Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-06-08
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Reports from the western a d
central portions of Bedford county
show that those sections are literally
over-run with the 17-vear locusts.
Apparently there are millions of
the pests, but no harm has come
from them yet.
A rich find of platinum has been
made at Sinclair's Mill, Prince Will
lam county, Va. Bell Bros, own
ers OF the property, have submitted
the ore to government experts, who
pronounce the discovery valuable.
The bronze memorial tablet to be
placed on the home OF John Paul
Jones in fredericksburg by the
Betty Washington Lewis Chapter
D. A. R., has arrived, A day will
fixed and suitable arrangements
will be made to place this memorial
tablet.
Telephone companies are not sub
lect to the same penalties in Vir-
ginia for failure to deliver messages
as the telegraph companies. accord
ing to a decision just rendered BY
the judges of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals in refusing to grant writ
OF error.
The Honorable Charles Stewart
Rolls, captain in the London section
OF the army motor reserve, driving
a Wright biplane, vindicated Anglo
Saxon aeronautics by crossing the
English Channel twice Friday even
ing without alightiag. He made
the round trip between Dover and
Calais in 80 minutes.
The most remarkable and pulling
of all the natural phenomena in the
Yellowstone National Park has re-
Gently been discovered by Winter
Keeper Bunson OF Norris Station.
1t is a geyser which plays regularly
every "A hours, and throws stream
$50 feet high, but the water is ice
cold instead of boiling hot.
The annual conference of the
Church of the Brethren, Dunkards,
opened Thursday at Winona Lake.
Ind. Elder H. c. EARLY of Augusta
county, Virginia, was elected mod
orator. This is said to be the larg-
est religious gathering in the United
States. Before the close of the con-
ference %, 900 Dunkards will be in
attendance.
The Norfolk Landmark has been
purchased by Charles S Abel, until
recently manager of the Baltimore
Sun. Mr. Abel is president OF the
, Norfolk Landmark Publishing Com
pany, and has assumed control of the
paper with todays issue. S. S.
8, Nottingham, formerly editor and
publisher of the paper, will remain
with it as secretary and treasurer
as will X. Foster Murray as editori-
- al writer.
y severe hailstorm pas ed over
: Page county Friday morning about
0 O'Clock. In the Springfield dis
= trict great damage was done to gar
O dens, corn and wheat Hail remained
n on the ground in some parts OF
y Springfield district as late as 9
l. O'Clock. The hail was followed by
: a snowstOrm. which covered the
n ground for several hours. About 9
c O'Clock that morning, snow fell in
Lurav
= Figures compiled in the Office of
a the city engineer of Roanoke, Va.
). show the number of building per-
mits issued in Roanoke and their
! value for each of the 10 years
1SSO-19O9, inclusive. The work is
q divided into three divisions, in
q GLIDING esidences, business build
y ings and improvements. Permits
4 for residences during the ten years
o amounted to 1882. representing a
a value of 50, 500. 006; business build
4 ings 262, representing a value of
4 81. l23, 900. and improvements 1920,
). representing a value of 1851, or.
o The cost of aeroplane flying as
compared with automobile or train
% travel is shown by the fact that
IT Curtiss used just seven gallons OF