The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-02-07
NEWS llEMa.

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ii .,.,i:: !. j * i,-K.c. vi. -e,1ucr tsc
l,ricc,of eirai from I've cents TO three
cents :,
At Gallipolis. o., Silvermsn,. Levi q
Co., Wholesale liquor dealers, donated
one hundred loads Of coal to the poor
of that city.
Vim. L. Reed. aged rs years, one OF
the wcalthiest citizens OF Danville.
Ny, died Wednesday, at Orlando. Fla,
of heart disease
The kearney national bank. Of Kear-
ney, Neb., which suspended payment
December Is, 1885,, has been permitted
| to resume business. lsI
AT Gallipolis. O., Abraham Jeffers,
veteran OF the Thirty-sixth O. V. l..
Familiarity known as Uncle Abe" died
at the age Of 50 years.
80 Ex-County Commissioner Joseph II.
/ Blake. well.know,l democratic law
/ yer. died IN Terre IIante, gnd. He ear
ried Se5, 600 life insurance.
Among the nppointinertst the Nil
itary academy jnsf made ares Albert
". Mcclure, Humphrey. Ky; Frank W.
Cooley. alternate. Williamsburg. Ky.
AT Eikl,art. Ind. Thomas j. Beck
with sho, and killed his wife, aud then
committed suicide because Size went TO
q church, entertainment against his
I wishes.
I Hon Senator 1ASse, Canadian COM
missioner to the Chicago Worlds fair.
and an ex-me,n her Of parliament. died
ut Montreal, Thur.,dav. after = long
illness. -
Joseph Vernon Whitaker, q veteran
of the civil war in the United States
and formerlyattachcd TO the staff OF a
Philadelphia newspaper, is dead in
London.
Representative McEagny~ has intro
duced in the house bill to remove the
charge OF descr,ion from the record OF
James liennes>ey, Of Concord. Dchalb
county. Ind. s. r.
William Waldorf Astor has made a
contribution OF $1,000 to the police
pension fund for services. rendered a,
the funeral Of l,isswife in New York q
few days since. - "
William T. Cecil died suddenly nj his
home in Boyle county. n.y. from an
acute attack OF Br;yht;S disease. He
was one df the largest land owners IN
| central Kentucky.
/ The democratic. caucus OF the West
I Virginia Legislature Wednesday, night
nominated Hon. Johnson L. camden tn
succeed himself; as L. S. senator. Two
ballots were taken.
Pittsburgh capitalists are examining
some fine springs near Mans6 ED G. with
the intention of siocafiag . largs aT I'll
hcinl ice plant thereto supply the
! Pittsburgh market.
Peru, Ind, intends TO ENFORCE the law
in the future, SO far as saloons aud
gambling are concerned. This was de-
cided upon 1T mass meeting of citi-
zcns Thursday night.
William A. Beach, another OF the
men charged with the theft OF 10000
hostage stamps from the Bureau OF
Printing and Engraving, was found
guilty, with recommendation to
! Joseph sshorctt, y at-breed who
was born two years before the Unite'l
States constitution was adopted. is
dead at Fond du Lac, Mimi Shorett
was born on Lcech, lake, Ito years ago,
when the Indians, had complete con
troll.
Edward Silch, the baseball player,
/ who last appeared with the lsreolliyll
team. died in st. Louis, Tuesday. and
was buried there Wednesday. Deceased
was married, but childlcss His funeral
was attended by ten league players
residing there
Fire Inspector Cowie, Of Chicago, was
held to the grand jury under $1,000
bond, and his co-conspirator, Chin Tin,
under $500 bond Cowie and Chin Tin
were charged with conspiring toindict
two Cinnamon, All Hung and Hong
Sling, for arson. s
The Indiana encampment Of the q.
A. r. will be held at Muncic in March,
atwh;ch time the question of introduc-
ing patriotic songs and patriotic history
into the public schools will be, consid-
cred. Terre Haute delegates will ia
vor tae proposition.
At indianapolis, Ind, John Nc
Laughlin, a car inspector employedsby
the Union Railway Co., was killed at
the union sta alton Thursday night. In
making coupling he was caught b'
tween the bumpers and crushed. lie
died in a few hours.