Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
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A WON ems smile is the little
poem we find IN the prose OF life.
II everyone was as good as they
think their neighbor ought 20 be,
" hat splendid world this would
be.
Chicago historians are now
seeking to prove that the city was
founded in 1869 instead Of 1908,
as generally supposed.
Sir Mortimer Dufaud recently
visited the jamestown site and as-
sure President Tucker that EnA-
land would be we'll represented at
the exposition.
Governor-elect Rol'in S. Wood
ruff, " Connecticut, is now head
of the hardware concern In New
Haven where he first went to work
as an Office boy.
Emigration to the United States
has go greatly reduced the number
of farm laborers in Hungary that
10000 Chinese will be imported
to work on the farms.
Because his son was whipped
for refusing to walk beside negro
pupil, a Pittsburg father COM
PEELED the dismissal of the respon.
sible school official.
Virginians in Washington are
interested in story that ex- Cover
nor Montague may be selectedas q
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission By President Roose-
welt.
Secretary Wilson reports that
the products of American farms
this year will amount to total
valuation of SO, 800, 900, 900, an n
crease of $5O0,O00.000 over last
year.
The British government has
decided not to appoint an am
bassador at Washington for three
months. Sir Mortimer Durand
will retain his official connection
with the Embassy until March l.
Secretary Wilson of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, lie .he nestor
of the cabinet ard is now the only
member who was one Of the original
group con- posing it at the begin
ming of Mr.. McKinley's admins
tratiOn.
The ancestral home of Colonel
Scanned, aid -de-camp TO General
Washington in the War of Inde-
pendence, known as Lea Holt, and
located at Warminster, England, 10
for sale. 1t was built in the reign
vf Edward vi.
Exact counterparts of the Siam
ese Twins have been born to Mrs.
Samuel jacobson, 2123 Washing
ton street, St. Louis. Although
there were two heads, four arms
and TWO chests, there was but one
abdt minal cavity, at which point
the twins were joined together.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Rail.
way has ordered from the Ameri-
can Car & Foundry Co., 42l box
cars, 148 fat cars and n stock care,
all of $4,000 pounds capacity and
to be delivered in January and
February. 1t has also ordered
from the Standard Steel Car Co.,
1000 hopper cars.
Colonel William H. Stewart,
grand commander Of the Grand
Camp, United Confederate Veter-
ans of Virginia, has appointed DR..
Herbert NJ. Nash of Norfolk, sur
geon general of the Grand Camp,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death OF Surgeon General
J M. Claiborne or Petersburg.
Every applicant for u license to
practice medicine in Penrsy lyania
hereafter will be required to pre-
sent with his application for ex-
animation by the State Medical
Board a photograph of himself,
certified by the dean of the college
from which he wac graduated and
signed by the candidate himself.
For the fret time in the history
of Mississippi woman is a full
hedged member OF the Governors
staff, the appointment having been
made by Governor Varoaman of
Miss Henrietta Mitchell as aid.de-
camp, with rank Of colonel. The
young lady has been a leader in
society at the Mississippi capital
for some time and is an accom-
plished horsewoman.
Many CT the most illustrious
Ereates of the Catholic Church in
America gathered in Richmond on
Thanksgiving Day to take part in
the ceremonies attending the ded-
ication of the Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart. The new edifice,
which takes its place as one of the
four greatest cathedrals in the
country is the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Ryan, Of New York.
The legislative committee to in
vestigate the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, has made its report to
Governor Swanson, and they gave
tae institution a clean bill. The
committee declares that the man
agement has been able and efficient
and that the appropriations have
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