The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-25
NEWS ITEMS

;r,gfo,, c:ty. has tcen decided against
the racing men.
4 Chicago man has invented shield
for vsccinated arms. 1t is made OF per-
forated aluminium.
Constable Nelson Martin, resident
of Madison, Ind, for seventy-hvc years.
died Wednesday, aged So.
Abe Eec,z was jailed at Ca-r.ngtoa'
Nv, for fatally beating his wife and q
constable who came to arrest him
4 medal of honor has been ayTarded
to Gen. Eugene &. Carr for distin-
guishcd service 1T tie battle or Pe;s
Ridge.
1t is said that secret circular is the
forerunner Of movement to GUST the
present administration K. Of L. and re
in5tatc Powderly
Publisher H. n Wheeler, OF the
Quincy Qll.) Journal, was indicted Fri
day for malicious libel upon 0. 5. Rob
ertson, Quincy photographer
II is now said that the bandits who
robbed the Kansas City, St Joseph d
Council Bluffs train thursday morning,
secured $50 900 from the express safe:
Gov. Altgeld refused to interfere in
the case OF Ernest Lacour, sentenced
to hang ct Joliet FRIDAY, January 10,
for outruging and numbering Ellen
Byron.
The daughter OF Valiant, the an
archist has written q letter to Nine
Carnot, wife Of The president, asking
her to induce the president to pardon
her father
The daiyman VINO were in session in
Chicago Fer three dars, adjourned
Thursday afternoon. cftcr having per
fcctc;l the organization OF the Natianal
Dairy Union.
Chicago republicans have come to tie
conclusion, from evidence they have at
hand, that Mayor Hopkins Was elected
by fraud They are preparing to bring
suit for Is election.
AT La,ercnce3yrg, Ind. Mrs. King.
an aged lady, fell dead Oh William
street while hurrying to the depot to
see a married daug!s.cr residing in Cin-
cinnat Heart disease.
1T Louisville, Ky. Squire Camp
united in marriage John Thompson,
aged IS, ana Kitty Owens, aged H. The
two were owned b. the same master IN
Tennessee many years ago.
A couple of boys shct Into Farmer
AIeyerfeld's ban, at Chcyiot, o., to
scare away trainps The burning wad
set fire to the lott ana Tie Barn and its
contents were destroyed, cntaiing a
81 009 losz.
AS the result. OF IN Old political quar-
rel Mayor ~ ii. Stevens. Of East St
Louis, came near tcing assassinatcd By
S. j. Cox au ex-policcnlan. Cox made
number Of vicious ll!lges at his adver-
sary with L knife
The Sprcclslos Sugar Co has signed a
contract with the Eoscnfeld line to ship
about $1,000 tons CT raw sugar from
San Francisco TO New York, via Cape
Horn, during the ensuing year, at Il
rate Of 80 per ton
1t cost tic government sl$S,5S6 to
pay the bounty or sugar during TIE
fiscal year OF 1853. CT t.lis amount
that paid for additional deputies, clcrls
and employees was So1, s90, and that paid
| for sugar inspectors $50. ,G9.
John l.. Branch, the man WHO gave
the order that caused the Grst GIN OF
the late war to lie fred at Fort SUN
ter, died at lis home, in Union Springs,
Ala. Thursday. He was q gallant
soldier but had led an extremely quiet
life since the war.
AS G. i. Cunningham, OF Petersburg,
who is attending the United States
court ct Pnrkcrshu-g. x. Va, was
about entering tie Palace hotel two
squares from police hea%quart ers, at
midnight, he was attac!;c. by three
men who Knocked him down and rob
bed him Of 500.
The oil excitement at GAINESVILLE, O..
is getting up to fever heat. The we'll
on the Parker land that was drilled
into sand few days since makes an
excellent showing. The dri!lers are
now getting ready TO shoot it.
Several parties are leasing ground and
arranging to drill other wells.
The arrest Of Fred Lyons By Detec-
tive Vicleroy, in Munc:c. Ind. 4 few
days ago, has proven to tie a very i'm
portant one. Dispatches from various
parts of Indiana tell that he las sue
ceeded in getting away with quantities
of other peoples money.
The city council of E,mpocia, Kan, :
has passed an ordinance placing SO
high q license tax on the sale OF Gig
arettes chat the sale Of toba eco in that
form viii lie elfectrally stopped in that
city Investigation made by q number
of parents there showed that not only
q majority of the boys, bat also large
number OF the girls, were addicted to
the cigarette habit
A banquet was given at tue Occident-
nj hotel, oa-l Francisco, by the Church
club Of The Episcopal church. Scien-
lists and strict churc!!mcn sat down to-
gether and exchanged ideas with the
view that there YVES common work for
them to do in this world.
Chicago is to have a new race track.
It will lie located Oh the west side,
near Waldheirn cemetery ana law
thorne, and in easy reach of six differ
ent transportation lines YIN. Martin
purchased the property bat it is gene--
oily believed that George " llankin,
The we'll known sporting man, is the
hacker Of the project.