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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
The Building Co. Begins Active Work.

The Big Stone Gap Building and In
vestment Company have commenced work
in earnest. Mr. Gilbert, of Cincinnati,
has been engaged by the company as
manager. They expect soon to erect
their own saw and planning mill plant on
the island near the electric light station,
on plat of ground of several acres do
mated by the Improvement Co. for that
purpose. Mr.. Gilbert brought several
boss carpenters with him and expects
several more in few days. The company
will at once commence the erection of
good nnmbrv of medium and small sized
houses to rent or sell to people of moder-
mo means
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
The Handle Factory.

The gentlemen fLom Florence, Ala, who
have been in correspondence with local
parties in regard to the establishment
at this place of mommoth woodworking
factory are in the city. They will remain
about ten days and thoroughly inspect the
timber and other advantages. Their plant
when in full operation will employ 100
skilled workmen and will cost at least
100000 There are several other large
plants awaiting their report, which it is
most probable will be favorable.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
a Liberal Offer.

A Chattanooga gentleman has made an
offer of $4,000 for the lot on the corner of
East Fifth street and Clinton avenue, and
agrees to bind himself to l,uid a $4,000
business house. Mr.. Powell, OF Harrods-
burgh, the owner, asks $4,000 for the prop
erty. His agents here are anxious TO
effect the sale and it is said have offered
liberal inducements over and above the
% ~
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
Tobacco.

This is one of the best tobacco sections
in the South, and it is wonder our pco-
pie don't cultivate it. They can make
more clear money out of it than any thing
else they can raise on the hillsides, which
are better adapted to it than level ground
Now is the time to clear up the ground
and get it in shape. W. II. Nickcls Co
have made arrangements for a quantity OF
the very best seed, which they will give tc
those who wish it.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

CAruAsiNE B. JONES JONI N. JOKES, MARY
j. JAsiEs and W w JAMES. NANCY ELIZA
BETH ALIEN and--ALIEN the husband LII
OF said Nancy ELIZABETH, ". J. GAZE Chanccry
MACE, BENJAMIN d. JOKES. K. JOKES,
Joix JOKES, EUIA JOKES, and j. {.
CHANCE, the executor OF the last will oi
Wa. d. JONES. deceased, Defendants, J
The object OF this suit is have the following deeds
set aside and dclarcd void, viz: LIST. \ deed dated
April 18th, 1880, from Samuel j. James to W. ID.
Jones, conveying to the said W. ID. Jones the follow
ing tracts OF land in Wise county, Virginia, viz. ~
An undivided One-lonrth interest III tract Uf land
containing about "a acres, known AS the j. X. Dickey
tract ~ undivided one-fourt Interest i'll tract
Of lan containing 1904 acres, which said tract is de-
scribec in said decd being tract formerly owned
and conveyed TO the said Samuel James by W. w.
James. and being situated in the town OF Big Some
Gap, Va. (3) undivided onc-lal Interest il sew
era tracts OF land containing In the aggregate about
1850 acres aud being lands which were formerly
owned BY j. A. Jones, J. W. Gilly, james Nunly,
James Shepherd Elkanah Gily, H. T. Slemp, johnson
Wells, Dock Wells, Guss Wells, j. NJ Robinett, -
Willis, Wilson, and -Skeen and were conveyed
by them to the said VIM D. Jones and were afterwards
conveyed by him TO the said Samuel j. james; ~ all
The land known the Bundel tract containing about
10 acrrs which was conveyed BY J. b. F. Mills to said
S. J. James, situated near the mouth OF Callahan
creek (5 all the lands owned by the said s. j. James
situated west Of and below the town Of Big Stone Gap,
Va, known the Louisa Kibourn tract, il being the
tract which conveyed to said James by said Viii
liam d. Jones. 2nd. \ deed dated April 2otn, 1889:
from the said s. J. james to the said w. D. Jones,
conveying the said Jones oil the right title and in
terest of the said S J. James in and to any and all
lands, coal and mineral rights and timber ut that
time owned by the said James or which he may have
owned before the date of said deed, situated III the
States OF Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and New Jersey
And an affidavit having been made and filed that the
defendants are all non-resdens OF the State of vr-
gna 1t is ordered that they do appear here, within
fifteen days after due publication hereof and do what
And 1t is further ordered that copy hereobe pub
lished once week FOR four weeks in some newspaper
and that copy be posted at the front door Of the
courthouse of this county, as required by law.
copy. 1cste, j. r. ErFs, CierS.
BuIIrrT & Mcdowell, p. q. lI4w
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
lsniirond Extension.

ILyHC!IVIr1 tIVVIVC.t
The rumor has been in circulation for
some time that the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad would soon have terminus at
Newport News. The rumor seems to be
based ON the statement that IL tract of
land had been bought for the Baltimore
and Ohio near Newport News. Whether
any of these statements arc true or not we
cannot say. We simply print the rumor
for what it is worth
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
Soap for the Poor.
New York Sun.l

give them barrel of soap. said the proprietor
OF large uptown hotel vino was appealed I" on
behalf of charitable institution. He meant by that
order to give barrel of half used cakes of toilet soap
collected from the bedrooms. This waste is one of
the principal items in hotels where it is the rule TO
put fresh cake OF soap in each room for each new
occupant of the room.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
A Close Cal. for DIR. KunkeI.

Last Wednesday while Drs. Kunkel and
Cooper were on the road to Norton Il large
tree fell, completely covering DR.. kunkcl
and his horse. Fortunately no large limb
struck the doctor, and he escaped with Il
few scratches.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

Como early and avoid the rush ut |.
Hills for fine Christmas present, adapt
ed to either lady or gentleman. He will
deliver all Christmas presents the evening
before if desired. 1T
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
Po.nsette's Laundry to Remain.

Mr.. Poinsette announces that he will
not move his laundry to Bristol, but will
continue to do business hereNs formerly.
He will operate branch at Bristol, how
eyer
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

Hilb has just received some extra fine
overcoats; also some very fine silk umbrel-
las, Paragon frames, ranging from $3.50 to
$1,000 1t
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

Subscriptions to The Post are payable in
Advance. III no case trill this RUE be de-
pidted from.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

Get your fine wines, WHISTLES, hrandies
and cigars for the holidays of \. Sum
merfeld. 1T
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

+. T. Short & Co. are now manufacture
ing mattresses to order at lowest prices.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

yTlRG; MA AT rules held in the Clerk Office OF
the Circuit Court Of the County of Wise on the
2nd day Of December. 1890.
SAMUEL j. JAMEs. Plaintiff.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19

ever.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

It is fair question, remarks the New
York Mercury, whether we are not suffer-
ing just now from . superabundance of
scientific advice in regard to ventilation,
tonics. food, sleep and other hygienic
and dietetic learning. The innumerable
articles written on air and appetizers,
Me side on which to sleep, the polariza-
hon of the body and other themes con-
nected with the struggle to live arc cal
suiated to drive the man who tries to
follow them out practically into the lu-
naaic asylum or the grave. We need
pure water, fresh food and bright, airy
sleeping rooms, but at the same time
We need enough common sense to keep
MS from worrying over imaginary ills
and perils and to leave US contented and
happy. Life 10 made for enjoyment and
not for worry, and the sooner q man
learns this the pleasanter will be his ex-
istence.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
A Tramp Worth $4,000.

Several days ago tramp applied to
the F:ndlay (Ohio) City Infrmary Di-
rector for lodging and other relief, and
for two days he was provided for at the
city prison. He was about to he trans
ferred to the county icfirnary when
the doctor accidentally discovered who
he was, and refused 10 grant him per-
mission to enter that institution unless
he would pay for his entertainment.
The tramp refused to do this, and left
the city by the back alleys
The man was John Swim, Q wander.
ing missr, who subsists worse than any
tramp on the road, although no is worth
not less than $50, 900, in sums which
he has on deposit in various banks in
this part Of the country. Bssid.s the
money no has mortgages on farm prop
erty, and county aud government bonds
galore. Yet he goes from place to
place with his ragged clothing barely
covering him, and hanging on his IN
washed and unkcmpt body.
BE tramps through tho day all over
tho country begging hi, food and
clothing and lodging, when he Can, In
calabooses and intrmaries, and, alto
gether, Il ono Of the worst locking
wretchss under the stars. A few ysan
ago he was knocked down mar the
town Of Ada, and robbed Of SO. 900.
which he had concealed on his dirty
body Some time srs he purchased
so, 600 worth Of Hardin county bonds,
which he still holds, drawing the inter-
est regularly and conesaling it he
has no known relatives q friends.
How he accumulated his wealth and
where hs came from are also unknown,
a. he hes made no colndants. Hs made
his first appearance hero ten years ~
more ago.-lPltssburQh DispA.eh
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
Russia's Great Novelist.

Count Tolstoi is man Of sixty, with
iron-gray hair, sunburned countenance,
plentifulIy furnished with gray beard
and mustache. His hair is parted down
tho middle and is thick and full. His
brow, furrowed with the ploughshare
Of thought is broad and massive; his
eyes, small and piercing. CLEAN out be-
meath bushy browa Hi, nose, large
and prominent, ha, full and expressive
nostriis. Tho features are SO strongly
marked that once seen they cannot soon
be forgotten. He Is rather above tho
average hei, ht, and his threescore years
have not bowed his stature. But he is
NO .oager as robust as he was. He
looks somewhat shrunkeu and worn,
a. If time and tho evcr-Lurning Ere
within were making inroads on what
was once stout and stalwart form.
Count Tolstoi dresses not la moujik,
but not as Count. he wears coarse,
dark blouse, buttoned up the breast
and fastened round the waist with q
leathern girdle. Collars, cuffs and such
frippery he eschews. His trousers are
as those Of other men. On his head he
wears soft, weather beaten brimless
hat, and whenever he walks abroad he
carries . stout staff. The costume Of
the disciple is like to that of his master.
Simplicity in dress is . distinctive note
Of the Tolstoian gospel-oue among tho
mary points in which it resembles tho
Quaksrs. Il Louisville Courier Journal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
Pho Camera "A an Office Boy.

A neat device has been invested by
Philadelphia bus ness man whose office y
oysrruu by unwclc0me visitors.
He hes purchased a detective photo
wsphic camera and has it placed
directly opposite the door Of his office.
When tho visitors enters, the office boy,
q bright lad and well schooled in the
dip;enscy Of his profession, turns The
knob aud takcs an instantaneous photo
graph Of the intruder. This is de-
vsloped, aad forms oae Of collection
q undesirable visitors which is kept in
Q bsok fer the boys instruction in the
fst1ra People Who come to waste
sHAex's time, collectors with bills that
Shey wish paid, sad the thousand and
sae disagreesble characters known to the
average business man. form the basis OF
HE unique collection. In practice 1t
veeks like . charm. For example, the
svner Of the Office says:
.Jshn, any one called this mOrnings"
AID tho faithful boy remarks: eyes.
II; Ne. II dropped in. l told him tho
usual story abous you being out OF town,
md he went"
A glspce Ut the album shows No. IA TO
30 the collector for . jewelry firm, and
Pposite his name is the significant
legend.
Tell him I've gone to the country"
There ore now in Chicago about 100
school buildings, which are filled by
about 10000 of the city's children. under
the care Of 1000 teachers. OF these
teachers about 1880 are women.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

The man who can toll more tales o
Indian fighting. bear hunting, aad vile
life generally than any other ma, Yves
Of the Rockies is Carroll Bronson,
pioneer of the Selkirk mountains ir
British Columbia. 1t is forty-twe year.
shce he made his way alsne from the
had waters of the Missouri to those
mountains and he is now in Ban
Francisco, seeing for the first time in
all those year, town of moro than q
thousand persons.
His face is scared from arrow
wounds received in Indian fights, ard il
he lifts his long white hair from the
side Of his head he shows q great
circular scar extending from above his
right eye clear around the right side and
back of his head almost to the left ear.
That is where the old man was scalped.
'Gt was in &c, with the Sioux" he
explained, "and it was tho worst brush
lever had with the Indians. They
came upon a camp Of nine of US aud one
of them pounced upou me, seized me
BY the hair and cut right around my
head where you see this scar. Then he
gave a sharp wrench upward with his
right arm aud laid the whole skull bare.
cannot describe the pain it gave mo,
and l don't believe could have endured
any more without simply dying of it
There is no other torture man can be
subjected to that will begin to compare
with being scalped
1T Is q common belief that q man
can't live after being scalped, but rvo
survived the experience, q matter OF
twenty Two years, and I don't think I'm
quite to the end of my journey yet, even
if l am seventy years old. l knew
another man up there, too. who didn't
die under the scslping knife. Tho
scalp was torn completely off from the
whole top of his head, so that it had to
be constan tly owsthed in cotton and
olive OIL He lived ayeaE That man
knew what suffering means, if ever a
man did."-INew York Sun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Much nonsense has been writtou
about tho secrets of lion tanners. such
as that they drug their animals before
going into the cages. or that they tame
the beasts with the aid of red hot iron
bars. There is no truth in such stories,
and ia spite of the fact that lion tam
ers are now and then attacked and
sometimes killed, most Of the animals
they exhibit are quite harmless. The
principal secret of lion tanning is conf
dencs; it Is this which secures the man
control over his animals. Pcxou and
Bidel, the great Partisan lion tanners,
begin By studying the animal carefully,
aud whom the lion becomes used to see
ing them they onter tbs cage The
training is accomplished BY taking .
whip aad forcing the lion 10 do what ID
wanted It is curious fact that lions
which have been caught wild arc easier
10 train than those born in captivity,
even though the latter animals may b
tame enough to be trusted outside their
cages. This i, something. however,
that no lion tanner whs knows his bust.
aess will ever think of ri,king with an
adult animal, for they are q treacherous
lot, end just as likely as not it i, the
moment when no is apparently the least
dangerous that the king OF tho forest
will select for making his attack
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
A Peculiar Well.

The curious scion tist has Q vide field
for speculation before him in we'll
which the Denver Republican ssys il
located in the eastern part Of the Arap-
ahoe county, C'l. A few years Ago
some pioneer settlers put down . pipe
we'll for artcsian water. They struck At
400 feet not water, but gas. Visions
of Pittsburg of tho west doomed up
before them Suddenly the pro umed
gnome laborers who were working the
blow fan at the bottom OF the we'll quit
work, and another shit commenced to
reel up. Instead Of sending gas high
into the air the we'll began sucking in
air, and 1t continued for SO hours. Ev,r
since the we'll ha, spoutel gas Sc hour,
and then became q powerful suction
pipe for SO. Or course, it il useless u !.
less 1t could b harnesscd to some ne
chanical eontrivancs that would run BY
gas power part Of the time and eontir ne
to operate W . reverse wind mill Until
the gas came gaia. Tni. rssd- Mss
the wild imsci ling Of some lev red
brain, but the d ,nv,r pspeF a-srrs. thu:
u hes n iaaei.ul W. sssl sEisssae&
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
We respectfully ask those enthusiastic

We respectfully ask those enthusiastic
ssientists, says the Boston Cul,ieator,
Who are prepared to demonstrate that
forests create rain to consider these facts:
Our Pilgrim fathers lived in the seven
teeath century on the borders of the
lar aat forest in the world, bounded by
the Aas.H6c Ocean on the cast and the
plaius on the west by Canada on the
psrth md the Guf of Mexico on the
south, and yet they suffered from the
effects Of some Of the severests droughts
recorded in American history. Forests
sSasave moisture, but do not create it.
We must look for some other cause for
min than the trackless forest or the arti-
Asial grove. Growing trees are valuable
property, either as matter Of sentiment
o. for their wood and lumber product,
but to plant them for the purpose of in
sressing the rainfall s contrary to the
dictates Of experience and common
sense,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
'The iash and sosr of tho fsllh~

'The Aash and soar Of the fallhr
star had aroused the watch on deck. sad
the men were gathered in a group BY
the fsremast. blinking their eyes and
wondering what had happened. They
had seen all that had AM didn't know
what had made the great glare of light.
I tsld them to look for the brigantine.
and sent q man aloft to see if anything
could DO made out where she had been,
They were just about struck dumb
when they saw the sea clear of all craft
but our own, and asked me if the brig
antins had blown up. The man aloft
reported that he could not make out
anything.
'They were taken all aback when
told what had happened, and being q
superstitious lot as forecastle hands are
apt to be, they shook their heads and
mumblcd among themselves about the
devil being abroad.
thinking some poor fellow might
be floating about where the brigautins
went down, Icalled up tho captain and
all hands, and the old man sent out .
boat to search. The second mate went
in tho boat. aud when he came back he
brought only a bit of seorched deck
planking that he picked up sdrift
where he calculated the brigantiue had
been. That was all the trace of her that
was left, and we never knew her name
or anything more about her,"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
Quail Made Drunk, Then Captured.

Quail Made Drunk, Then Captured.
A man living near Davis s. Cowelrs
lin, kilns at Santa Cruz, CAL, has
been catching quail in a peculiar way.
For three weeks he has been spreading
grain in the road near his placs. where
quail abound. On the day the law was
out he put wheat in tho place as usual,
hut had previously soaked the wheat IN
whiskey. Watching the place he saw
the quail como out, cat, get drunk, and
in short time lie down stupc6ed. He
then went to them and gathered about
enc hundred into a sack that he carried
with him. A lew that were not fully
drunk w@e easily caught BY hi' dog.
He has practised The same method
sisss sseesssiulvK
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Lofts Island, of the Maine coast,
must be veritable earthly paradise,
since it is asserted that there are neither
rsmps, dogs, mud or mosquitoes in the
length or breadth of it. The houses are
al neat and in good repair. poverty and
riches equally unknown, and no intoxi-
sating liquors ale to be had for love or
mOncv,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

The success of four Cinnamon in enter
ing the United States from Canada
shows, declares the Atlanta Constitution,
bow difficult it is to enforce our anti
Ohinese bill. 1.-THE border line between
this country and the British possessions
Is 5000 miles long. We cannot guard it"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
Lucky for DumleY.

'Tsay. Bromley" said Dumley, 'Do
you believe there is such person in ex-
istence as fool kiilcr7'
LET me see. Dunley." replied Brsn-
ley. "Abost how old are your
I'm gcttin' On toward hfty."
"No." replied Bromley. Il don't b.
lieve there l.. "-fEpoch.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

SO to bed at nine o'clock. Sleep a.
long as you can. Eat less than your ap-
petite Graves. Get up from the table
feeling sprightly instead of stuffed. All
this will help you along in life amazing
~ and give you lots of things to be
thankful for.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05
dbe Deeklp Hlesseraer
Published Weekly
AT
st ~ artinsviIle, L a.
BY
EA8TlN 4 BIENvENU.

1t is proposed in Toxic, Japan, to erect
. large monument to the memory Of
General Grant.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Awavs on which many q poor fellow
has been carried away is the wave Of Q
lace edged cambria handkerchief.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Nebraska contains 76,1s5 square
miles; was settled in 1854 at Omaha,
and was admitted into the Union, March
], 1861.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Great thisss are expected frsA the
Lick telescope On tho oecasisa 4 The
Asxt tseal eclipse Of the sln.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-04-05

Forged notes and bogus checks may
b classed Is guilt-edged paper.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-06-13
GLOVER.

Mr.. Kent, Superintendent, made
some calls in this vicinity. Says he
thinks we need more school houses
to accommodate children that can
not walk three or four miles te
school,.
Thomas Safer, our assessor, while
at Mr.. Illness lost his horse afte,
about three hours sickness. Mr.
illness also lost one. They think il
had eaten gopher poison.
Mr.. Kent, an old soldier, is abou,
again after being confined to the
house for several weeks.
Mr.. George Whitfield has a corn
field of about 20 acres looking nict
and growing well.