The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-01
PERSONALS AND k..,gEfs1;;sYS

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- he nsH prea;,eafiss ssolcss scff sst,ic
Swiss scssersl council. who tsS;sea his.
saat without ai'y elaborate ceremony,
IS well known to the Swiss coiony Of
this country, Net only was be 5orsse
Swiss minister 10 the United States.
bat he has relatives in both New York
and Chicago. ~
bliss Alice, stone. Blackwell Is ,tles
voting nscstcf her tisac to shs ws';:sSi,::.yy
OF biography Of her faInops mother.
the late Lucy Store Miss 2iaciSwell ;sal
vcang woman cs, unusual force and.
beauty OF ch&vscSar, bred IN ter Irct;i-
er's ways and Purposes, and crcstiv IL
stcrestad in Che caissasof wema,Gs :pfz
floge.iSS -
THO Will Of toe late William /.
Coleman tho f;.ln6as loriy -aaissor--a
sketch CT whose career appeared in TIE
papcrsaio. song (which has been
dIcdta San ranciSco,~shoWs .t.st tie
estate is -wortl, etgi15 i,eaf:-s,. tilos
sand dollars. With Gt,a except OF: u, - I
fifty thousand dollars 'cGc,l TO hio sons,
t.,c teatato1. lenvea FL his fortune to
his widow.
Father Kenelm Vaughan, OF En-
gland, Catholic priest who spent
three years il q missionary Journey,
through South America, from rannsae.
20 Patagonia, addressed the st:,denas
Of John hopkins u1ieersity tho othol.
day on the subjaco of his adventures,
The Journey WIS made O.? Iarlehaclz.
On the backs o; Indians, il, canoes. il
herl:rocl;s and on foot.
Il IS sad Tat Lady icr.o, ,vho Kiss
written so lncch CT Tho cor sis!c Of
the socist.y question, cen seldom s.tray
beyond the Iin,.:s 81 shcrt .san3p.,ee
,vithout. endanger;rg her GrcElAnar
She has written :. preface for q neg
volume about yemen, and. ';nfortn-
natcly. safiers some OF her woyst Tor
airy shipwrec!1s in trying &c express her
appreciation Tor the ~oriz c. wo.nen
AUTHORS and journalists.
The Princess n.&rd Of Wales IS
credited with IN original f;'eo!l. y
little wl.iic ago she slipped away from
state and wcpS to spend a week with a
lady to who;n sho is much attached,
who had been in attendance "n her,
but since married. She preserved d
strict incognito as Miss Wells land en-
jcyed herself auazinglye s.t TERMS
parties and other country hoUse fcs-
tivitics. She was immensely popular.
The East will :sna .estts,ccnt' Of
Lord B,9oa was s>d Al aiict;on in
London recently for SIS. At Tie s3.1o
safe . characteristic letter % Garlic
10 Mrs dustin brought SO, and ? ie:-
ter OF Byroo to Golsriage So A letter
OF George Eliot, complaining Of t!le III
erary criticism Of certain persons. 49,
sold foy 225; letter from Nelson 20 '.ir
William Hamilton fer $40, anti q. nua--
her Of letters written hv Americap
presidents and stutesraon fcH $50.
Capt. Ben Thompson. Of Ken,lo-
brnl.port. 1ie. was orc hurGi'ei; s,;,:;..rs
old recently. The ola skipper IS living
in tho house in which ne was ben.
December 90, 1893 lis oldest so) i;
seyerty-onc years old and lives with
him. lie is erect all' vigorous and q
wrestling at side boil,s or arms
length" bis s5n Dyan to-day "-oufd be
10 mach for him. 10 SLAVES h;1neeif
regularly and dur;.:x The t;i'-t f;-u o.
snow This season 10 Was en,cagel. IL
making repairs CT the road in payment
for his county tax. Win TIE oxccp-
ton Of extreme deafness all the cap
tains Faculties seem to be intact