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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
THE Bu0a, TIE South.
Chunks 0fInsorsaatioR About Cotton and
frcn furnished President Harrison.

Hen. Patrick Walsh, OF Georgia, Preai-
dent Of the Augusta Exposition, has writ
ten letter TO President Harrison in re-
Spouse to & request for information in re-
gard to The industrial progress Of thc South
ia which lie sass:
The South is developing rapidly and
her manufacturing possibilities can not be
exaggerated. The South's cotton mills
used last year over GG0.00o bales OF the
9 4GG, 000 consumed by the United States.
In 1856 tile .sauii. took only 10000 bales.
OF the 9000.00 tons ofiron produced last
wear the Snutl. contributed 1000, 0G0 tons,
or more than the entire production of the
Union in 1860 England fell behind our
country !astsyear 5DG,Gaa IONS. 1t is one
of the most encouraging evidences of The
South's industrial progress that she pro-
duccd last year nearly one-Eourtl Of he
amount ofthe iron producedin Great Brit
ain. The figures given are approximately
correct. The South's'fatnrc i'or the manu-
facturc of cotton is assured. Her produce
ton OF iron and the manufacture thereof
afford profitable fields fox Investment. :
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
MARRIED HER BROTHER.
a Strange Casa Developed az the
Immigrant officer.

"A foLr1SlSc GaSS DcFcloped sab tiic
Immigrant officer.
New YORK, Nov. IA most remarkable
case Of moral bepravity developed at the
Barge Office today. Among the passen-
gers arriving -on the steamer Furst Bis
marck was. a family named Moeller, who
came from Mccklcnberg, Germany. 1t
consisted of the mother, who was about
fifty years old, daughter named Marga-
ret, twenty-five years old, two smaller
children and young man who came with
them, put claimed no relationship. AS
they passed tie registering clcgk's desk i
was noticed that the gil, Margaret, was
enccintc When asked WHO was :he cause
OF her condition. she pointed to the young
man. Upon this statement the whole
family was detained. The authorities
would not allow them 10 so unless the
couple were married This they agreed to
To, and ministe r Was called.
In answcr;to questions, the couple both
gave the name Of Mueller and this canscd
thu dominic TO become suspicious. lie
questioned them both separately, and.they
both affirmed that they came from different
families. Uqon this assertion the cere-
mony was performed. Later itbecame
knownthat the couple were brother and
sister The Barge Office authorities were
furious when they learned this fact, aad
The matter will be referred to the United
States District Attorney, The family viii
be sent back to Germany. The marriage
OF course isyoid, both legally and morally
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
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HE PAYS THE PENALTY.
Houston. Kelly Hung at Rogersyille for
murder.

.RoGERsv1LLE, NOV. l2.-Houston Kelly
was hanged here Tuesday afternoon for
the murder Of Dan Carmichael, colored,
at this place last Christmas,
! Before dying che doomed man protested
full faith in Christ and said he believed
be would be saved.
Kelly vas led:to the seaffold by Sheriff
armstrong and his jailor, Lon Fernandez,
and after be had Leen pilioned fer death
appropriate religious exercises were held.
The trap IVES sprung ut I:54 p. M, and
nrs Gault, S. nj. Miller and S. f. Brown
pronounced life extinct at pos. The only
relative Of Kelly present was j. q. San
ders, his brot her-in-l law,
There we're several hundred people il
town
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
RESULTING FROM a DRUNKEN
BRAVE.
: Woman Throws p lamp nj a sran-sIia
Clothing SOON B.axcs, and re i. Fatally
Burned.

NEW YorK, November l1--Patrick Nc
Guirc,of no. 2d9 East Ninet ighth street,
was struck with !; Lighted lamp by q drunk
en- w~.nan named Gaisncy, as he lay in bed,
and died early Friday morning. Mcclure S
wife is an habitual drunkard. The Gaifney
woman has been dispossessed Of ncr home
somewhere in Harlem, and went to Nc
Cures 10 ask for lodging Tor tho night,
She being al acquaintance of McGu;rcs,
Mcclure ordered her out Mrs Mcclure
sided with Mrs Gatfncy and Mcclure re-
fired in disgust, after cttirga good tongue
ashing. The women drank can after can
nl beer.
Mcclure opened Tie door of his room
and asked t!iem to llc quiet Then they
kicked bis door in an .ioefed at him. Me-
Cairo, thoroughly enraged, called the
Gaf,ncy Woman Il vie name. She seized
i lighted lamp and threw Il ut him. The
top AeY of and the oil splashcd over the
man and his clothes. The bed was satu-
rated and in ali instant McGuire was en-
yciofed in a mass Of lamcs. He jumped
icom the BED shrie.sing wish terror and
'Sil. The underclothes which lie had left
IN him during the night chung 10 him
while they burned into his flesh. He tore
hcm froa his body and thcr fell faintine
L llc iloor. Tie women, sohercd by the
terrible sight lieat cut the flames la the
room With pillows and threw wafer ON Nc
Guifc nntil the flames we're extinguished.
The Gaiiney womah sneaked out Of the
aause hut has since been arrested
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
- POKER STORY.
Kew r Man WAS swinslied wh!!c playi;' ]
Gna Trio:l Table.

WA3lnSGTon, Eov, 9.--joEnC. Fleming,
OF Helena, Mont, and Arthur L. -kcene, of
Chicago, arrived in Washington Wcdncs-
day last and registered ut a hotel Last
night Keenc left the hotel suddenly, and
today Flemmng is telling a story Of how
he blocked the game of pair OF clever
swindlcrs at the point of revolver. Fcm
oing, according to his story, isa miner,
and in October he accepted an offer ola, :
$40 Tor II mine lie bad been working and
went 10 Chicago, where he fell in with
kccne, They spent fen days there carous-
nag and finally started Off OH a trip East.
lhey reached Washington Wednesday
night, as stated, and continued their ca
.rousals While at the Bcnning race track
At man who gave his name rs Johnson was
added 10 the party and all three came bach;
INDUCED in The game conti;sued for two
days, Flemming being a heavy winner
Saturday night tuck began to charge and
nhat remained Of Trimmings $4,000
dwindlcd 10 a very small amount. He
stalsod all he had on four kings, hut Kccne
laid down four aces. as he did so, Elem
ming heard faint clicking sound. He
knew something about gambling tricks
and cnicklv drew his revolver, covering
the two gamblers They handed over al!
,hc money they had won, aud then, at the
request Of Flcmming, with the revolver in
his hand, cx planned that thc table at which
they were rlayiig was trick device, by
which ii.e mu:iipuator conld win whenever
he so desired The ciinclng noise came
from The movement Of the mechanism
The gamblers beat hasty retreat and
Flemming viii leave Tor Chicago 20 depos-
II his laoney IN It bank there.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
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Panel lay mol sur 40 tho proBt ation
and Sic uess caused BY TIN shoek ei Il
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The notes that appear in this column weekly
are written mainly for the eyes of friends who 81
arc away and Of non-residonts generally, who
are interested in the place, TO whom, as the 3
writer knows from personal experiences, all {.
matters of material progress, even the smallest
and all homcly happenings arc of tile keenest
interest.
President Kilnball of the Norfolk & Western
Il. Z. w:as here last Friday, and went East orcrs
the S. a. & 0. The object Of his visit Is sup
posed to have been to arrange to send the sup
ply of Pocahontas coke, for the Bristol furnace,
over the s. A. & o. road through Norton and ~
Big Stone Gap, by the use Of his own engines
and cars.
President Smith of the l.. n. II. H. was
here Saturday, in special train, bringing with
him Mr. Smithers, OF London, who has dono.se
much financing for Southern rail-roads, and
who has aided tho l.. T. NJ, and is reported IS
now being about to help the Richmond z Dan
ilicsystem. They paid visit to the Appa
lachian Furnaces and looked about town, when
blr. ssmithers continued his journey to Norfolk,
Mr.. Smith going as far as Radford.
The l.. & II. is now carrying through Big
Stone Gap, some. 500 CARLOADS of wheat, from
the West TO Norfolk.
The pipe have arrived to provide Sewerage
for the Poplar Hill section Of town. sfis;
Mr. C. SMITH, manager Of The Imboden
property here. is having the lumber saved, so
| as to continue the plank -walk from Stonegs
Academy Through his property 10 the residences
Of Mr.. Z. 7. Shorts
Messrs. ". II. Eickles and antonio Raiaero
/ of this place, have for the last two Weeks been
experimenting with the lime -stone one milo
1 West Of Wild Cat Summit. and hare burned
| their first kiln Of lime, about 2 900 bnsheis,
and the lime Is said TO excel any that comes
here, in fact their success is SO conplste that
they will now build kiln Of 900 bushels
capacity.
t.Mr. Aleck Morris. near Morris esp, on The
a6.ack Mountains, near Tho Eentncky line, ad-
yertised for blackberries this summer, and IN
1.-TWO days received 1884 gallons, Cor which As
|paid 10 cents per gallon. ne eoasiauea 60
1 take them ID, and make aitoget her zoe gallons
OF blackberry wine, using SIX barrels Of sugar;
4 in its manufacture. This vine he il now aell.
ing az ST 90 per gallon. This IS IN iadustfg
that, IN this country, IS Of almost ands
less extension.
The Ii. & Is. II. Il is now getting its
4 for engine use, from soseil Rlyegs ne s
Il ireights yards herr ne saad clear
d cut, aad id ta this
aloore, ssssnt ilos q
a as GIG Il. II Sc station. has ssssns
asaes A Yoaaii 4 iIis 81
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
THE c0KK ELECTION.
M ccarthyi.es Scare :. Victory Over the
parneiites

CohK, Nov. i2.-Martin Flivin, the
McCarthylte candidate for the seat in
Parliament forCotk city, left vacant by
the death Of Charles Stewart Parneli, has
been elected by q plurality OIL ,5l2 votes
over the Parnel!ite candidate, Mr.. John
e. Redmond The result OF the coant is
as follows: F!ayin, McCarthyite, 3,GG9,
Redmond, Parncllitc, 2,l57; Sarstield,
urionist. I,i6l At the last election
for Cork city MIR. parnell was elected with
Nj. Maurice Ilcaly, who. also represents
Cork city, without opposition. An enor-
nous crowd Of excited people surrounded
the hall while the votes were being coun-
ted aud large crowds ct police had all they
could do to ecnor3er
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13

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islent eiferson Das arc 10 De iii srr-'
Woed etery here Irs ps
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
WHIT REDMOND SAYS.

John e. Redmond, the defeated candi-
date after thesresl.i had been announced,
delivered an address before meeting OF
parneliites. He declared that though a
maturity of the electors OF Cork had re-
fused to support his candidacy ne was-de-
termincd 10 continue the struggle for ae-
Acknowledgements by the people Of ireland
for The justice Of the policy pursued by
the Parnel!;tcs. William Redmond de-
noanced Priests and attributed his defeat
10 the tactics ofPriests who had been en-
ptoyed to coeree voters.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
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rho Renains To be Istefresl and q Az1n-
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13

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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13

The l.. & Il. is now carrying through Big
Stone Cap, some 500 car-loads 81 wheat from
the West TO Norfolk.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
The Cat at the Grave.

A strange story, in which a cat is
a pathetic character, has come to light at
Paoll, Ga. A little boy Of that village
owned a cat that was a great pet in the
family. But the cat would have NOTHING
10 90 with any one except the boy. The
latter died and for two weeks the cat
would come as usual every morning to
the door, and, going in the room, would
cry very mournfully, and walk over the
childs bed hunting for its lost friend.
Finally the cat disappeared, only return.
ing occasionally. At last one OF the
child's sisters saw the cat in the grave
yard, where it remains. only returning
occasionally fer food. at keeps guard
at the boys grave, and can he heard at
night crying pitifnlly Necs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
Printers Epitaphs.

one of the oldest epitaphs upon .
printer. says the Manchester (England)
Times, is that inscribed upon a monu.
ment erected in St. Mary's Church,
Datchet, to Christopher Barker, at one
time printer to Queen Elizabeth. 1t runs
as follows
Here Barker lies, once printer to the Crown,
Whose works of art acquired a great re-
howD,
Time saw his worth, and spread around his
That future printers might imprint his
But when his strength could work the press
no more,
And his last sheets were folded into store
Pure faith. with hope the greatest treasure,
gwen,
Opened their gates and bade him pass to
heaven.
In a different strain is the next cpl.
taph we shall quote. 1t purports to be
written by the defunct himself, but who.
ever wrote it showed Il pretty turn fol
making a merry quip of a serious topic.
No better idea of death being a release
from cares and troubles could be convened
than in the following lines:
No more shall copy Dad perplex my brain;
No more shall types small face my eyeballs
strain;
No more the proofs foul page create ms
troubles
BY errors, ~transpositions. outs and doubles
No more to oserruu shall | begin;
No more be driving out or driving in.
The stubborn presSinan's brow | now may
scott,
Revised, corrected. and finally worked OF.
Here is a curt complaint:
Weary Of distributing pye,
Pressed out of life, | now must die.
I've cut my stick. my fount is sped.
My case is empty, as in life my head.
In fact, my last impression SIN dead.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
A Preofreader's PrediCament.

Lafcadio Hearn, the author, has
climbed all the rounds of the literary
ladder. In Cincinnati he procured a posi-
ton as proofreader in Robert Clark 6
Co.'S book publishing establishment.
His fnicky ideas of punctuation and
composition caused him to make SO many
corrections in the compcsitors'proofs that
they became SO enraged at him finally
that they took him one dinner hour and
buckling a strap about his waist, at
tached him to the roof of a hosting ma
chine that depended from beam outside
the building, and swung him out into
space six stories above Baker street.
There they kept him dangling in the air
like a bale of paper, until he promised te
be less industrious with his correcting
pencil. This heroic treatment convinced
Hearn that he was not appreciated as s
proofreader, and he left it shortly after.
-Neu York Journal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06

San Felipe and other New Mexico tribes
for their baskets, blankets, silver orna-
meuts and ponies.
The finest garnets aud nearly all the
peridots found in the United States are
obtained in the Navajo nation, in the
northwestern part Of New Mexico and
the northeastern part Of Arizona. where
they werecollected from ant hills and
scorpion nests by Indians aud by soldiers
stationed at adjacent forts.
These garnets, which are locally
known As Arizona and New Mexico ru-
bies, are the finest in the world, rivaling
those from the Cape Of Good Hope. Fine
gems weighing from two to three caratsl
each and upward when cut are not IL
common. The peridots found associated
with garnets are generally four or five
tunes as large, and from their pittedand
irregular appearance have been called
Jobs tears" They can be cut into
gems weighing three or four carats each,
but do not approach those from the
Levant either In size or color.
The total value of the production of
precious stones. including quartz and
ornamental minerals, during the year
1889 was $1sS,oO7-
In New York there are sixteen firms
engaged in cutting and recutting dia-
monds, and in Massachusetts, there are
three. Cutting has also been carried on
at times in Pennsylvania and Illinois,
but has beer discontinued
The industry employed 236 persons,
of whom s%ixty-nine were under age,
who received $14S. ia in wages. OF
the nineteen establishments sixteen used
steam power.
The importation Of rough and uncut
diamonds in 1880 amounted to S129,-
207, in 1889 to $3.50, 1877, and the total
for the decade was 50, 1873, 529, while in
1888 there were imported SAB, 996
worth, showing that there was ninety
four per cent. more cutting done in 1889
than in 1880, but markedly more in 1882
and 1883 WASHINGTON STIR.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
The Zuni Game Of the Kicked Stick.

All IS now ready; each rider has his
%favorite side, an old priest rides in ad-
vance and sprinkles sacred meal over the
course, the starters kick the sticks, and
the widest excitement prevails. AS
each ,acer left his home he put into his
mouth two shell beads-the one he drops
as a sacrifice rs 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 runner it goes and falls beyond the
first man. He simply points to where it
lights, and runs on. 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 a cactus bush, a prairie.doo
hole, or an arroyo, much valuable time il
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 4akes
place as those who We're behind come IN
and pass can only be imagined and not
described. So skill in tossing it plays a
prominent part. On, on they 90 to the
southern hills, east to Ta-ai-val- lone.
north to the mesas, follow these west for
miles, thec to the southern hills, and
back again to the starting point. The
distance traversed is nearly twenty-five
miles and they pass over it in about two
hours. Racing is INDUCED in BY the ex.
cited horsemen as they approach the
goal, and it is not unusual to see a pony
drop over dead from exhaustion as tbev
near the village.-PopuLar Science IMonn-
+, ly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
Hard to Tell Human Blood.

Before the Academy of Sciences ths
other evening at the Art Institute Pro-
fessor Lester Curtis read an Interesting
paper on The Appearance of Human
Blood Under Microscope" The intent
of Professor Curtis's article was to dis
prove certain expert testimony in refer
ence to blood stains in criminal cases.
The blood of dogs, monkeys aud guinea
pigs, he argued. presented the same
general aspect under the microscope as
the fluid freshly taken from human
Chicago Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-06-06
FUN.

"Whatever induced you to marry
Ered9" .'Fred, of course."-Lif.
Bound over to keep the peace-The
borrowed book that you have damaged.
The man who loafs on the corner never
ieals On the square--Bahinsore Ameri-
an.
A man who is a poor liar finds it con-
Tenient to stick to the truth.-Tezas
SJtings.
A sign in a Westerly barber shop
,eads: 'sHair cut and whiskers trimmed,
twenty-five cents; children, fifteen
ents."-Procidence Journal.
Any one who has listened to the
grooming of the big fiddle in the orches-
ira knows what the 'syiols of wrath"
means.-Binghamton Republican.
In Hard Luck: care you going to
5mither's funeral2" "No, confound it!
I've got to- go to see an amateur minstrel
show with my wife."-7he Epoch.
Family Solicitor-s'How is it that YOU
lav sunk SO much lower than all your
compartment" Jack-''I took your ad-
vice, sir, and started at the bottom. l
stayed there."-Kate Fields Washington.
.Grocer-"That butter is great stuff
Why, it carried off the first prize at the
Elgin County fair" Customer Smelling
Of it)-"Unless the price was chained
down pretty securely, this butter could
easily carry it, oranything e,,e, away
NeW York Nees.
Retribution: PlumbeA-"You're one
of those chaps that are always writing
smart things about the size of plumbers
bills, amt you9" Squibbler--"Why,
i" Plumber--s'I thought so. The
bill for this job, sir, will be S324.65."
Chicago Tribune.
Ono, sir" said the museum manager,
''you don't get in here without paying.
No deadheads around my place. Why,
young fellow, cash down is so much a
principle of this here establishment that
that Egyptian mummy in the case there
didn't get in without being paid for
New York Mews.
Irving was of a very ad%venturesome
turn OF mind, and one day his mother
found that he had climbed to the TOP of
a pile of boxes in the storeroom. Fright
ened, she cried: ''Irving, come down,
or you'll fall and break your head To
which he calmly replied: "Then Irvie
see what's in it."-Youth's C0mpanion.
Tom-"Didn't you find that Miss
Roseleaf rather lacking in sense of hu-
more" Jack--"Well, I should say so.
Why, I told her Travers's famous story
of how he suffered more in New York
than in Baltimore, because New York
was a bigger place, and she said she
didn't see why that should make any diff
ference. - ur0ard Zampoon.