The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-06-06
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hTa s.; ;;d;yi5 Brandt for the ii,sqf-
.s s3hln tad1,ar WilInot be sentenced M
ahce money, WI" go ~, 1890 ,ii'i =;
~, s,a AnsTnlosaon ef potlor, at the Glen
wood mine off, the, Erie Co. near 'se ~
" 700 pal caused the severe burning OF
seven ssve1 men, some Of them. fatally. g. i
'' Tho Hooking valley operators IA. ra'F s.
;the mice of coal one dollar, per to - %
!: besl;ng q the failure Of the miners n,I,
md Operators at Springfield, W 70
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- sTbe trouble between the coal oper-i
ators and, their men in the. Nsna :, n =
valley is, thought.to be virtually .Ss -
e. end, The minfe9-ss 4 are e to, rece'vo sHSA
old wages 80; t,rahle.,
.6aah With s1sl,eoo, first installmene OF,
the, sixcmifions to- be'palo' ene -. SAe 4,,e
KEGS by ,thezU. s. Government lof.''s''s'
Cherokee strip y, ,.'..s.: :se.,., * .I,o
The nrresident Thursday sent 70 the
sseenate the, following nomination.
Na;,r;ce Rohreimer. Of Ohio, to be 'ap-
nraiscr Of merchandise in the District
of cuyahoga, o. ''':':''9 80 800 49,,
CHRISTIAN CARRIER, aged H., a retired
banker, formerly of KeQlkuk: a., aiea
in Madison, Ind. lie WAS a brptne5r. 8.
the late Col. N G. CARRIER, edltor OF 1
the Madison Courier. ...:
Iouis Redmond, wealthy nnd irflu
entail farmer; living SIX miles east OF
Franklin. Ind, dropped dead at h's
bedside. lie was 60. years. Old ana
leaves several grown G! children
At Cumberland, Nd, Miss Lucy Stot-
tlemeyer was thrown from buggy un-
der the wheels of wagon drawn ny
four horses, the wheels passing over
her head, killing her instantly.
The $4,000 claim of Driver Bros
contractors for the new University
hall, Delaware, O., was decided by tno
board of arbitrators, three well-kno"n
architects. They awarded Sl,3oS'
Alonzo G.. Burkhart, of Upton coun-
tv Ind, was nominated by the peoples
party at Frankfort for congress Tor inc
Ninth district Two of the seven coun-
ties were not represented by delegates
A freight train on the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad left the rails
and rolled over an enhancement at
Paris. Mo. Two men were killed, D.
T. Conaty and Steve Craig, of Moberiy.
The u. S. senate Thursday adopted q
resolution declaring that it belongs
wholly to the people of the Hawaiian
islands to establish and maintain their
own form of government and domestic
relations.
Mrs Cleveland expects to leave Wash
ington next Thursday morning for
GRAY Gables, accompanied by the two
children, Ruth and Esther, and three
maids. Private Secretary Thurbcr will
escort the party.
Col. w. C. p. Breckenridge has de-
clined the invitation to deliver the orn-
ton at Fulton, ILL.,, July 4, writing
that urgent business at Washington
and the great distance to Fulton pro
vent his acceptance.
The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad has
just completed arrangements for the
construction of lines in West Virginia
that will open up the Piney creek and
Guyandotte river valleys, bringing to
market rich coal field.
A number of St. Louis contractors
granted a scale of thirty-fve cents per
hour to striking carpenters. 1t was
accepted, and many returned to work.
It is believed a similar offer will be NC
cepted by the remainder.
Detective Charles Hickey, who killed
James Parret, last Friday morning. in
Annie Johnson's bagnio. was acquitted
Tuesday by Judge Thompson, in the
city court, Louisville, Ky. The evidence
showed that the act was committed IN
self defense.
Five thousand pilgrims, representing
number of Roman Catholic societies
and subscribers to the fund raised in
order to decorate the tomb of Pope
Plus IX., were present Thursday at
papal mass, held in the vestibule of St.
Peters, Rome.
The Gibbons-J ohnson contest, at
Norfolk. Va. was declared draw In
twenty-four rounds. 1t was stopped
by the sheriff of New county. No
blood, no knockdowns. Gibbons was
thrown heavily three times. Johnson
had the best of the fight.
At Wellston. o., owing to the result
of wager between John s. Mctshec, a
wealthy citizen. and Zach Thompson,
ward assessor, the latter ate at one
sitting a six-pound chicken. one loaf Of
bread and a can of baked beans, wash
ing the same down with eight quarts
Of water.
John Setter, of Marshall, ILL.,, who is
worth $75, 600, was fearfully injured in
a runaway accident at Terre l!aute,
Wednesday afternoon, and the doctors
pronounced his injuries fatal. His
horses took fright at passing locomo-
tive and he was dragged for three
blocks along the street.
At the annual meeting of the Impe-
rial Federation League of Canada, q
resolution was passed adopting basis
of q new policy upon which the general
league would be constructed. The pol
icy includes commercial union between
the varions colonies and the other por-
tions of the British empire.
At Corning, Ia, prize-fghters Ryan
and Mccoy, who were found guilty of
violating Iowa's law against prize fight
ing on Sunday morning, March 10. in
Adams county, were sentenced Tues
day to ninety and one hundred and ff-
ty days in the county jail and fined $500
and $500 respectively, and costs.
The National Red Cross is nearing
tho nom nlotior of ifo x-a1,,a l,lo .,.,.l. u,