The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-05
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the city Tuesday.
MIR. OBJ. Petit, of Wabash, Ind, was in
the city yestcrda. g
Mr.J. II Beavers, Of Lynchhurg. came
in on the L. g. N, Sunday.
Sam II. Edison, of Edison, Tenn, WAS
in town OH the 2Sth, ult.
Mr.. w. E. Harris left for Knoxville on
business Monday morning.
Mr.. Robt. W. Orr, Of Dryden, was regis
tered It til Central last Monday.
A. G. Hyatt, cashier of Pennington Gap
Bank, was ip the city Monday.
Mr.. John l.. Davis, of Knoxville, Tenn,
WAS registered at the Intermont yester-
day.
Mr.. j. II. Mcconnell vas in town Tues
day. and left on the L. & N. train for Ia
coma.
Rev. O. Straley and family have re-
turned from a pleasant visit of several
days to Bristol.
DR.. j. W. Kelly, of Gate City, was over
This week. He will soon be citizen OF
our plucky town.
D. H. Shelby returned from his home
visit at Lexington, KY, Wednesday. he
reports jolly time.
Mr.W. D. Osborne, of MiddIesborouSh,
Nv, was among Big Stone Gaps visitors
during the past week.
j. B. Lyon, the we'll known clothing
man of Richmond, Va, was in town last
Monday. He reports trade good
Mr.. W. S. Mathcs has returned from
his home-trip into Summer county, W.
Va, and looks as happy as if lie had seen
'er while there.
Attorney H. C, Mcdowell, after spend
ina the holidays with Tennessee friends,
returned and again took up the routine OF
business last Monday.
Mr.. John NJ. PAYNE returned to his post
at the Appalachian Bank Monday last.
He spent the holidays with friends and
relatives at Lexington, KY, and says he
had a splendid time.
D. D. Durham, of Capt. Blanton's Blue
fold Davis sewing machine office, Inns re-
turned from his Christmas visit to North
Carolina, and went to Bluchcld last Tues
day to resume business.
Mr.. /. A. Prichard after several weeks
sncnt in Wcllsvillc and other points in
Kansas. returned last Monday, and is
again hustling things around at the South
Atlantic and Ohio depot. He says he
lrcathed 20 degrees below zero atmos-
pherc willie in Kansas.
Mr.. j. Z. Fry, of Louisville, came in on
fine +. & N, west bound train Monday.
He has for number Of years Travelled
southwest Virginia and east Tennessee
for Fl. B. Carhart, wholesale grocer,
Knoxville, Tenn, but has recently ensaS-
ed with Louisville house.
Mr.. Herman Meth, of the Meth Mechan-
ical Engineering Co., of Louisville, NY"
has been in the city several days arrange
inc to place the machinery required by
the Big Stone Gap Cullicry CO.. The ma
cAiucrv to he put in will consist OF engines,
boilers. coal crushcrs, dist intcrsratcrs,
etc.
Dir. II. S. Greene. operator Of The Grccno-
Bodnc coal mine, at Tacoma. made the
Posr pleasant call, and says he heartily
enters into the idea of the big illustrated
edition on the Odd of February: Let all
who arc interested in enterprises, proper
ty and business Of any kind in the bounds
of the Big Stone Gap coal district, come
rirhs in on this idea, and we'll all make
it II big success.
Mr.. Chas. C. Jones, of Coebnrn, came
down the L. & n, Tuesday and went over
to Bristol Wednesday on business. Dir.
Jones is opening up a coal mine near
Cocburn, and through, him the PoSr learns
that five mines arc now being operated at
that place, ..and twelve others will soon
commence work. He is operating in the
"Uppcr Banner" vein, and has about nine
feet of coal.