Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-26
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apprehended Near gran invasion.
"The open door, that's Balti.
MORE" was selected as the cyan
for Baltimore Day at jamestown.
Several men bers OF the faculty
Of the West Virginia University
at MorgantOwn, have resigned be-
cause their salaries are Inadequate.
IL would take 10 100000 acres
to LrOduce the amount OF grain
which England yearly imports
from abroad.
Mayor Schniitz Of San Francisco,
has tesn form ally removed from
office, and the rftofHers are in
position 10 make clean sweep.
Senator Foraker, in a statement
or tie Brownsville investigation,
accepts the negroes story and 70.
jects those of white witnesses 80
untrue.
Eight life insurance companies
will leave Texas, owing to lsgisla.
ticn requiring a deposit of rs per
cent OF the reserve Oh business in
the State.
Because of the recent advance In
the price of cotton, silks, and
wooden thread, the Department of
Justice has been asked to proceed
forthwith against the thread
trust.
"MOther" Stewart. the founder
of the w. c. L. u, he's just eele-
brated her nine:y.frst birthday
Anniversary. She was p0stmis-
tress under General Jackson, the
first woman known to hold a fed.
eral office.
Prof. Alexander Stewart Her.
schel, the astronomer, died last
week at the observatory house,
Slough Bucks, England, where his
grandfather, Sir William Herschel,
and Sir John Herschel, his father,
made Z Ost of their world famous
disco veries.
1t is said Thomas +. Ryan, who
has recently determined to quit
Wall street and make his perma-
nsnt residence in Nelson county,
purposes shortly TO build a magnif-
ictnt castle on the Bellevue Farm,
which he has purchased from the
heirs of the late John l.. Snead.
Captain Winslow, said to be the
richest officer in the United States
navy and commander of the cruis-
or Charleston, has PAID $205 in
duties on wines, tobacco and cur
los he landed at San Francisco.
He had preyio usly sworn that he
had loaded no dutiable goods.
The Bible which King Edward
Of England Is to present to Bruton
at Williamsburg, Va, on
the occasion of lite conservation, on
Oct. IL next. has been sent to
Ambassador Bryce at Washington,
who will forward it to the church
officials.
The second auditors Office is
now busy preparing checks for
payment of July interest on the
State debt. 1t is customary to
close the transfer books fifteen
days before the semi.annual pay.
nente, which take place July /
and January |, and after the cal
,ulatiOn Of the interest checks are
mailed TO the holders of the bonds.
The election Of Mr.. C.. e. Carlin
)f Alexandria, TO Congress proves
The truth of the assertion that sit
Gays to advertise" Mr.. Carlin
bought space IN every paper in the
district and kept the fact constant
y before the public that be was in
he race to win. Mr.. Carlin was
zee connected with a newspaper
md learned early in life the value
VI printers ink.
lie is said that outdoor sleeping
will sCon be the fad or the fashion.
I would be well - select some
pring unlike trat of 1907 TO in
.ugurate the change. The idea 10
hat preventive measures ailI co
way with physIc. "Physic 10
he dcgs," and let men &C without
t. Another of tie UtOpius about
. hith zen have been dream ing
Turing the sges.
Rev. DIR. Janes II. Eccb has
'een forced 10 ,etire from the rul-
it of the fashionable First UNI.
ariun church in Philadelphia be-
ause he we're untidy clothes and
ias not "gcod 'oOklng," DR..
,cob Sunday preached sermon
o his flock froE Matthew, kill:
We have piped unto you a3d ye
ave not danced. We lave nourned
nto you and ye have NOT lamen-
Cd" He characterized bis hear
RS Ms bridge whist coterie and
pink tea party.
An interesting feature CT tie
eremonies attending the unyeiiing
( the Fcrty-eighth Pennsylvania
IonuneRt ear Petersburg last
Tednesday md che showing the
bridal good feeling now exiting
etween the Blue and the Gray is
he fact that the unwilling was
,intly done by a northern and a
,uthern lady-Miss Bessie b.
cid, of Pottsville, Pc, and Mrs.
telia Mahcne McGill OF Peters