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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
Worth Going to see.

Senorita Carmcncita is To give
ball under the auspices OF the -"
Amusement Company in the ne" NJ
Square Garden, on Friday Jant ~,
Tie ball is given at the Request %
admirers and friends, ana is the re'-.'
OF numerous suggestions. MADE i..a 3d.
to time, by persons DESTROYS OF ss''.>
q, Spanish ball you'd "take
many novel features are to hc "c' i-'.'
introduced, as it is the first p..'..
dress ball in the new buildim:. YAK -. -.
fancy dresses will be dispenscd = 'i... ,
ROYAL Spanish Military BAN go
chief feature. and the SpanI-a 49,
and corps OF 2G0 Spanish daac's
are expected to prove decided ne
1t will be essentially 4 SpansA l..i' - .
particulars, and the only one q! -
ever given in this country. % .'.' =.
Carmenci:a herself will be the lcit.'-
traction, and many people Nil ''..
chance to witness her dancins "o'
meyer seen Der elsephere pl'"-
evening she will he seen in her n2' 49, i,
will be decorated with the Spanish H''"-
colOrs.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
RAILROAD CHATTER.
Gossip About the Kentucky Union -.
l.. GS
tlrxing;on Press


A prominent railroad official say. 81
Louisville and Nashville ard the x"
lucky Union are enjoying the most ani,,
bile relations with each other, and 90,
road will be operated in harmon ~. .'
the other. The Kentucky Union -,
probably make the terminals Of .:
Louisville and Nashville It's te-n;.,i
The Louisville and Nashville Will nv
likely handle all the freight Of the 4,
lucky Union, which in time will lie ~. e.
siderable, both to Louisville and Cj,,..
natl. The Louisville and Nashville s%'
be given all the facilities she desire.
the Belt Railroad, which is now unde,
control of the Kentucky Union"
"You say the Kentucky Union +. r..
looking for purchaser? though, y.
Carley was in hole on that schc.ro a..
anxious to sell out" said the repoF;e.
"Wcll, Mr.. Carley is not in .uca ..
straits as is generally SUPPOSED Us =,
public. The road is certainly in nt.s ..
funds. as is shown by its failure 10 - .
its employees during the past three uoa,..
The company that controls the road sa..
n vast amount OF land IN eastern H..
tuckv, which the Kentucky Union Intent.
to develop and which it has alre.,iy .,.,.
* increased in value. Mr.. Garlic !,,,
on his way to Europe to close dsa a.,.
an English syndicate, which Ia, q
agreed TO purchase two hundred aos.,.4
acres of land from Sir. Carley's coma.
at $40 per acre, or s2,ooo,ooo. FIN.
goes through, and every indication -..,'.
that way, the Kentucky Union ST. +.
placed on a firm basis, aud Mr. Cars..
fortune is assured. Mr. Garlic j.. credit.
with having put 100000 in the land ss-.
PAW, which by the sale Of two im.-s
thousand acres will still own >on.,a 90.
in the neighborhood of three heai
thousand acres. see the Press raf,.
some time ago that the l.oui-yil, :.
Nashville would operate the Keat...
Union. That is within the rang % W,
abilities. think, but there seems 70 "
foundation for the Leaders asser,iuai,
the Louisville and Nashville had pQrels.i
the Kentucky Uuion."
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

THE revolutionary measures of several
Western Legislatures, affecting the ownership
of lands, restricting the rights of railroads,
amending the redemption laws, requiring the
election of railroad commissioners by popular
vote and radically changing the law for the en-
forccmcnt of mortgage liens, are alarming the
capitalists of the North, and must result in
turning the tide of money, which has been
a,5wing Westward to the South, provided our
Southern Legislatures do not commit the same
folly. The South has golden opportunity.
Defeat the Silver Bill, and abstain from all
forms of communistic Legislation, and in
twenty years more it will be the richest half OF
the Union.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
Airy Tongues.

Many Democratic clubs throughout the
country celebrated "Jackson's Day." which
was the Sth of January. Much as has been
said of old Hickory, there are still some anec-
dotes and incidents illustrative Of his charac-
ter, with which the public arc not familiar.
The late Governor Wise was fond Of talking
over his recolectons of him, and when boy
a very young boy-I used to sit entranccd, list
ening to the old Governor, who was as fond of
talking to young boys as he was to grown
men. Wise said that when Mr.. Adams was
Secretary of State under Monroe, General
Jackson invaded Florida and hung Arbuthnot
and Ambrister. Being arraigned before the
cabinet for that conduct, Mr.. Adams alone de-
Tended his course, justifying it on the high
ground of international law as expounded by
Grotius, Puffendorf and vattel. General jack
son was acquitted BY Mr.. Monroe and by Con-
gress. But the defense made by Dir. Adams
did not please Jackson, who published certif-
cate from Johnny Ray, of Tennessee, that he
had read an order from President Monroe di-
recting the General to invade Florida, which
certificate Mr.. Monroe on his death-bed pro-
nounced forgery. Adams said that Jackson
preferred to rely on this forged order to do
wrong, rather than on the laws of nations to dc
right. "D-n Grotius," said the old warrior,
"d--n Puffendorf, d-n yattell this is ques-
ton between Jim Monroe and me-"
Wise gave an inside view to the relations
of Jackson and Kendall. Kendall had attacked
Mrs. Jackson in an outrageous manner while
working in the interest of Henry Clay. He
had called her "the scavenger's daughter"
had ridiculed her as "Aunt Rachel with the
corn-cob pipe" She died just before the inaug-
uration of jackson, and Kendall in the mean
time had deserted the failing standard of Clay
and had made his peace with Jackson. The
latter needed him. he was indefatigable, en-.
terprising and able; and he could be used to
destroy Clay, in whose confidence he had lived
and Iabored. Therefore it was that Jackson
forgave che wrong he had done him and his
wife, and took him to his bedroom in the
White House, on the wall Of which, right
opposite bis pillow, was tho portrait Of his
maliguod ,wife. II was iuI This room that
Randall rsoss shnsu vigorous rsiilmais tor TIM
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

Now, that Bristolhas voted 100000 in bonds
to the Danyille & East Tennessee road, she
hopes to become something more than knot
in long string where the Norfolk & Western
and East Tennessee, Virginia Georgia are
tied together. But it is seldom profitable in
vestment for town or county to vote aid to a
railroad. There area sufficient number OF
large and rich corporations to construct
branches wherever they will likely prove
profitable without any aid. Usually these big
corporations squeeze the little bob-tail roads
until they drive them to bankruptcy and COB
Bile them up, leaving those who built them
without any compensation for their investment,
except the presence of the railroad in their
midst. In this devils game few smooth
projectors may rise winners, but the towns and
counties rarely do.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
Friday, January 1884.
NORTHERN furnaces may fght for cheape

NORTHERN furnaces may fight for cheaper
coke and reduction in railroad rates, but
they should realize, and they had better
do so at once, that the only permanent
solution of their trouble lies in move
ment South They can't stand the con-
tinued competition of Southern industries,
and the longer they try to do SO the greater
will be their loss. The owners of the
closed furnaces, referred to in another
column, should take advantage Of their
present leisure, conc South and examine
the situation for themselves.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

WHILE the winter has been moderate in this
country, the weather in Europe has been colder
than for nearly one hundred years. The
Thames has been filled with ice, impeding nav
igation; the country from Vienna to Berlin,
from Marscies to Boulognc, from John
O'Groat's Island to Lands End, and even
good portion of Italy has been covered with
snow. Navigation has been impcded in nearly
all the German ports, and there has been an
effort made to break up the ice with dynamite.
What is almost unprecedented in Italy, trains
have been delayed at Mantau, Turin and Mi
Ian. The Seine has been blocked with ice near
Rouen, and kilograms from Arras and Mines
say that many persons have frozen to death.
Of course such bitter cold has caused great
suffering in all the large cities Of Europe, as
we'll as in rural districts, where low tempera-
fure is unusual.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

The Commercial Club appointed a committee
at its last meeting to go before the city council
and urge the consideration of the sewerage
question. There is no time to be lost about
this matter. Whatever is to be done should
be done at once. Spring and warm weather
will be here within short time, and it will
then be injurious to break up the ground. The
mill dams should also be removed, as they
back the water over the low ground, where it
stagnates during the summer.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
Pleased With tn. Post.

Tho following is one of the many lc''' 81,
posT is constantly receiving from ~ 90
at distance:
Dear Sir: Enclosed find check tci s. 49,
ton for the B,a Sross rosr ore year. ~, >
: Through the courtesy Of YOURSELF '' gf
Biz StoEe Gap,I bsss received a minis -
Of The paper, and Gigst Soy am sesI que" ~
With II, and hope You Will continue :ht ~
yoa have pursued during the short :iul' II -
existence.
Please send me three extra copies Of !en 80. =,
ID issue. Wish 20 forward them 10 'o., ~
friends. | viii make check $2.l5, 10 COWS, ms
txtya papers. Yoars respectfully, l. T.
gtasspAs n. y.s5Sn ISr
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

THE Hon. Joseph Blackburn has let his
tongue loose on the Silver Bill, and when
Joseph's tongue slips it is like lifting the food
gates of Niagara Falls or turning cyclone
loose on the plains. 1t matters not bow little
he knows about the subjcct-the less the bet
ter for that matter. He would hate to be
trammeled BY facts if he ever knew any facts
TO trammel him; but there is no reason to be-
licve he has ever been put under any such
restraint. If possible, he knows less about
finance than about anything elsei and, as I'd
Marshall said of him when discussing the
question, he resembles majestic swan, gliding
serenely over the surface of some placid ana
profound lake, drawing about half an inch OF
water and totally unnlindful Of the awful
depths beneath him. On silver he is as volu-
bic as a fish-woman, but he never gets near
enough to any issue involved in it to see the
eagle on one side of silver dollar. or even to
discern the presence Of the Goddess Of Liberty
on the other, though his weakness for spread
eagles is wel-known and he is not supposed
to have any decided prejudices against god
desses. 1t must have been fun for cold, me-
tallic financiers like Sherman and Edmunds to
hear him elaborate the evils of limiting silver
coinage, knowing his horror Of limiting any
thing. But let the Honorable Joseph alone.
He will not influence the silver question one
way or another, for during his long public life,
both in the lower House and the Senate, 1t is
doubtful if he has ever affected the shaping Of
any important measure to the extent OF a
comma
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
THE LATE DIR. S. A. Fox,
he Remarkable Young Physician Who
Recently Died in Brooklyn.
From he Paris, Nv, Citizen.l

Sidney Allan Fox, was born near Mt
Sterling, Ky, on the third day of July
in 1886. He was the second son Of John
W. Fox and katharine H. Rice and on
both sides was OF English descent through
Virginia ancestry His great grandfather,
born in l77G, near Fredericksburg, Va,
came to Kentucky at the close of the last
century and settled in Clark county. not
far from Winchester.
\ chronicler gives rs the founder of the
Virginia family 4 cavalier officer under
Prince Rupert, q nephew of Charles !,
Major .Ic.in Fox. who according to tradi-
ion, was member of the same family
that two or three generations later gave
birth to the English orator.
When Charles was taken prisoner,
this officer escaped to Paris and there,
with two other olicers-Col. Norwood
and Major Morrison-planned to rescue
the King from confinement oil the Isle OF
Wight, with yacht manned with eigh-
teen out-hearted English yoemen.'
The King being removed in the mean
while. they sailed for London, and learned
on their arrival that the King had been
beheaded that morning. Accordingly
they sailed at once for America, Oh Sep
TENDER 20, lGl9, on the Virginia Mer-
chant" were wrecked on the shores of
Accomack, on November 18th, of the same
year, and were given colonial appoint
mcnts by Sir William Berkly Old Point
Comfort was assigned to Major Fox and
he held it when Cromwell's troops came
over to subdue the old Dominion. His
dccendents settled subsequent in Glou-
cester county.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16


Globe under the dictation and instruction OF
his patron. Wise says: He was better
thinker than his scribe; his scribe was better
writer than he. He would lie down and smoke
and dictate his ideas as well as ne could e1-
press them, and Amos Kendall would wrise
paragraph and read it. That was not the
thing; many times the scribe would re-write
again and again and fail to fetch compass Oh
the meaning. AtIast BY alteration and correc-
ton, getting nearer and nearer to it, he would
see it, and be himself astonished at its mastery
power"
Jackson had forgiven Kendall, or at least had
pretended to forgive him, though he had but
recently stood over his wifc's grave and SAID:
al can forgive all who have wronged me, but
will have feryently to pray that | may have
grace to enable me to forget or forgive any
enemy wlo has ever maligned that blessed one
who is now safe from all suffering and sorrow,
whom they tried to put to shame for my sake .
Those prayers must have been answered sooner
than was expected, for it was but few weeks
OF months before Amos Kendall was his con-
slant and confidential companion. The two
pistols which he had kept loaded to kill the
slanderers of bis wife were never used tie
doubtless thought it wiser and more Christian
hike to load Kendall to kill Clay. *
I There are some excellent pistol shots In Big
Stone Gap. At the recent target contest for
prize, consisting of handsome pistol, members
of the police force shot at swinging target.
Captain Bulitt made 4 score Of lOI, winning
the prize: Lieutenant " B. Kilbourne was next
with a score of SO, and Lieutenant Beverly
third, with score of SS. As the target swung
quite rapidly it would be difficult for Western
COWBOYS TO beat this record.
The reception given Friday evening at the
Appalachian Club, under the auspices of Mrs.
Joshua F. Bullitt and Mrs. W. E. Addison,
was in every respect an enjoyable affair. Quite
number of ladies and gentlemen attended it,
and there were music and merry making until
u O'Clock, when the congratulations and good
Dve3 came III oTueT' luesc ehtc' '"inie"''
will be given on the second Friday in each
month, and will prove both agreeable and i'm
portant in bringing friends together and af-
fording opportunities for social diversion and
enjoyment. On this occasion delightful
lunch was supplied b. the ladies in charge and
the little groups about the small tables, e1-
changing plcasantries, reminded one of the far
more pretentious parties of larger cities.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
A Word to the West.

The Commercial Club, at a recent meet
ing, discussed the proposition of making
an effort toinduce some Of the dissats
-ficd settlers in N, he Western States to
come to this section. In this cG:Iia.ectLon
it would be we'll to present to them the
following comparison of the two sections,
taken from the Manufacturers Record:
IN THE WEST AND ~ TIE SOUTH.
NORTHWEST.
Indian wars y reign OF peace
Farmers being scaped. Every body prosperous
and happy.
People flying from their Farmers yearly becoming
homes better off,
The deadly blizzard Sunshine.
Five successive crop full. Five successive good
mes crops, increasing
yearly.
Want and starvation. Plenty
A homeless load Of debt Practically free Of debt.
( Southern
products:
Cotton. Sugar,
rice, tobacco.
High fibre, wheat,
Western r prices corn, oats,
Products: Low for fruits of all
Wheat and corn riiee' nearly kinds, vege-
all. tables with
out end, fish
and oysters in
unlimited
| supply.
No home markets, and Home markets and near
remote from the great 10 great centcrs.
centcrs
Burned up five months An cquable climate,
ard frozen up seven. reliable and we-dis-
tributed rainfall.
Outdoor work only four Outdoor work all the
or five mouths Of the year round
year
Treeless expanscs OF Rich valleys parallelcd
saud-hills aud sage by mountains OF coal,
brush. iron anu timber
A heterogeneous popula- A homogeneous popula-
ton. ton.
Furnaces going out Of Old furnaces running full
blast capacity; new ones
going into blast; new
mines being opened.
Nothing 10 build on. Tremendous industrial
interests building up.
Railroads cutting rates New railroads building;
for what little business railroads over taxed
there is. with traffic.
A dismal failure A splendid destiny.
There is no exaggeration in this state
ment in its application to many districts
in both sections, and the Northwestern
and Western people are finding it out.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

Dr.. Fo1's name came first into notice a
few years ago in connection with the
pneumatic cabinet, a remarkable machine,
which, in the treatment of consumption.
removed the difficulty, previously ihsupcr-
able, of getting medicine into the lungs.
Having assisted DR.. Williams, of Brooklyn,
in the original experiments on animals,
he secured machine, was assigned to
Kings county for 4 territory, apd began
treatment and experiment for himself.
He prolonged the lives of all the patients
he treated, arrested the phthisical growth
in others and made some remarkable cures.
Accounts of these cures, read in papers
before the Brooklyn Medical Society and
published in different medical and scien-
tiGc journals, made him known as Il spec
alist of prominence, not only in Brooklyn
and New York but all over tho country,
Afterwards, if the writer mistakes not. he
was invited to lecture in Chicago, Cincin-
natl and San Francisco, and later he
delivered an address on the cabinet treat
ment before the State Medical Society at
Albany. At the same time he was
strengthening himself in general practice,
and when the Brooklyn Elevated railway
was built he was appointed its surgeon.
Coming at such time his death was
peculiarly sad. His trials as q student,
the anxiety and worry OF slender means,
the long weary hours of study, supple.
mented by more weary hours ut night,
teaching with tired brain and exhausted
nerves in the public school of New York.
the struggles, the disappointmcnts, the
tense, harrassing strain OF the yonng ply
siclnn. who is alone and moneyless in q
large city, were all behind him. Young
as he was he had already made name
in profession in which youth is an cs-
pecial drawback and nothing comes with
out tireless energy. The work of his
hospital was broadening every day; FIVE
assistants had become necessary and he
was earning what should give man the
keanest pleasure on eartk-the gratitude
OF the poor. His work as surgeon and
specialist was becoming too much for him
to handle alone, and more than ever was
he studying, experimenting, attending
lectures with heart and soul in his chose n
work. Success had come at last; the
future was clear before him and he was
working along with the light-heartcd en-
thusiasm of boy whose every dream is
just in reach.
OF him the Brooklyn Eagle says: .sNot
only was no g man Of marked learpiag,
constant study and innate aptitude in his
profession, but In every relation Of life as
son, husband and neighbor, he was cit
Izen OF exemplary character, noble dispo-
sition, kindly. temperate and strong in be-
liefln the most exalted aud self-sacritieinc
conception Of the almost divine profession
to which he belonged.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

must become one Of the most unhealthy.
The city will not only suffer directly from
failure on the part of those commissioned
to guard our interests, to do their duty
in this matter, but it will get the name OF
being unhealthy, which will intellectually
damage its prospects. A little thought
and common sense arc all that are neces-
sary to secure prompt action.
The cry of an already depleted treas
ury should not avail. If Big Stone Gap
can not raise one or two thousand dollars
to prevent an epidemic, which will surely
come without such expenditure, it has not
the stuff in it to make city, and we had
better abandon it at once.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

Ten or twelve hours later on reaching
Liverpool, if the tide be propitious the
ship makes fast at the dock itself; fire.
quently however. she must wait in the
channel while tug tranafers yoq and
your luggage TO shore. Here amidst greet
apparent confusion, but really with ad-
mirable system born Of long experience,
each individuals effects are deposited on
the dock near posts bearing the initial
letter of his surname, his impedimenta
having been similarly labeled prior to
starting ut the New York dock.
When finally the last stray piece has
been recaptured, meekly Eotify one of the
Lynn eyed(i) custom house oficiais stagd-
ing by and submit TO the formality Of ex.
anlination-"any tobacco or silver ware?"
is the question. your negative being inya-
riably accepted without demur. the tray of
your trunk may be taken out, and the
corners of clothing in the bottom lifted;
rarely more than this.
You are next consigned to the tender
mercies of o truckman who wheels your
things sithoutthe building. when you arc
pounced upun and surrounded By rolling
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16

.oSToS, Jsn. -, 1891,
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-09
ORIENTAL sPLENDOR 0UTDONE.
A Cemplsts Display Of whss Baabes
will Do.

+. c. Hall, Of the Syracuse Bamboo
Furniture Company, has fitted up
rooms Is, ID and IL, in the Powers
block, with complete line OF bamboo
furniture, and novelties both useful
and ornamental, made from the same
material. There are numerous designs
and the household 10 covered from
kitchen 70 parlor. One Of tie great a.
fractions 10 IN oriental bedroom suite.
which consists Of bewildering show of
lace, plush and bamboo. Many ladies
have visited the rooms 10 see this par.
ticular attraction, and doubtless many
more will improve the opportunity TO
see the same. +. c. Hall is looking
after the company's interests here, aud
invites all TO call and see h,s display.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-09
They Are Here,

The Berger Bedding Company, of
Milwaukee, is on the ground, too.
They are represented by X. Whitman.
who has fitted up room 80 in the
Powers block with bedding. which
varies from the finest swans down to a
board, and in size from the largest and
heaviest mattress to a police station
pillow. The furniture buyers in the
city are familiar with the firm, but il
might be Of benefit to the housewife to
visit the room, and in that manner
learn the progress that has been made
in the manufacture of pillows and mat
treaSea
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-09
Not To BE Outdone.

Stickney Bros. of Blnghamton, n.
Y, Is in the field during the present
furniture sale in this city, with line OF
fancy chairs and rockers, which their
representative says Is the finest in the
United States, and no one has as yet
denied the allegation. Room "a in the
Powers block mas been fitted up with
a display. and the artistic arrangement
seems bewildering. The army Of buy
ers now in the city have many words OF
praise for the FIRMS beautiful showing.