Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-11-04
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

Kew. Dallas Tucker OF Bedford
City, has accepted a call to EN-
manuel Episcopal church at Han.
risonburg.
The committee appointed by the
Virginia Legislature to select q
site for a state sanitarium for the
treatr ent Of tuberculosis has de.
cided to recommend Roanoke Red
Sulphur Springs.
A petition 10 being circulated in
Lynchburg ASKING the executive
committee Of the anti.saloon league
to defer action for the present In
it's petition to the Corporation
Court for local option election.
Over s3O,OOO,O0O Yves given BY
women to philanthropy in the last
year. Mrs. Russel Sage gave
more than any other person with
the single exception of John d.
Rockefeller.
Grain is not the only fruit on
which the horse thrives. In Egypt
the Khedives's best mares are fed
largely on currants, end these aai-
mails are noted for their endurance
and speed.
| According to army doctors, the
mortality among the natives Of
| Alaska is greater than among any
other primitive race with which
civilization has yet come in ton-
tact.
An exchange wants to know
something about Christmas pres
erts. One Il ing at a tine. leigh
OCT. Wait Cntil the election is
over and we return thanks on
Thanksgiving day and then re
will think about Santa Clause.
Ex-senator David B. Hill of
New York, presided at q Demo
cratic meeting in Albany Wednes-
day night and from the reports Of
his speech we see that be has the
right to exclaim, 81 am q Demo
crat."
| One of the worst billiards ex.
perienced in the Canadian North
west took place Friday end in
creased in fury Until ten inches Of
snow had fallen and the wind
blew into great heaps, and traf-
fc 10 paralyzed.
The Richmond News Leader
seems to entertain the opinion
that those who have been out
spoken against the sale. of intoxi.
eating liquors on the grounds Of
the Virginia State Fair are doing
it for the purpose Of puncturing
the boom Of Hon. Henry C. Stuart
for Governor.
The Allegheny Hotel at Goshen,
which for years was conducted by
the late DR.. Frank P. Webster Of
Norfolk, and built at cost Of $780,
600, has been sold to Capt. John
L. Roper of Norfolk, for $40, 900.
Capt. Roper is lumber million
aire, and it lie not known what he
intends to do with the property.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing has completed designs
lsuggested by Postmaster General
Meyer for a new issue of postage
stamps. The two-cent demomina-
ton will be the first to be distrib-
uted, and it 10 expected that they
will be sent to postmasters some
time in November.
Bishop Gibson of the Episcopal
Diocese of Virginia, has issued q
call for a special meeting of the
council of the diocese TO be held at
St. Paul's Church, Alexandria,
December 16, to elect bishop
coadjutor. The application Of the
diocese for a coadjutor has been
Improved by the standing commit
tee of the general church.
1t is stated that Speaker Byrd,
Of the House of Delegates, will not
be candidate tor the Democratic
nomination for attorney general,
With which his name has been
coupled. Mr.. Byrd will seek re-
election to the House Of Delegates
and will again be candidate for
speaker Of the House, a position
be now holds.
1t Is persistently reported that
the line officers Of the Fourth Wiz
GINA Regiment favor TO . man
the election of Col. Thomas 4.
nottingham as colonel Of the COM
pany to succeed himself. 1t will
be remem bered that Col. Noting
ham resigned on account of criti-
cism of his course in the Ports
:. mouth riot case.
A cablegram has been received
in Richmond saying that Gov. g.
A.. Swanson, of Virginia, and
Harry St. George Tucker, former
president of the jamestown Expo
sition, will be invited guests to the
tercenten airy which the island OF
Bermuda intends to hold to cele-
brate the anniversary of its settle
ment. Gov.Swanson lie descend
ant of Sir George Somers, one OF
the governors of Bermuda, Jamai'
ca.
The launching of movement to
build an sir-line mscadam high
; way from Norfolk to Richmond ls
being considered by the Norfolk
Automobile Association. c. ID.
Bull, vice. president of the associa'
ton. saws the matter will be taken