Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21

Contracts have been awarded for
the construction of three hundred
houses i'll Radf0rd during the com
ing summer. The Radtord Land
and Improvement Company con-
template an expenditure Of $780,.
600 on streets, water works and
ether improvements, to be COM
menced at an early day.
Simmons Liver Regulator ia the
foe of malaria ns it throws off the
bile and prevents its accommodating.
Coughs and colds kept off by tax
ing Simmons Liver Regulator to reg
ulate the system.
Why suffer with dyspepsia, bill.
iousness or any disease Of the liver
when you can be cured by Simmons
Liver Regulator.
used Simmons Liver Regulator
for indigestion with Immediate relief.
20. G. Sparks, ex-Mayor Macon,
Ga.
Health brings happiness. Health
can be secured by taking Simmons
Liver Regulator.
An eminent gcologist many years
ago took u map Of the United States
and pointing to Southwest Virginia
said: "'rhis is sure to become the
wealthiest part of the country, for
here it liz that the best minerals are
found. Iron can be produced with
greater economy in Virginia than
in any other section of the United
States" 1t looks now as if the pre-
diction was being fulfilled very
speedily. 1t liz generally conceded
that the mineral fields Of Virginia
are vastly superior to the mineral
fields OF Alabama or any other
State.
The "Stearn Survey" large
tract Of mineral and timber land
lying in Wythe, Bland aud Giles
Counties, containing over fifteen
thousand acres, has been sold by
Mr.. Franklin Stearns, of Richmond,
to party of Baltimore capitalists.
On this property are extensive de.
posits Of bituminous coal and brown
and red hematite and fossiliferous
iron ores. This sale, added to
those of the last month, makes
thirty thousand acres of Wythe
county lands that have changed
hands within that period. Enter.
prise.
One of the most insignificant
postofficcs in the State of Virginia
back in the sixties, was in Taze.
yell county and bore the unpreten.
tic us name of spin Hook" After
the construction of the New River
Division Of the Norfolk and West
ern railroad the Office became more
important and tho name was
changed to f'Harman'-in honor of
Col. f. H. Hartman, who was killed
ut the head Of his regiment in the
battle Of Cl0yd's mountain. Col
Thomas Graham, of Philadelphia,
the pioneer in the purchase and de.
velopment of the Flat Top coal
field, purchased tract of land at
the present junction of the Flat
Top and Clinch Valley railroads,
and laid out the streets of an en-
bryo town, which 10y common COLI
sent was called Graham, and imme.
diately the name of the office WAS
changed to Graham. Within six
months the Graham Land and Im-
provement Company has been or
ganized, and has laid out and grad
ed the streets and laid the founda-
ton for city which is to become
famous for manufactures, and will
finally become distributing centre
of supplies for the immense enter
prises Of the Flat Top coal fields.
the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron
Company. the 9azewell Coal and
Iron Company, the Coal Mountain
Coal and Iron Company and the
large towns yet to he developed at
st. Paul, Princes Flats and Big
Stone Gap and the tel ritOry Dor.
tlering Oh the West Va. and Iron.
ton reilroad and throughout the
fertile country of the Clinch Valley.
The management Of the Graham
Company have laid the foundation
for q city of large proportions. and