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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-09-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
Posts Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 1893.


Editor Post:
Uncle Sam is feeling the money
acquecze, just like the rest Of us. Instead
Of the prosperous business year he ex-
pected it is now certain, unless there is a
radical improvement, or legislation OF
some sort to add to its revenues, that at
the end of the present fiscal year-June
80. IS94-his balance sheet will show a
deficit of from $50, 0U0, 900 to $780, 100000.
The administration had hoped to keep
this matter away from Congress until
after the silver bill was disposed OF by
the Senate, because Of desire not to add
any new complications to those already
existing in the Senate, but the regular
monthly Treasury statement contained
enough to show those familiar with ma
tional finances just how things stood,
and now the matter is talked of every
where that Congressman congregate.
There Is no probability Of any increase in
the revenue from customs duties until
after the new tariff is ready to SO into
effect, and if it shall seem probable from
Che tariff bill which will be reported to
the House that the cuts will be many and
deep. there will he still further falling off,
as importers will all wait for the new tar
1T. 1t is not probable that any action
will be taken in Congress to help the
Treasury, until after the President shall
have made known his wishes, either by a
special message VI through the leaders of
his party, although several propositions
have already been made in both House
and Senate with that end in view.
The House has adjourned until We'd
nesday, when it will resume the debate
on the proposed new rules. AS whole
this talk has been dry and nninteresting.
but there have been several exciting ep-
isodes and the majority Of the House has
shown it's independence by changing
several of the rules proposed by the COM
mittee. II is expected that the rules rs
fnal!y..adopted will differ little from those
of tho last House, and that The debate
will end this week, but Congressional ex-
peetations are oftener disappointed than
realized.
What will the House committee on
Coinage do with its newly acquired right
to report bills at any time? That ques-
ton has been asked many times since the
rules Of the House we're amended, giving
it and the Banking aud Currency com
mittee that right, which has heretofore
been vested in only two coRmittees--Ap--
preparations and Wass and Means-snd
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Cured with One Bottle.

Mr.. Jordan Baker, Triton, Ga,
had muscular rheumatism for ten
years. After using half a bottle of
Drummond's Lightning Remedy for
Rheumatism, he wrote to the manu-
features that he was satisfied that he
would be cured by the time the bot
tie would be used up. II you want
satisfaction. insist on having Drum
mond's Lightning Remedy: Moth.
ing can take it's place. Of druggists
or direct, with fnlhparsicnlars, from
Drummond Medicine Co. 1850
Maiden Lane, New York. Agents
Wanted.
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I.ieutenants of roIice Guards.
HEADQUARTERS OF BIG STONE Gar
Captains Office, August %, 1893
Police GUARD,

IOLICE GUARD,
Captains Office, August %, 1893
BY virtue of the authority vested
in me, as Captain Of the Big Stone
Gap Police Guard, | hereby appoint
the following members to serve as
Lieutenants of said Guard, in their
respective orders, until the annual
meeting of said Guard, to be heidi in
July, 1894, unless said parties re-
sign said office, or for good cause be
removed !:
w. S. Beverly, LIST Lieutenant; 0.
L. Fox, End; G. e. Bibbs, Bird; R. l..
Brown, 18th; F. s. Hoback, 9TH; j,
L. Kelly, 9th.
Should any party decline to ac-
cept his appointment, he will please
notify me at once.
Respectfully,
w. b. klLnounN, Captain
Fair Warning.
intend to ask everybody indebted
to me Tor the amount due Que time
more, and il not paid Or satisfactory
ly arranged, then will put al ac-
counts in officers hands for coilec,
ton. Lile's too short to ..lnonky.a
G. III, HAnRIs
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Intermont Hotel Arrivals.

The following were among the arrivals
at the Intcrmont during the past week:
D. r. Smith, Rogcrsville, Tenn; X. D
Urkhart, Lynchburg; w. H. Cox, A. II
Steere, NJ W. j. Young. Knoxcille; n. F
Smith, W. H Jenkins, Abingdon: Mrs. S
A. Collins, Ky; A. G. Wetmore, b. G
Jones, G. McD. Hampton. NJ. Is. Wood
Bristol; r. A. Long, Knoxville; S. David
Stokely, w. S. Palmer, G. Norris, r. a
Ayers, city; VIM. Walbrecht, Midd!cs-
borough Miss Mitie Rambp, Miss Fannie
Sullivan, Louisville, Ky.,C. Ii. Smitldcnl
Wise; S. j. Boring, Johnson City; j II
Allen, j. ~. Bailey, Dorchester; r. A
Clark, r. S. Faulkner, Ripplemead, Va.
R. L. Bower, CincinnatiJ j. H. Kerr, j. II
Fenlee, Dulfield; Hiram Bolen, Ky; II. S
X. Morrison, j. B. Richmond, Gate City
p. r. Pickett, gawport, Va; G. Fl. Rit-
nour, Riverton, Va.
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our correspondent asked il Of d member

y0ur correspondent asked IL OF member
Of the committee. I'VE sill use it, was
his reply, ato report free silver bill, in
order to give those members who talked
so nice about what they would be willing
to do for silver in the future, when de-
claring their intentions to vote for the
Wilson repeal bill. q chance to vote as
they talked: but We do not propose to add
to existing financial unrest by reporting
such a bill ut this time. We will wait
a while AS this committee Is con'roil-
ed bv silver men, it eau. under lis new
authority. report bill whenever so dis
posed.
Everybody now seems to be agreed thar
Congress will keep right along at work.
with the possibility of a short recess OF "a
couple of weeks in October TO give the
members u chance to visit the World 5
Fair before its close. but somehow the
manner in which the COMMITTEES on the
Senate side are acting, or rather, not act
ing. indicates that the Senators have a
doubt about it, At any rate the Senate
committees are doing nothing. Those OF
the House, with the exception OF "ays
and Means and Banking nnd-Currcncy'
have had nothing TO act upon YET, hu'
thew will be oyerrun with bills as soon as
the rules Of the House arc adopted and
the regular introduction Of bills begins.
The WAYS and Means committee aye oil
ready heels over head in the preparation
of the tariff bill. Two weeks, beginning
today, are to be given up to pnhlIc hear
ings by the committee. The Banking and
Currency committee has been considering
the Johnson inconvertiblc bond bill, ana
proposition to repeal the tax on State
bank currency, but has arrived at nc deh-
mite CONCLUSION concerning either.
The silver situation In tic Senate has
materially changed in the last tlireo or
four DAYS. For the first time there is a
perceptible wavering in the heretofore
solid lfne of the silver Senators and sew
era of them have practically admitted i'll
their speeches That tie rApaal bill would
he passed, even after declaring tiheia par
pose to fight it to the last ditch and to DIE
fighting against allowing vote to be TAX
en- upon it. 1t is nc longer denied that
the repealers have majority Of the Sem
ate: it is now only u question of whether
the repealers can bring the bill to vote.
A number OF the Southern Senators have
stated that they will not hllibnsser to pre-
vent vote, and the Populist Senators are
also opposed to fllibustcrinS, Senators
PETER having 40 stated on the floor OF the
Senate. Notwithstanding III Of this the
Senators from the Northwest are eth!
confident Of their ability to prevent n
vote. Jhe test is likely to he made III
side q! tao or three weeks. Then we
shall know who wi,;s.
President Cleveland certainty dooa not
look like Il sick man now; his eyes arc
clear aud bright and his movements
quick and elastic, and he has, since his
return to Washington, done an amount of
work that no sick man could have per-
formed Still, his physician-Dr. Bryant
is guest of the White House. Why
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THE GOLD RESERVE.
Paper Money Again Being Paid Out In
stead of Coin.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-Secrctary Car
Isle has for week been meeting tho
current expenses of the government by
the use Of the gold reserve. Today he
considered it wise to stop the payment OF
gold and began the payment again of pa
per money. Whether the attention called
to the report Of the house judiciary com-
mittee, that the payment OF ordinary cx-
penses out Of the gold reserve was illegal,
had any influence Oh the secretary, it was
impossible to ascertain.
Treasury officials stated that no more
gold would he paid out at present except
on demand, and that paper currency will
continue as long as there is a supply OF
that class of money. But there is not
more than $250,000 available in the
treasury here of paper money, however
much there may he elsewhere.
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STARTLING DEFICIT.
Figures Showing the Falling Oar in the
Government Reserves.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-'rhe statement
us presented to the cabinet yes
terday by Secretary Carlisle show that
the receipts of customs for the two
months of the present fiscal year have
been but $27.234, 79G.4S; from internal
revenue. 1854. l30.3S. Added to
these are the miscellaneous receipts
amounting to $3,OOO,OOO more, which
brings the total of receipts for the last
two months to but $55, SUS,92G.
These figures are startling enough in
themselves, because the expenditures run
way up into the G0,OO0,0O0, points, but
wlIen compared with the receipts Of the
same two months OF last year the figures
for Secretary Carlisle's statement to the
cabinet tell the tale as follows: Custom
receipts, July and August, 1892, $35,476,
S2l.55; July and Aug. 1893, $27 ,234, 1885,
AZ; falling off during 1893, $e,242 ,025,07i
internal revenue receipts, July and Aug,
1892, $2S,s29,57S.l3; July and August
1883, $25,574,l3O.37; falling off during
1893, $685., 44776.
The miscellaneous receipts brings the
totals for the two months TO the following
figures: Total receipts for 1892, $67 1893,
$50; total receipts for 1893, $55,0lO,692
total falling off in 1893, $l2,7S2, G92. In
other words the figures show that while
the expenditures have been going on and
increasing, the receipts on which the
government depends to run it's machinery
have fallen OFF in two months nearly$l3,
0uO,O0O, or, in exact figures, $l2,7o2, 692
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-09-07
IInIlCr the Knife

OF the surgeon there is no more
acute suffering than people can en-
dure every day with Rheumatism.
Distorted and withered limbs mari;
its ravages everywhere. DR.. prHm-
mond's Lightning Remedy for Rheu-
matism has a remarkable record of
curos=vnot only relieving the pain,
but restoring al the functions Of the
crippled limbs. There is no reason
for anyone to suffer long, when this
wonderful remedy affords such GER
tain relief. If your druggist has not
got it, write to the Drummond Medi-
cine Co, 1850 Maiden Lane, New
York. Agents wanted.
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Result of the Hogers-Utter Trial.

Judge Skecn's court was entirely
taken up last week By the trial of j
w. Grcear, j. D. Utter, Jno. Litz
and c. f. Jones, who were indicted
last court fer an assault upon A. NJ.
Rogers at Coeburn, IA.
The jury, as we are informed,
brought in verdict of guilty, and
fined the parties as follows Greear,
$50; Utter. 5000; Litz, 5000; Jones,
5000.
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IT'S SURE TO CONE.

For years past the tide OF
ever-flowing, restless emf
grants has been making It's
way toward the setting sun.
Everyone who became dissat-
ished with the surroundings
joined the mighty caravan and
lit out" for the West. There
was and has always been a
reason for this. That reason
was not because a majority OF
those who went were success
full, and thus induced others
to follow, but it was because
Of the glowing accounts and
attractive pictures scattered
broadcast throughout the old
er settled states by the num-
erous great railway systems
that spread out over the coun-
try like a mammoth spider
web. The roads were new
as we'll as the country they
advertised; they wanted pa
tronage, and to to get it they
we're compelled to picture the
West as a land of milk and
honey Thus the west has
rapidly filled up. While some
have prospered, thousands
have rued the day they bid
farewell to the sunny South
and have longed many times
to once again breath the pure
air, drink the refreshing wa
tiers and gaze upon the tall
mountain peaks of their ma
tive land.
A revolution is now ION
tap" and the order has al
ready gone up along the line
of the great army of emml-
grants to 'about face !! and
soon the command "march!'
will be heard. with the head
of the long column headed
toward the South.
Already some Of the princl-
PIE railroads have sent out cir
culars and printed matter OF
different kinds which contain
sentences like the following:
CHOW is the time to go
South and invest your money
while property and all securl-
ties are low and before they
go back to normal values,
which they are bound, be-
yond all preadventure, to DO
soon.
CHOW is 1.-The tide which
taken at the flood leads on
to fortune.
IF YOU live in the South,
don't leave it; if you live IN
the West, North or East,
come South.
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Martin and Jess. still Hold the Fort.

Do you ever shave Z? If you do then OF
course Martin Luther and Jess. Summers
lave each shaved You. they are the old
stand-byes iIl-we likcto sails "barhcrlsm.
but that might convey the wrong idea, So
we'll call it artistic tonsorial work. They
are now located in their tnstefully ar
ranged parlor, over Hohack's drug store
always ready and willing to wait on yo,
in a polite manner.
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Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to
sell DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition.
If you are afflicted with Cough, Cold or any
Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use
this remedy rs directed, giving it a fair trial
and experience no benefit, Won may return the
bottle and have Your money refunded. We
could pot make this offer did we not know that
DR.. Kings New Discovery could be relied on
II mover disnpponts. Trial bottles free al
S. L. Whitehead 4 Co.'S drug store. Large
size soc and Sl.0O.
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Sc. the worlds Fair for Fifteen Cents.

Upon receipt of your address and fifteen
cents In postage stamps, we will mail YOU
prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, the regular price Is
Fifty cents, bnt as we want You to have one,
we make the price nominal. You will find 1t
a work of art and ii thing to be priced. 1t
contains full page views of the great build
Jugs, with descriptions of same, and Is eye
cnted in the highest style of art. If not salts
fed with it, after You get it, we will refund
the stamps and let you keep the book: Ad-
dress H. F.. Bucklcn Il Co., Chicago, III.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02
THE MARKETS.
ATWOOD vIoLETr 4 co.


NEW OItLEANS. La, Sept. 3d.
lSpccinl,l atwood Violet a. Go. say;
Liyerpoors opening was rather a sur
prise as lower market had been ex-
pected arrivals, however, show only
partial sixty-fourth decline on the
prices Of the previous day. The New
York market has ruled firm. This has
been partly due to a favorable bank
statement. covering demand and the
publication of the Georgia state report
showing the crop condition TO be BIT
per cent less than that of the previous
month. A more confident feeling seems
TO exist and with the extreme nervous
ness which characterizes the situation,
any unfavorable development would
operate TO give q better market Foil
estimates OF the coming weeks receipts
have been cabled TO the other side and
1t remains to be seen whether or not
their realization would tend 10 further
depress prices. or whether the anticipa-
ton has already been discounted in pres
ent prices. Contracts ruled steady
throughout the day and In sympathy
with New York closed at an advance
OF c., 10 points on yesterdays prices.
Onr spot market closes steady; sales
1850 bales. Quotations unchanged.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02

Great care Is taken by the customs OF.
hcials to prevent any communication be-
tween the Chinese on the steamers from
China and their friends on shore. This Is
done to prevent coolies getting Information
that will assist In proving them TO be mer
chants In spite Of the precautions OF the
officers forbidden letters arc often SNUG
gled upon the steamers.
Though tho Chinese are not allowed 10
talk with their friends. they arc allowed 10
send them fruits, cakes and other simple
articles. Papers have often been found In
side loaves Of bread, In oranges, pears, APP
Piles and other fruits. This fact has made
the Inspectors very wary. Yet II was only
by the merest chance they intercepted a
letter Saturday to Chinese DESTROYS OF
landing.
The steamer China brought large mum.
Der of Chinese over. One OF them, CHANG
Pang, declared himself to be merchant,
As merchant he would have to give an
exact list of all his partners, together with
the amount invested by each. Fearing he
might not be ableto answer these questions
= list was prepared for him. Then the Ce
lestials planned carefully TO get 1t TO him.
Saturday afternoon man gave Inspector
Campbell three cigars He asked that they
be given TO Chang Pang The cigars
seemed all right, and the inspector wa,
about to take them on board when be no
ticed that one was little soft Tearing II
open, he found carefully eurled up inside O
letter on tho flimsiest of paper. Freely
translated lite contents were,
when you land, you must say you be
long to the firm OF Quong Get Chong 4
Co., 6lo jackson street There are eight
partners, each of whom has invested 81, 600
The names of the partners are Louis Hen
Chan Chang, Chan Lon, Chan Ten, Char
Keo Sing, Chan Pang and Chan See Toy
BE sure to answer your partnership cor
rectly. n--San Francisco Chronicle.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02


A short. stnut man, with broad shoulders
and deep chest, stood at Thirty-third street
at O'Clock Monday morning gazing alb.
sently into Broadway.
He had close cropped brown mustache,
tingcd with gray. His face was round and
full. lie wore short, dark overcoat aud q
black derby hat. He leaned against the
iron fence inclosing the patch Of grass
known to belSnighted Tenderloiners as q
park. A stocley figure in Bowery clothes
skunk up to him from behind and begun:
"Pooty city eh, bossi"
"Ugi,'' grunted the short man without
so much as moving his big shoulders.
Zine graft II yer knows where ter pipe
it, continued tho speaker.
"HuhP' granted the other, and the
shoulders and oyercoat moved slightly.
"Ccrt, an ef yer wants ter Ill yer quilts,
why I'm do duck wot will pipe de gosiin
dat Is, fer u consideration"
"Uml" grunted the listener.
"Wcll, wot yer soyi I'll take yer roun.
Derc's q quiet game goln, or dere's Zip
wimmen, orf--Rnd here he whispered
"derc's chance ter whnck der greenies."
As he enumerated his list OF attractions
he leaned over close TO the mRa in the over.
coat,
"Come on, )" he persisted. Talk biz I'll
take yer roun fer tree cases"
By this time he was almost facing his
henr2r.
Come. Great Scott! Billy Mclaughlin
Police Inspector Mclaughlin grabbed
for him, then changed his mind and thrust
his hands into his pockets, buried his face
In the folds Of his coat, chuckled and start
ed down town.
When he was asked yesterday about the
identity Of the confidence man. he simply
smiled.-New York Sun.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02
STAPLE PROVISIONS.

MFArS--Dry salt, clear short. 10
bacon short clear, IL lie, bacon bellies
-. haIns. medium, II lie; break y
haeou. iGc; dry salt bellies. 10 lie; dry
~ shoulders. DC.
say LARD COMPOUND, $ lie; pure leaf
~ sii1; Granulnted. &c; powdered r.,
,s.ia q lie; powdered, half barrel.
y 80. cut loaf In barrels. I-2c. c,,,
~, - In hnlf barrels 3-5c; fancy yellne
lyyasstt,ed Il 3-Sc, extra q, l-SfI5 -.
siiEIs--Arbuckle's Ariosa, 90.
Midland. 25c; lion, 25c; Aiaronin. IN.
'stt.iisEN COFFEls---Iiy tho nsci.
,at 30; choice, 23c; fancy. DC; va,
serry, 24e; old government Java, &c;
A SSSni, ASSES barrel lots, choice "a.
boiied, per gal, 35c' faney ayrup, per eal.
IN. a5r; choice corn syfnp, pr gallon,
III; silver drip, per gallon. ;iDc.
BEANS Navy. l-2ei LANA, 0 1-2c;
bpyou. Sc; pink, lie; black ayes.
f" nicF-commo 4 l-46i4 lie: prime
Be-; choice. ; 1-2fl0e; head, rice. o 1-2c.
SALT FlSII-Sew mackerel. medium.
10. 4. half barrel q; No. .. ten
p psasd net kits 81 20; Goldfish bricks.
: tc.TrEsE- Fancy fali-eroam. In box
14ei Two 81 a box, - S-ie; Young Aiaef,
lean "a i-2c
STARCH lump, l-2c Per pound;
and S-lb packages, pr h., d
5.lb. wooden boxes, &c per pound
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02
McELRoY \ coMpANY.

NEW ORLEANS. La. Sept 8O.-(spe.
cial )-McElroy & Co., Say. Futures 1t
is evident that Liverpool Is inclined to
take the same view Of the present situa-
ton rs ehunciated by our exporter friend
of whom we spoke yesterday. With the
prospect Of bad bureau and the dan
ger however, remote, OF frost. short
sellers are disposed to be cautious In
their operations. Liverpool was ad.
yanced today by M unexpected event
viz: The. discovery of a discrepancy Of
10000 bales In the count Of stock, which
Is actually 80 much less than the run.
ming count. That market opened 2-04
higher. under this influence, but fniled TO
hold and closed 1854 below yesterday.
Spot sales We're 1000 bales at unchang-
ed prices, The steadiness Of Liverpool
communicated some strength to our mark.
ct which was added to by the Georgia
state estimate OF decrease Of 3 per
cent In the condition of the erop since
last month. This decrease In condition
Is especially striking view of the ex.
tremely heavy receipts at all Georgin in
terror points. Another feature which NAV
have had something 10 do with the
recovery lT the possibility OF rainy wealth
or interfering with receipts, but our lat
est adyices especially from the Illinois
Central and Texas and Pacific RAILWAYS
are that the movement during the next
few days will be quite heavy. Receipts
at all ports today are 1000 bales
against 26OO0 bales last yenr. Al this
port Monday We expect 1000 bales.
against 500 bales last year, and as
coo bales at all ports The current esti-
mates for the. total weeks movement
vary considerably, and range between
a2UOOO bales and 100000 bales; against
$4,000 bales last year.
Futures here closed about 9 higher, and
spots were steqdy and unchanged, with
sales of 1850 bales