Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-08-09
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quarantine regulations is said TO
be imminent.
In Detroit there lie talk Of
formation of the independent
cracker bakers into an organization
to compete with the National
Biscuit Company.
The question of consolidate
ing the Congregational, United
Brethren and Methodist Protestant
Churches will be taken up at a
conference at Dayton, o., in Feb.
ruary, 1905.
The monthly statement Of the
public debt shows that at the close
of business on July 81, the public
debt amounted to $1,000, 049, DOL,
which is an increase FOR the month
of $l2, l82, 800. w
Little Ruby McCue, daughter of
former Mayor J.Samuel McCue. and
who came into such prominence
during the trial Of her father, is
quite i'll of typhoid fever in
Charlottesville. 3fns,r
The Sultan of Turkey, commonly
called the Sick Man of Europe,
who lives in constant fear of his
life, has offered $4,000 for the
discovery of conspirators who
recently threw bomb at him.
Nearly a thousand persons have al
ready been arrested On suspicion.
The common council Of Win
chester having ratified the plan of
the board of HandIeY trustees for
the application Of the Handley lib
rary fund, lit is stated that work on
the building will begin soon. The
library is to cost about 100000
and will be one of the finest in the
South.
The Negro Criterion, a new
negro paper, appeared in Rich
mond Saturday. 1t is published by
Giles B. jackson and W. S. Black
burn, under the auspices Of the
Negro Development and EXPOSE
tion Company, which is preparing
for a negro exhibit at the James
town Exposition.
"The Book Of Common WoI-
ship" prepared by committee Of
ministers and elders of the Presby-
terian Church, has just been print
ed in Chicago for use by such
congregations as may elect TO hold
services. In the marriage
service the word "obey" is care
fully eliminated.
A midsummer snowstorm ragged
in the Blue Ridge, in Rappahan-
mock county, on last Sunday
evening. Mr.. Jacob Sours OF Page
county, who was caught in the
storm, says that for nearly an
hour the snow came down thick
and fast, forcing him to seek
shelter. The snow followed a
severe hailstorm which visited that
section at late hour on Saturday
night.
Canton (Ohio) city council un-
aninously adopted resolution
Monday night prohibiting the
engineers and fremen Of the
company from un-
necessarily footing their whistles
while passing through the city.
Complaining citizens stated to the
council that many engineers and
firemen blew whistles to attf 1t
the attention of women with whom
they firted.
A dispatch from Danville says:
This has been nominallY a dry
town for over two years, but a
petition for an election under the
ocal-option law was presented to
the Corporation Court last week
Dy citizens who favor the sale Of
liquor here. The petition is said
10 contain more than the required
1umber of names,a but members OF
The Ahti-Saloon League ere urg-
ng objections.
Rev. Alfred H. Burroughs Of
keeper Of the Mecca for
,loping lovers from Virginia and
West Virginia, has just closed out
MS sixteenth year in the business,
and in that time has united l,7s4
couples. a large proportion OF
whom have been minors and who
led from the virginias to avoid the
avs prohibiting the marriage OF
minors. The minister ofiiciated in
n marriages during the month OF
July, closing with three marriages
N tie last of the month.
The defeated candidates in the
Richmond primary have consulted
awyers with a view to bringing
Iuit against the city committee to
ecover the sums paid by them as
entrance fees, which aggregate
1886. They claim that the con-
ract with the committee guaran-
eed them a fair election, which
hey did not have. The claim Will
% that the committee did not use
proper care In Its choice OF cleo
ion officers, and is, therefore,
for the result.
A Continual Strain
Manu- man and women are con