Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-07-01
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items OF Interest for the
Busy Reace

Brief Items OF Interest for the
Busy Heade
Figures go to show t"at school
teachers as class, az lore.lised
people.
The telephone service of Swift
zerlano is operated tbs govern
ment.
Ex-Gov. d. X. Francis OF Mis.
souri,, is proposed as chairman OF
the Democratic National Commit.
tee.
Taft men hope to induce Forak'
eF to stump Ohio and win back the
negro vote for the Republican
ticket.
A movement is to be started in
southwest Virginia to have the
people vote Oh the question Of pro-
hibition in the State.
There is a small pox scare in
Waynesboro. Several families have
been quarantlned aud a number OF
patients have been sent to the
| pesthouse.
1t lie estimated that it will re.
quire between $25, 900 and $50, 600
to repair the monitor Florida, re-
= Gently subjected to gunnery and
torpedo tests.
Having successfully completed a
Z practice march of 161 miles on
: foot, visiting some of the most his
toric battlefelds in Virginia, the
Richmond Howitzers have return
ed to their home.
= According to a contemporary,
: "Andrew Jackson Abraham Lin
. coin Ulysses Grant Grover Cleve-
land johnson" lie the name of a
man who lives out in Wyoming.
That man must have considerable
difficulty deciding how to vote.
" The Corporation Commission de-
4 cided against the Richmond, Fred
4 erickebUrg and Potomac and the
q Washington and Southern Rail-
% WAYS in the matter of the petition
# of the roads asking that the rail-
IS ways be allowed to penalize pas
% sengers wto failed to secure tick
n cts before boarding trains.
IS Henry w. Grady. son of Georg-
Is =" .Sssssaasseu statesman Az ~ >.
N nalist, Henry w. Grady, has enter
is ed politics by announcing his
ly candidacy for the Legislature from
IS Fulton county. Mr.. Grady has no
IS platform and declares that he will
III make no pledges for the purpose OF
We catching votes.
ne One of the strange freaks of ma
IN tufe is the double headed calf
re raised by James Burkholder, a
e. farmer, near MELVILLE, Pa The
LII calf not only has two heads, bat
n has four eyes, three mouths and
OF four nostri!s. This calf eats
ey heartily and, being nearly three
n months old, it is thought that it
e. will live aud develop fully.
~ The 1908 apple crop in Rock
10 ipgham will be the biggest by far
in the county. This is the fore
cast given out by C. B. Irvine,
the Harrisonburg "arple man."
The farmers on ell sides are talk.
re- ing about the unheard-cf crop Of
,u- apples and already the figures for
DE- 1908 are being placed at 100000
VS. barrels.
re There is no race suicide in the
by neighborhocd of President Roose-
IN velt's Virginia home in Altemsrle
ge county. Twins and triplets have
on lust arrived at the home of James
mt and John Newberry, respectively.
he A negro woman In the same neigh
Pc borhood gave birth to twins at
M about the same time that the New
10 berry youngsters were born.
ny Since the nomination of Secre-
III tary Taft the newspapers Of the
vas country have been discovering vii
'"a lagos and hamlets bearing the
ID. name of the presidential candi
5n' date. According to the Chicago
a. Tribune's dispatches, there are II
nc places in this country bearing the
60 name of Taft, besides any nun bel
y. CT TaftvIlles, |TSftons, Taftvale'
aud TaftGales.
By the nerest ch0nce terrible
catastrophe was avoided IN the
any sham battle few dUys ago be
hes tween the 5000 troops in camp al
and Niagara, Canada. While some OF
air the shells that were 10 be used II
, is the battle were being examined
,me il was found that they were load
the cd. The entire lot Was then ex
lilly amined and it was found tina
otic one fourth Of item were loaded in
sed. stead of being blank, az ordered.
We" Thilteer aut' lists comprising
u pe the most prominent Citizeus il
'n' StauntOn, were ihed $40 each ii
'e' the town OF Mount Crawford, TO
anu exceeding the eight miles an hou
ie'' speed limit while on run to Har
rison burg recently. The ines to
tailed 5000. Mayor W. Z. Lande
.tor of Staunton, represented th
w M autolsts, and Attorney Stephen
W son conducted the prosecution
The cases will be appealed.
a The action of thic government
YOU in breaking eff diplomatic relt
tions with Venezuela is said
- WASHINGTON 10 be the result of