The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-08

lar Hill, opposite the residence o
Mr.. Taggart Messrs. spalding anf f
Jennings have the contarct,
Ans You going To- the Fair I
SO. read Barrier Burned Away ~
IRoe. Attractive binding; attractive
price. WBmEHEAp's. RI /
The Big Stone Gap Lumber Co.
has been formed with G. y. Mcglen.
ny as gencralmanager and WI
Horsely as purchasing agent.
The acme Of scenic splendor was
reached when John Robinson pro
duced the great spectacle Of Solo
mon, his temple and the queen OF
Sheba.
TIE Louisville & Nashville has
g. 63 #. of side track at it's station
here. also a water tank, turn table,
two stalls of a round house. and a
quantity Of supplies.
The Eastern sales agents of the
Appalachian Steel and Iron Co., are
now Thos. j. Popc's Sons Co., OF
New York City, and The western,
Rogers, Brown 81 Co, of Cincinnati
THE stupcndous scenic spectacle Of
Solomon, his temple and the qcen Of
Sheba, draws forth the admiration OF
all who witness this truly wonderful
realistic production.
Misses Bette Churchill and French
Kunkel returned this week from
rtoewall Jackson Institute at Abing-
don: Miss Elizabeth Fox from Miss
Tipton's school in Paris, and Misses
Bessie and Louise Moore from South
west Virginia Institute at Glade
Spring.
EVERY detail in the grand produc-
ton of Solomon and the queen OF
Sheba is historically correct and has
evoked the greatest praise from learn
ed critics who have witnessed the
spectacle in John Robinson's ten big
shows.
If POSTMASTER Goodloe will
give us Sunday mails and let box
holders have access to their boxes,
and give the: general public an hour
or even a half an hour for getting
their Mill ON Sunday, he will much
oblige number of patrons. :.
w. T. SrIDn.yN is building house
near the WOODEN mill for j. Horton,
S. w. Thackcr has bought lot near
the Jennings house and Stonesa
Academy, and Will build. John Far
mcr also has bought and will b1aL9
near the Wooden Mil.
The Louisville IL Nashville chang
cd the schedule Of its trains last
Sunday. The train from Louisville
now arrives central time) at 1927 a.
m, and the one from east at $50 p,
IN. The local freight going east at
22::45 p. m; going west, $40 a. IN.
The Rev. DR.. Carter has improved
The appearance Of his church very
much by rcaTrangins the electric
lights, oilins the bind wood on. tile
inside and painting the exterior. ,He
will paint the roof u green which will
harmonic we'll Will, the red of the
walls. DR.. Carter left Tuesday on a
visit to Norfolk, Shenandoah and
elsewhere in Virginia, to raise money
for the erection Of q chapel at Nor-
ton, where also he has q charge.
Tie private cm of President Smith
of the l.. d N. r. r., came in Monday
morning bring Messrs H. G. Nc
Dowell, ST., Of Lexington, Ky, St.
John BOYLE, Charles r. Ballard, r. G.
Ballard Thurston and S. Zorn, of
! Louisville, to attend the postponed
meeting Of. the Big Stone Gap I'm
provement on Wednesday. AS rain
makers these gentlemen can easily
enter into competition with Gen. Dy
renforth and his paraphcrnalia~ for
producing rain in Texas, as it rnva-
riably rains when they come here:
ONE of the members Of the Appa-
lachian Club, who has Bohemian
element in. him, has started an art
gallery in one of the club rooms.
His first offer was large, mounted
Autographs Of Carmencita and Otero,
the Spanish dancers; and this last
weeks he added others of Amelia
Glover, the American dancer, the
Princess Lily Dolgorouki, the Rus
sian violinist, and the French Quad
rifle dancers in the ..'Black Crook. =
The array is quite varied and formid-
able, and adds spice to the sur
roundings. y
TIE electric light island should BY
all means be reserved for public use:
1t is. in itself,- e thing of beauty with
its woods, water and flowers, and
needs but little attention save the
cleaning up of underbrush and the
making of paths. ltcontains almost
every tree known in this part of the