Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-06-14
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! try to establish the lobster in
, dustry on the Pacific coast.
1t is reported that President
Roosevelt is planning to buy a
: summer home in AlbemaiIe county,
. Virginia.
1t is recalled that Paul Jones
was once an officer IN the Russian
navy. He would scarcely be proud
of his successors.
The degree Of doctor of laws
has been conferred upon President
Edwin A. Alderman of the Uni.
versitY of Virginia, by Columbia
University.
Hon Hoks. Smith, who vas
Secretary Of She Interior under
President Cleveland, has announc.
ed bis candidacy for the governor
ship of Georgia.
Under a new law Illinois. dur.
ing the next two years, will spend
$6O, 900 in building good roads to
serve as samples of what is desira-
BILE in that respect.
The State Department has re-
ceived an official census of Russia
showing population of 1926, e4O..
OIL. This comprises thirty-seyen
tribes and nationalities.
In Vladivostok the Russian
naval disaster has produced no
impression on the populace. The
circus, the comic opera and the
dance hall are running at full
blast.
The Postoflce Department is
face to face with the largest deficit
in the history Of the country. At
the end of the fiscal year, which
ia June 80, the Department will
have run about S15, 200, 600 be-
hind.
The re-assessment of the real
estate in Lynchburg, just complet-
ed, shows total of SO, 86I. O98. a
gain Of 1884, 489 over last year and
81, 1888, o97 over the assessment of
1900. improvements will add
$500, 900 to these figures this year.
The highest price ever paid for
land in New York, 1926 a square
foot, was given on Tuesday for
the property at the corner of Wall
street and Broadway. The plot
fronts 20 feet, 10 inches on Broad.
way and SO feet, 10 inches on
Wall street. 1t faces Trinity
church. The amount paid was
$500, 1000.
A dispatch from Nashville.
Tenn, says that Col. Andrew Jack
son has sold the old Washington
chair, the most priced relic of
President jackson, to the Mount
Vernon Association for $500.
This chair was willed by Gen.
Washington to his family physi-
clan, DR.. Craik, and members of
the Cralk family gave it to Gen.
Jackson.
Because of the many distress.
ing accidents that have resulted
in recent years from the use of ex-
plosives on the Fourth OF July,
steps are being taken to enforce
the law this year against the use
of such more rigidly than ever.
Baltimore. as an example, has put
,ven the small explosives under
pan and dealers have been so mott
led.
After a lengthy and spirited
discussion, running over several
months, the students of the various
departments, of the University OF
Virginia have declared in favor
# the cap and gown. The ac-
demic class was the last to fall
n line. The graduating classes
{ the University, therefore, APP
cared for the fret time in cap
nd gown at the finals now in
rogress.
In an address to the negroes of
richmond, the Rev. w. R. Caster.
missionary, preacher and editor,
Newport News, expressed the
ear that his race has gone back
Iard, and that another forty years
Tould find it again in the bonds
I slavery. Most of the members
+ the race" he said, shave turn
d their faces from the shining
IN, and are making rapid steps
ackward to the devil and cap
witty. a.
The Richmond Board of Health
as adopted the following rssolu-
on, which will be forwarded to
!, Council for concurrence
Whenever q report Is made to the
alcer of the Board of Health of
lie existence Of smallpox, variO-
id, dipbtheria, scar.etina, or
1phoid fever upon any. premises,
sLall be the duty Of the Board of
ealth to have card placed with
or without such premises in
place, stating the
lme of the disease, and with such
ords of precaution as may
deemed necessary by the Board
Health.