The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-04-01
rnffustriar Notes.


The snow and excessive rain of the last
two or three weeks, have hindered OUTSIDE
work very much hence the scarcity OF these
notes.
S. L. Whitehead is preparing 20 puiia
a residence on the South East corner OF
block A. cornero of Gilly Avenue and Proc
terstreet.
Mr.. C. r. Estis is moving to the HUFF
house this week, Mr.. Huff having gone
temporarily to Indiana to sell stock III the
Monarch Coke and Coal Co.
All the inhabited part of town is now
lighted by electricity, several additional
street lamps having been put in.
Water pipes are now being laid from
the main on Shawnee Ave-, TO the nun
house, over 500 feet.
The engineers this week staked out the
sewer line of East 4th street, with view
to soon putting in the pipes
The workmen are now putting III the
large scales at the Furnace and the small
scales on the tramroad at the iron mines.
The tipple there is about completed ana
the section men are laying the side-track
along the S. A. & O.
a car load of brown ore was shipped
this week from here to the Graham Fur-
mace for test
Mr.. j X. 1aggart is setting the example,
that should be followed by all the house
holders here, of enclosing his grounds by
a fence of neat design, and setting out
shade treason the edge Of the pavement
After few years nothing will conduce
more to the pleasure of the citizens ana
the beauty Of the town than an abundance
of trees along the streets.
The frame work of the Episcopal Chapel
is partly up. Mr.. Carter placed in the
corner stone q number of maps, papers,
pamphlets, business cards and aphoto-
graph Of the vestrymen
1t is reported that the S. A. & 0. will
put on number of new passenger coach
cs between here and Bristol next month,
and anticipating an increase OF business
will keep switch engine here, partly to
ply between the coalumnc and the ore
banks.
By proper advertising and other effort
the S. A. e. O. should be made paying
road simply by tourist and excursion trav-
ell to the Natural Tunnel. Here is q GU
riosity that exceeds in interest the Natural
Bridge Of Virginia, and i'll its way ranks
with the Mammoth Cave and Niagara
Falls, which is comparatively unknown.
If coupon tickets were put on sale at the
principal centres, and neat and mex
pensiyc wcll-run inn built at
the tunnel and a competent man look
after the travelling public, large business
should easily be built up. For instance,
every one of the hundreds of visitors from
the North, East and elsewhere, to the
Harrogate Inn-as they are people of
means and leisure, who can influence great
numbers of others-should be taken to the
tunnel on an excursion, one to he run each
week, oftener if necessary. The trip
need not exceed three hours each way
which would allow three or four hours at
the tunnel for sightseeing, picnicing and
lunching. The l.. e. n. would doubtless
be more than glad to join in this arrange
ment OH liberal terms
There has been ordered for the fire de-
partment. from Gleason d Bailey, Seneca
Fall, n ", two hose carts, with five foot
wheels, carrying $50 feet of hose and cost
ing SIIO, each. A fire bell weighing 720
. pounds has also been purchased from the
same firm.
Bud Darnel who was arrested f or trying
t. break into Postmaster Jessees house
while intoxicated, has skipped his bail.
S. A. Collier was his bondsman.
jeff Roberts who was tried before Mayor
j. +. Bullitt for shooting ut Andy Roberts
with intent to kill, and bound over to APP
pear before the grand jury, escaped from
deputy sheriff Miller to whom Sergeant
Gilly had delivered him, at Norton Mon
day.
Six Kentuckians passed through here
Sunday morning looking for two horse
thieves. They were all heavily armed.
They were obliged to camp out on Black
Mountain the night before and had nearly
frozen. One OF the party said if they had |
found the thieves on the mountain, they |
would have tied them to trees and let the |
cold do the rest Two men were seen here
Saturday night on horseback, one of them
had dismounted in front Of Goodloe S store
to hold his horse, it having become UNI
manageable on account of the rain and
hail AS it was dark no description could