Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-01-11
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The new building of the Nsy
York Times Is 476 feet o. inche
high, with 55 feet below the stree
level.
Twenty independent glass man
ufact1rers, meeting recently In
: Cleveland, o., decided to advance
prices 5 per cent.
New York banking interests
have offered financial aid to Soutb.
ern cotton planters to enable then,
10 hold their product for higher
prices.
A heavy blizzard and snow storm
visited the lower Valley of yir-
ginia last week. Telegraph wires
were blown down and trains were
blocked.
The joint wedding gifts of 100
cities of Prussia to Crown Prince
Frederick William will be silver
table service of 1000 pieces, COST
ing 1926, 900.
Because he failed TO clean the
snow from his sidewalk, Mayor
ii. Ii. Baker Of Winchester. Va.
was fined 81 in the police court
there last week.
The United States Supreme
Court las decided that a West
Point cadet is not an office. in the
army SO fas as the law applying
to dismissal is concerned.
Prof. Albert p. Mathews, of the
University of Chicago, declares
that the present creation Of life
has been proved the result of
purely physiological chemical re.
actions.
Miss Carrie Sawney of Rogers,
Ark, has just completed fast of
10 days without any ill.efrects.
She weighed 24O when the fast
began, ard row weighs 200. She
ubslsted entirely on water.
A statement received by the
state Auditor shows that the
otal jury expense in the trial at
Charlottesville OF j. Samuel Me-
;ue was 81. $500. 1t was neces-
ary to summsn 1853 men before
ury was obtained.
General Stoessell in his last dis
atch to the Gar, prior to the
urrender at. Port Arthur, said:
Great sovereign, pardon w.
Judge ns, but be merciful. Nearly
Ieven months of uninterrupted
truggles have exhausted US"
Alva Adams, the Democratic
lndidate for Governor Of Colo
lido, who, on the face of the re-
rms, had a large majority, but
hlch, 1t is understood, the Re-
iblicans tried to bar out, took
lie oath of office on January 10.
lie legal date.
On account of the large number
cases of smallpox reported in
veral districts in Campbell
UNITY, the Couaty Board of
ealth has decided to enforce the
ate vaccination law. An order
IS been issued that all persons
no have not been vaccinated
thin the las. five years must be
ccin"ted without delay.
John 5. and Martha Gentry.
sband and wife, quarsled over
e slavery question at st. Joseph,
D., just before the war. He en-
ted in the Confederate army;
went to California, and in
"A she obtained divorce. They
t by chance on ferryboat on
n Francisco Bay recently, and
re remarked. Both are over 20
hrs old.
A grain of corn which had
ged in the ear of Mrs. Charles
lbach, of Woodbury., N. j.,
en- she was child, II years
}, as been rem.ved. Mrs.
ibach had suffered no pain, bur
hearing had teen impaired.
W II is fully restored. All pre-
us efforts to lemoye the c,rgA
been futile.
he campaign for the pemo.
tic nomination for Governor
been opened by two of the
didates, who have distributed
ing their friends numberless
tons bearing facsimiles Of their
.ures. They are Congressman
uue A. Swanson and Lieu
mt Governor Joseph 4. Will
!. This is said TO have proven
'ost effective method OF cam
,ning.
4 the Corporation Court Of
chburg John Norman aad
ert Elicit, who, late one
1t recently, held up Cicero
TX, an old negro, on Main
ct, thew bin down and etole
% from him, we're each given
e years in the penitentiary.
* did not know the names OF
assailants at the time, hut two
} after the assault found an
lymous ncte under his door
taeir names written On it.
A Continual Strain