Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-18
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board of health, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death OF DR.. S. p.
Latane.
Robert NJ. Colvin, OF Harrison
burg, one OF the oldest and best
known engineers on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway, retired Friday on
a pension for life, granted by his
company in recognition of his SER
vices Of AZ years.
Stimulated by the liberality of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad in the
vast quantities of broom corn seed
that road is distributing free to far
mers in all territory through which
the system is operating, the crop in
the Valley of Virginia this summer
will exceed any ever before planted.
The work of building an infirmary
in connection with the Western
State Hospital at Staunton will be
started at once. The Legislature
appropriated $40, 900 for the expense.
Plans for the new intrmary were
drawn by DR.. ]. S. DeJarnette
superintendent Of the hospital, and
the work will be done by day labor.
The Handley Memorial Library,
which has recently been completed
in Winchester at a cost OF $3.50, 900.
is sal 4 to be the finest and most
complete library building in the
South built with funds provided by
one person. AS soon as sufficient
sum of money is available the library
will be furnished in elegant manner,
supplied with standard literature
and opened to the public.
A vein of superstition seems to run
through the human race. Last Fri
day was the thirteenth. This fact
alone caused the Association for the
Promotion OF Virginia Antiquities
to postpone its annual excursion to
jamestown one day. The annual trip
istaken in cOmmemoration of the
landing of Capt. John Smith. The
ladies, even the militant suffragists
OF the organization, we're responsible
for the effort to dodge the hoodoo
day.
a meteor passing through the
sky, as though out of the Gulf OF
Mexico, was seen by thousands in
south Texas Thursday night. 1t
appeared like ball, nearly as large
as the moon, and its passage through
the heavens, leaving a trail of light
consumed about a quarter of a
minute. Three distinct explosions
marked it's flight. and with each a
shower of sparks was emitted as
from a rocket. 1t brilliantly illumi-
mated the country for hundreds of
miles.
The Georgia Court of Appeals
went on record a few days ago as
upholding the unwritten law, de-
claring in effect that husband has
a right to kill in order to avenge an
insult to his wife. The decision was
rendered in the case of Frank Rossi
Of Rome, who had been convicted
for killing Frank Harris, and SEN
fenced to 20 years in the penitenti-
airy. Rossi had a young and beauti-
full wife, who attracted the attention
of Harris. Rossi heard of it two days
later, and shot Harris to death. The
lower court charged the jury that
Rossi had no right to kill Harris,
even if the latter did insult Mrs.
Hossi. The court of appeals decides
that the judge erred in this charge,
and gives Rossi new trial.
Odd Fellows of theState held their
annual convention in Danville last
week, with over 800 members pre-
sent concluding their work on We'd
nesday. Grand Master Turner's re-
port shows unusual growth in men,
bership and the institution of a
number of ne " lodges. A feature
of the session was the contribution
by the visiting delegates of about
$4,000 for the Odd Fellows orphan
age. Officers were chosen as follows:
Grand master, R. D. Yancey. Lynch
burg: deputy grand master. James
Mitchell, Phoebus; grand warden.