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COLLECTORS Sfice

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Serr gbas 8immel ueilte mebrere
Gage Der lebten @O4e in 9eltdftsans
oeleaenbeiten in Chicago.
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Al.75 bis $500 bel @m. Gberlii.
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Neue Mn5et9en.

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Ou Serfaufen: Gin ,Cbe0 2ppe Brit
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
TRUSTEES SALE
OF \ VALUABLE TKACr of
COAL LAND 3

Pursuant to degree OF the Circuit court Of Wash
ingon County Virginia. entered at the january term
1901 in the chancery causes of f. B. Moon against IT,
T. Mccoy, j. j. Kelly. ST.. ct al and h. H. Moon vs..
VIM f. Rlea and others. ana by virtue OF Il deed u!
trust executed by +. T. Moon 70 me rs Trustee on the
10th day Of October, 1858, Will on The fourteenth day
OF March, 1891, AT the front door OF tie lnlernoit
Hotel in the Of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, ocr al
rubic outcry Ia the highest bidder, the tract OF land
and all the right. title and interest Of L. T. Moon
therein, situated upon l.oonev Creek and Powell :
river rear Big Stone Gap III Wise County, Virginia.
containing fourteen hundred and seventy and seventy
four-hundrcd,hs acres, or less. This l. the
same trac; of land conveyed to T. +. Moon by j. J..
Kelly ST., and wife the 10th dry OF October, 1898,
by deed recorded in the Clerks Office OF Wise county
to which refercnccis made and is bounded by tic
lands Of the Virginia Coal and Iron Go. and Others
This is very valuable tract OF Coal Land
TERMS or SNLm.--lhe following sums Will be re-
ouircd 10 he paid in cash 1T the time OF SALE
First-i sum sufficient TO pay the costs accrued III
the said causes and costs OF sale.
Sccond.--Fonrtccn thousand two hundred ana SIX
dollars and ninetyonc cents. S4 ,2o6.9 with interest
thereon from the first day Of August, 1882 until day OF
sale.
Thrd-Seyenteeu thousand, eight hundred and
rincty dollars and fourteen cents, (flI.aHl+) with
interest thereon from tie 10th day OF October, ISIS
until day Of sale Upon The balance OF the purchas.
,2oney the following credit will BE- given:
Eignt thousand niiie hundred and iofil i've dollar
and seven cents. ,94,.07] with interest from the lGl
div Of October, 1875 )" b. paid on TIE 2.fd Gay !"
November, 1891.
Eight lhous.,id nine hundred ana forty-vc dollar
and seven cents, (SS.45.oO with interest from Tie
18th day o. October 1888. be paid On the 'Td day
Of November. 1892.
Edit thousand niic hundred AID for;y-.e dollars
and seven cents SS 94507} with interest from the 1911
day Of October, 1885, to he paid OF Tie BIRD day o.
| November, 1851.
And for any sun The property sells for, III excess
Of the above amounts, credit VIII be gvcn one third
be paid on the BIRD day OF November, 1891 one lr'
on the BIRD ,iay of November lS92, and one third OF
the BIRD day OF Novcmbcr 1893, with in'eres; from
day OF sale on each instalinlent
i lien will be- retained upon the land TO 'ecur
| the deferred ns,ailments OF purchase MONEY:
VA. +. RHEA, Trustee.
Clerks Office OF the Circuit Court of Washington
County |. John c. kreger. clerk OF the Circuit Cour
Of said county do hereby certify that W. F. R n 2
Trustee In the causes of T. t. Noon against IL, l.
against ". +. Rhea and others, has executed bone
with security in the penalty OF $4,000 90 as require
by the decree entered in said cases on the 10Th da.
of January, 1891 Given nndor my hand this 3ist isa
I ~ January 1891 .|oHS G. kREGEH, G. T..
|
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
BADLY COMPLICATED.
The 4iSairs of the Kentucky Union Rail-
read Land Company Embar-
r;is- a Large esumber of Peo-
pie Along the Line.
tW,acl.oa,cr (Ky.) Democrat.

tN@cE"Siof thy,) Democrat
| Ford g. Co., OF Wall Street. New York,
sued for $4,000 and claims the company
agreed TO deliver to them $4,000 of first
mortgage bonds to secure the debt The
Indebtedness of the company consists Of
two and one-half millions Of second mort
gage bonds and large floating debt. 1t
owes nearly half Il million dollars to the
contractors who built the road, and over
halt Il million dollars to people along the
line of road. These are principally men
who furnished supplies for the railroad or
Land Company, or for saw-logs for the
mills, etc. The amoant actually owing by
the company in this respect does not meas
urc the full value OF the trouble, because
nearly all the private debts owing by the
people along the line Of the road from
Clay City are dependent upon the money
to be derived from the kentucky Union
for payment. For instance the merchants
| along the line have credited their goods
to persons who are working for the COM
pany or who have furnished supplies to
the company, and these people cannot pay
bills until the company pays them. In
consequence of the slownSss Of the COM
panv in paving. money has become very
scarce in the mountains with prospect of
matters becoming much worse.
The Kentucky Union Land Company,
which is so Immediately connected with
the railway company that it is hard to
discuss one without the other, has also
| int Cn I, nd ho hO
Columbia Trust Company, of Louisville.
This company owns four flths ofthc stock
in the kentucky Union railroad, nearly a
million acres of land III Powell, Lee, Les
lie, Lctchcr, Wolfe, Brcathitt and Perry
counties, almost all the public works at
Clay City, including the saw mill, hotel,
store, electric light plant, etc, coal mines
in Breathitt county, the sight of Three
Forks City in Lee county, and much other
valuable property in various places. The
bonded Indebtedness of the two c0mpa-
mics is put at eight million dollars
Among other companies that are bound
up in the TWO mentioned is the kentucky
Union Improvement Company of this city.
| The officers and nc0rpOrators are officers
of other companies and the entire amount
of stock in the Improvement Company is
held by the Land Company. The property
owned here consists Of the Curry property,
the Richter property and other property
lying near their road in this city. AS
stated in our last issue this property was
transferred h. the Land Company to the
Improvement Company as soon as the
trouble began. Max. Stadlcr & Company.
creditors Of the Land Company, brought
suit Friday at Staunton for $4,000 and at
tachcd property in this city for the debt,
alleging that the conveyance was fraudu-
| InOt
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
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FARMERS TROUBLES.
All Their LaborinG Hands Rushing to
the Industrial Towns.

tNISHu'!' !''lt'N''-'
Yesterday DR.. I. NJ. Dunn, State Soma
tor from Albcmarle, and 4 Dispatch repre-
sentative, while in the office of the Com
missioner of Railroads, started for Wash
ington, the center OF this discussion, but
the Commissioner switched them of On q
branch line which led to pastoral scenes.
In speaking of the farmer DR.. Dunn said
the cause of their dissatisfaction was to be
found in the scarcity of labor. The ne
groes ana the able-bodied young white
men have deserted the farms and flock &c
the railroads, to the furnaces, and to the
new towns that are springing up.
sin my county," he added ''just about
corn planting time the negroes go to tar
bark getting. AS consequence of all
this many farmers cannot raise anything
but grass, and have practically abandoned
corn and wheat growing. Why, before the
war could blow my horn and 1t would Dt
heard by thousand negroes. Now moi
Twenty-Five would hear it. only work
one negro, and would not have him but
for the fac. that he is n cripple and can
gel away.
The booming towns and public works
resumed the Doctor, "are getting all The
negroes Of both sexes. Many Il farmer
who has good land would drop it if he
could drop debt with it. The farmer sees
a man go TO the city or to town where hc
can live comfortably and have mis- child
rcn educated while he cannot get the
labor to make anything out OF his possess
ions, and he is naturally dissatisfied
That is the trouble. Occasionally you
will find an old farmer who takes l phli-
ogophical view 81. the situation, but II Is
easy TO understand that the average farme'
feels depressed and THINKS everything Is
working against him.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
The Old White Looming up.
rManntac,rrer,s Record.

The Grecnbrier White Sulphur Springs Com
pany is making an effort to build up city at
that famous resort. The hotel, cottages and the
vast tract of surrounding land will be allotted
to the stockholders, who will be given the
privilege of buying the property down at rldles
ulously low figures. There will be hundreds
of lots thrown on the market, and an organized
effort will be made to attract people to that IN
viting place. This is the first enterprise at
the springs since the development era.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

Sot Glad. After All.

SIN conclusion let me say wrote Henry Wa'terson
that shall In any event. be glad TO know you bel
ter, aud that meanwhile am most sincerely Your
frierd'' Mr.. Watterson ID nov somewhat better ec-
ouainted with Sir. Hill, ba: edoes not appear pnr-
icuarly glad over It,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

.SuJScribe jar N'e Post Nis on1g $50 Jor
ire!cs months and one dolior cdch for clubs
consisting ofhrc OF more.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
Not Love of Gossip at All.

kAtcillNil! 'tlODc
When married man hirt, with another woman all
e other women il town iid out tina, there is sacred
'uiy tll,v owe his wife
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
|z17 Is SAD OF Us.

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IL
ss accommodating
s rp.nle Wv" .,,nc Gap
d lcnt of ''s
'sss gorr'i vndits ''''s
M
M -. C,rv
.rc SOUTHERN
s CONN.,
2
% IN Nlsu,s Constitution
~ Y Bye. commence.
Z >,eoe "'f .,.yccs and tortun-
.r.at aa'afa'
M water power '"' 'N' !
picturesque mountain
lid he t''
NJ IA y.l|cv thai.
s sfHl land-'''N,r ,,.a 70,
bccu dcs'ene' ~ 49, -
c;ty.
A .-a. ,src imnregnatcd
.maeR'''" ..:.o} brown and
s o-e3 qmo'''ic> %
8W
M sa+''' the finest coal Tor
mined this side OF
A,b been '"''..
.s ma.i within ''' nun .,., u;,l
81 mi'd'ns stone ''"'
SIS eorh .oy the developers
81 ra, .,.;r attention to The I'M
s ipra'i'- '".' ..;on
rmter. including q"a''''''s -
81 ,.lnrt and Gog"oot' 10 S'' {
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
CITY BUSINESS.


Citizens of Big Stone Gap should not
iail to visit Hodge 5 Photographic Studio
and Art rooms when in Bristol. His work
< equal to that OF any artist i'll the South.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
DO YOU w ANT
TO BUY
COAL LANDS. TIMBER LANDS
IRON and MINERAL LANDS,
FARM LANDS,
Then Address those who
have the Largest and Best
List OF such Property

Tract No Twenywo thousand the counties of Pickett
Tenn. and Wayne, Ky, except 307
Tract No hundred thousand the counties of Fenrcss
Ovcrton and Morgan, Tennessee.
3-Four thousand lying the kentucky Central
Railroad, between Livingston and Richmond, NY.
Tract 4-en thousand coal and timber lands lying
the counties OF Rockcasle and Pulaski Ky
No. -Ty-ve thousand situated at the junction of
Laurel, Rockcastlc and Cumberland Rivers.
No 6Contains trtyhv thousand lying in Whitley
and Wayne counties, Ky
-Consists of thirty thousand situated in Whitley
county, Ky. and Scott and Campbell counties, Tenn.
No. S-Twcny thousand thirty thousand lying
the Poor and Glover Forks in Harlan county, KY
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
Imoortant to Railroad Contractors.

The Flynn Wagon Manufacturing Company,
Salem, Va, carry large stock of~o9o"S and
dump-ca,ts and dGfy competition in prices.
r0EGt
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
Notice.

Notice.
a meeting Of the stockholders OF the Bank
OF Big Stone Gap will be held i'll lis Office,
in the town Of Big Stone Gap, Va,
Friday, March 9Th. at o'clock p. m, for the
purpose of considering the ACCESSIBILITY of COM
bnng with the Interstate Banking and Trust
Company, now proposed to be organized here.
J25-.t II. II. BULLITT. Cashier.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27
THE iNTERMoNr HOTEL.
cArlrAI sl.rroErlNG TILE TOWN..

IN order to show that Big Stone Gai
has a substantial future, it may not be
out Of place to mention the following
companies that operate there, and Tic
capital of each.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

OF ten miles Of The town, il having been
ascertained that there are from oigh, to
ten beds, each showing from four to
twelve feet of coal. The nearest seam is
one mile from the town, which is six feet
thick. The next is the celebrated Loonev
creek opening above mentinncd
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

"v"itH u hig Stone ,iao a. an Industrial
center - 90 "a - =" :
went inia the opening at Looney creek
.l'i.ys' -"i''. tac vesy accommodating su-
s.'.''e 1'eai conducted me 800 feet in the
,'''.'' '"'raAce. and showed me the work
'1'. a"a hecr dove in oqenin. Up ten din
''n NJ. 'Asmacr,. each running rom iifiv
iraNce. ny '- ~ ma" gu :
Il "a. an interesting light 20 see the
, '',.'''' "i'1 the miniature l..uicrns fas-
G Guga TO laeI' caps, husy with their picks
49, guy aearcSi cokine coal that j. mined
a. .'D'gF'9'' st ,Ae retv Of 100 tons per
ts!. i1g "ater was provided With a Ian
, ,.,,.' -Aa lay Investigation which he was
- ,' e'ia'''e'' 70 make wAa both Interest,"
0S and Instructive :" '"'''e ''
49,, 'o1la THAI there wa. fourteen fee, If
CUT. "'' ~ HE extreme end ot the main
rm,, , ,a 'ae upper and lower veins had
fines, o,i' making solid vein Of the
me-, s'"' 'Aai have ever seen for max :
re . ,o@e, An analysis Of which shows Of per
'Sn II, Of liked carbon ~
within ii, ' .l'...s creek opening is situated
and " ,, ''A mics Of Big Stone Gap,
Soeb '1eNc0 bH an extcnlion OF the
reaeIad i''"i''c Ohio railroad. 1t is
mean. =, =, an "'cliue, the cars, drawn by
Gle Of ~ - , WIRE ropes, running up atan an
on one o ,ya - ior'y-firc degrees. 1t was
itSusl, =, ~ a ,oese cars that had swift
have .l. ~ lle opening, ride that would
ascen, ' S me had il no, been for the
10 lbjnt Y' lr 30 quick that had no time
yard. I Go VI Tie Perious journey. After
miner. c c0'', thought if these sturdy
risk /, I o"n make the trip daily, / could
cliae n ,,,hCe-reSpecially as | rather in
Tbe, ~ Tue liardshell'' faith.
Cap, ali OF, y, other openings near Big Stone
millions % 81 which show that there are
y IONS Of coal within distance
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

Big S;onc Gap improvement Company 5 2,io1.o0'
Interstate Tunnel Company (beng organ
izcdl ................... l0,0G0, Coz
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-27

Trains StoY only on signal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-20
COMPOSITE Nations.

1.-THE Land of the Salmagundi Ma
tion," as Edmond About used to call the
United States of North America, is q
term which might be applied more prop
erly to several countries of the Eastern
Hemisphere, declares writer in Beltord
In the valley of the Indus alone British
ethnologists enumcrate twenty diff
ferent races, with as many different idi
oms, and the number Of the distincf
languages spoken in all Hindostan rathe,
exceeds half hundred Russia talks
about astonishing the Chicago Exposi
ton with some 120 type pictures, " rep
resenting the different races united undel
the sway of the knout; and China car
boast of at least sixty different tribes
most of them clustered about the western
and southern borders. In another sense.
the "salmagundi' metaphor is, however.
pretty we'll chosen, for the component
parts of our universal nation form neithe,
an amalgam nor q patchwork, like tn.
segregated tribes of British India, wher.
a Rohilla warrior, for instance, woule
shoot stranger for calling him fellow
citizen of Hi4doo peasant.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-20
Alligators as 4 Commodity.

Beside the hide of the alligator, Of
which so, 900 or co., 900 are annually
utilized in the United States, there are
other commercial products obtained. The
teeth, which are round, white and conf
cal, and as long as two joints of an
average finger, are mounted with gold or
silver, and used for Jewelry, trinkets,
and for teething babies to play with.
They are also carved into a variety OF
forms, such as whistles, buttons and cane
handles. This industry is carried on prin-
cipally in Florida. Among Chinese drug
gists thereiis a great demand for alliga-
tors teeth, which are said to be pow
dered and administered as remedy. As
much as dollar apiece is paid by them
for fine teeth. All the teeth of the ALI
gator are of the class of conical tusks,
with no cutting or grinding apparatus,
and hence the animal is forced to feed
chiefly on carrion, which is ready pre-.
pared for his digestion. Other. com
mercial products of the alligator are the
oil and musk pods. The tail of an ALI
gator of twelve feet in length, on boil
ing, furnishes from fifty to seventy pints
of excellent oil, which, in Brazil, is used
for lighting and IN medicine. The OF
has been recommended fer the cure OF
quite variety Of diseases. 1t has higf
reputation among the swampers as I.
remedy for rheumatism, being given boil
inWardly and outwardly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-20
Source Of SO1omOns Gold.

Recent political events on the south
east coast Of Africa give renewed inter
est to the theory that the famous king
dom of Ophir, from which came much
Of the vast wealth Of Solomon, vas To-
Gated in this vicinity. Not only is tie
name Sofaia, which is the head Of a bay
opposite Madagascar, a possible corrup-
ton Of Ophir, but travellers have found
an astonishing quantity Of gold in the
hands of the natives, while several ex-
plorers have Inet with most remarkable
ruins in the interior. These remains are
unlike any others found in the Dark Con-
tinent, being great inclosurcs made
from granite blocks regularly laid and
sometimes cemented These works must
have been built By foreign invaders,
probably representatives, Of one Of the
great commercial powers Of tue ancient
worid-Babylonians, Hebrews, Pheni-
clans or Egyptians--and add strong con-
firmation to the belief that here was the
kingdom Of ,Ophir r.-Tres.oa ~. ~
Amerscan.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-20
Oil Ponds In the Gulf.

Between the mouth Of the Mississippi
River and Galveston, Texas, ten or A.
teen miles south Of Sabine Pass, Is . spot
IN the Gulf OF Mexico which is common
Is called ''the Oil Ponds" by the cap
tains Of the small crafts which ply in
that vicinity. There is no land within
fifteen miles, bat even in the widest
weather the water a. this spot is COM
parativcly calm, owing - the. thick COW
ering OF oil which apparently rises from
the bed If the gulf, which is here about
fifteen TO eighteen feet beneath the sur
face. This strange refuge is we'll known
to sailors who run oa the small vessels
trading between Calcasicn. Orange, Sa-
bine, Beaumont and Galveston. When
through stress of weather they fail to
make harbor elsewhere, they run for
s'the Oil Ponds" let 20 the anchor and
ride the gale in safety-:his curious spot
furnishing good illu.trasion OF the ef-
fec.s Of coil upon troubled sea. - Chi
oaso 7iHles.