Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-12-01
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items OF Jnteresf for the
Busy Reader

irish inventors nave perfected
embrodering machines which rival
the finest handwork Of the women
at much less cost.
Fifty couples married is the
Thanksgiving record for the city OF
Richmond. This is ar in excess OF
any previous record for one day.
The majority OF the couples we're
negroes.
The Corporation Commission has
issued charter OF incorporation TO
the Virginia Western Railroad to
build line from point in High
land county. at the West Virginia
line, to Clifton Forge. The new
line may be part of the Baltimore
and Ohio system or 1t may be an in.
dependent line.
The Richmond News Leader,
echoing the sentiment Of the South
west Virginia newspapers, savs
that Henry G. Stuart, former cor
poration commissioner, is ths big
gest, fttest, and best man for gov
ernor, and advises it's readers TO
wait for his announcement Tor the
race four years hence before CON-
hitting themselves.
The apple exhibit at the recent
annual banquet Ct the North Shen-
andoah Fruit Growers Association
at Strasburg viii, be taken to Wash.
, ington and shown at the meeting OF
. the Southern Commercial Congress
10 December. The apple crop at
! and around Fishers Hill was
bought by Louisville firm at the
rate of S. so a barrel.
, "One human being is killed every
Q hour and one injured every ten
[ minutes on American railroads, de-
). clared w. L. Park OF Omaha, Neb..
e general superintendent Of the Union
t Pacific Railroad Company, in an ad-
:, dress before the nineteenth annual
u meeting OF the New York and New
England Association of Railway
!. Surgeons in New York recently.
e Fire on Saturday destroyed the
q Hahn -four mill on the outskirts Of
d Winchester. Sparks from this set
Ie fire TO the large barn OF James h.
i, Williams, and that too was burned
'r The total loss will be Lbout $4,000
Is partly insured. For nearly 100
years the Hahn mill had been
- landmark and is one Ct the few
n buildings spared by Gen. Philip
"a Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley.
,g Proposals for one Of the most re-
IN markable pieces OF engineering
work ever undertaken has been
placed before the New York Board
of Estimate. The plans involve the
Us expenditure of nearly $4,000, 900
40 for the building OF q subterrapean
No aaueduct 300 feet below the streets
h. of the city for the purpose OF dis
of tributing the water supply which,
in few years, will be available
~ from the great Catskill reservoir.
. 1t is said that an interesting fea-
IL ture of the coming prohibition fight
49, in Virginia, which will be launched
70 before the next general assembly by
the Anti.Saloon League, in asking
Y for the passage of prohibition sub
VII mission bill, was the prediction o.
Field Secretary McAllister, OF the
- Anti-Saloon League, that Virginia
1t will vote dry" by 10000 majority
if the people are given an opportun
nj ity to pass upon the Temperance
D.. question.
There's a new game out" say
the Waverly Democrat, "calIet
at tickle the editor You take al
nen ordinary sheet OF writing paper, Oh
Fit which pen few lines suitable TO
the occasion. Next you fold itcare
fully, inclosing in the fold a ban
cad note sufficiently large to pay arrear
ages and a year in advance, an
nt's hand it to the editor. Keep an ey
no. on him, and if a smile adorns hi
tell face the trick works fine. 1t ca
nov also be played by nail" Come nov
w let's have game.
,srd State Librarian Mcllwaine
ready to supply members OF tt
Iity! General Assembly with reference
re- on the important subjects whic
are likely to have the attention
ROW that body. He has had lists OF su
iects printed, referring to the bool
in the library which treat OF ther
~. ho Among the subjects thus INDEX
are: Bank examiners, city char
GIRL ers, municipal home rule, the
the system, Juvenile courts, the oyst
clev- industry; primaries, the protecNi'
re- Of birds and taxation.
'ards The costliest railroad in t
United States in proportion to
length, has just been completed
70 afThomas F. Ryan. 1t runs betwe
ny" ~ Uo and SpartanSbul