Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-12-15
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for ths
Eusv Reader

Inc CurlStmaS Splrlt is aOrO2u In
the land.
Itch in its mild form Is epidemic
in Lynchburg. The trouble was
noticed short time ago, and now
almost ever physician in the city
has several cases.
A bulletin OF the Department of
Agriculture shows that the forests
of the United States contributed
$50, 900, 900 TO the country's exports
during the fiscal year Of 1908.
In an address recently before the
Women's Club o. Richmond, DR..
Hugh NJ. Smith, deputy United
States fish commissioner, said the
fisheries OF Virginia at present are
more extensive and valuable than
those Of any State with the single
exception OF Massachusetts,.
The city OF Lynchburg has pur-
chased OF Mrs. Sarah II. Richard.
son OF East Orange. N. J. for Is, 900.
| 800 acres OF land on the shed OF
he Pedlar river, from which the
city's water supply is taken. The
purchase will cause IL families to
move and will dispense q village
long known as Oronoco. in which
there are now nearly 100 persons.
1t is probable that the statues OF
George Washington aud Robert E.
Lee, which Virginia recently placed
in Statuary Hall in the Capitol In
Washington. will be formally pre-
sented to Congress in January. Rep
resentative Jones will introduce
resolution in short time fixing the
date for the ceremonies. 1t is not
believed there will be opposition.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, who went 10
Washington to keep her eye on
congress, went ito the buffet Of the
Union Station the othe lay and
taking out her Ratchet ", lded IL
Unfortunately. smashing about
$50 worth OF bottled whisky. She
" a. at once arrested ard taken 10
he House Of Detention, chIre"d
with de,tro. ing private uroper:y.
The strangest cause Of death ty',r
=. corded Vn Long lslano, \. y, is
/ nat accou, panying the repor. Ct the
end OF William Tucker, 81 years
old. He died OF bloOd.po. ",
induced by the %. OF u ben. luck
or bad iowl in bis aims Thanks
glvlug o ID she pecked him on the
hand, making a slight abrasion.
From this trifling wound bleod-
poisoning deve oped, and the old
mans powers Of resistance being
W eak. he succumbed.
The president Of the Union Tbeo-
.og:cal Seminary, Richmond, bas re-
ceived check for $50, 0O0 from Mrs,
Mccormick OF Chicago, widow OF
yrus II. Mccormick, the inventor
of the reaper. Shortly after the
Civil War Mr. Mccormick. who was
a native Of virgI Dia and an q der in
Presby terian church, endowed the
Professorship Of Old Testament
study in the seminary, and the
amount now given by Mrs. McCor.
mick Is W be added 70 the amount
then given by her husband.
There 8 well-de6nsd movemen,
on foot in this State look ny 10 The
removal Of the remains Of Patrick
Henry from their resting place at
Red Hill, Charlotte county. Va, 10
the burying ground around Old ST.
Jr hn's church. Richmond, in which
church the Virgini. patriot made
his famous GIVE me liberty or give
me death" speech. and TO erect a
suitable monument over the Red
, Hill grave. 1t is thought probable
,, that the Legislature will take the
matter up at its next sessivn.
Governor Swanson has announced
? that artists will be- asked " submit
two designs for the Gettysburg
e monu. nens 70 be erected by the
= State OF Virginia on the famous
battle-ground. One OF the designs
is TO be a heroic statue Of Gen. Rob
+, ert E. Lee, commander-in.chief o
1 the Confederate army. The other
q will be left 10 the artists who ma,
7 choose to compete for the honor o
$ furnishing the statue. The monu
ment is to cost tho State between
$40, 900 and $4,000, which mean
that an elaborate design may b.
submitted. Sculptors OF nationa
!. reputation arc engaged 10 prepar
). log designs 70 be submitted to tn
Is commission.
d q St,unton Leader: Last Sa'urd1
l. night, MIR. W. A. Fauver OF the W
;, Tabor neighborhood, heard pac'
y Of hounds giving tongue near hl
house. but paid no attention to'h'n
o Sunday morning when hear an
;, went to his barnyard he found a