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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Tn, Bank Robb r cap:,red.

The daring robber who. two weeks
ago Saturday morning. m :'lc the raid
on the Exchange bank Of Column bus
Grove. O., has hcea run down. and Fri
day night was behind the ! arg of the
prison at NV Washing, on. o.. n small
town in Crawford county. seventeen
miles north OF Bucyrus, and at the juno.
ton of the Pittsburgh, 4 l1ron and
Western and Toledo and Ohio Central
railroads
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Good Showers Fell.

Gen. Dyrcnforth and the rain-makers
discharged two tallcons ct 9 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. At o'clock a
good rain fell, the clouds gathering
from tile north and west. Some claim
that the explosion and the rain were
respectively cause and effect Circum-
stances favored the experimcnters, yet
nothing has been proven.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Poisoned By Water.

AS result of drinking water from q
foul we'll near Milwaukee, Wis, two
persons have died and twenty-four are
i'll, SOME of them so critically that the
doctors have given up all hopes of their
recovery. John Eugal, a married man,
died Thursday, and daughter of Jacob
Basal, on whose premises the well is
located, is also dead. But short dis
lance from Bassais premises is a marsh,
the water from which is supposed to
have worked itself into the well, and
thus contaminated the water.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
"A WOMAN's HONOR.
A Plucky Kentucky Girl Coosly Shoots AN
snsolent Negro ON the Street.

BARpsrowS, Ky, Aug IA sensation
al shooting affair occurred here this morn
ing About O'clock, in front of Whelan's
grocerss store, ON Main street, Miss Josie
Bent, highly respected young WOMAN,
coolly Shot William Hamilton, negro
about tweuty-four years old, inficting a
probably fatal wound
Miss Bent is employed IN the millinery
establishment of Mrs. Conley, which ad-
joins the store of Plus Whelan, where
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
The Chinese Alarmed.

A strong Chinese squadron has been
ordered to Nanikin, and another is as
sembling north of the Yangtse- Kiang.
The Pekin government is alarmed at
the threatened appeal to force by the
Powers. The Chinese government ex-
petition to lay telegraph lines has been
expelled by the people in Yunnan, los
ing all its apparatus and materials
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
law School ne Richmond.

The new Law School of Richmond College
is endowed with twenty five thousand dollars.
The school was very successful during the
session which closed in June. THIS was ms
first session, and Judge Roger Gregory, one
of yirpinia's ablest lawyers, gave great satss-
faction as Professor in the new school.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
pr~.cnt Your bonds for Cash.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ga circular was to
.lay issued ut the Treasury Department. Civ
inc notice that the United States Assistant
Treasurer has been authorized To pay, on pre-
sentation at his office, ON and after September
2, 1891, with interest to maturity, the coupon
bonds Of the Az per cent loan called for re-
deinption on that date by circular of June ",
1891. So far $50, $685. 900 have been presented
for extension. The total issue is ISL ,0o0, OeS.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Great Gathering of Luthera,,s.

The sixth annual reunion of Luther
ans at Pen Mar. near Baltimore, Fri
day, attracted fifteen thousand persons.
They came from Maryland. Virginia.
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the
District of Columbia The programme
embraced speaking, music By the U. s..
Marine Band, and chorus of two hum
dred voices
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
either overrate his good sense or under

either overrate his good sense or under
rate his honesty"
Morgan says the sub-trcasury scheme
is of Republican origin and was imported
in the South as club to whale" being
brought here only for the purpose of mis-
chief He takes up the sub-treasury On
every point and dcnounces it as hum
bug, bringing up proof TO show that such
is the case.
The letter has created n great sensa-
ton in Alliance circles. 1t is regarded
as the opening gun of the Alliance in a
war:on Morgan.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.


The statement is again made that the bond
holders of the Three C's railroad have per-
fected an arrangement by which work on that
road will be resumed before the first OF Octo-
bcr The Bristol News says that represent
tativc of the bond-holders has recently been
over the line and reported favorably towards
the completion of the line.
The Valley Street Railway Company will
commence at once, if allowed to do so by the
town council, the building of line from the
East Fifth street bridge to point in the upper
end of the Imbodcn reservation, which will
enable it to reach the Louisville 4 Nashville
depot without running down on Wood avenue.
w. C.. Harrington, Superintendent OF the
Valley Street railroad, says that the report
that his company had sold their right OF way
and track in Plat 3 to the Louisville Nash
Vile railroad, in order to enable that company
to run it's trains nearer the central portion OF
the city, is without foundation. Now that the
railroad portion of the Fifth street bridge ~ SO
near completed, Mr.. Harrington says ne will
be- running his trains to meet the Louisville
Nashville trains within the next two weeks.
Work in the Looncy Greek coal mines near
here is being vigorously pushed by the :. A.
& o. people; and in many places the coal is
found to be as much as eighteen feet thick.
An enormous deposit of iron ore has been
developed near Knoxville in Starr Mountain.
Tic Journal claims that this ore ian be de-
livrrcd in Knoxville for eightyfve cents per
ton.
A mass meeting of shippers i'll and about
Mendoza was held at Mendoza on the night Of
the 10Th to protest against the freight charges
of the South Atlantic & Ohio railroad people,
and decided to report the facts to the Railroad
Commissioner of the State, and to the Board
of Public Works.
The Big Stone Gap Crate & Mantcl Factory
has commenced operations and are now turn
ing ont il,e famous Stella CRATES. j. Us. Dow
den, the manager, says that lie has orders
ahead for large quantities Of these CRATES.
The factory starts in will, about 30 men ut
work, and this number will be considerably in
creased.
1t is reported that a contract for water works
has been let at Norton. The water Will be
taken from the lcad-waters of Dcngc's branch
The Louisville Nashville and the Norfolk
Western railroads will commence on Sun
day the running of buffet and sleeping cars
from Louisville to Norfolk via Big Stone Gap
and Norton.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
An Inland Ocean.

The Platte river valley, from Oak
land Mills to the north and east for q
distance of many miles, had the appear
ance of an ocean Monday. The river
is out of its banks for distance of al
most mile on either side. The wa
tiers rose SO quickly that many farmers
were unable to remove their stock to o
place Of safety.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
GOV. Hill to visit Virginia.

RICHMOND, Aug. 2e.--Mr. Thomas Jeffer-
son Levy, owner of Monticello, the former
home of Thomas Jefferson, has received
letter from Gov. Hill, OF New York, in which
he saws that he will spend day with him
when he leaves New York for Atlanta about
Oct. 10. The Governor will be enthus'as-
tically received in Charlottesville.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Hansings Stayed.

The cases OF John II. Orriclk. Charles
Seaton and Thomas A. Williamson, who
were to be hanged in Missouri on Fri
day have been appealed TO the supreme
court, which acts as stay. M. ].
Huetz, another who was condemned to
die Friday, su eed upon learning that
he had been sentenced to die.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
cpba.s Sugar and Molasses Crop.

The total crop Of sugar and molasses
produced in Cuba this year is estimated
at $50. $50 tons of sugar and. 64,247 tons
OF molasses AS n number Of estates
still continue grinding, and large
quantity OF sugar has been detained at
plantations, it is probable that the total
production this year viii exceed SOC. 900
tons.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Russia,s RIVE Crop.

The Russian minister of finance an
nounces that the yieldo rye is estimat-
ed at 7l1,ooo, 900 pools, but that owing
to the present supplies being nearly ex-
haused, 99a,0o0,0o0 pools will be re-
quired to supply the wants of the PEG.
pie and for sowing purposes. The de-
dcit must be supplied by potatoes and
maize.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
white Frost.

MAgsHALLrowN, IA, Aug. 26.-There was
a perceptiblc white frost in this region both
SUNDAY morning and this morning, especially
in the lowiands, Corn is not injured and Inc
tenderest vegetation is only slightly lnjarea.
The temperature reached 3s last night.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Ci,arred with Forgery.

R,caAoxD, Va, Aug. 26.-W. +. Deshleid,,
n prominent real estate agent, Was arrested
TO-DAY charged with forging the name 81 ,. l..
Ludwig, of Pittsburg, to two negotiable hotes
for $I7g0
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
.esDamagle by Frost.

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. @.--A frost last ntgns
aid great damage the tobacco ana cFanoss.
c cs. in that district is destroyed, involving
great loss.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
Rasn OF c / ton, 0.

The heavens wept ut Canton. O., Fri
l;ty at shur intervals. presumably over
the proposed departure or the rain king,
Melbourne, Tor the west, there to- con-
duct his experiments for short time.
at the request and expense of certain
residents Ever since Melbourne has
asserted his ability to bring rain at will
Mr.. L. II. Jones, of Cheyenne, Wye
ming, has watched his movement, and
an extensive correspondence has been
carried on between the two men with
the above result
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
A MIRACLE
How Colorcd Man Could Fall Five Thou
sand rc"t md Escape Unhurt.

How Colorcd Man Could Fall Five Thou
sand Feet nnd Escape Unhurt.
A remarka lie balloon ascension was
made Thursday afternoon at Carolina
Beach, q summer resort fifteen miles
below Wilmington, n. c. Charles
Williams, a colo:,d helper to the aero
naut, became entanglel in the guys
to the balloon just as it was
ready for ascent While struggling
to release him self tho balloon sud-
denly shot rp ward, leaving the aero
naut on the ground and carrying tho
terrified colorcd MIN to q height OF
5000 feet The balloon fell Il mile
away. and it was supposed that Will
liams hi" been ,illci Lnt just before
reaching the .,ronnl h. succeeded in
disentangling ii,n",li f,om the ropes
and escaped unliurt
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28

Uircl>, Unsi gi,tly i.o,ii.; ;:"""v..red From
the AWFUL ;;u;ms ia r::!s i'lice. New
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28

1t is reported that contract for water works
has been let at Norton. The water WILL be
taken from the hcad-waters of Bcnge's branch
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28

The Louisville & Nashville and the Norfolk
& Western railroads will commence on Sun
day the running of buffet and sleeping cars
from Louisville to Norfolk via Big Stone Gap
and Norton
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14
THE KICKED STICK.
An Exciting Game Played by tho Zuni
Indians.

An Exciting Game Played by the Zuni
Indians.
All is now ready; each rider has his
eye on his favorite side, an old priest
rides in advance and sprinkles sacred
meal over the course, the starters kick
the sticks, and the widest excitement
prevails. AS each racer left his home
he put into his mouth two shell beads
the one he drops as sacrifice as he
starts, the other when he has covered
about one-half the course. The stick
is tossed rather than kicked, and a
good racer will toss it from eighty to
one hundred feet. Over the heads of
the runners it goes and falls beyond
the first man. He simply points to
where it lights, and runs en-. The next
man tries to kick it, but should he fail
to get under it he goes on, and the next
man takes it. The race is not to the
swift alone, although this has much to
do with it. The stick can in NO case be
touched with anything but the foot,
and should it fall into cactus bush, a
prairie dog hole or an arroyo, much
valuable time is lost in getting it out.
Not infrequently it happens that one
side will be several miles in advance OF
the other when the stick falls into
some unnoticed hole. The wild and
frenzied yelling which takes place as
those who were behind come up and
pass can only be imagined and not dc.
scribed. So skill in tossing it plays a
prominent part On. on they go to the
southern hills, east to Ta-ai-yal-1o-ne
north to the mesas, follow these west
for miles, then to the southern hills
| and back again to the starting point
The distance traversed is nearly twenty
! five miles, and they pass over it il
| about two hours. Racing is INDUCED
| in by the excited horsemen as they ap
proach the goal, and it is not unusual t.
see pony drop over dead from exhaus
ton as they near the village. G
Owens, in Popular Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14
THE GREAT EXPOSITION.
Some Late Information Regarding
the Worlds Fair.
What the Government Will Do to Make
It Grand Success - Two Unique
Structures Described by
Their Designers.

The governments exhibit at the
worlds fair in 1898 promises to be one
of the most interesting features Of the
exposition. The naval exhibit will GER
calmly be so. James 81. Windrim, SUI
pervising architect of the treasury.
presented an alternate plan for a
government building last February.
This was offered at the invitation of
some of the authorities, who believed
that the plans already regarded as
final were not sufficiently striking, and
the new plans were made to show a
structure of greater central elevation
of polygonal form, retaining the origi-
nal outer lines, covering the space of
42O by $50 feet allotted to the uses of
the government. The first plans were
designed to provide building within
the cost of $500. 900 authorized by the
congress. AS the later, or alternate, {"
plan contemplated an expenditure OF
$500, 600. and the congress was opposed
to extending the appropriation, the first
plans were retained, and will be used
in the construction of the building.
There are as yet no plans of the de-
tails of the interior. either to show
location of exhibits or style. A
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

says the framework Is OF steel truss
construction, forming huge cantilever
of enormous strength and rigidity,
which combines for support sub
structure of metal The tower frame
and substructure as a whole resem-
b1es the letter L, making in principle
an immense unyieldiug L of which the
lower part acts as a foot or Offset to
counter the lean of superstructure. The
depth of the substructure is 4S feet, area
165 by 115 feet. The construction of
the foundation is chiefly of plate-riv-
eted iron girder work, imbedded in con-
crete, which forms a solid bed about IS
feet deep. This girder-concrete founda-
ton has the characteristic of being con-
tinuous in structure and rigid through
out, and is especially designed for
building on yielding substrata, such as
the deep clay of Chicago. On
the girder work there are bolted
steel-bearing plates, and on these
plates the massive truss foot
of the cantilever rests. This
foot at the left side will be attached to
the metal parts of the bed by large
steel pins and eye bars, but these con-
nections will not be brought into play
unless the tower is heavily loaded. In
the superstructure three lines Of trusses
constitute the main supports; two form
sides of the tower, the third has mid
die position and a lateral truss system
braces them together. Pin connections
are used for truss members. The walls
of the tower are comparatively light,
being simply framing of small-sized
angle iron attached to the trusswork
and having facing of embossed sheet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

battle-ship that will cost So, 900, OO0
The materials of construction will be
brick, iron and wood, and plaster will
be combined with paint in effective
imitation of iron and steel Upon this
model ship there will be mounted fifty
guns of all cali bers, from the great 49,
inch monster, that carries projectile
weighing 100 pounds, to the 1-pounder
rapid-fire guns and the gatlings.
Everything appertaining to the fully
equipped battle-ship will be seen in its
proper place. Turrets, torpedo-boats,
torpedo nets and booms, boats, anchors,
chain-cables, davits, awnings, deck
fittings, and the appliances for working
all of these things, will be shown. The
1S-inch guns, of which there are four,
will be models, as the real gun and
carriage weighs lis tons, and would
require a building of great strength for
support. Officers and seamen and
marines will be detailed to illustrate
the discipline and mode of life on ship
board. The super-structure will show
the cabins, staterooms, messrooms,
galley, mess-tables for the crew,
lockers and other fittings. There will
be opportunity to exhibit on the berth
deck the machinery by which the ship
will be ope rated, charts, and instru-
ments of navigation, ordnance imple-
ments, including electrical devices,
-gun-carriage, motors, range-finders,
models of type ships, and samples Of
provisions, clothing, bunting, signals
and flags. There will also be portraits
of naval heroes from the time of Paul
Jones to Farragut, Foote and Porter,
and the costumes of the navy from 1774
to the present time will be worn by the
attendants
The directors of the exposition con-
tinue to receive hundreds of plans for
extraordinary buildings. some OF
which will be erected by private enter
prise. They will add materially to the
interest of the great show and become
permanent attractions.
Among other clever ideas Mr.. j. B.
Holpenny, of Chicago, has submitted q
plan for huge leaning cantilevez
Slower, 225 feet in height and 20 feet
square, to be built of steel, weighing
500 tons and costing $5O0,0O0. The
tower, according to his statement, viii
support 100, 900 pounds in weight on the
top story, which will lean 100 feet from
the perpendicular. This tower, he
claims, could be built in eight months
Including the shop work and erection
The plan is for the tower to be in thu
form of gigantic letter L, of which the
hover part acts as q foot to counteracf
the lean Of the superstructure. HI
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

THE CANTnEvER, Oh LEANING TOWER
western worlds respectively, and they
might be painted on the outside to rep
resent ordinary terrestrial globes. Near
the bottom of each globe would be
doors Of ingress and egress, through
which passengers would pass when ono
Of the globes touched the ground.
When one of the globes was loaded,
which would take but a few seconds,
the beam would be set in motion to the
reverse position, starting very slowly
and accelerating to rapid motion in
the middle of it's course and gradually
slowing again toward the end, thus
making the motion perfectly easy. but
raising the passengers to height Of
LOO feet in three or four seconds, in
stead Of thirty or forty minutes that
were required to ascend the Eiffel
tower. The height attained would also
be greater. In addition this tower
would have the advantage of a capa-
city many times as great as the
Eiffel tower, for while one load of pas
sengers was at the top enjoying the
scenery another load could be taken
into the globe that was down on the
ground. These globes would remain
with their floors horizontal by being
ballasted at the bottom, but if addition
al security was thought desirable a sys-
tenn of wire rope cables, extending from
one globe to the other, inside the beam,
could easily be arranged to keep their
vertical axes in absolute parallelism
with the vertical axis of the tower.
The beam would probably be moved by
two rows of hydraulic cylinders. in
side and near the top of the tower, their
pistons either pulling by means of wire
ropes upon a drum mounted upon the
axis of the beam, or by racks upon
their pistons meshing into spur gears
upon the same. The machinery re-
quired would thus be very much more
simple than in the three systems OF
elevators used in the Eiffel tower, and
the motion of the beam would be en-
tirely controlled by one or two valves
in water pipe running from the
ground up to the cylinders. It could be
made to work automatically, so as to
prevent any undue speed being at
tanned by the beam. If it was thought
best to make the tower and statue only
the permanent part of the structure,
the beam could be so designed as to be
taken down at a proper interval after
the close of the exposition and sold, to
be put together again as a pair OF
bridge trusses in some appropriate stu
alton, where they would make a bridge
OF beautiful design.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14
NAPOLEON AS A SCIENTIST.
One OF the Great Soldiers FAvorite Hob

One OF the Great Soldiers Favorife Hob
Napoleon was fond of the society Of
scientists, and rewarded with prizes
and honors the most noteworthy OF
scientific discoveries Although at war
with ''perfide Albion" as he was wont
to call England, he drew the line at
scientists, and pardoned English pris-
oners at the simple request Of Joseph
Priestley, after all other means had
been exhausted, and acceded to the
award of three thousand francs by
the first class of the institute to Davy
for his celebrated memoir of 1906. Il
was Bonaparte who proposed to award
a gold medal to Volta, after reading his
memoir on galvanics; and later in
duced Volta, by emoluments and titles,
to surrender his Italian professorship
for q residence in Paris When the
memorable expedition to Egypt set sail.
Bonaparte took with him many savants
and academicians- After the wager Cd
battle had turned against the great
soldier, and he was transported to the
lonely St Helena, he must have felt
that the last tie to France had been
severed when, in 1917, he felt forced 70
resign his chair In the Academy of Sci.
ences--W. C. Cahall, n D., In Populaz
Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

tentative plan, by which to in
dictate that the departments of
the government, except the Davy, will
be provided for under one roof, has
been made. These departments, to-
gether with the Smithsonian institu-
tion and the fish commission, will be
grouped about a central court of oc-
tagonal form. with the main entrance
on the lake front. The appropriation
for the building is not large enough to
permit of elaborate architecture or the
indulgence in a taste for much orna-
mentatiOn.
The most popular feature of the ex-
hibition will be the exhibit of the navy
department. Capt r. w. Meade, U. S.
N, suggested some time ago that as
the navy would have large and very
interesting contribution to make to the
exposition it would be desirable to pre-
sent it as an object lesson in structure
resembling as closely as possible one of
the latest designs of the constructors Of
our navy for a powerful man-of-war.
The suggestion met with prompt APP
proval, both for it's novelty and practi-
.cability. Instead of arranging the ex-
hibit of the navy department in hall
it will be put in a structure resemb bling
in every detail a ten-thousand-ton coast
line battle ship, like the Indiana, the
Massachusetts, or the Oregon, now
building. 1t is considered desirable by
the inventor of this design that the
building should be erected at the lake
front.
The model is thus described by Harp
er's Weekly: 1t will be 34S feet in
length and 81 feet in width, and to all
appearances will be identical with the