The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-24
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At!3n.-. Ga. - in shc tl,-o"s of q
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Is, ,.I,i;: liz i,~is.c. w:ir. -educc t.,c
l'riccsof eI.ad from i've cents 70 three
cents ;, m
at Gsllipolis, 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, 1884,, has been permitted
to resume business. sI
AT Gallipolis, O., Abraham Jeffers,
veteran OF the Thirty-sixth o. V. l..
Familiarity, known as Uncle Abe" died
| at the age OF so Years.
SO Ex-County Commissioner Joseph II.
(! Blake. well,know,ls democratic law
yer. died IN Terre IIante I'd He car
ried Se,, 900 life insurance.
Il among the appointinentsto the Mil
itary academy j,sf made are:a Albert
" Mcclure, Humphrey. Ky; Frank W.
| Cooley. alternate. Williamsburg. Ky.
AT Eikl,a,t. Ind. Thomas j. Beck
with sho, and killed his wife, aud. then
committed suicide because She went 10
church entertainment against his
wishes (
Hon Senator TaSse, Canudian COM
missioner TO the Chicago Worlds fair,
and an ex-meIn her Of parliament. died
Mt Montreal, 1hur,dav. after = long
illness 80 ~
Joseph Vernon Whitaker, q veteran
of the civil war in the United States
and formerly attached 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 tescr,ion from the record OF
James liennes>ey, Of Concord. Dckalb
county. ind.
William Waldorf Aston has made a
contribution OF $1,000 to the police
pension fund for services rendered at
the funeral Of his wife IN New York .
few days since. ~ ~
William Il. Cecil died suddenly at hi:
home in Boyle county. n.y. from an
acute attack OF I;r;ght'x disease. He
was one Of the largest land owners IN
central Kentucky.
the democratic: caucus Of the West
Virginia legislature Wednesday might
nominated Hon. Johnson L. camden tn
succeed himself as L. S. senator. Two
! ballots were taken.
Pittsburgh capitalists are examinin:
some fine sprinssnear Mans6 ED G. ,Nitn
the intention OF. locating . largs aT Ii
flcinl ice plant there TO 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-
zens Thursday night :
William A. Beach, another OF the
men charged with the theft Of 10000
nostare stamps from the Bureau OF
Printing and Engraving, was found
guilty, with recommendation to
mercy. s. ~w s,am -,
was born two years before the United
States constitution was adopted, is
dead at Fond 6u Lac. Mimi. Shorett
was born ON Lcech, lake, ITO years ago,
when tic Indians. had complete con
troll.
Edward Silcl, the baseball player,
who last appeared with the brooklyn
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 to'indict
two Cinnamon, All Hung and Hong
Sling, for arson.
The Indiana encampment Of the q.
A. r. will be held at Muncic in March,
at which 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. -. ss
| At Indianapolis, Ind, John Nc
Laughlin, car inspector employedsby
the Union Railway Co., was killed at
the union station Thursday night. In
making coupling he was caught be-
tween the bumpers and crushed lie
died in few hours.