Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-08-17
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Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

Justice White in Brooklyn has
ruled that the eight-honr law is I'M
constitutional.
When man begins to take whis-
key as a medicine he soor becomes
q chronic invalid. (;
The newsy and prosperous Nor
folk Public Ledger has just cele-
brated its twenty-eighth birthday.
The English government con-
templates the expenditure Of $f07,
900, 900 for the irrigation of Egypt
and the Soudan.
Edward Valentines bust Of
john B. Minor has been placed in
the Virginia Building Mt the 81.
Louis Worlds Fair.
A New York street car condlc-
tor found 81, 500 and received u re-
ward Of % cents when he restored
the money to It's owner.
Dunkards of the vicinity of
Salem, Roanoke county, decided
to hold their annual meeting the
fret Saturday and Sunday in
October.
Many Of the large canning fac
tories in Westmoreland and North
cumberland counties along the Poto-
mac, have commenced operations
for the summer.
The United Suites c,nsll-gen.
eral at Berlin, Germany, says that
the United States produced Sl32-
0OO,00 gallons more beer than
Germany last year.
1t has been suggested that the
tomb Of Capt. John Smith, which
is in the church of st. Sepulchre,
England, be duplicated at the
jamestown Exposition.
1t is stated that former Presi-
dent Cleveland will consent to be
the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor of New Jersey for the sake
of aiding in carrying the State for
Judge Parker.
Lieut.. Gov. Joseph +. Willard
positively denies that he has with
drawn from the race for Governor
in favor of Congressman Swanson
or any ore else. He says be is Tin
the fight to win"
A Greenwood apple-grower tells
the Charlottesville Progress that
the crop OF Albemarle plppins this
year will be good, though john
ston's winter apples and winesaps
will not be plentiful.
The Children's Home Society of
Virginia declined 81 1000 offered
by Henry G. Davis, candidate for
the Vice,Presidency, to erect
home. The d ,clination was due to
the lack of funds to. maintain it.
General Fitzhugh Lee, president
of the jamestown Exposition Com
pany, and Hon. John Goode adj
dressed the Georgia Legislature
last week and urged that an appro-
pirate display 5e made by that
State.
Because her husband compelled
her to battle in whiskey when she
complained of his drinking, Mrs.
Hattie Martin obtained a divorce
from Alvine Martin of Hazelwood,
Pa. Mrs. Martin said that owing
to her dislike Ct liquor the bath
made her i'll.
A lady of Stafford county Was
attacked few days ago in her yard
by skunk and in her struggle
with the varmint, she put her foot
on it's neck and held it until
another lady secured an axe and
cut its head off. Both ladies
tainted after dispatching the ami
NAL.
Last week five dangerous con-
yicts made a successful dash Tor
liberty at the convict camp on the
Raleigh and Pamlico Sound rail
road near Raleigh, n. c., by first
lodging in among group of wo-
men and children who were stand
ing on the roadside, tt ereby max
ing it impossible for the guards to
get clear shots at them.
One OF the largest land and tim
Der deals Of the year mas just been
in Southwest Nir-
ginia, in which the Douglass heirs
of New York city, have sold the
timber on 36. 600. acres in Grayson
and Washington counties
to Burger and Campbell of Mary
Land. for $4,000. This firm has
obligated itse'f to remove not less
than 20, 100000 feet pr nnnum
until all is gone.
A peculiar drawing of the color
line is reported from Belfeid,
tie junction of the branch line
from Claremont, on the James
river, with tie Southern railroad.
A negro mail clerk had been
put on the line for his first trip
and a breakman refused to accept
mail from him when the train
arriv, d. The train was delayed and
he white nan whose Cuty it wac
to take it, was obdurate.
Healthy Mothers
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