The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-02
NEWS ITEMS.

Swan svtnson, Of Berlin, o.. died On
g t,.,in an route to st. Louis
Thomas Doran, New ioIK s''S
carrier. fell dead from sunstroke'
Fire DESTROYED the Waterman op oa,
house at Waterloo, Ind. Loss s'o,opo
co1 Henderson was renominatea oy
eoi. a,,hI;cans OF the Dubuque Qa.)
Cr;st Lunkenheimer, IT,, went into q
we'll near Evansville, Ind, ana wa'
killed by foul gas. ,:..od COW
The state auditor has blackllsteo sew
eral insurance companies for not COM
plying with Indiana laws. 80,
y. r Harris, an inventor, mas oesn
arrested. charged with causing TIC
Knes fire in Washington City.
Win q. Smith, an old citizen o.
Huntinpton. Ind, died from dropsy.
He WEIGHED 500 ponhds at time OF death.
A man has been arrested IN Milwaa Twill
hce for forging United States cAp ,
money orders He has secured on 'iien
g., 900. . .,.s
Frank Ulrich, of Rockport, o.. was
co 1r;nr smokes. when one flew back ana
hit him in the stomach, causing az
death. 49,.
The abandonment of the Hooking
canal is alleged to be the cause OF the
drying up Of many wells at Lancas-
ter, o. -,
The c. & O. baggage-masters all
along the line, who were released from
duty about two months ago, are 10 DC
re-instated. =.
At Covington, Ind, Hon. W. Brook,
shire, of Crawfordsville,w was, nominateo
for congress by the democrats OF the
Eighth district,
James E. Campbell. ex-governor OF
Ohio. viii represent Gen. Ezeta, now
on the Bennington. when his case
comes up for trial.
r. L. Taylor. of Colorado Springs,
who was a deputy marshal during the
strike and shot a barkeepcr, is held IN
der bond of $4,000.
Eewsun, the murderer, was not
hanged at jackson, Mo-. as stay or
execution was granted pending has ap-
peal to the supreme court.
Joseph Miller and Frank Nicholson
two drunken militiamen, came near PC
ing lynched at Canal and Randolph
streets, Chicago, for snsulting TWO
girls. wi.
AT Columbus O., Wednesday, Dewitt
C. Jones, ex-postmaster. In defending
client challenged the testimony OF
Officer Heyl, who now threatens to DO
Jones up.
Near Gallipolis, O., John Wood caught
mud cat fish weighing $50 pounds and
about six feet long. This is, per-
haps, the largest fish ever taken from
the Ohio river.
Greggsville, H., had s2oo.ooo nre
Thursday AFTERNOON: The principal
loser is Joseph Lesem, OF Hannibal
who was the owner of the largest gen.
cral store in town.
Sheriff Alexander, of Clarllsburg, w.
Va, killed pittsburgh Dam" noted
criminsl of the Pennsylvania coal re-
eions, when the latter attempted TO
escape after arrest
In Lafayette, Ind, Henry Menus,
aged 1s, Wednesday fell between the
cars of rapidly moving freight train
on the Nlonon railway, and his body
was ground to pulp.
Rev. Francis A. Hoffman, aged So
years, the oldest preacher in the Evan
Relical church in the United states,
died at Reading, Pa. He was an active
minister for over sixty years.
The wheat yield in Morgan county,
Ind, is the largest for many years,
pftcp lnaking thirty-five to forty bush
els an acre. The drought in Morgan
county will shorten the corn crop
While Il. P. Baliss was ascending
ladder to the top Of two-story house,
near Newcastle, Ky, the step near the
top broke. Baliss fell to the ground.
Hls neck was broken, and he died To-
sAaasRtay,
Jimmy Rowan, wcli-known ltgirs-
weight pugilist of Steubenville, o.,
was sentenced to the penitcntiary for
two years for shooting with intent to
kill Geo Lapdmesser, @ wheeling, W.
w.. sport.
John DIVA and his young son are
supposed to have been drowned be-
tween bayfield, and Prosque Island,
Wis. DIVA was in the employ OF the
Ashland Brown Stone Co. He leaves Il
wife and several children.
Senator White Thursday introduced q
bill reenacting the statute which pro-
vides for the adoption of the revised in
ternational regulations for preventing
collisions at sea, so far as the article
relates to lights for fishing vessels.
The friends of Otto G. Kirschbaum, a
merchant and real estate dealer. of st.
Louis. are considerably alarmed over
his mysterious disappearance. Mr..
Kirschbaum is 30 years old, married,
and lived at 1914 Handkerchief avenue.
At the democratic convention at
Grand Forks, Il. d.. the roll call re-
suited 81 for straight ticket. Log for
fusion in part. Judge Te,npleton was
nominated for the supreme court. For
congress, Budd Reeve was nominated.
Muchexcitclnent was occasicned at
Frankfort, Ind. Wednesday by the
discovery that William Wood. ex-c0uE-
ty recorder. and prominent farmer,
was forger in the sum of several
thousand dollars. and had left the
country.
James Moss, colored, was shot
through the heart and instantly killed
by Ben ID. Moore. wealthy and influ-
entail citizen of Christian county, Ky,
at the home of the latter, south of
Hopkinsviile. Moore claims he was vas