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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
In the Clerk Office
County If Mise

x-IRGIyiA:-In tie Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court Of the County Of Wise OF the 18th day VI
October. lS90. in vacation.
SARAH j. Drrr. Plaintil.}
~. In Chancery.
C.. C. DUFF. Defendant.
Tic object Of this sui is To obtain decree dssolv'
ing the bonds vi mairmony now existing between thc
,i1int;n and defendant. And an affidavit having
been made and filed. that the defendant, {. t. Duff is
mi resident Of the State 81 Virginia, ii is ordered
That h. appear here within fifteen days after due pub
LEGATION hereof and do what may he necessary To pro-
feet hi, interest in this suit And il is further urdcrcd-
that , copy hereof hc published once week FOR four
weeks in some new Spa,cr. and that II copy he posted
Al the front door II the conr-hou>c Of this county
on the LIST day 81 the October term. lSH. 81 Wise
inun,y Court \ copy Tcstc. j. T.. LIFTS. Clerk.
KicIigoxp Il RicnNoNp. p. q. Hit
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AVERAGE. az


AVERAGE az Carbon. Ash phur.
samples Xix Stone Gap coke. made
in open rick and by lest ?323 IG9 OIL?
3 samples Conncll>yic. Pa, coke
oven test .NSh Wa ".Nt"
j.. samples Chattanooga, Tenn. coke.
oven ,cSt......... ............. SOIL 1914 '.h
sample, Birmingham. Ala. coke.
EVEN, owen test 9255 "a o.597
5 samples New liver, w.v".. coke,
oven test ..-.-... .......'Z'So III o'.'-
sample Fig Stone Gap cukc. oven
test ANALYSIS made by \. =
Mctrcath. September. 1880 HG+ +.7+ .iSs
The information given by Mr.. Carroll
ID. Wright. United States Commissioner Of
Labor. in regard to the cost of making
iron in the North and South respect
lively. is presented without comment or
ANALYSIS 1t is simply submitted in bulk
and il is left for the reader to digest il
for himself or else await the completion
Of the final report. To analvzc the ar
ray of figures would require the compass
of a volume. and the most that can be
done within the limits of this article Is To
draw from the figures Il few details that
bear most directly upon the industry OF
the South. After all the discussion and
argument that has hinged upon the cost
of maxim. iron in the South. and after the
often harsh criticism that has been called
forth by figures presented to show how
chcapy pig iron could be made i'll the
South. it is certainly refreshing to read
in Mr.. Wright'S carefully complied tables
confirmation of some of the southern
pig iron fables. The figures not only
show the measure of the advantage that
the South enjoys, but they also reveal in
very specific terms the exact character OF
that advantage.
Let US first compare the total cost per
ton. run of furnace, North and South, and
for this the deadly parallel column will
serve:
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

The point that is brought forward most
prominent ny these two tables is the
greater relative chcapness of the ores used
by the Southern furnaces. The smallest
cost per ton Of iron for ore to the Northern
furnaces is seen to he $4.2G5, which is the
figure given for No. IL, while the highest
cost for orc in this group is $500 in the
case No. -. AS compared with the ex-
tremcs the Southern furnaces show 81 SOL
as the lowest ore cost per ton of the pro-
duet, and $5.O66 as the highest-Nos.
and ~ respectively.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

Those who desire to hare job ,rork DOM,
miH fnd Il to their interest 10 send their
orders to the posr's nem job office. The
mork wiH be executed as ireli as it can be
done IN Richmond or Louisville.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

Our correspondent was in Bristol few
days since and is enthusiastic over the
artistic work and gallery of Hodges. Our
people should call in and look ut this
studio when in the Twin City.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
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{ ('llanccry

-. { chancsry
The obirc, Of h suit j. 10 subject t" >alc f"r the
satisfaction Of the varicus judgments mentioned IN
tin bill two lois in the town e" c Stone Cap which
were conveyed ". D. Jones by VI. H.Wood and WIFE
nv decd dated May 9Th. 1851. and Of record in the
clerk Office Of the county Court ol Wise county, one
80 which lots was afterwards conveyed hy said Jones
to = Lawrence French, and the other Ia Henry ilan
burc And an affidavit having been made and filed
,i,ai the defendants. James H. Williams j. {. Chnicc.
= LAWRENCE French. Henry Hamburg. W. j Car
mack Caharr. Il. Jones. Iohn NJ. Homes. Nancy
Elizabeth Milan. benjamin H. Jones. AMI the children
nf :. C. Jones, deceased, ar" not residents "' the
state Of Virginia. III" best of atlantis Information
and belief ami that thc uanc> al the children of s. e.
oic> deceased uukn"wl. j, j. ordered that they
epurar here within fifteen days after due publication
hereof and do wai may bc necessary Ia protect thelT
interest in this suit. A il is further ordered mat
, cory hereof be published once week for four
weeks in some newspaper and that ii copy he posted
ut the front door Of the courthouse OF this county,
~ required ny law. y copy
TcStr !. l.. ILrrs, Clerk.
Brw>S II FrLToH. p.q. LII"
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ANpnrw $. McCnrArm.

For the purposes of comparison of the
value of the cokcs now used in furnaces of
the United States with that of the Big
Stone Gap region. VIC publish the follow
Ing table of analyses, which may he relied
upon us accurate:
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
Color ~ ash. brown.

This represents a coke of great purity: low in botl
sulphur and ash and high in fixed carbon chemically
i, is fully as soud the very best PocHhonths coke
and IL should rank high rs mciallurgical fuel.
Yours truly,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
CITY BUSINESS.

To exchanges stock of merchandise
for Big Stone Gap business property. Ad-
dress W. A. r. ROBERTSON,
[l2-l3tl Bristol, Tenn.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
Carr. Babies s Co.

Carr's for winter wraps.
Cars for fur wraps.
Carr's for lace curtains.
Bristol, Tennessee.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
BE CERTAIN TO CALL At

r AND FOR SAi.E.-PurSuant 10 decree OF the
Ia Circuit Court nf Wise county, Virginia.sreidered
M the September term 1890. in the chancery cause ol
John S.rvcr. plaintiff. and J. " ;illy, administrator
and others defendants. |. the undersigned comhis-
sioreT will proceed at the front door Of the court
house Wise county. the first day OF the Novehiher
term Of the Wise County Court. 1890, 10 sell 10 the
highest AMI best bidder all a, certain tract or parcc
Of land living aud being in Wise county, virginia near
Biz Stone Gnp. containing about sevcnty-hvc acres
This irac, Of land adioins the lands now owned hy the
Biz Sion. Gap Improvement; Company, where Senator
W now lives and j. all woodland covered with good
timber Terms ~ sale costs ana commission of SAFE
aud onr-;lird Of the residue must he paid down oil
dav Of sale the residue tn hr paid i'll one ana wv"
on;,al annual ustalImcni> hearing interest from date
vi,h rood personal security. Due attention will he
given. This 10Th day Of Oct"hcr, 1890
r. IT, WELLS. Commissioner
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court Of the
County If Wise.
ions S,RvEE. plaihth In
against { Chanccry
J. VI. GIliY Admr., ct at. Dcicndan,sO
|. J. F. Iipps. clerk Of the said court. do certify
that the bond required Of the special commissioner ny
The decree rendered in said cause on the 18th day ~
Sortcmbcr 1880. has bccn duly given. Given under
my hand as clerk Of the said court. this 10th day OF
October. 1890. Hit TcStc. j. +. LIFTS. Clerk.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
{ Clnnccry.

VIRGINIA lin the Clerks Onicc Of The Circuit
\ Court Of the County "i Wise Oh the :'ri day "f
November, Ism. III rules.
I'nNr SnIrIl.S 4 90. I'iaimiiil-.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

WILLIAM MtIitOl'E, TN. TId!TITII'|
j. l.. rrrrE- It a.. DcfcndauiS, }
The object u! this suit i Ia obtain decree against
Wu,. Cf;scl and j. H. Peters Tor Indebtedness To the
nlnuin ana Ia attach any funds 81 thu said Cri>cl or
iecrs tia, are or may come into the hands OF j. v"
Hutchinson. sheriff Of Wise county, Virginia. Ana
AN affidavit having l, made ami filed that The de-
fcnianjs j. l.. Peters aud William Crisci- are NOT
residents If the State of Virginia il is ordered that
they appear here within fifteen days after due publ
cation hereof and do what may he necessary To pro-
tcci their interest in this suit And it is further
ordered. that copy hereof he published once week
for four successive weeks III some newspaper, am
that copy be posted the front docr of the court
house Of this county the l>t day Of the October
term, 1890. II Wise County Courl. y copy.
Taste. j. T.. LIFTS. Clerk.
SHELBY 4 IRVINE. p. IO-4w
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
BIG STONE COKE.
shown by the Greatest Expert in the coun-
try to be the Best.
IRON IN SOUTH AND NORTH.

The coke has bright metallic lustcr.
unusual cell space, and is remarkably
strong. Mr.. Taggart, who for long time
was manager of the Conncllsville Coal
Company, regards it as the best product
he has ever seen.
This coke. besides having been analyzcd.
has been thoroughly tested as to strength
and porosity. and is pronounced hy capa-
bic experts to be nearer a perfect coke
than ans vet made.
ANALYSIS ny ANpRrw $. McHr.rII
CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
A>prrw $ McCnE,ra.
H,nRrsnrrc. r... Sept. !, lsn.
Nh T.. y. irisExni>c
lrc. The Virginia Coni K Iron Co..
Big Stone Gap.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

An analysis of the cost totals for the
Twenty-Five Southern establishments gives
the cost of materials rs below:
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

Some people agree with Tur SuSS opinion about
men and things aud some people don't: hut cvery-
body likes Ito get hold Of the newspaper which Is
never dull and never afraid tn speak its mind
Democrats know ths, for twenty years rnr Srx has
fought in the front line for democratic principles,
never wavcring weakening in it, loyalty To the true
interests Of the party it serves with fearless inteiIi-
ccncc and a;sinlercstcd vgor. y; times opinions
have differed rs 10 the best nj accomplishing
the common purpose; it j. not rnE SrNs fault il it
ba. seen further into the milestone.
Eighteen hundred and ninety is the yrar that will
probably determine the result Of III. presidential
election Of Iss3. and perhaps thu fortunes Of the
democracy for the rest OF the century Victory in
ls92 is duty and the beginning Of ls9o is the best
finn IA, siari MI in cnInnnIV with Tile SrN.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
In Eject July -. 1890.

*Trains stop only on signal.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07
Lei No Invalid DiSpair !
For Every Disease there is. Cure.
Electricity the Source Of Life
and Health.

The wonderful strides made in mairria mcca with
in the past ten years, is uc Ia The better understand.
ing OF The laws II health and In the scientific use oi
he FlrrrrIc roRcrs in The cure Of the various dis
eases 10 which humanity is subject The
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

the Clerk Office II The Circuit
Court ot the County Of Wise on the lr'l dag OF
November. lS9o. NJ rules
/, ,rrrxmriuEE ll,gpw lEE CoMrtNY. Pli.} IN
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-11-07

Address THE Sun. New York.
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BrH>S Il FrLToy. p.q.
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SIX DOLLARS.

Exclusive Manufactured, BIC Stone Gar, Va.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-02
The News Condensed,
important intelligence From All Parts.
FROM WASHINGTON.

THROUGHOUT the country Christmas
Day was generally observed on the 25th,
and springs ethereal mildness was re-
ported prevalent all over the United
States.
MORE patents have been issued from
the Patent Office this year than ever be-
fore. The total number up to the cath
was 90, $50 against I9, SIS last year.
MERcHASDIsEexports from the United
States during November were valued at
SsS,66O, $50. against HOSTS. 609 in No
vember, ISIS. Imports we're $50. 007. 1aS.
against s53. $50. ss9 in November. 1855.
ABOUT FIVE thousand miles of main
track railways were built in the United
States during the past year, being the
smallest construction recorded since
1855.
THE twenty-second annual conven-
tion of the Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton will meet in Washington February
Is to 2i.
On the 23th the Secre tary of the Navy
adopted a new design for The flag of the
navy, TO take effect July l. 1891. IL will
be applied TO both the flag and the union
jack of the navy, and consists of a rec
tangular arrangement Of the forty-two
stars.
THERE were 2ss business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 27th, against S42 the preyi-
Gus week. For the corresponding week
in lsSS the number was 334. The total
failures in the United States January l
to date is 1880, against lO.4l6 in 1855.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 2sth aggregated
S947, SIS, 24e, against 81, 1874, 4OI, $50 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1sss the increase
amounted TO 81.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Christmas gift of Thomas A
Edison on the 25th to Archduchess
Elizabeth, daughter of the late Arch
duke Rudolph of Austria, was phono-
graphic doll which talks and recites
verses.
W. ii. FORD killed his wife and then
took his own life in quarrel on the cath
at LANCE Garden, Ont.
FIRE destroyed block of buildings in
London on the 25th, causing a loss OF
$3.50, 600.
AT Brussels and Vienna influenza was
making great ravages on the oath.
In Paris the influenza was increasing
in violence Oh the Goth, and of the total
number of persons attacked six per
cent. died.
A PARTY of young men in sleigh at
Vancouver, Ii. C., were struck by fall
ing tree OF the 27th, and four of them
and two horses were killed.
Is Paris there were $50 deaths from
influenza during the twenty-four hours
ended on the 27th.
THE death of Theresa, the daughter
of King Francis L., of Sicily, and the ex
Empress of Brazil, occurred suddenly
on the 2sth at Oporto, Portugal.
On the 2sth his Majesty Charles ].
was formally proclaimed King of Portu-
gal at Lisbon.
Mr. GLADSTONE celebrated his eight
ieth birthday at Hawarden on the Goth.
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THE EAST.

THE Commercial Telegraph Company
was sold at New York on the cath 10 Ed
ward C Pratt and John W. Mackay for
SIS, 600.
WHILE crossing the railroad tracks on
the cath at KinZers, Pa. Mrs. Annie
McIlvaney and her eleven-months'-old
child were struck by a train and killed.
On the 25th Prof. Brooks, director of
Smith Observatory at Geneva, \. v, dis
covered a new comet
Miss MAMIE CAMPBELL and her escort,
Benjamin Lovett. both of Williamsburg.
Pa. were struck by train and killed
while returning from a Christmas eve
dance early on the morning of the 25th.
FIVE THoTs AND coal miners in the vi
cinity of Scranton. Pa, were thrown out
of work on the 25th by the shutting
down of mines.
IL the Mexican and Allegheny pa
oil fields a wind-storm on the Goth lev
eled hundreds of derricks and two
houses at Bradford were wrecked.
IN November 29.O9T immigrants came
to this country. against 25,419 in No
vember, 1855. Germany furnished q, 7s2,
England and Wales 3,7s3, Italy 4,147,
Austria $3.50. Hungary 2,2O1, Russia
2.S19, Sweden and Norway l,96s and
Ireland 1909.
On the 26th Sarah Demerett, aged
eighty years, and Charlotte Thompson,
aged seventy years, were suffocated by
coal gas at Dewitt, y. Y.
IN the western portion of New York
State a wind-storm on the Goth did great
damage to property and caused the loss
of five lives.
JOHN BAssETTE, a mill-hand at Lud-
low, Mass, killed his wife with an axe
on the 26th and then killed himself
WILLIAM III. PALMER and John p.
Jones, of Bangor, Pa, blew out the gas
on the Goth in hotel at Bethlehem,
Pa, and were suffocated.
IN Boston on the 27th $4,000 persons
were said to be suffering with influenza,
and in New York and Brooklyn the
number was also large.
AT Fall River. Mass, wind-storm
on the 27th unroofed several houses and
tore down church steeples.
A BROOKLYN barber named Frank
Bruck killed his mother on the 2sth
and then himself. because the mother
was sick and not expected to recover.
THERE were 1000 cases of influenza
in New York City on the 29th, in Boston
20. 600. and in Philadelphia $4,000, and
several deaths had occurred from the
disease.
ALEXANDER BECK & SoN. carpet man
ufacturers at Philadelphia, failed on
the 2Sth for $3.50, OO0
OVER 10000 immigrants arrived in
New York from Europe on the 2sth.
A PROCLAMATION was issued by Gov
ernOF Godell, Of New Hampshire, on the
2sth that all saloons in the State must
be closed and the prohibitory law strict
LIZ enforced
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SCIENTIFIC SELECTIONS.

A NEW hypnotic called ''somnal" pro-
duces six to eight hours of sleep, and is
claimed co have all the advantages of
chloral. with none of the unpleasant
after-effects.
WHAT is known as the rhinoplastic
operation has been successfully per-
formed by Brooklyn physician. Last
October he made an entire new nose for
a woman, using the breastbone of a
chicken as its foundation. The lady has
as good a nose as any body.
THE latest electric device IS for de-
tecting fire. When the temperature of
room reaches a dangerous point the
composition in the little button starts
the bell to ringing and indicates the
number of the room in the Office. The
alarm is kept up until the temperature
of the room is reduced to below the
danger point.
THE latest development of the cleo
trio light is likely to prove of great use
for vehicular traffic. A small incandes-
cent globe and reflector are placed on the
forehead of horse, insulated wires are
carried along its body 20 a small battery
slowed in the trailing vehicle. The
current is turned on at pleasure, and an
unmistakable blaze of light illumines
the murky surroundings.
THE latest revelations concerning
Egyptian antiquities come through the
research of Prof. Naville, of Geneva,
made at Bubastes. Bubastes was the
sacred city of Bast, the cat-headed god
dess. 1t was supposed that its great
temple had entirely disappeared, but NJ.
Naville discovered extensive remains of
it. and striking proof to show that the
pyramids of Cheops and Cheferen must
have been in existence at least by 800
b. C., or about six thousand years ago.
The Hyksos, or shepherd kings, came
from Babylon or Mesapotamia In the
twenty-third century b. c.
THE scale on which the universe is
built becomes comprehensive in the
presence of the fact that while these
motions of the stars carry them hun
dreds of millions of miles in a year, yet
so tremendous is their distance that we
must watch them for centuries before
they seem TO us TO have moved at all.
The first result of the discovery that
the fixed stars were in motion was
speculation as to the center of their rev.
olution. 1t was assumed that the heav-
ems revolved around a common center as
the planets revolved around the sun.
Now that idea is abandoned, but with
the development Of the law respecting
the conservation of energy, still more
startling views are entertained
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YARNS AND GOSSIP.

AT recent election in Beverly, Mass,
one ballot was entirely blank, but on the
back of it was written: Il want to vote
the same as Maurice Heaphy."
AN American has sued dealer in
mummies in Egypt for swindling. The
American bought mummy guaranteed
to be 5000 years DID," and afterwards
discovered that its age was only 1895
years.
A CINCINNATI young lady, who culls
fashions latest terms from the newspa-
pers, threw a whole millinery store
into state of excitement by calling for
"a pair Of hose nozzles." She wanted
pair of CATERS.
In catechizing a candidate for cook
the epicure asked: ''How would you
serve woodcock-with or without their
heads?' Without" said the olsen
gagged culinary applicant. ''That's
enough" said the questioner; 81 do not
want you in my kitchen" Moral, heads
win.
"WHAT nuisance!" exclaimed a gen.
tleman at concert, as young fop in
front of him kept talking in loud
voice to a lady at his side. Ibid you re-
fer to me, sir?' threateningly demanded
the flop. ooh, no; / meant the musi-
sicians there, who keep up such noise
with their instruments that can't hear
your conversation"
A coUNTRYMAS went to store in
Morgantown, w. Va, the other day and
purchased a kerosene lamp. That's
the first one o. them notions that ever
come to nv house." he remarked.
Candles was allus good enough Tor
marin and me, but darter's got beau
and thinks we ort to put on leetle
style"
THE following sentence is said to
have been pronounced by Scotch
Judge: .'Ye did not only kill and muir
der the man, and thereby take away his
valuable life, but ye did push, thrust,
protrude or impel the lethal weapon
through the belly-band of his regimen
tai trousers, which were the property of
his Majesty"
THERE was a novel fight in ogle-
thorpe, Ga, the other day. Two one
armed men were the chief participants
Another one-armed man interfered to
separate them, and while these three
men with their three arms were making
nuite a three-cornered racket three
legged dog stood by as referee and
barked three yelps at time with three
minutes intermission, until the whole
performance was concluded by the town
marshal.