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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10

tunneling at the head Of Wild Cat branch
of Callahan. The tunnel here will be
about one mile long. The route first pro-
posed required that the maximum grade
should begin right at the town and con-
tinue all the way to the mountain, neces-
stating bridge at the mouth of Callahan
200 feet high, which would greatly increase
the cost of the road. That route would
have been some shorter, but the present
is far cheaper and better. 1t will enable
the road to use the S. A. & o. track, if
they desire it and it can be so arranged,
from the mouth of Callahan through the
Gap into town, which would be another
great item of saving.
81 shall move my camp in few days
over into Kentucky. This will be a
tedious undertaking as We shall have to
60 around by Wise courthouse, and from
there by way of Pound Gap into Letcher
county. I have been over the line be-
tween the Big Black and the Pine noun
tains enough to satisfy me that / can get
down from the Kentucky end of the tun-
mel to Owen fork without trouble, and
the route from there through the Pine
mountain is also very practicable one.
The natives have treated us remarkably
we'll, in spite of some threats made at the
outset. We do not anticipate any trouble
over on the Kentucky side, although our
cook, negro man, is afraid to go over
there with us, and ! am in town now to
find cook with more nerve.
ooh, yes, the Interstate is 60, dead
sure if it depends only on feasible
route. We have overcome the worst OBJ
staclcs, and arc confident about the rest
Of route.
"No, cannot say about the probable
cost of the entire enterprise, but / think
it will be within two Enthusiastically
within the two and half millions. This
is a liberal estimate"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
A Place to Put Iron.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-The Secretary of
the Navy this afternoon awarded to Cramp
& Sons, of Philadelphia, the contracts for
building two coast line-of-battle ships in
creased twelve feet in length, for $3,O2O,-
900 each, and the protected cruiser on the
Department plans for $2,725,OOO. The
Department also notified Mr.. Scott, of the
Union Iron-works of San Francisco, that
they are willing to award him one Of the
battle ships for $3,ls0,0OO on the same
plans as that which the Philadelphia firm
offered. Mr.. SCOTS original bid for the
ships on the Department plan was s., 24O GOO
which is 100000 more than the Cramps
bid. The difference between the Depart
ment's offer to the Union Iron-works,
and the Cramps, 100000, the Secretary
believes will only pay for the Transports
ton of steel plates across the continent,
and some other expenses to which the
Philadelphia firm would not be subjected.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
BIG DEAL NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
An English Syndicate Makes Large Pur-
chase in Walker County. Ala.


BiEMINauAa, Oct. s.--A big deal is reported in
Walker county real estate. 1t involves the town site
Of Jasper, several coal mines and many thousands of
acres of mineral and timber lands. An English linz
tied liability company Is said to be the purchaser.
Mr.. l. Musgroye and his associates the sellers
The price paid by the Englishmcn for the princey
domain is about 100000, and the property will be
stocked for $oooooo SO reports Co. and the reports
are worthy OF belief. Is understood that the En-
glishmen, all Of whom will 8e warmly welcomed to
Alabama will transform the quiet little town OF Jas
per into hustling city. OF course there are indi
yiduul owners of numerous lots In Jasper, but the
English company get possession Of practically all OF
the vacant ground. great things FOR Jasper
for Walker county, for Birmingham and Tor Ala
bama II Is the real beginning Of food OF English
capital that wiz ponr Into this mstcAless mineral
region.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
The Iron Trade Boom.

PrrrspCRo Pa, Oct. 9.-The Bethlehem Iron Com
pany proposes to increase Its capital from the present
limit of 200 900 $4,000 extend its plant
1t has very large government contracts for steel guns
and amor plates, and hasn't facilities to do the work
President B. G. Clark, Of the Thomas Iron Company,
says: .sThe Bethlehem company needs money to meet
the demands Of Its growing business The demand
for iron and steel is increasing all the time We have
stopped making iron for delivery during the balance
Of the year. We haven't pound of iron at the port
of New York. Vessels are waiting for iron yet TO be
made. We are also pressed for deliveries in steel
rails The foolish thing of 1t all for Us Is that prices
remain unchanged. They ought to be higher under
this state Of things Judging from the iron and steel
industry, the business Of the country is in fine con-
dision.',
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
REVIEW or THE SESSION.
What Congress Has Done and What 1t
Has Left Undone,

WASHINGTON. Oct 9.--The committee of
the Senate and House reported several
thousand bills and resolutions during the
first session of the Fifty.frst Congress.
In the Senate the usual mode of intro
lucing reports, that is, by special permits
sion of the Senate, was followed; but in
the House the new rules allowed reports
70 be made at any time and without any
special permission, thus allowing an
usually large number of bills to be placed
OH the calendar
OF the principal committees of the Sen
ate, the committee on pensions has had
referred to it about 1000 bills and resolu-
tons, 200 of which originated in the
Senate and 500 in the House. OF this
number about 900 have been reported
400 Senate and 600 House The commit
tee reported five general bills, three Of
which became laws
The committee on territories has re-
ccived forty-cight bills. Of this number
thirty-seveh have been reported. Among
them were the bills providing for the ad-
mission of Idaho and Wyoming
OF the bills introduced the committee on
Indian affairs has received PIG Of this
number they reported seventy-two, Of
which thirty-eight passed. The appropri
ations authorized by the committee aggre-
gated more than $6,O00,000. 1t became
apparent soon after the Fifty-first Con-
gress convened that the elections commit
tee would be, next to the committee on
ways and means, the most important COM
mittee Of the House. The committee de-
cided seventeen of the eighteen cases
before il iii favor Of ten republicans, six
democrats and one union labor candidate.
One case is undecided, and four of those
Pepnrted have not been decided by the
House. The contestants in every case
were republicans. In every case the
recommendations of the committee were
adopted.
Seven republicans and one union labor
candidate were seated and one seat de-
clared vacant.
Other important committees of the
House made considerable progress. The
commerce committee had referred to it
$50 bills and resolutions, of which ia
were reported fayorably and twenty-nine
unfayorably.
The House committee on invalid pen
sions had referred TO it 4,253 bills, or
nearly one-third of the bills introduced in
the House at the session. Of this number
] JOB have been reported by the commit
ztee. 0fthese five were generalbills, three
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
MAIL ROBBERY IN LouIsvILLE.
Two Registered Pouches Taken from q
Mall Wagon while En- Route to
the Depot.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. S.-A daring mail rob-
berry was comitted in Louisville shortly
after 2 o'clock this morning. AT $50
o'clock each morning the registered mat
ter from all points South and from Louis
vile is sent to the First street station OF
the Louisville & Nashville railroad to take
the mail train for Cincinnati and the
East. The mail wagon which left the
postoffice this morning was in charge OF
Driver John Davis and Mail Agent S. A.
Parsons. They locked up two heavy
pouches in the wagon and proceeded to
the depot as usual. When they arrived
at First and Water streets and jumped
down from the wagon, to their astonish-
mcnt they found the door Of the mail
wagon, which is in the rear, wide open,
and the two registered mail pouches gone.
They knew the door had been locked, but
it occurred to them that it might be pos
sible for the door to have jostled open.
They ran back along the line they had
taken from the postoffice to First street,
but were unable to find the missing
pouches. They again returned to First
street, and by this time the railroad en-
ploycs working about the station had
found the two mail pouches. They were
cut almost in two, and all Of the regis
tered matter was gone.
Postmaster Barret is not responsible
on his bond for the robbery. The Rail-
way Mail Service requires Mr.. Parsons,
the agent, to give receipt for the sacks.
He gave this receipt, and if anybody is
responsible it is he, but he has shown due
diligence in the matter.
Postmaster Barrel is making out list
of the registered matter, and will have it
ready at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He will
then ask the senders of the letters from
various parts OF the country to tell how
much their packages contain. The post
master does not think it will amount to
more than $4,000.
The robbery may yet lead to sensational
developments.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
Mosby Turning Democrat.
washington Special.

The Washington correspondent OF the Alexandria
IVA. Gazette writes: ''Col. John s. Mosby in letter
to friend here, states that he intends to vote the
democratic ticket In California this fall TO mark his
condemnation OF Harrison's and Reeds sectional,
anti-Southern policy. He says that when ex-Assist
ant Postmaster-General GARRISON visited the Pacific
coast last republicans of San Francisco
gave him banquet, TO which he (Mosby) was in
vited, but he declined to attend it on account Of
Clarkson's treatment of the Southern people, and
especially his war on Southern women who held
small country postohices. Col. Mosby also says that
II he were in Virginia he would vote for Gen. Lee for
Conpress
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
Longstreet at Knoxville.
iKnoxrille Jou-nnl.l

Some of Knoxville's foremost and fairest young
ladies' filed in and were presented to the general who
began TO bow and shake their hands in typical
Southern manner.
''Ths won't do, said Cooke. ''a Southern general
ought to take shcrmsn's privilege with Southern
grls.'
The general, taking the HUT, proceeded to kiss the
whole party Of pretty young Iadies-and those who
have ssen Knoxyile's girls know what precious
privilege itwaswhie younger men stood, stared and
wished they could exchange their youth for the great
generals age. With its privileges.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
Said To Be on.

New ORLEANS, La, Oct o.-aSs. jefferson Davis
has le Beauvoir for New York, whittier she goes 10
look after the publication Of her book. 1t is reported
that Miss Winnie DavIss with Mr. wilkin-
son has been severed, and gossip Is busy employed
advancing ressons One Is that Ar. wilkinson Is walt.
ing to recover from recent financial missortnnes.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10

La,cyers should send their briefs to the.
Posr's lob Office.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01
WALLA WALLA.
More About Nellie McDon-
aid, the Suicide.
Subsidy for the Grand, Rsnde Branch
Of the Hunt Railway Raised.
Special 10 tie TINEs.MouSrAISEER.

Special TO tie TINEs.MouSrANEER.
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 29.-It is now
known that Nellie Mcdonald who sui =.
cided last Monday, met her husband from
whom she bad been hiding on account
of enormitiesp racticed at recent fancy
ball; and that he there threatened her
with vengeance if she did not respond to
his demand to again live with him. She
refused, fearing the consequences, and
decided that death was preferable. The
man was seen here the day succeeding
her death but has since disappeared. 1t
is also known that while living with him,
be inflicted humiliating indignities upon
the deceased. from which she has been
fleeing for fear.
Notwithstanding denials, it will be
found that the loss Of stock throughout
the Inland Empire, Palouse country and
Big Bend region will be enormous, the
recent snow storm aggravating the calam-
ity. The weather throughout the entire
valley 10 yet intensely cold.
The entire subsidy for the right Of
way and necessary extension of the Hunt
system In the Grand Ronde valley has
been subscribed and guaranteed. The
locating engineers from here will make
the final survey.
Ed c. Ross, Of this county, has been
appointed register Of the Land Office here.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

An old man about 30 years old
died recently in a hospital in San
Francisco, and was taken there as an
object of charity. He was ragged,
dirty and filthy, and had lived for
many years on the most meagre food.
always taking gifts of money or eat
ables when offered. When the old
building in which he lived was ex-
amined $435 in coin was found in an
old iron pot, and deeds to property
worth $4,000. This is a good ex-
ample for political economist to de;
liver lecture on the benefit of accu-
mutation and the proaigacy of waste.
But pertinent question is, what ben.
eft to this poor fellow was his money,
and was he not in as bad condition as
though he did not have q cent to call
his own, and lived from day to day
upon the charity of his neighborsi
Riches boarded. and not put incirc u
lation, does not make man wealthy,
and ruthless waste is much nearer a
virtue.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01
THE swIrcHmEN,s LAME.r.

To be sung to the tune of the "switchman With a
Wooden Leg"
Three switchmen left the shanty one night
On pleasure they were bent;
With sleighs held together by board
To the toboggan slide they went.
But half of their pleasant task done
When the clock struck the hour for re.
;tiring:
But by that time a switchman,
Tonny McMahon, was ON the eve of er.
pir5ng.
As dovfsh hill they came again
A noble switchman yearned,
For Oh his back in the middle of the road,
Lay the only Jimmy Burns.
Farewell to the old toboggan slide
For the sleighs are all in bits.
I'll take her back and lay her away
SAID the noble Mr.. Tibbits.
Now every one who reads this ditty
On these three switchmen please have
pity,
For the toboggan days are nearly o'cr,
And the switchmen will bother the &.
Y. NJ. no more.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01
snow In t.e sssataiss.


Hiram White came in yesterday from the
Quartzville mines and reports quite an ex.
perience crossing the mountains. He was
accompanied on the trip by w. B. Barker,
recorder of that mining district, and Will
Siegmund, of Mehama. ali three haying
been in the mines all winter. They travelled
on snow shoes and found fully thirty feet
deep of snow at the head of Rock Creek
about ten miles southeast Of Gatesville. Al
that point, Lewis Fisher, Of Mehama, nailed
board to tree at snow level In 1881 or
80, and when bare ground appeared that
board was found to Be twenty-eight feet
above, but it il nowhere to be seen now,
being entirely covered. At Qusrtzville. in
the Dry Gulch, there 10 about seven or eight
feet deep Of snow, but it IL not cold there.
nor has there been frost enough at any time
all winter to freeze water in the shanties.
Quite number Of miners have remained in
the Quartzville nsighborho cd during the
winter and active work u expected there 90
soon as the roads will admit of travel.
From the amount Of snow yet covering the
high ridges of the Cascades as well a. the
Coast Range. there IL likely to be more high
water with the first warm rains.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

The face value of the exports of
these articles in 1860 was bnt. $780, :
533. .4lS. Still, nearly all of this value
of $500. 2.0l5,305 ought to have been
bought and consumed by Americans
not engaged in agriculture. The total
value Of breadstuffs exported in 1862,
as reported by the census bureau of
1860 in sort of appendix to the CEN
sus of that year, was sSs, ,595, ,0s2, the
equivalent being, upon the same au.
thority. 76,309,425 bushels, out of q
total crop of sss,792.74o bushels of
corn and l73, 1O4, ,924 bushels of wheat.
How mopstrous is the lie which tells
the farmer that 76,,s09,425 of exports
is equal to SO per cent. of a total crop
of more than 1,l0O, 600, 900 bushels.
We were sadly dependent upon Liver
pool for grain market before protec-
tlon made q great home market, but,
thank heaven, we were not dependent
to the extent of SO per cent. What
is meant by the useless falsehood which
places our present farm exports a. 73
per cent. one can not imagine; includ-
ing cotton they are less than per
cent of the whole output.
The idea that it is better for the :
farmer to send his grain to Liverpool
than to have it consumed in America
is as out of place as the theory that it
would be Letter fer him to haul it, as
he used to do, hundred miles to a
market than to sell it at the neighbor.
ing railway station.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

The Astoria Pioneer flaunts the flag
of D. P. Thompson thus early in the
year. We have advocated the theory
that the Republican convention should
name the candidates, and not the Re-
publican press. At any rate, we cam
not understand in what way Mr..
Thompson has any claim upon this
portion OF the state-especially on The
citizens of The Dalles. The average
Republican voter cannot be herded
like cattle, particularly SO when q
Portland political fock-master at
tempts the roundup"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

A proposition is being sgitated al
Brussels TO settle colony Of negroes
from the U nited States in the upper
Congo country. If our colored people
desire to ernisrate from this, the land
of their birth, the experiment would
be interesting in determining whether
the colony would maintain their pres
ent state of civilization or deteriorate
to the level of the native tribes. OF
course it would not be justice for this
great country to use that portion of
Africa as dumping" spot for this
part OF our population. However un-
desirable they may he to the south,
the government should take no action
in exiling them, without it is mat
ter of their own choice.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

Wasco in conjunction with other
counties for the forfeiture of the
Wallula land grant. From the East
Oregonian We learn the petition in
Umatilla county has been numerously
signed and sent to Hon. Binger Her
mann in Washington City. So far
nothing has been do ne regarding this
matter in The Dalles, aud the time
has nearly elapsed when any effective
work may be expected; The forfeit
ure of this unearned land grant is Of
The utmost Importance to every resi-
dent in the county, and if petition
were circulated nearly everJ person
would atfix his signature. Are we
asleep to our true interests, and can
no impelling motive be called into
requisition to arouse as to actionf
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

"Be sure to telegraph me as soon q
you arrive" said young husband to BIZ
birdie at Philadelphia station the othe
day. She was starting on her first triJ
home to see her mother. Her mothe
lives about ten mile s out.
II will" promised the young wife
sweetly, "brt don't know whether
have money enough"
"Oh. send it collect Now don't for
get. Good-by."
"Good-by."
The young husband gazed longingly
after the train ~ it steamed out and theu
he sadly returned tn his place of business
In half an hour messenger boy prsient-
ed the following:
"FRoe CENTRE, Pa, 2p George
Washington Blank, 43 Blank street, Phil
adeiphia-MY DEAR GEORGE: have
just arrived safely, without any accident
ut all, not the slightest. The train slow
ed up at JInk's crossing and whistlsd,
but I don't think anything serious was
the matter. It made my heart jump to
think how you would feel If anything had
been the matter, you know; but there
wasn't. not thing, SO TAR as could find
out. / got to thinking of you and might
have been carried past the station if
Cousin WiIl-the one you used to be 80
jealous about, you know--hadn been on
the train. he is visiting at mothers,
and Is handsomer than ever. He says he
hates you; but of course that ls only fun,
you know. forgot to say my trunk
came through all right. 1t was no trouble
at all. Cousin Will took my check and
arranged to havelt (the trunk, you know
haulcd,up TO the house. 1t will have to
be taken around by the mill because the
other road is blocked up, you know; but,
you know, that will only take q few min.
utes longer than by the other road-,he
one that is blocked up, mean. Well,
must close this dispatch. because tele-
grams have to be short, you know.
Your loving wife,
.ANNIE BLIFKINs BLANK.
"(Collect $lO".
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

The political conventions this yeal
do not want to turn cold shoulder
towards Eastern Oregon. In 1888
the counties east of the Cascade
mountains rolled up good Republican
majorities, and will do the same this
year if they are not trampled in the
mud by the ring politicians of Politi-
clans The people in this portion of
the state desire to be recognized, and
if this is not fairly and honestly done
we advise our Willamette neighbors
to keep an eye Ola the COW counties
next June.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

The women's crusade in Missouri
accomplished no good. They demol-
'ished one saloon, aud were found
guilty of disturbing the peace and
hIed. Parading the streets with ban.
ners, after the Salvation Army method,
will effect no permanent reformation.
This may create considerable enthusi.
asm Cor time; but it soon dies out,
and the reaction works injury. The
saloon evil has to be fought in dead
earnest in the proper manner. The
regulation of the traffic is a moral
question, and public sentiment must
be educated before restrictive meas
ures can be enforced.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01
Tacoma. the CITY of Destiny.

Tacoma, the City of Destiny, not to
be outstripped 10y New York, will send
a young lady around the world, which
it is calculated can be accomplished in
about sixty days. Report says $4,000
have already been subscribed for the
purpose, and the young lady will start
on her tour with flying colors. The
record of Jules Verne has Teen low
cred by Miss Bly, and Miss Bisland,
and their records will be considerably
lessened by the Tacoma lady. As
soon as the last lady makes the circuit,
it will be in order for Seattle or Spo-
kane Falls to lower tho record again,
and then Pasco's turn will come.