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

used IN the great p1DllcaI spccldcle
! OF Solomontaassk the-queen Of Sheba
/ IS perfectly dazzling
Fir Louisville and n ashville r. R.
Twill run am excursion tr;iill from Nor
4 r ton Ia Robinsosl s, circus which shows
i here tomorrow. Train will leave
Morton at u a. and returning,
/ leave here ats: 30 This will
4 accommodate many people on the
! Norfolk q Westerns.Itor some dis
lance east.
READ the interesting article on our
first page from The Progressive
South, commenting the enterprise
Of the Virginia Coal & Iron Co, It's
lAume and chances for wood working
enterprises. Mr. Taggart goes step
further than does any one else, in re-
quiring the wood to be manufactured
4 here, which itcannot be denied is best
4 for our town So u 4
%: No court, was greater III all that
pertains to magniiicence than Solo
mons and as historically reproduced
in the great scenic success of Solo
mon and the queen Of Sheba with
John Robinson's' circus this season
it is receiving upstinted praise from
/ all who have boaul. fortunate enough
to witness the gfeatspectacle.
The Signal Service observations
for May show that the average tenn
perature for the month was 60 de-
grees; the warlhest days, Sc degrees,
on the Dist and 22nd.; and the coolest
IS degrees, on the 18th and 18th.
The rainfall was phenomenally large
6.96 inches; being 100 inches on the
Bird, and pc on the 18th. There
were IL days on which rain fell; ID
clear, and 4 partly cloudy.
DR.. .L LIN ah;' Blood Tonic is a
popular medicine with the intelligent
WHO, can distinguish between scientii-
ic therapeutics aid cheap Poke-root
alternatives. It's claims are CON
ceeded by the wellinformed who have
used it, and those of wide ideas APP
prcciate the fact that its office is two
fold, and as; the industry gathers
strength, the city shares. its financial
benefit.
Ir is said that a. large number Of
houses and lots are being bought up
at Middlesboroiigh by the Wattscs
and Others Interested in the furnace
land Steel mill there, with a view to
getting the rise in values that would
follow the starting up.of those indus
tries, concerning Which those parties
fof course, have inside information.
1t has Been suspected that matters
have purposly been, allowed to run
down w1tll'this end in view. How
ever, that may be worlzingmcn and
their families are; leaving in large
numbers, 2S'gofng in zone crowd last
Monday night to Gas City and Alex
andria, in the gas belt in Indiana.
Said Que man: "They said they
would so to work on tbs 18th, but [
can't line on promises. l have. been
doing that for eighteen months, see
how. thin Il .an.. l am tired Of it,
He was full of sharp points and said
that if he coulA not do anything. else
he could go to work on farm, and
let BOOM towns alone. -.
Our t town III hssslad the pleasure Of
WELCOMING the last week, Mr.. S. f.
Chapman and. his. family of Ashville,
n. C., who have taken the Goodloe
house on Poplar Hill, and Mr.. W. T..
Lee and family of Lynchburg, are ex-
pccted 10 be with Nj. w. c. Har-
ringtop this. :. week, :. Mr.. Chapman
finds this a most convenient head
quarters for his large numbering op-
Grafton, being engaged in getting out
5O,OO0,000 feet of logs and timber on
the Clinch Valley Division Of the
Norfolk q WSsterh R. R., and else
where, in Southwest Virginia: Mr..
Lee is president of,.the new company
that is building coke ovens at Coe-
burn: on the N GtW: Pleasant So
= e -,
Getty, church privileges, good order,
| the best, purest water supply to be
found anywhere, electric lights, and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gradually at
tract here the most desirable class OF
citizens, and build up the place in
Substantial manner son grounds be-
sides business. No one in this town
should have d word to Say now
against the building Of a graded
school house OF town5hall or by and
bye of "a public sllibrary, market
house, sewerage, or anything in the
way of a hroad-gsuaged Improvement
Icon concerted by big minds to be execut-
ed by intelligent hands. Let us fos-
| terthe good things we have and add
to them. So. rs~y~ <.,-..s
The sale Of the Kelly Moon 1,40O
acres of land near Big Stone Gap,
for $4,000 on April 2rd to John Z.
Haskell, Agent, was confirmed by
the court at Abingdon on May 18th,