The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1892-03-04
Industrial And Local Notes.

Industrial And Local Notes.
| Contractor Baker and Architect Nurd
are putting the finishing touches on the
Goodloe Bros, house, on Poplar Hill, Fer
Gent R. A. Ayers. The stairway, which
! is mainly home produce, made Of walnut,
red oak and CHARTERED white oak, r. per-
haps the handsomest in town. The work
on he halls and bathroom and osher
| rooms are in good taste.
Mrs j t. Taggart has set the extreme
, Nv pretty fashion of having y conservatory
in one of the rooms Of her dwelling. The
flowers and the greenery add very mach
to its attraciiyeness.
The supreme court, Of Virginia, setting
at Richmond, adjourned week before last
without rendering decision in the ease
of DR.. Bailey against the S. A. Il O. rail-
| road, but as it resumes its sittings next
Thursday it is hoped that an opinion will
he promptly delivered, as this section has
great deal to expect from the S. A. do.
railroad afterwards, in the way Of large
developments.
Mr. Rcman is erecting a substantial
dwelling, to cost About S8,00D, near ahe
Wooden Mills on the South Fork, on land
which he bought from Mr.. ". r. Hudgens.
Mr.. Hudgene is displaying a good deal
ofpub,ic spirit in erecting footbridse
| across the river at this point, and in lssv-
| ing a space about ninety feet in width be-
| ;wenn his lot and the river, for 9 boale-
ward
BIZ. Stidhnu, Mt his laat opening,
| has uncovered u seam Of iron ore that
promises to he the best outcome yet seeH
on the north side Of Wal':n's Ridge. The
ore ia in regular formation, almost vprii-
| cal and ahont four feet in thickheRs, nns
half of wti:h Is soft ore und one half
hard. Ahont one hundred feet south OF
this vein he has discovered the onterrp-
ling of another of about the same kfna,
aud thickness.
Messrs. Petit l. Thomas have bought
most Of the poplar timber on the Preston
land, and are hauling it TO the track Of
Big Stone Gap and Powell. Valley BAIL
lway, where ii is loaded, and then shipped
to England and Germany.
Civil Engineer Percy. formerly Of The
Snu,h Atlantic ,,nt Ohio railroad. nssepa
through roxn thiH ws.k IN his wsv 70
Icicher county, y, TO surrey Some trae ks
Of land for Mr. ". II. Nickeis.
The Exposition Hall wishes 10 acknowl.
edsc The receip. OF on iron plate tha Arat
casting made by the Big Stone Gap, Crate
and Mantle Company; a!so of fnc TAM
pie Of camel coal from the lands Of Kew
srs. W. Fl. Nicklcs and Fl. H. Bullis!, in
Letcher county, Ky.
! Mr. W. E. Harris, Of Big Stone Gap. %
this week. in Y~arkfo-t. Nv, orysnlh!ng p
.o-Cpvra.iw Town srA Land Comrkn- To-
.i.c H. III, -anr'7, XIV. T,ere srs SEy
..a,isenn acres u lsr5 10 he soiI at & boat
Haly, Ao;nrg pec .crN, zach share ertit-
IN. ;ha owser - one acre IF End, ana
sir iJarYis anva tina! s',ey viii II! be taken
giti.n six months.
NJ. J. p. Moore, agent OF the l.. H. n.
rail- Dad, haze nc~ on sale secfions three
: and :onr in the Buffet sleepers hetwoen
Louisville and Norfolk.
Mr.G, Med Hampton, con of Senaio,
Wade Hampton, Of South Carolina, AID
I'll ILL., ~
president Of the s. A. l. O. railroad, wxa
VI Big Stone Gan recently looking over lts
natural advantages and opportunities.
{ Messrs Wh:.ridge, Fox Il James have
en- Application for lo:, near the furnace
, from party, who wishes 10 erect thereon
F., a$ 81 $50 residence.
Messrs G. A. X 4. W. Tracy are about
to bnid an addition % their shop, so ~ II
enable them to put in a water motor 10,
wood working purposes:
Some of the stone and brick for tn,
Episcopal Chapel rs on the ground, snl
the building is to be done by the 18th q
= Hay. The site re- al the corner of Clintot
avenue and E. First street on lots one an,
Two, block thirtyfour.
y
Gu,re numner Of bonds have bee,
hought by parties IN Boston, Cincinnati
and points in Kentucky, Virginia ani
West Virginia, to be used in setting a,
. their Indebtedness on purchases in plaza
and the circle Of buyers is growing daily
a;r. r. c. Ballard Thruston, trnstee, N
fnow receiving shcse boz d., and the zen
per ceht. in cash, on deposit, 40 tbsS par.
tics may not have to pay further intereat
: Until all the bonds are stamped (which
{ Mr.. Thraston's clerk, Mr. Morton IL now
eoins) he cannot tell the exact proportion
! | Of bonds that will be receivable. but with