Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-02-20
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items Of Intsrest for the
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On much fun to q boy IL his parsr
X made hin do it.
a. The Russian government b
:. adopted the scheme to taxa /
- comes above $500.
~ "Abstemious" and "face tiou,
10 are the only words in Enqlis
IT having the vowels IN their o
ic der.
10 Rev. DR.. w. A. Barr, pastor {
10 st. Lnke's church. Norfolk, has d,
j. clined a call to Monument,
o church, Edmond.
: President Roosevelt, In q specIs
message, urged that the Govern
q ment retain tie ownership of IL
coal and TIM Der lands.
The presence Of a spot on th
sun covering 100000 ssuar
miles l. announced by Prof. Johr
A. Brashear, Of Allegheny Observ
atOry.
Eugene D. Saunders, the newly
appointed federal Judge for the
Eastern District of Louisiana. is a
Democrat and a native of Vir.
ginia.
The Mardi Gras was celebrated
In New Orleans last Wednesday in
the usual style, fair skies and sum.
mer temperature making the out.
door iroiic all the more enjoy able
to visitors.
1t is stated that Harry K. Thaw
lost nearly $25O,OOO at bridge
whist aud poker in two clubs in
New York during the five years
previous to the killing of Stanford
White.
Lynchburg Odd-Fsllow organi.
cations have started a ELAN looking
to the erection of a $50, 900 temple
there in order to secure the ANIMAL
sessions OF the Grand Lodge in
that city.
The Legislature of West y,r.
ginia mas enacted a law making it
misdemeanor to take q drink of
iqucr on a train in that State ex.
sept in dining cars having a
license to dispense liqucrs.
Lincoln Day, February 18th.
vas observed as legal holiday in
many States. Governor Warfield.
n his speech as Pittsburg, do.
ended the Southern view of the
ace problem and quoted Lincoln
RELY.
The State Department has re.
elved replies from Guatemala
alvador and Costa Rica snnounc.
lg their willingness to Cooperate
far as possible with the United
tates in the effort to prevent hos.
Iities between Nicaragua and
Onduras.
President Roosevelt, to prove
at ne is still of the same opinion
when he delivered his famous
scourse on "race suicide" will
eten, prizes to the best all.
ound baby, prettiest baby and
'st attractive baby entering in
e baby show at the jamestown
position.
The English are building at
lfast a vessel to be named Euro.
that will, according to the
neral manager of the Hamburg.
,erican line ot steamers, be the
gest ship that ever ioated the
tiers of the deep. 1t will be
feet long. II one should walk
deck back and forth seven
es be would come within thirty
Of travelling a nile.
md il came to pass that after
had advertised his goods, there
lie urtO him great multitudes
II all the region around about
did buy of him. And when
competitors saw it they mar.
d amcng themselves, saying:
W. be It that this man is busy
lie we loaf iCly about our
'sF' Ard he sruke unite them
tits fest age CT push End rustic
easier for camel to enter the
OF needle than for man to
'ish without advertising"
. W. Allen, general freight
passenger agent OF the Vir.
snd Southwestern Railway
psny, appeared before the
Corporation Commission last
'sday TO show cause, il any,
that road should not adopt
at two.cent passenger rate in
mia. The witness admitted
with the reduced rate the
In Virginia would undoubt.
re increased, bit he was
ly positive that the increase
vel would not Offset the de-
in revenue.
: Southern Railway has issued
'ctions to trainr en- and all
employees against allowing
srsoh under the influence of
to board any of the com.
8 trains. The order is a
'tlonary measure, both to
t the company in cLse of
to that class Of passengers
} insure the comfort and
OF the travelling public, by
1t 10 generally approved.
to this effect are row in
N all the principal railroads
United States and will add