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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
AN INDIANA PROMETHEUS.
A Man Half Eaten by yermin Found
in the Woods.

CRAwroRprviLLE, ND, June l0.-Three
bows, out in the woods hunting yesterday
afternoon, found the body of man WHO
was, to al: appearance, dead and badly
decomposed. Word was sent to the Poor
Farm, O mile away, and men came out
with wagon to get the body. When
they arrived it was found that the man
was yet alive. On attempting to put him
in the wagon his clothes fell from his
body, so rotten had they become from
long exposure to the rain. The mans
body presented horrible appearance. 1t
was covered with wood ticks and oil kinds
of ycrmin which had feasted upon the
flesh of the live man, unable to offer rhc
slightest resistance. To his skin were
clinging several large leeches and alto
gether the condition Of the man was sick
cning. He wars taken to the Poorhouse
and physician summoned. Here it was
learned that his name was James Crook
and that he was an inmate who had sud
denly disappeared April %. He had wan
dered away to the ravine where ne was
found. He had been partly paralyzed
and being in an unfrequented place could
not give an alarm. There in the woods
he had laid for thirtysix days without food
or water, exposed to the action OF the
elements and unable to prevent the YER
min from preying upon his body. he was
being slowly and surely tortured to desth
Parts of his body was decayed and loath'
some stencil arose from it. To-day the
man seems to be reviying, but he car
hardly recover from the shock OF his hve
weeks exposure.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
THE WIZARDS LATEST.
Edison Will Exhibit Several Astonishing
Inventions at the Worlds FAR

Thomas A Edison, the famous elcctn-
ohm and inventor, is preparing to aston
;sh the world by the exhibit he Will MAKE
If the Worlds Fair in 1898 81 snail
have two or three things to show salo
he recently, (Which think will both sur
prisc and please the visitors to the hlec-
trical Department of the Exposition
which, by the way, am fully convinced
will be a great success. Two OF these
Inventions are not yet ready to be des-
or;hed or even characterized. The third
however, is so nearly perfected that 10
not hesitate to say something about 1t.
hope to be able by the invention TO
throw upon canvas q perfect picture Oh
ANYBODY, and reproduce his words mus
should Patti be singing somewhere th's
invention will put her full length picture
IVAN tbe canvas so perfectly as to enable
one to distinguish every feature ana cN-
nrcssion of her face, see all her actions
and listen to the enhancing melody OF
hor noerless voice. The invention VIII 40
for the eye what the phonosrapll mas uone
for the voice, and reproduce the voice as
vol, in fact, more clearly. | have already
nerfected the invention SO far as 10 DC
allie TO picture prize fght-the two men,
Tho ring. the intensely interesting faces
&c those surrounding it-and you can
hear the sound Of the blows the cheers Oh
encouragement and the yells OF dlsap-
no;ntment. And when this invention
sholl have been perfected" said MI. Edl-
s snn With ,; the trace of entbusiasms glow
ev. his face. ga man will be able to SIT IN
I bH III l;brary at home, and, having electri-
cal cal connections with the theater, see re-
nroduced on his wall or piece OF canvas
The the actors, and hear anything they say. !
c au mace one so it will command streea
corner. and after letting it register 'n !.
passing sights for time can have s !
cast cast them on canvas SO that every feat-
ure and motion of the passers' even .
the twitching of the face, can be seen
and if friend passed during the time
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An orthodox View.
tRey. Thos. Dixon, Jr.]

professor Briggs must be arraisned anu
tr;pd for thiuking-a crime for which !hey
look m and truly thank God they are
cri,,,ees. The Protestant religious WORM
has been rapidly dividing into two srea'
a,a.so. during the past few years-those
..,,o think and those who believe IL IS d
tive 70 think, Within the past MY
Years the world has been bonn anew ~
no;nt Of attack of Christianity has eh''fe
ly changed
no., .hoo,orian of the Dogu'atic School
sneaks in an unknown tonsu ,so,ono TO
s ,pputh Of this age. Dogmatics De'ons oh ~
. .po infancy of the race. We nave s, '. Mid
aao +h ln era Of thought. When the c .aa
gu NV as - = certain age he demands rea-
reac ean ,hincs He is entitled to Know :.
SON i 1ad 1I Heller tell him. If you 90 not
on haa ~ 10 viii. sooner or later, spurh
your dogmatic assertions O. anu NV man. who
vhole case de moro. ! DEFY any ~ .nA Tbeol-
Inks. niu TO take "Shedd's Dcgma,so o n"I 1,or
sn,na9 believe it, and reason Keep c mr.
o tEs,ne The lunatic asylum wou'd s ~"
.h i's,. Ia his home. If ] believed su ~
laln fr w would lay down my ministry ~ NJ
stuh VII ;n;n hands with Col. ingersaol,,;
morrow 9 ~, Carlyle, "Why, then, il he'l
MN, he braved-it must 49,. want tc
God don't know him; ! uon
know him!
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
TO ADVERTISE KENTUCKY.
The Louisville Commercial Clubs Scheme
to Get Up q Proper Exhibit for the Chi
cage Exposition.

LOUISVILLE. June ll.-At the monthly
meeting of The Commercial Club, which
will he held Tomorrow, it is proposed to
organize a movement throughout the
State to secure liberal appropriation
from the next General Assembly fer the
kentucky exhibit at the Columbian Ex-
position. a general committee with n
member for each Senatorial and Lcgisla-
tive district will probably be formed with
headquarters in Louisville, and each of
the members of the general committee
will he chairman of local committee
These local committees will lay the mat
ter before the people Of their own coun
try and cndeavcr to influence their repre-
sentative to vote for liberal appropria
tiou. After the appropriation is secured
the committees will go to work among their
own people to arouse All interest in the
county exhibit.
1t is probable that both Judge Lindsay
and The Hon. James Mckenzie will adj
dress the mectin ing Friday.
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zsiaiue win Not Resign.

New YORK, June ia special to the
World from Edgcworth, Ne, says that
Senator Hale, at whose home Secretary
Blaine is stopping, asked reporter why
the newspaper men followed up Mr. Blaine
so closely. The reporter replied that they
did not want to be cleft" in case any I'M
portant political Developments such tor
cxamplc as Mr.. Blaine's possible retire
ment from the Cabinet, or..his coming out
as a Presidential candidate.
Senator Hale responded: 81 have never
heard such thing as his res gnation
mentioned. don't believe it has ever
been thought Of. And if you ask me At,
whether regard it as probability VIII
cyl don't think there is the sllgthest
chance Of it. Mr. Blaine is not IN vlSor-
ons health at present, but PERIOD OF rest
viii rainvieorate him and he will return
70 his most like lion refreshed. There
nnycr was a time when Mr.. Blaine was
mere happily placed as far as public WORK WORK
;s concerned. The work in hand pleascss
him to dot. You see the pleasure anu
1e ..' with whicl, he has performed it, even
~ when he was not enjoying great physical
strength. I think his dearest wlsn Is Is 10
continue on his present post ana go on 3l Si.n ~
h;s work which he has SO ably hanoieu ~
- The present. No, don't believe !ne
notion Of resignation has ever occurred 10
NJ. R]aipe or has been suggested 70 nun
Nv his friends. In regard to future fres.
;iont;ol nominations, will only say 'nu'
Mr. Blaine can always rely WIN ber
State of Maine for anything "''i''' ~
-
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
SIR JOHN MACDONALD'S DEATH.
The Story Of Ills Last Hours-Specuia-
.ions as to Ills Successor.

oTTAwA, June l0.-Sir John Macdonald
was surrounded by bis entire household
when he died. Lady Macdonald. who
bore up SO brayely dnring the fatal i'll
ness IS now Frustrated with grief Sir
'0lH lost Consciousness thirty hours be-
lore his death, and had taken no nourish-
neA' after that time save small quaint
lies Of champagne, which were admins
'''ered with difficulty.
Once or twice the watchers at the bed
"ue thought that death had taken place,
ana DR.. Powell holding the Premier's
pH'se' discovered only faint trace Of
,nt' Lady Macdonald for three hours
S vel, the sad event never left the room
~. .9 an instant. The other watchers in
I ii Mary, her invalid daughter; Hugh
y " Macdonald, the premier's son; job
W., >Ir Johns faithful private secre-
'A' ana near friends of the family.
!, AZ AZ ~ I'M a complete collapse set III.
IN, III 'ne succeeding few minutes the Pre-
a., ",F' : breathing became more and more
, ,s ana only the slightest hutter of
~ Heaf' indicated Iifc's presence Al
t S.'' Tue Premier gave few long and
~ta's Inspirations and without the strug-
90 "a VI Inc slightest evidence of pain pass
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
a WIFE RAVISHED.
Mrs. John Warren the Victim of Brutal
Assault.
.1Bristol Courier. |

Between midnight Saturday night and
daylight Sunday morning, the home OF
John Warren, who lives on the hill west
of sullins college, was entered by man
who made Mrs. Warren the victim of his
fiendish lust, under threats of death.
John Warren is employed on the Nor,
folk & Western yard, taking the night and
day run alternate weeks. He came to
Bristol three or four years ago from the
upper end of, Washington county DE has ]:
made an enviable impression among his
fellow workmen. He has been married
some twelve years, and has four or five
children.
There are suspicious pointing to the
pcrpetrator of the horrible crime, and
Mr.. Warren, the police officers and per-
sonal friends have been engaged on the
trail for two days and when the right man
is found there will be no judge and no
packed jury to administer justice.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12

IRON MARKET.

CINCINNATI, June 11.-Thero is no doubt
Of the prevalent feeling among consum-
ers that the end Of the coke strike means
a large addition TO output, and that this
will prevent an advance, If not cause act
ual!y lower prices. This keeps back the
large buying movement that might natur-
ally be expected to follow long period Of
light purchases. But there are some who
remember many striking proofs in the
iron trade, that it is the reverse Of what
is expected, that happens. 1t is fact
that advancing markets often accompany
rapid increase of production and growing
reserve stocks, and production below con-
sumption will not prevent steady decline
in prices. Those who govern their course
by the logic Of statistics, therefore, very
often get left.
There has been fair run of orders
during the week, some Of them for ex-
tended deliveries. Contracts running to
the end of the year arc usually made at
aOVut 30 Ceutb per tOu auOfe pFiCco Ios
immediate or early delivery. The Ma
houing Valley furnaces are not yet, and
will not be for some time, in position to
get the benefit Of new ore prices, as the
docks are loaded with orc bought last
year and oil paid for, These must be
worked up first. The expected conces-
sions in coke have not materialized,
though rumors are heard Of contracts at
81 G5. The railroads are slow to give the
relief asked for 10y the Association. 1t is
stated that members Of the Association
are freed from any obligation as to re-
manning out Of blast, and can start at
any time they see enough in the situation
to warrant it. Only u few furnaces have
yet blown in.
A recent trip through the South shows
unusually light stocks at all the leading
furnaces. The average at the twenty
seven stacks in the Birmingham district
is below 1000 tons each, while forward
sales will likely aggregate 10000 tons.
The money markets continue to work
close, and this has tho tendency TO pre-
vent all branching out in business under
takings. The railroads feel the effects Of
light traffic and call for iron supplies en-
lightcst possible quantities.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
GEN. sCnoFIELD ABOUT TO MARRY.
He will Wed Miss Georgia Kilbourne OF
KeOkuk on June 18.

CHICAGO, June 10.-"I've q surprise for
YOU" was the greeting the head waiter at
the Leland Hotel gave Gen. John NJ. Scho-
field when the commander of the army OF
the United States sat down to breakfast
this morning.
The General, who had not the slightest
idea that the news of his approaching
marriage to Miss George kilbourne OF
Keokuk, Ia, had been made public,
laughed and asked if it was war with
Chilli The head waiter handed him a
newspaper which contained an announce
ment of the Generals engagement, to-
gether with his picture and that Of the
lady.
"Ho, you rascal" said the General after
he had glanced at the paper. ""eii, :!
kept pretty quiet, didn't II Somewhat
strange for old man like me to fall in
love. Never mind, am going to get mar
ricd on June 49," and he slipped half
dollar into the walters palm.
"Sorry, but there is no use talking on
this matter" said the General little
later to reporter. "It is true that 1
am to be married but hardly expected it
to get out" -.
Gen. Schofield afterward visited army
headquarters, and smilingly admitted to
Gen. Miles that the report that he was
soon to be married was true. Gen. Mnes
smiled and remarked that Gen. Schoticld
would prove loving and dutiful husband.
"Hurrah for Miss Kilbourne," said Capt.
McCauley. "Shc will be our commanding
officer"
Gen. and Mrs. Schofeld will live in
Washington until the Generals retire
ment in 1893.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
ITALY QUAKED.
Most of the Peninsula was Rocked ~
Roaring Undulations.

ROME, June ll.-Lombardy, Venetia
and part of Tuscany were visited early
this morning by repeated shocks. The
worst shocks occurred about 2 o'clock in
the morning; the shocks were also felt in
Venice and Milan. The centre OF the
disturbance was at Verona. Subteran-
can noise was heard like the roar of ar
tillery, which was followed by three strong
shocks. The inhabitants rushed into the
streets in terror.
At Marcenigo three persons were killed
and at Badia, Calayena, seventeen were
badly injured by falling houses and chin
neys. At the latter place another shock
was felt at O'Clock in the morning, and
much additional damage done. The
movements were undulating in character
and were more OR less over the whole OF
Northern Italy.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
THE s. \. & O. CASE.
Counsel Making NJ otions And no Decision
Yet Reached

MARION, June 1.-THE case Of the S.
A. g. o. r. r. came up to-day before Judge
Kelley at | o'clock P. m. The entire time
of the court was taken up by motions on
either side, none Of which were decided.
As the case now stands there is little pros
pcct Of final settlement before to-mor-
row or next day. Friday morning the
court will hear motions on both sides.
The defendants are fighting to have the
whole case heard on its merits at this
time, while the plaintiffs want DR.. Bailey
reinstatcd as receiver, and then have the
question of an injunction adjudicated.
The fight will he a hot one, as the best legal
talant of the State has been engaged
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
'hh Is HANDY WITHOUT HANDS.
-'''ie California Girl Who Gets Along
Without Arms.
lChIcago lierald.l


'''''e Naryan Marcena is the daughter
., ''ASIn'th who lives at Saucelito, Cal.
.4e has seven brothers and sisters, has
.', 49,, strange little girl. Four brothers
p, 'N 'Dfee sisters; so she is never lonely.
:. ine other children go to school, but there
9. @"aFS baby to keep her company.
!, ~ never goes to school herself, though
wv . nearly eight years old.
"''e are good many reasons why she
Gays at home from school. She could
-, 'V'u her books very we'll If she went,
s4u she hates to think she cannot do
~ ''A'ng quite as well as ANYBODY else.
81, u 'hs poor little thing has no arms.
'4 ", Las never had any.
.a. ias thing that Maryan most delights in
VIZ As Is to help her little brothers and
o.,.,' ' get ready for school. She is very
s sssA aud full of life, and she hurries
h. Au Al great rate. She makes them
curry too. She washes their faces and
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12

combs their hair, and if they don't stand
st,!i she knows exactly how to give them
lively little box on the ear.
How does she do it2 WHY. with her
feet, OF course. She laughs when people
are aston;shed at that.
Maryan does not believe that hands arc
one bit more useful or convenient than
feet Any one man who notices her for
while is usually q convert to her wav of
thinking, too
She Just takes hold Of towel between
her toes and she throws it around her
littlc brothers neck by dcxtcrous twist
OF her supple ankle. Then she dips her
foot III the water, and she rubs that
Youngsters face Till it shines again. Then
she sits back and looks at that round.
little red face, just exactly as an artist
looks at his picture TO sec if he has
achieved the correct effect When the
face is as ncw-looking aud fresh as a
hrand-new tin-pan, Maryan gives queer
little satisfied sigh, and pattcrs into the
next room as fast as she can--that's pretty
fast. too, by the way. When she comes
ONT she has something between her two
first toes. That something is comb.
She hops up 10 her brother and then she
sits down.
Swish! Swish. goes the comb through
the thick black hair of little brother
Slash. goes the comb in the water. Swish.
again, and there's n parting Swish,
once more, and there's a beautiful pa,t-
ing.
"lhcrc, now" she says, chccrily-tllat
is, if she doesn't say "Iherc now she
means it. Surely she means it. And so
the little brother knows, for he rises
hastily and proceeds in business man
ner to follow the fashion of boykind and
get rumply and dirty-faccd as soon as he
conveniently can.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
Fur SEAL FISHERIES.
- correspondence on
,ao.hcr w." .,,c question

TSl ,., relate. to the taking OF seals
rs:Yo'd'''ss -. has been made public as
s'S'' =. # is disclosure i" London,
tie ''. ..'.s 9' q correspondence closed
Tie 'f' ',s from Secretary Blaine TO SIR
',h 1 r'sn ass dated April IA last.
Jai'n ''"" .m,uhat the six questions
sn'sias :, 'I he submitted TO arbitration
pr'7'''u ~ ,,;cf they provide for q deter
.o'h'',' ~ !, II, the old Russian rights j"
o.o''.o' s =. the extent Of their r'G0s"'-
b'' ~. c ,s.l Britain. tue definite 'o""-
toH '' Wv" inc Sea, the extent OF the
a'''' .. "( russian rights 10 the United
,s',',' n, . right of the United State: TO
states. ' ..,, outside Of the three miles
oro', i. de-, determination OF the necessary
limit ' ..... 10 that cnd including 'h' i'ni-
,,'.'' t. closed season and finally the the
f'"'' :, damages sustained Ivy two
' 'a,.,.'l through seal killing and through
i'.' ,;,orcs Of vessels
tt, .. ~. close Of a Iops letter Secretary
a ..,;,e, the proyisio" OF the con-
" ...'.lr. the Jesse. under which a'' ,',,
iF''' ..it, for permitting them to XIII
the ' '... number OF seals and concludes;
= 's ,''.'. noi,,t being fixed and agreed to-
' u, arrangement between INC rnc
TIE P'oft ,,;cs would be As follows; The
tao 'D ',ncnt of the United States iimitS
Go'ef.il l,r II seals 10 he killed on this
the '@'1 i,' ,nrnoscs described to 1000,
81 l'I'" .!o, ", OF the United st states
the vo,o' tbat no seals shall hc killed IN
sa''an,'', r,,rrs of Bchring Sea hy any
'oe op'" - ony vessel sailing under the
I ,.r,,;,, ~ far. or by any American nag,
a' rr any, American citizen sailing under
OF v Ip eraar. The Government OF Great
an! 0 "! ,a ~" that no seals shall be
h WI, ,;a ,bc omen water of Bohcring Sea,
a. N" anv ncrson on any vessel sailing "ndcr
u ' p,iti.b Aoc. and that no British sub
i,,, D shall engage in killing seals for the
j ,;n. '. ,rreed upon on any vessel sailing
,'@I any other dag These prohibitions
' '",I continue until May |, 1872, within
,. I%,' time the arbitraiorS shall render
S S"'I' ward or awards to both govern
" men,. These several propositions are
'"f' for the consideration OF Lord
s,li.bpry. The President believes that
,b .,,. are calculated 10 produce result
f,jr and honorable to both governments.
and thus lead to permanent adjustment
A. , controversy which has already been
Jeff TOO lons at issue.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

There is good reason TO believe that the Viz
GINA Coal & Iron Company will soon COM
mence the construction Of the branch road up
Callahan Greek, connecting their mines with
the T.. & N. railroad. There IS also good rea-
son to believe that the construction Of the
two furnaces will DO pushed more rapidly.
Through siespers win run from Louisville
and Cincinnati 70 Norfolk and othes Eastern
points Monday, june Is, and this tsaiA viii
also carry the mails, commencing on I'm ssspAs
day. The time between Louisville and C-
einnsti and Big Stone Gap will be ssaHesdi
three hours, enabling the passenger ffoA Big
Stoas Gap 10 rsssh Leqiaville in ten hours ard
Cineinna.i Ia about The same time. .'
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TXCITED HIS SUSPICION.
lie Traced it mp and Found it to be
Fraudulent.

RlrmoyD. Va, June l0.-Col. Ruiin
sometime ago received from New York
bond 80 -. for 500, issued under an
,et If March -. ISL with ali the cou-
pom. attached from loCl to 1856. The
hopd Col. Ruifn believes to be fraudulent.
h WAS sent here by broker to ascertain
is fanlablc value. Upon comparison
with genuine bond of the date named,
many Discrepancies were found.
Col RuMn secured the services of Pink
crlons agency, and through its aid traced
up the history Of the purchase of the
bond From this source. il was learned
that Barnard Sheridan, the builder of Il
East TWELFTH street, Anew York, sold Il
loa Wall street broker. Sheridan said
that lie got the bond from his foreman,
Bartholomew Healy. The lattcrs story,
is that in lc>3, while eating his lunch one
day, in arestauranr opposite the Tonbs,
stranger came in and offered a bond for
S.
He accepted the offer Broker John r.
Manning SAYS that his client, for whom he
aaS offering the bond. did not send it
owing to various complications growing
out Of the states financial condition at
and since the time it came into MS pos
session. If it be spurious, state officers
agree that ii is hardly probable that a
single counterfeit bond would have been
made, and think there may he many
others abroad.
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YOU may know it. This invention will be
called the 'kinetograph.' The first half
of the word signifies motion and the
last write and both together mean the
portrayal of motion. The invention COM
bines photography and photography"
Mr.. Edison occupied nearly an acre
with his exhibit at the Paris Exposition.
AS he wishes to show at Chicago all that
he exhibited at Paris, and numerous other
things besides, he is DESTROYS of being
accorded a greater space in 1893. The
electrical exhibit is expected to be the
wonder Of the exposition.
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VIRGINIA AT CHICAGO,
Senator Mills Thinks the State ShoutG
Be Wolf Represented There.
fRichmond State.)

Senator J. B. F. Mills, Of Wise, who has
recently made somc investments along
the line of the Newport News division of
the Chesapeake and Ohio road, leaves for
home tonight.
The Senator is enthusiastic about the
prospects of the Southwest and thinks
that the State ought to make liberal
appropriation for the purpose of having
a creditable exhibition at the chicago
Exposition. This work should not De
undertaken, he thinks, unless the Legs
lature will appropriate money sufficient to
enable Virginia to take rank at the Col
umbian Exposition equal with any Of her
sister States. Mr.. Mills thinks that
money spent in this way would be the
best possible investment the Common,
wealth could make and would yield
abundant returns in the future.