" was hor-
rifed TO read, drunkenness is
jollyn'
Following the shutdown Of the
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Com
pany pending an improvement in
the iron market, the Virginia and
Southwestern Railway last week
discharged eight engineers and as
many fremen.
The kiss of three year-old child
may cause the death Ct three per-
sons now at the Pasteur Institute,
Chicago, under treatment for
rabies. One is said to have but a
slender lease On life. The child is
dead of the malady.
A Detroit firm owning coal
mines in Virginia has received "A
rush order for forty thousand tons
of Pocahontas coal for the japanese
government. The order came
through a brokerage firm whose
identity was not disclosed.
A New York Central passenger
train jumped the track near Clear
field, Pa, few nights ago and
plunged into snow bank. The
snow held the train on the very
edge Of high precipice. There
were 80 passengers aboard.
James Dillon, for years section
foreman of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Flemingtcn, is dead at
Grafton, W. Va, of blood poison.
1t is claimed death resulted from
ccination. Mr.. Dillon was vac
vinated while convalescing from
pneumonia.
The foreign II visionary commit
tee Of the Southern Presbyterian
church at a meeting held IN Nash
vile, decided to appeal to the
church to replace the mission boat
Lapsley, lost on the Congo. Thirty
thousand dollars is needed for its
construction.
Tie Democratic members Of the
Maryland Legislature in caucus
last week deemed it unwisc to
call a Constitutional Convention.
Amendments to the constitution
will be prepared restricting suf-
frage and providing for State and
public roads.
A unique advertisement of a
constable's sale was recently dis
PLAYED in Charlottesville. Va, an
nouncing that handsome tomb
stone would be disposed of to
satisfy an execution in the hands
of the city constable. 1t is said
that 70 one was "dying to take
advantage of the bargain.
One night last week in the
southern sky at Warrenton. Va,
was light resembling the after
glow following a sunset. In few
minutes two heavy mutlled eXplos-
ions followed ar short tervals and
thelight vanished from the heavens.
A distinct vibration was felt and
the snow on some of the nousetops
was sent dying to tie ground.
An old cannon, n landmark of
Farnham, in the Northern Neck,
Va. since the war of 1912, and
which has been used regularly
once year to sound forth the APP
proach of Christmastide and to
peal out the result of election at
diferen: times, burst into pieces
last Christmas Eve night by an
overcharge Of powder. Strange
to say no one was hurt.
An exchange says: \ Young
man in the country had n peculiaI
expert rec not long ago. The young
mans best girl lost fur boa, an'
, he dreamed one night he saw IT,
| lost Article under road crossin!
near Il schoolhouse. He went e
the crossing. thrust his arm undo
e it-and pulled out IA bundle Of fur
/ But it wasn't the boa. and he ha
= since. buried all his clothes. IL
= has no faith in dreams now
e Quite commotion he's bee
! occasionrd at Lee Camp, Soldiers
Home of Richmond, by the failnr'
of those in charge TO accord th'
r same honors to Genera Jane
I Longstreet and General John Il
? Gordon. Some of the inmates
who served under Longstreet, said
that when the latter died no notice
WAS taken of the event at the
= Home. but that "a soon as Genera
Gordon's death was known the
4 fac was lowered to half mast. AID
t infant Caldwell replied that the
failure to do Lcngstreet honor wa
. pure ease of forgetfulnesS: I'M
vet rams. however, are not satisfied
, many holding that their oil ccm
i mander was intentionally sighted
+ Good Spirits
: Good spirits don't all come iron
Kentucky. Their main source j. IT,
liver and all the fine spirits eve
n made in the Blue Grass State coul'
not remedy bad liver or the hun
-, dred and-one i'll effects ii produce
- You can't have good spirits aud
- bad liver at the same time. You