Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-04-25
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Brief Items of Interest for the
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t The Legislature OF Ohio has
( enacted a law raising liquor license
+ from $3.50 to 81. 900.
A wireless message was recorded
, In New York a few days ago, which
had travelled 1850 miles.
Prof. Currie, the discoverer of
. radium, ia dead in Paris as the re-
suit of injuries sustained in a
accident.
: Stockholders of the Southern
Railway Company authorized an
issue of 5000, 600, 900 Soy ear 4 per
cent bonds.
e movement has been started in
New York to erect memorial to
Edwin Booth. He has been dead
thirteen years.
Specie worth about 50, 25O. 600.
weighing nearly twelve tons, said
to be the largest consignment ever
shipped on on vessel, is on the
way to New York on board the
Campania from Liverpool.
The battIeships Alabama, In
diana, Iowa and Illinois, the first
OF the vessels that are 10 particip-
ale in the ceremonies at Annapolis
incident to the final burial OF the
body of John Paul Jones, have arriy-
de in the Capes of Virginia.
The discovery of cavern and a
lake while blasting for a building
foundation in Charles Town. w.
Va, alarmed the inhabitants of
thst place, who fear they may be
precipitated into the cavern. 1t ia
now being explored, and is said to
be of large dimensions.
The first building to be conplet-
ed at the Jamestown Exposition
will be the Pocahcntas hosrital.
Every exposition has taught the
absolute necessity of a well
equipped hospital under the charge
OF competent medical director.
with stef Of dependable house
doctors and trained nursese.
TIE physicians of the Home.
orathic Hospital of Newark ere
deeply interested in baby born
there Sunday which fas its heart
exposed to view. The organ is
performing Its functions and the
child is doing well. The doctors
Of the institution are irving to
place the heart in its normal place.
A bond issue election took place
1t Williamsburg Ii st yeek and the
vote stood liz FOR and IL against
The money, $50, 200, viii be
- IL - -.
'ral lighting system, and additional
'avements. Work Of improving
he town will go ahead at once.
The town now has two miles OF q
,ranolithic walks.
AZ meetlng OF the board of
isitors Of tie University of Vir.
lnla Armistead e. Gordon, OF
taunton, was elected rector, to
u( ceed Charles Piuckney Jones
I Highland: whose term as MEM
er CT tie board had expired. DR..
'sorge Ben Johnston Of Richmond.
sked to he released from his con.
itioral acceptance of the chair of
lrgery, and tire request was grant.
d.
More than ore thousand rifles OF
ayement in New York city are
Urn up and restored" every year.
turing 1905 the pavements dis
lrbed in tie five bOroughs Of the
ty il started westward from
roadway, in continuous line.
Guild have extended to st. Louis,
II run 20 the south from the
artery would have extended
,refs the st. Jchn's River, in
Iorida, and into the Heart of Jack
Richmond has bsen greatly stirr-
over the report of special
appointed by the
ouncil TO investigate the reason
r the high mortality reports by
e Beard of Health. The committee
itjcises very sweepingly the
itiqueted methods adopted when
6 city was a snail town. and
: ses the report by saying: "Cur
gh death rate is hut the natural
nsequences Of the lack of effort
cur part 10 check diesase."
Founders Day at the University
Virginia was celebrated last
lursday with appropriate cerem.
les. The chief address was made
Governor Swanson. Addresses
re also made by Dr.S, Mitchell
Richmond College and by Presi-
Mt Edwin A. Alderman of the
diversity, who stated that already
1000 Of the 100000 endow-
mt now being raised was in hand
d he expressed the hope that
, remaining 5000, coo would soon
raised.
Among documents bought recert.
by DR.. Charles j. Vonwitt,
nchester optician, was found
original commission of Thomas
rd Fairfax, Baron IF Cameron,
o was the famous owner OF
conway Court, in Clarke coun.
and who was the owner of
later part of the Northern Neck
Virginia. The document is
lutifully engraved on old rarch-
mt, and is dated in England in