The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-02-01
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
~ D. Shotwell, druggist, OF Charles
ton. w. Va, failed for s., 600. -
CONGRESSMAN Baldwin was hangea ~
effigv at Duluth, Mimi, Friday for MS
/ action on the tariff bill
Henry Hunson, q Cleveland oursias
serving three years in the oh'o poA-
tertiary, died of pneumonia. -,
Thornton Warder, charged WV wv,
counterfciting, was arrested near sol-
cano w. Va. and brought to Parkers-
burg. o+;,o
Long distance telephone connecting
Chicago, New York and hlcn% n.,l
Ind. was successfully opened at hicA-
mond, Thursday.
The two Daniels brothers shot anu
killed the two Mize brothers near zen.
/ ter Point, Ark The Daniels were aiso
probably fatally wounded.
VIM Bur!eigh, a prominent one llnle
champion billiard player, dled at hA.a-
rnazoo, Mica, Friday OF pneumonia
He was wreck from drink. ;,
Mrs YIN. Patterson, wife Of the we'll
known manager Of the Western onloh
TELEGRAPH Co., Muncie. Ind, was STRUCK
by an electric car and seriously III
jured. .,
Frank Mcdaniel, while braklng on
coal train No. Is, c., S. & II. railroad
slipped between the cars at Crossvliic'
n and received injuries causing his
death.
Treasurer Nm E. Thompson o.
Parsons college, Fairfield, Ia, received
a. check for SIS, 900 for that institution
MS gift of the late DR.. Thomas a. SKIN
ner, of Chicago.
F. Coleman, machinist, of Charleston,
". Va. left his wife and four small
children and went to parts unknown
His family is in destitute circumstances
Foul play is suspected by some.
At Bedford, a suburb OF Clevelnnd'
O., n natural gas well has been com
pleted which shows tremendous
pressure. The gas has been lgnlteo
and produces flame GO feet high.
Edward Jennings, the well known
stoclman and farmer OF Uroana' w
has fine blooded mare which gave
birth to triplet colts The colts come
from blooded stock, and are alive and
doing we'll.
RI. C. Paige, 4 brother of the late
Mrs. C. A. Phelps, after mysterious
absence of fourteen years, has sud
denly returned to old friends at Spring.
field, 0. He says he has been located
at Decatur Ill
William Farr, of EuClaire, Wis, has
brought suit against a. Warner, OF Chi
cago, for $40, 900 damages for alleged
SANDER, charging that Warner declared
at various times that Farr destroyed a
will for the purpose of obtaining a
large property.
Lottie Collins, the actress. accom-
panied by her sister, while out fishing
on the bay at Tacoma, Wash, had a
narrow escape from drowning. Miss
Collins hooked a large salmon and in
attempting to land it upset. the boat.
| Two men near in boat rescued the
young ladies.
Rev. Ira j. Chase, Indiana's fighting
parson, who was elected lieutenant
governor Of Indiana in 1855, and be-
came governor after Gov. Hovey' S
death, in 1891, and was nominated for
governor and defeated in 1892, has re-
turned to the ministry and has become
an evangelist.
A number of the wealthiest men in
Los Angeles, CAL, have formed the
Santa Catalina Athletic club and
agreed to offer (. purse Of $4,000 for
the fight between Corbett anil jack
son, the fight to take place on Catalina
island, which is situated twenty miles
from the main land.
Commenting on the glove fight at
Jacksonville, Fla, the London Star
Friday says: Now that Corbett has
pricked the Mitchell bubble We shall
probably hear less about that cowardly
ruffian. The only satisfactory feature
of yesterdays degrading exhibition is
that one blackguard was well whipped.
John T. Norris, the noted detective,
who was arrested at Peru, Ind, several
weeks ago and in default of bail sent
to jail, was Friday indicted by the
grand jury on three counts, one for i'm
personating an officer, the others solic-
ting brides from prominent circus peo-
pie. The trial will begin next week.
At indianapolis, Ind, Mrs. Josephine
Mcdonald, widow of Senator Joseph
R. Mcdonald, filed a suit Wednesday
against Attorneys Butler Snow & But
Ter for SIS, 900. Mrs. Mcdonald charges
that this firm, which succeeded Butler
& Mcdonald. got the business for
81, 800, when in fact it was worth SIS,
900.
The race for governor of Kentucky,
which comes off in June, 1855, is al
ready on, as Hon. c. NJ. Clay, OF Bour-
bon has written to friends here that
ho will undoubtedly be u candidate.
Hon. P. W. Hardin is already an
nounced and at work.
The grand jury returned indictments
against VIM Mitchell, c. NJ Grubbs
and Mrs Laura Bent, respectively
president, cashier and chief clerk Of
the new Farmers bank, of Mt Sterl-
ing, Ky, which closed its doors, July
81, 1898 The indictments charge the
parties with receiving deposits after
they knew the ank to- be insolveut
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