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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
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Pursuant 10 decree Of the circi:ii court Of Wise
county Virginia rendered on the 2ead day ot Sep;sR-
hes 1881 IL The chancery Gauss therein pending % Q.
f. Bum ". =: T. Talbut art c. L. tanee, lie an
de.syuci special commissioner VIZ the 'n 10 be
+ .aai.er specified between the hcafs q sG III.
ND p y
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

STATE Of viGmSl,-CouSrY o. WISE, SIS.
l. H. II. ButLirr Cashier OF the aooye-hanei
bank do soleriy that the above statement IL
true 70 the hes Of ny knowledge aud belief
II. IL. .i,o,LtrT. Cashier.
Subscribed G'.d swon to before me- this oln day 81
Mar lsso ". NJ. acELwyE,
Notary Pablo, Wise County, virs.na.
Corrac:-at.est:
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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

ona third cash IN hand, the ns!aE.s - =
two esnsl payrasnsr due g ! M =. -, -
month, respectively, syideaeec y '.e
Is al pu. chaser paya1ie TO tho ,a IN,
boI.s. 'ntcreos. 4e0I ~
signed and heas,as ;aae.
". K. shci;,y. epeciM pnf!a, ,,,., ro.,t
In lie Clerks Osfeo o!'ae o'feu'' w.
of The County o; "i5s.
johnson wei. Tor 81, rin';a' !, eDn.x
Against "
j. s. Chance tx OF, et al ''s1'. eoert,
s /, j. 4. Lipps, clerk Of the sA,S o q ,ss
DO certify that The bond reqa,sea % rs ~
specisl l,emmi.s:ones by the , os1'' A., Of
Sered n saia saase on the 'aa az
nas, iesf has bsen dalss si'en >. tie
Given aadar ~ !. as g alsfd ls n
aaid court, this aaSrd day q , .su. a.sS.4t
49, Tesse: =. e. Lipps, Clerk. S''s
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
Cheap Fuel. Cheap Raw Material. ohsl)

An SS00,o00 Iron Plant nearly completed
Five hundred Coke Ovens to be built at once
Electric Light, Street Railway Good Hotels ,tc I'd
MORE ADVANTAGES COMBINED TEAM CAN q;
OTHER LOCALITY, -
Manufacturers wanted. Substantial inducements ii.
Lots viii be sold at schedule rates. Reductions 10 n
Prices OF lots in Plat No. ), range fgom $50 to slB
Address BIG STONE GAP !MpROyMH
lNrERaoNr horEa BUILDING i
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
COMMISSIONERS SAL u
AND.

Pnrsunnt to q decree OF tne 49,, -,
Conr; OF wise Go. Va, entered is.,i -
1901. in the, cGlancery cause Oh ieH''e''.
WoI,s fer &c. "a. J. G. Chance, nS'of' e
al, the undersigned special oom"''s''o''S'
will, On, .cco
Saturday, maroh 10th, 1892
in front of the latermoni ii0'ei u 49,, -.
town cf Big Stone Gao, va Dt'" Sei- ~. -
hours OF 10 a. N, and ?. M, 49, ,.tdo ~
sci, al pubic ontcry to he hig4e'f '. .,...
the the Iaad IN The bill lad psoceed'@;s.. zen en-
toned, to-pit: treei of''ad in WIS. ~, ~.
Va, wing east O: Bit. stone Gsp ,eo" 's.ae
ing g .5oai ~. acre. ana a:i9F 'ar ' r''s
trac, coaycs ed lsy Johnson y e.:s 1 wv. '; q
TO WA. D. 5ones - dee" aS'e1 - = Il =
ISL at record in Wise county .. . -
50. to w6icA deesi reference . me- =. -
much d sai.i ia,si as may Be neees'sIJ -. ;"
snfist, del,t 0! s6S5,o'' t'ii'"''t'.s'
Dec q 1857 and costs Of s'it atd SAFE, 80
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
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Supplied by two rapid rivers flowing around ,te t..
piping from an elevation 395 feet above tie town \
ton.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
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Concentration of railroads at this poin, nevtsS.
Ohio completed from Bristol, Tenn, and I.oui.rT.
peted from Louisville, keptucky Several other NJ,
struci0n
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

Miss Alice Barrow, of Turkey Cove, wa
the guest of Mrs. E. H. Ould last week.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
''N NT ~ T,D

The most valuable area Of virgin forests, Of VAIN,
! elbow Poplar (white woody. Birch Hcmloct and q
United States, immediately tributary TO the town.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
L :%, g N !.

Two reliable beds of Red Fossil Iron ore cs,,,;,.
large deposit of 0rskany ore, carving 81 ~.
part the town site. and thousands of scres an
aud L. d n f. +. 's
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

a gentleman, who il interested in one
of the model horse farms, near Louisville,
has asked the condition of the ground
here during the winter, his idea being to
inquire into the probable profitableness
of having the people here establish win
ter race course such as are now found at
New Orleans and Guttcnburg, n. j.,
where races are run at any time during
the winter. This project would harmon
izc well with The establishment of the
Fair elsewhere spoken OF,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

VIRGINIA: Atrues held In the Clerks Office
of the Circuit Court for the county Of Wise on
the 23d day of February, 1892. In Vacation.
Thruston, Trustee,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

MIR. T.. RI. Hardin is here from Harrods-
burg, Ky, on business.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
BIG STONE
CO A Y

;, Two beds Of coking Coal each one over 81, -, -.
CoEe as Is produced in the United stste, will !, .a
three miles Of the town Two beds Of Gas .sd s,. Ivy
eet thick. and bed OF Camel Coal uad.rl;.. Il.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

T. ir,ie- =
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

w. P. Lipscomb is able to be ont after
a two weeks sciCe of the grip.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18

Wax ssm
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-18
REPORT

!. L. Kelly p. q.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
Y. M. C. A. of Passaic.

With the unparalleled growth and
development of our unique city,
we greet with marked distinction
the inception of the Young Mems
Christian Association. We believe
it is our duty to accept and support
all institutions which are calculated
to advance the moral tone of our
community, and as the "Y M. c.
A." is an organization bent on such
noble purposes we bespeak for it
the careful consideration of every
enterprising citizen and predict a
glorious future of usefulness and
prominence in the affairs of this
place. AS the presence of such
institutions tend to increase the
general attractions of our city and
lend largely to the entertainment
and pleasure of the public at large
it is we'll to conclude that the dis
semination of such wholesome
knowledge is worthy of our COM
mendation.
The progress that this move
ment has made since its Inaugural
ton is very satisfactory The
work is not of spasmoGic origin,
but of a healthy nature as the
steady increase indicates. ltnum-
bers now nearly one hundred
members, with but one noticeable
meeting in its history, which was
held last Sunday afternoon in the
City Hall. Mr.. F. A. Baker, vice
Chairman of the temporary organ
ization conducted the services. He
spoke briefly of the success It had
met with, and then with a few
very appropriate words introduced
the speaker of the occasion, the
Hon. Thos. T. c. Grain, City
Chamberlain of New York. His
subject was the memorable reply
which King Agrippa made to St.
Paul: " Almost thou persuadest me
to be a Christian" His mastery
address won for him the applause
and admiration OF all those pres
ent, as was plainly manifested by
their profound attention. A sue
cessive list of prominent public
men has been secured for the
Sabbaths of February, which will
unquestionably result in much
good for the Association.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
Obituary..

James Washington Gregg, an
old personal friend of the editor of
the RECORD, and for twenty eight
years mail clerk of the New York
Observer, died suddenly in drug
store on r25th street, N. Y, last
Monday evening of heart failure.
He was a man with host OF
friends, won by his personal good
feeling for all. He was faithful
to every business duty, which he
labored early and late to perform.
For the past year Mr. Gregg has
held responsible position with
the U. S. Mutual Accident Insur-
ance Co at 3a2 Broadway, New
York. The funeral services were
held at his residence Thursday
evening Many of his associates
on the ObScr0er were present. A
male quartette from the Insurance
Co. sang two very touching anth-
ems" Rest in Peace, an d
Asleep in jesus" and the Masonic
Lodge of which he was a member
performed the Masonic funeral SER
vice. The interment was in Wood
lawn.
He leaves an unmarried sister.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13

Missionaries are being sent to Africa
and other parts of the world, but one is
badly needed here. A farmer who lives
near Everittstown on Sunday last told
his hired man to gear to his carriage as
he wanted to go church. Everything
in readiness he started in the opposite
dire ction. What his object was no one
knew till it was found he had been all
over the neighborhood hunting help to
butcher the following day.-1Nil1ord
Leader
Brother Townsend of Everitts-
town has been absent at his sisters
sick-bed which may account for
the above. We know he is good
deal of missionary himself, but
the recent death of his wife and
the more recent illness of his sister
have interfered with his church
duties, but he will! soon recover
lost time.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
Real Estate as An Investment.

Real Estate as An Investment.
Real estate is the best property
in which money can be invested.
To understand this statement, it
must be remembered that security
is worth something-risks must be
paid for-and there is real value
as we'll as fictitious--the latter
being too often the standard of
Judgment
Men talk about improved and
unimproved property-it makes
little difference in which one in
vests. Cashiers may default and
stocks rise and fall-the property
is intact. The law of demand and
supply rules. If property in New
York, where an acre is worth IA
million of dollars, pays, why do
not village and farm properties
pay2 They do when the same
skill is applied to the management
of them. But because farms are
misnanaged, and landlords drive
away tenants by extortionater rents
and lose in the long run, the whole
class of property is blamed.
Landed property pays well, else
why are there so many real estate
kings? Why do millionaires invest
in it. Mr. Higgins was carpet
dealer-yet he owned millions of
dollars worth of real estate; the
Vanderbilts, the Lorillards, and
Rockefeller, are known in other
circles, but they are very heavy
real estate owners. Men study
the careers of Gould and Westing-
house and declare in favor of
stocks. But what are these
Simply promises to pay. So long
as the business which they repre-
sent is well managed, so long they
are valuable: otherwise, they be-
come simply blank paper-or
worse, if assessments become
necessary.
Real estate represents actual
value. It holds the. clements of
life and as a food Producer is alone
the foundation of all wealth.
When financial depressions come
and they will come however
well government be managed
landed interests feel the stringency
least. That was the case in '73
and subsequent years.
In investing one must be care
full to get full value. In city like
Passaic and villages like those sur
rounding there is little danger of
paying fictitious prices. The city
is spreading on every side and the
day is not far distant when from
the marshes to Hawthorne will be
a solid town. OF course then prop
critics will be fourfold their present
values. Building lots must be in
demand, the people must be fed,
hence farms will increase in value.
Fictitious values are in far off
regions generally and prices are
quoted rising fast never in a place
like this.
The history of the growth of
values in real estate in this coun-
try forms an interesting study.
Fifty years ago, large proportion
of the west was wilderness. In
1890, Michigan was considered a
worthless sand bank and in 1892,
Maine rejected with indignation
the offer of President Jackson to
take 100000 acres of Michigan
land in lieu of the same number of
acres which the King of Holland,
as referee, had decided belonged
to Great Britain. And yet to-day
Michigan land is worth double the
same amout in the Pine Tree state.
Values have more than doubled in
the last ten years.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
BORN.


TERHUNE-At Lodi, N. l., February
10, 1892, John c. Terhune, aged 6I
years, 10 months.
Funeral Saturday, February 13, at
2.3o p. m. from Second Reformed
Church of Lodi
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
MARRIED..

BRITTEN-PENNY. Y.-Tuesaav even
ing, February 9. at the residence of the
brides mother, by the Rev. Alfred H.
Moment, Miss T. Grace Penny to Benz
F. Bntten, Jr. OF Jersey City.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
NOTICE.

PAssAIc, Feb. IL, 1892.
Several have asked, Where is your Of
fee since the fire? We answer, In the
Howe building next to the Telephone
Office. We have a few bargains on hand
yet-two organs and four or FIVE ma
chimes. You had better come quick IT
you want to secure bargain. You can
find the manager, Mr.. Cunyes, in from
until 9 p. m.
GEO. HASBROUCK, Prop.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
Song ofthe Real Estate Agent.

Earth to earth and dust to dust,
We have the earth and you the dust.
We can the earth in lots supply
If you We the dust with which to buy.
Whoever now possesses sand
He quickly can fortune land.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13

Genesis of word. David Hill
Dave Hill; Daveill; Devil; Devil
New York Mail g. Express.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13
Influence of Papers.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote
that if he had to choose between
law without papers and papers
without law, he would prefer the
latter, and if any man had cause
to detest papers he surely had.
A paper can only succeed per-
manently by winning the faith of
the people in its truthfulness, and
all reporters know that nothing
else will SO certainly cause their
dismissal as failing to be truthful
in reporting.
To-day, in all civilized countries,
the press is looked to by the people
as their advocate and defender and
instructor.
The amount of enlightenment,
and progressiveness, and charita-
bleness, and good roads, and good
schools, and number of hospitals,
and everything that tends to make
a community an enviable one, de-
pends upon the number and the
character of its papers.
GO0d ana true men e0e1yahere, in
stead Of 6erating tie baber1 fer their
fanhs-babers are not di0ine, 6ut An-
man-take pleasure in encouraging
their local papers, kao7oing that by SO
doing they do more to letter their com
mUnity than anything else they can do.
Passaic City record., 1892-02-13

The editor of the Gainesville
Enterprise makes the following
APPEAL TO DELINQUENTs:
If you haven't got the money,
Just bring us a load of wood:
We'd take little honey.
Or anything that is good.
One could bring us some meat,
Another bushel of corn;
Just anything we can eat
Will help us, sure as you're born.
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09
Peter Cooper's Cherry Table.

There is in the city of Brooklyn at the
house of Mrs. A. A. Golden table, the
history of which, without doubt, will in
terest many an old New Yorker. 1t was
made by Peter Cooper, which lends it
the more interest.
II was at this table that he and his
wife ate their first dinner after they
were married.
In appearance it is much smaller than
the modern dining table. 1t has two
leaves and two end pieces that are at
tached to the leaves by hinges. In all it
is about four feet square The legs are
long and slender. The wood is of cherry,
and, old as the table is, SO carefully has
it been kept by Mrs. Golden there is no
sign of scratch or mar on it.
In his early ventures Peter Cooper was
often unsuccessful. 1t was in 1916, when
he was living at Hampstead, Long Is
lard, that he failed in business. A few
DAYS after his failure he held an auction
sale of his household goods, among them
being this table. Mrs. Mary Golden, a
mother-in-law of Mrs. A. A. Golden,
bought it for few dollars. She after
ward used it as a dinner table. AT her
death, in 1855, she willed it to the pres
ent owner, Mrs A. A. Golden. The ia
BILE is one which Mr.. Cooper made with
his own hands, and, ii is said. valued it
very highly. Exchange.
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09
The Glass SpOnges.

Did you ever carefully examine one
of the so called glass sponges?" The
most delicate and beautiful of these
perhaps is the Venus flower basket,
which is found only in the deep sea near
the PHILIPPINE islands. 1t looks for all
the world like spun glass woven into an
intricate pattern, and is so delicate and
exquisite that one can hardly believe it
to be nothing but the skeleton OF
sponge. This particular species of sponge
is composed of bands of spicules running
lengthwise from end to end, with cross
bands intersecting at right angles. Be-
fore they are thoroughly skeletonized
the corners of the squares formed by the
crossbands are filed with brown jelly
like substance, which reduces the spaces
to little tubelike holes.
The edges of these little holes project
slightly above the general surface of the
sponge and give it the appearance of
being dotted with miniature volcanic
craters. The ridges, instead of having
their surfaces made up Of a continuous
CLASSY skeleton. have their soft sub
stances supported by whole multitudes
of delicate microscopic, six rayed spic-
ules. In some instances these fragile
spicules seem to be supported, or at
least held in place, by little hooked stars
and rosettes. In its natural state the
whole Of the Venus flower basket is
covered with fine hairs, the mouth being
kept closed by a net Of fine glasslike
needles.
Captain Simmons men found the flow
er basket fastened to rock by handle
carefully attached to the basket in four
different places, and the divers of the
Exile brought up one specimen that
rested on the top Of marble pedestal
which at some time had been lost in the
harbor at Najaja. st. Louis Republic.
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09
TOWARD A FAR LAND"

Toward Tar land, whose dream discovered
shore ''
Our hearts do hope for, we are sailin,, nm.
The way is dark, and mutinous tbnu,.h,.
anon,
Protest against the voyage and implore
The master, Faith, to search the sea no more
For unknown lands. We soon are SET unon
By winds and waves of doubt, that make ~
con
The awful vastness of what lies before,
But, oh, my brothers, bear Astounding trus,
And fearless Faith will doubling crew dis
may;
70 was Columbus tried by thoughts unjust.
Who found a world, while seeking for a way
That would be shorter, from SPANS heat and
dust,
To the fair gardens Of far famed Cathayl
William 5. Lord in Kate Fields WASHINGTON
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09

time, they say, an tive-and.tw wear
Is lang eneuch, but the scars wi me
yet, owen, the scars wi me yet, an will
oe VII my deeing day, an Gamma see a
wee Darn warslin wi this wicked warl
nke the puir Dutch lass, but maun
'nlhk; Hoo, If 'twere Bess? My ain
wee Bessie!'"
And the old man, dashing his hand
across his eyes to clear away mist
tnat was not all of age, drew from
ms inner vest pocket one of those old
tasmoned daguerreotype cases that used
W oe SO common on country house cen
Ter tables twenty years ago and handed
II to me, opened it, and after turning
the case this way and that to avoid the
reflection from the CLASSY surface, saw
TWO dlmly outlined faces, the mothers
ana daughters, looking at each other.
IL was impossible to get much idea of
what they We're in life, but | looked at
them as one would look at strange face
IN collin and then handed back the case
in silence.
just then the door was flung open and
number of men entered the room, their
forms but dimly discernible in the dusk
which had fallen upon us unheeded.
why, it's Langdon," said one, ad-
vanclng with an exclamation of sur
prise. II suppose you've got everything
all arranged for the picnic, Sandyg"
mo, said |, hastily interposing, I'VE
have not been talking about the picnic
at all. That's what came for, but Mr..
MacNab has been telling all about the
old days in Scotland. and we hadn't
really got down to business yet"
Sandy hustled about to light couple
Of gas jets as | spoke, and when he had
finished he slowly returned, thankful,
was sure, for the moments respite.
"Tm thinkin," said he slowly. that
sail ma gaze to the. picnic"
mot go to the picnicl' said young
MACEDONIAN in establishment. why,
uncle, how can that be? What would
the picnic be without you?"
AYE, lad, it's kind o you to speak sac,
but I'm owre auld for sic tricks. Gamma
pit the stane, nor hurl the caber, nor
rim, nor loup, nor warsle, nor step
hielan fling. Young folk sud be blithe
an merry an auld folk sud stay hame
Dinna mind me, lad, but go your ways"
Hes thinkin o his BARN, puir
Sandy" whispered Rob Mackenzie in
my ear.-Owen Langdon in New York
Recorder.
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09
An Experiment with a Bee.

A bee flies much in the same way as
a pigeon-that is to say, it first takes an
upward spiral fight into the air, and
then darts straight for the objectin view.
Now an experimenter on insect nature
once covered bees eye with paint,
and sent it into the air; instead Of
darling straight off after rising, 1t con-
timed to ascend. -Pearson's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1892-12-09

A man who has kept an account of
the number Of kisses exchanged with
his wife since their union consents to its
publication as follows: First year, 30 500;
second year. 10000; third year, $3.50;
fourth year, 100; fifth year, 2. he then
left off keeping the record.-Exchsnge.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-02-13

battle to st. Louis. In the mean time,
the west was almost solid against New
York. Tilden was unknown. Allen,
of Ohio, and Hendricks, of Indiana,
were the idols of the people; but the
latter was by far the o popular with
the masses. In the st. Louis cOnven-
ton New York's vote was given to
Tilden, and despite the activity of his
enemies, he was nominated. That set
tied it and New York gave her electoral
vote to her foremost democratic states
man.
In 1884, one wing of the New York
democracy was for Cleveland, another
against him. In the state convention
Cleveland had Il majority, and twenty
one of the thirty-two districts elected
Cleveland delegates, and he, too, was
followed to the national convention by
hosts of bitter enemies. A strong effort
was made to have the convention break
New lork's unit rule, and permit del
egates to vote rs their people wanted
them to. They claimed that they were
practically DISTINGUISHED and instead of
having II voice in the convention were
being used to swell the votes of the
very man they and their cons ituents
did not want. What they denounced
as ''gag rule was applied, however,
and Cleveland received the solid vote
of his state delegation.
But Cieveland's enemies were not
confined to New York and the Chicago
convention. In st. Louis and in Kan
sas City, in various parts of the west,
leading newspapers were vigorously
opposing and lying on him.
Tllden was the idol then, as Cleve-
land is now, and people resented with
gall and bitterness every effort to bring
Cleveland to the front. But how quick
ly were the clouds of disfavor dispelled
by the sunlight of the nomination! In
three months Cleveland was the most
popular man in the country; even his
| New York enemies relented, and the
rest is known.
The present revolt against Hill is of
really less Importance, and of smaller
significance than was the anti-Iilden
move in 1876, and the Cleveland
emeute in 1884. Tilden and Cleveland
were opposed by democrats. Hills
opposition is of two kinds, tO-wit, the
Cleveland democrats, who prefer
Cleveland to Hill, but who will support
Hill if nominated, and n gang of bolt
ers, mugwumps and monometallists,
who are urged on by their dislike of the
man they cannot control, and the in
terest Wall street money sharks have
in defeating Hill because he is in favor
of silver coinage.
Unless the gold bugs can dictate the
nomination ,of the candidate we will
have this last element to fight anyhow,
and with David b. Hill rs standard
bearer or as manager of the campaign
we can win despite its devilish and
malevolcnt opposition.