Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-23
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
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iic scnoVl UuiIuiuS, W cOeb nearly
$40. 900, was laid last Wednesday
afternoon in Fredericksburg.
There were sixteen cases of
divorce on the docket of the Cir
cult Court Of Roanoke at the last
term.
The Democrats Of New York
have nominated L. S. Chanler for
governor in opposition to Cover
nor Hughes.
The itinerary Of Judge Tafts
Western trip has been completed,
and calls for speeches in all of the
North Central States, extending as
far west as Denver.
A special election held in Pu-
laski last week resulted in the dis
pensary being voted out, the
"drys" having majority of 104.
This leaves Abingdon the only
town in Virginia west Of Roanoke
where Intoxicants are legally sold.
According to a summary pub
Ished in the Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association, the
deaths by accident in connection
with the celebration of the Fourth
of July this year number 1873, and
the total of the injured is 5,460.
During an operation performed
upon Mrs. Philip Kratz in Evans
vile, Ind, the physicians dis.
covered that the woman's heart
was on her right side. Her liver
was on her left side, and her
spleen on the right side.
Augustus Walker of Woodstock,
said to he the last surviving veter-
an of the Mexican War in the VAL
ley of Virginia, died aged 80 years.
He is survived by two daughters
and two sons. one of whom is with
Admiral Speery on the tour around
the globe.
The dredging by the United
States Government of the Kappa
hammock river at Fredericksburg
will begin October l. 1t will be
done on an extensive scale and will
require nearly two years to COM
plete it. Nearly 100000 will be
expended.
Despite the frequent Republican
press reports Of reopening indus
tries, the charity workers in the
larger cities of the north say that
the number of the unemployed
seems to be more instead of less.
The current number of Charities
and the Commons tays that ''an-
other winter of restitution and un-
employment may be expected"
Hon. John W. Kern, the Demo
cratic vice. presidential candidate,
will address the voters of Bote
toUrt at Fincastle on Friday, DC.
tober 8, 1908. Mr.. Kern will
speak in Roanoke on October 7th
and will visit his sister, Mrs. En-
gle, the following day, at the old
homestead of the Kern family, near
Daleville.
Thomas Radford assistant agent
of the Adams Express Company,
who was arrested August last, at
Co,ington, charged with the en-
bezzlement of package contain
ing $500 while en- route, was ar
raigned in the Allegheny County
Court last week. He pleaded gull.
ty and was sentenced to two and a
half years in the penitentiary.
In an opinion handed down In
Richmond few days ago, by the
United States Court of Appeals
Judge j. C. Pritchard is sustained
in his findings in the famous case
of Fleischmsnn Company and
others against the South Carolina
Dispensary Commission. In effect
i: says the State cannot engage in
liquor traffic, that beirg private
business.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has received In an envelope ost-
marked New York cne-half of
$500 gold certificate. The other
half. the sender says, was sent to
the custom house in New York.
The amount will be deposited in
the treasury and credited to Soon
science" In a typewriter, but
unsigned, note the sender says:
''The product of New England
conscience, tinctured with Yapkee
caution"
A number of young government
in Washington have been
asked to resigned, because, it is
alleged, they have been working
for private individuals or concerns
after Office hours. Upon entering
the service the employees took an
oath to serve none but the United
States. In working after Office
hours, the government holds, they
have violated their oaths. The
accused men admit the charges,
ana say they were forced to do
outside work to make enough
money to support their families.
From eight to ten Thousand PEG.
pie from sections of Virginia.
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
gathered In Winchester
last week to attend the Red Mems
Day of the home coming celebra-
tlon. Delegations from score of
tribes of Red Men marched in he