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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04
80
Condensed News Gath
cred in and around
Tazewell.
i dZeWeu.

Jno. w. Mccall has very sick
child.
DIR. j. r. Gildersleeve is at
Montgomery White Sulphur
Springs.
Mrs. Retta lard, of Brooklyn,
is on visit to her old home and
friends here.
Mrs. JOS. Stras, of Roanoke is
the guest of Mrs. Il. w. Stras for
the summer.
Mr.. Jno. w. Bourne, the pushing
live merchant of Grafton, paid us
a pleasant call recently.
Messrs. }. X. Groseclose and JOS.
s. Moss, of Burke's Garden, were
in the city this week.
Mr.. III. NJ. Smythe, it is stated,
will embark in the newspaper
business again, this time in Bristol.
Mrs. j. Il. Hopkins and the chill
dren are visiting Mrs. Hopkins
mother. at Scottsville, Va, who is
very Ill.
Mrs. Judge COulling and the
children have L. turned from their
summer trip to relatives and
friends.
Mr.. j. o. Corell, of Thompson
Valley, was in town Wednesday,
and attended services at the Pres
byterian church.
Miss Mamie Stone has returned
to Taze well, and will begin at once
the organization of a music class
for next session.
Mrs. DIR. johnson, of w. Va,
and Miss Estelle Bottimore, are
among the welcome visitors to
Tazewell this summer.
MIR. w. G. Harrison, of Alabama,
nephew of Col. Jos. HARRISON. is
visiting his large circle of relatives
and friends in the county.
Mr.. III. a. White, formerly of
Tazewell but now of Glade Springs,
is i'll the community on business,
and shaking hands generally
with his numerous friend.
Mr.. Fletcher, member of the
firm of Wildasin & Fletcher, whole
sale dealers IN Agricultural ma
chinery, was in town this week.
Il. E. Howell, Esq, of Burke's
Garpen, who is IN town with his
daughter, who is attending the
examination, Jailed in to see us
yesterday.
Mr.. w. l.. Moore escorted his
friends, Jno. Il. Barnes aud w. G..
HARRISON his guest, to Bluefield
last week on a 'sight seeing" trip.
The gentlemen returned in good
trim and duly sober.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04
To Whom 1t May Concern.

| take great pleasure in recon-
mending DIR. J. ID. Pobst,as Il SUIT
able and competent person to test
eye sight and fit glasses,
My eyes have been examined
and glasses fitted by several par
ties and he is the only occuliSt who
has ever given me perfect satisfac-
ton. Respectfully,
JAS. O'KEEFFE, NJ. ID
Tazewell, Va, Aug. 1, '99.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04
Please Settle.

All parties indebted to the firm
of u. NJ. Bourne q Co.. by note or
account, are asked to como toward
at once and settle same. All old
business must be settled.
Respectfully,
JNO. w. BOURNE,
August ), 800 Grafton, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04
THIEF

fire came and destroyed
in an hour their home.
Delays are dangerous
are you delaying the pro-
lection Of your house? All
right you ale If you have
a policy in one of our COM
panies.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04

JnO ID. Alexander has made
a general and sweeping reduc-
ton on all his summer goods.
Call early and make selections.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04
The j.F.Hurt
Insurance Agency
NOT QUANTITY.

My son, you may have whole type
foundry at your command, and yet turn
out blacksmith printing. 1t is not the
quantity of type, or the number of presses
that ''gets there" always. The printer
that understands his business will be salts
fed with a few fonts Of well selected type,
: good press. aud good inks, and he will
''get there with the best of them. The
News has the type, the press, the inks,
al order and Won will rive Nc anothor
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04

Call at Williams Art Gallery and
see Hodges fine display Of pictures.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-04

M Won Want Up-to-date Job
OO lOu Work? If so, we can
fur nish at easonable prices.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

one bears-which he called "b'ar"-and
showed me some ugly scars he had re.
celved Ia some Of his "b'ar" fights. He
had also killed great deal Of other
Wild game. During our talk In some
way the name Of Jesus Christ was men-
toned. The old man said:
Jesus who? Don't think he has over
been through here. Ii he timber man
or u drummer?'
] am rather tlmld when It comes to
missionary work, SO dropped back to
bar" tnlk as soon as possible.
! Ind figured all the evening how We
were all to sleep In that little house.
Finally saw them put seven Of the
children crOsswise In one bed, some
more went up ladder through the
scuttle hole In the loft" and the rest
crowded into the other three beds. and
still there was one for me. My driver
went to the stable.
In the morning, as may he Imagined.
they had to bake several cakes Of corn
bread before we all "set In" 10 eat
breakfast. The old lady baked three
cakes In the oven Mt n time, and my
driver. who was evidently paying pref.
~ close attention to the preparing OF
breakfast. AYERS that when she took u
set Of cakes out Of the oven she put
them In the foot Of one Of the beds to
keep them warm until she had enough
baked for all.--I.eslie's Weekly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

No wonder the real estate business In
Chicago IL dead.
People are tired Of paying the taxes
Of others.
Owing to the bribery Of Assessors by
the Gas Trust and other rich corpora.
lions the assessed valuation Of Chicago
property gets lower every year, while
the taxes of those who have to pay
grow larger In amount.
The expenses Of the city are greater
every year and the poor man who pays
taxes has to meet them. The Gas Trust
and other bribers are not affected.
The honest taxpayers Of Chicago pay
greater percentage on each 500 Of
their assessed valuation than the PEG.
pie Of any other city In the United
states.
The following figures taken from the
New York World Almanac for 1900 and
furnished by the Mayors Of the cities
named, speak for themselves:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
What a Memory [!

One rainy day In spring an old York.
shire fisherman returned to his native
village after an absence of fifteen
years, and fearfully sought the house
which sheltered his deserted wife. En-.
tering without knocking, he seated him.
self near the open door, took a long and
vigorous pull at his dirty clay pipe. and
nodded jerklly to 't'owd woman"
"Mornin', Maria" he said, with ar.
fected uncOicern.
She looked up from the potatoes she
was peeling, and tried to utter the
scathing tlrnde she had daily re.
hearsed since his departure; but II
would not come.
''13en," she said, instead. once more
resuming her work. bring thesen DER
to Z fire, an Ah'll darn that hole = thy
Jersey. All meant dom day thu
went away, but sum,nat put me orr
STRAY Stories.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Took HIS Br,ds, Tr,u Alone.

The cook Of u family living In sub.
iirb Of London came upstairs one after.
noon, and, twisting the corners Of her
apron, with considerable embarrass.
ment said to her mistress: You see.
mum. 1 thought 1t 'ud be best to tell
you that THAT got married last
week." "Ah. indeed! And what Is your
name now. HannahY" Mrs. Williams.
mum. My husband he's n shelf In a
hotel" "A chef, Ell? That's very nice.
And do you expect to leave us directly.
Hannahy' mot directly. mum. I'll
stay with you for the present. You
sec. my husbands gone to Jersey on his
honeymoon. and It'll be nigh on a fort.
night before he comes ck."-l.Ondon
telegraph.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
A COMMENTED MAN,
Not One Of His Nineteen Children Had
liver Secn a hallway Train.

Not One Of Hts Nineteen Children Had
liver Seen a hallway Train.
All old drummers who make wagon
trips" know thut when night catches
you out on one Of them you are glad to
find shelter almost anywhere. remem.
Der late one night I had driven as fast
as ! could, and coming to little log
cabin In the Tennessee mountains,
stopped and inquired IL l could spend
the night there and get supper and
breakfast for myself. driver and team.
The old man who answered my sum.
mons said:
"ies; git out and come in. II you
can stand us we can stand you 'uns Onc
night,
l found this to he very interesting
family. The old man told me he only
had nineteen living children. None Of
them had eyer seen railr0ad train,
and only two had ever been out Of the
county. After n supper Of fried meat.
corn bread and buttermilk fell into
conversation with mine host. and he
related some wonderful hunting
stories. He said he had killed sixty
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Discovery Of Aoesyleue Gas.

The facts relating to the discovery OF
acetylene gus are interesting. 1t mp
pears that some years ago Thomas J..
Wilson OF st. Catharines, Ont. was
smelling for metallurgical purposes.
From time to time he used good deal
Of rock salt In his furnace stock. and
also limestone as lux. Whenever
these two materials were fused tOgeth.
or the Stag produced by the intense cleo.
trlcal heat included u dirty grayish
substance wholly unlike anything else
he had ever seen. For weeks he no.
,iced this substance without giving
more than passing attention to 1t,
dumping 1t into the stream upon the
hank of which he had built his furnace.
one day curious thing occurred and
ut q time when the pile of Stag had be.
come 50 large that Its top rose above
the surface Of the water. a minute or
two after dumping the Stag as usual In.
to the stream. some of II going under
and part remaining above the water In
u red-hOt state, the slzzling ana steam
ing was followed by bright burst of
flame. The next time Mr.. Wilson used
rock salt and limestone the blaze again
appeared over the Stag after II had been
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

The new city attorney should enforce
the following resolution passed by the
City Council:
Resolved, That. the City Attorney
be and he Is hereby directed to in.
stitute proceedings to test the constitu.
tionality of the act Of the Legislature
permitting the consolidating Of gas
companies, and also annul the act Of
consolidation of the Consumers Gas
Company, the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Company aud the Equitable Gas
Company, for the reason that these
companies in consolidating under the
name of the Peoples Gas Company
have violated the express conditions
against consolidation contained in the
ordinances granting them the privilege
to operate in the city Of Chicago.
~G
Commenting upon this most neces.
sary action by the City Council, the
CHICAGO RECORD OF SATURDAY,
MAY ~, 1905, SAID:
aid. Bigane was not elected rs n
reformer. Nevertheless he offered In
the Council Monday evening a set Of
resolutions that may be made to work
for the relief of Chicago from the grasp
Of the lighting corporations. Probably
some Of the aldermen were taken by
surprise or they would not have allow.
cd the resolutions to get past the stage
where they could be used for sandbag.
ging purposes. But the resolutions
were adopted, and now need only the
signature of the Mayor to make them
effective.
"The resolutions call attention to the
benefits of municipal ownership Of tho
city water works and suggest possible
benefits to come from municipal owner
ship Of the lighting service. They EN-.
power the Mayor to appoint commit
tee of nine to investigate and report
upon the experience Of other cities with
municipal ownership Of lighting plants
and to agitate for State legislation that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

Read the above figures, citizens Of
Chicago, and then blush for shame.
Out Of the ten largest cities in the
United States Chicago ranks tenth In
assessed valuation Of taxable property!
Does any one for moment believe
that Pittsburg and Brooklyn and But.
falO, for instance, are richer than Chi
cagO, not to speak of San Francisco
or st. Louis or Baltimore?
4 thousand times no!
Chicago Is the victim of the brlbe-giv.
Ing propenslties of the Gas Trust and
other robbing corporations. which take
all that the people have and give them
nothing In return.
Chicago gives the Gas Trust and the
other tax lodging corporations police
protection and fire protection. 1t gives
the Gas Trust Its streets free Of charge.
And In return the Gas Trust cheats
Chicago out Of its taxes and forces the
city to pay 1t millions Of dollars for
the poor apology for gas furnished to
It's lampposts and public buildings.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

ment In the Great Northern Building.
- Jackson street. The firm name Is
Grier 4 Co.. and they propose to he.
come the leading firm Of Importing tail.
ors In Chicago.
Try "Almanarls" on the side. 1t
won't cost you any more than bottled
lake water.
For tents. awnings and waterproof
covers 20 to Murray & Co., 320-833
South Canal street. These people IRE
leaders In this line Of goods.
Murray & Company, who lead In tho
awning business, and who were located
on Randolph street for eleven years, In.
vite you to call at their new mammoth
establishment, $40 to 333 South Canal
street.
One trial OF "Almanaris" will con.
vince the most skeptical.
The best livery men and business
men who own their own stables patron.
Ice Murray & Co., 328-333 South Canal
street. for stable and storm blankets,
waterproof covers, adjustable buggy
aprons. etc. Don't forget their number.
S28.3S3 South Canal street.
Dunlap's famous hats and silk um.
brellas are the best In the world.
Make lemonade from "Almannrls''
water--vcry hne.
"Almanaris' IL the highest located
spring In Waukesha, 100 feet above
Fox River.
Try n "high BALI made from al
mnnaris' water; It won't cost you any
more than lake water.
Ask for "Almanaris," and insist on
having 1t.
For nOurlshment drink the famous
Zacherl beer, brewed by the North
western brewery.
The telegraph manual issued by the
Western Electric Company will teacf
any one the art of telegraphy. 10 gel
a copy address Department O G, West
ern Electric Company, c42 South JEFF
fersOn street, Chicago, and inclose 2
cents,
"Almanaris" Is equal to imported
water, and doesn't cost you any mOr'
than common old lake water, put up b.!
local bOttlers.
The best business men In Chicago
dine regularly at the Northwestern Ca
tering Company on Randolph street
opposite the City Hall. The famous
Zacherl and Bohemian pale beer arr
kept on draught constantly. and nj
lovers of good beer say the products
Of the great Northwestern Brewin.
Company cannot be excelled anywher,
In this country.
"Nature smiles through sunbeams'
IL the trademark of the Sunbeam In
candescent Lamp Company.
The Wurzburger and Prima beer
brewed by the Independent Brewin,
Association. cannot be excelled In tli
country, or any other. Don't for. 70
their number, 588-612 North Halstet
street. Telephone North 845.
Almost every man who works hart
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

cast into the river. and. It being at
night, he was much struck by the bril-.
liant white light produced. The next
time that he had a batch of the queer
graylsll residue to dispose of he did not
waste 1t, but saved II and poured over II
some watef for experiment. He held
lighted match over the pile, when in.
stantly there was white. glowing
Electrician,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

will enable the municipality to furnish
light to its citizens. As Mayor Harri.
son II known to be In favor Of the ex.
tension Of the functions Of the munic-
ipality In the direction Of larger dc.
gree Of public ownership 1t IL to be
presumed he will sign the resolutions,
unless he finds some serious objection
to their form. BY doing 80, and by up.
pointing Hrst-class committee to car.
ry out the purpose Of the resolutions,
he will do much to prepare the way for
a proper solution of the lighting prob.
lem In Chicago.
1.-THE LIGHTING COMPANIES OF cuI-
CAaO, ESPECIALLY THE GAS COMPANIES,
HAVE TREATED THE PUBLIC MOST
sHAMEFULLY. THEY SECURED FRAN.
cHIsEs UPON TIE EXPREss STIPULATION
THAT THEY WOULD NOT COMBINE, nut
WOULD COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THEY PRocEEDkD, HOWEVER, TO FORA
A TRUST IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW,
AND THEN, TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT,
HAD THE LEGIsLATURE PAss AN ACT
LEGALIzISa THEIR STATUS. MORE THAN
THAT, THEY HAD THE LEGISLATURE
PASS ANOTHER ACT MAKING ANY FUR
TIER COMPETITION WITH THEM rRAc-
TICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. JUST BEFORE
THESE LAWS WENT INTO KFFECr AN
OFFER WAS MADE ny RESPONSIBLE PER-
SONS TO FURNISH LIGHT UPON TERMS
AND THE CITY THAN THE TRUST MAIN
TAIN. THE AGENTS OF the TRUST PRE-
VENTED TIE PASSAGE OF THE ORDI-
NANCE.
Evidently the only relief from the
situation is In extending the functions
Of the municipality. The city has n
municipal electric lighting plant, which
the Mayor and Council, very wisely,
have taken steps TO enlarge. Upon Sc
curing the proper authority from the
Legislature the city plant could be still
further enlarged anu used In furnish.
ing light to private consumers, just as
the city furnishes water to citizens. In
the course of time the city might very
well 60 further and take over the eX.
lstlng lighting plants ana thus control
the entire lighting service of the city,
"A move to secure from the Legisla.
ture authority for municipalities to
furnish light to private consumers
would meet with hearty cooperation
from the smaller cities OF the State
Many of them have electric lighting
plants for furnishing public light. They
could just as well as not furnish light
TO their citizens, and frequently have
sought from the Legislature the privi
lege Of so doing, but without success
In several neighboring States cities
having municipal plants are allowed to
sell light. The cities Of Illinois. es..-s
clally the smaller ones. should be given
this same privilege. If Mayor Harrison
/ should name this committee and Il
should be successful In securing legls
lation Of this sort it would earn the
gratitude not only of the people OF
Chicago who protest at being held IN
the grasp of the gas trust, but of the
citizens of the smaller municipalities
of the State as well"
%6A
The Gas Trust has got new wrinkle
for squeezing the people. II Ia the "gas
range" scheme, furnished by the gas
company. It works well In doubling
! peoples expenses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

"What 10 the price Of Dobbins'
Electric SoapT
"Five cents q bar, full size, just
reduced from ten. Hasn't been less
than ten for - years"
Why, that's the price Of common
brown snap. Send me q box. I cant
Afford 70 buy any other soap after
this"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Salisbury a. q Miner.

Lord Salisbury, Great Britnin's prime
minister, once handled pick and shov.
81. During the great Australian gold
craze he set out as gold.hunter, and
the howell In which he lived as a rough.
red. shirtcd miner Is still standing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST

Mr.. william Flnkler. one of the best
Aldermen the Twenty sixth Ward ever
had. has opened The Eagle Buffet ut
1G1 Randolph street. The furnishings
are elaborate and the stock of the very
best. Mr.. Fnkler Is at the head of one
of the finest places of business in the
country and he Is model host.
For the correct hat, patronize Dun.
lap, the Palmer House halter.
As mixer with fine wines and liz.
uors, "Almanaris" has no equal.
For the hest custom.mnde suit Of
clothes In Chicago, at reasonable prices,
patronize Tom Rowan, ut Work Broth.
ers' great establishment, 23S-2iO Fifth
avenue.
George w. Grler, Jr.. and NJ. A.
Marx. formerly with Mathews 4 Co.,
have opened fine tailoring establish.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
But the Rich and Robbing Gas Trust
Will Be Permitted to Escape
Easily.
Last Year It Beat the Taxpayers Out Of
s316,000-It Will Do So
Again.

share
million dollars this last Al
the west and North Sides will have to make this
following wigge Of just
figures the illinois Bureau
Labor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

Politicians resemble shoes In one re.
spect; the higher grade IRE not machine
made.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27


the day reckoning
beat people out Of :sSo In taxes last and cleared
Q reduction OF q 1000 feet
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

Almost every man who works hard
and saves money takes trip when he
10 about Afty, and has something to
talk about the balance OF bis days.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

The Gas Trust has got new wrinkle
for squeezing the people. 1t Ia the "gas
range" scheme. furnished by the gas
company. It works well In doubling
peoples expenses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27

As mixer with fine wines and liz.
uors, "Almanaris" has no equal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
Assessed valuation.

ng tables give condensed presentation Of this phase of the
being estimated because escaped taxation entirely
The Mena star., 1899-05-04

The appointment was made upon this cablegram, dated Manila, from Mai. Gen. Otis:
 MacArthur strongly recommends Col. Funs ton appointment as brigadier general for sigr,al skill and gallantry, crossing Rio Grande and most gallant services since commencement of war. urge appointment; Funston is able as a leader or men and has earned recognition.
 Gen. Otis cable reached the war de- partment late last night, and this morning it was sent to the white house. The president, after reading it. in- structed the adjutant general to make out the commission. The commission was signed by Mir. Mckinley at noon. Adjt. Gen. Corbin notified Col Funston of his appointment by a cablegram which also ordered him to report to the commanding general for assignment to duty He will be as- signed to brigade at once Gen. Cor bin also sent a telegram to the governor of Kansas notifying him of Funston's promotion and requesting him to ap- point q colonel for the Twentieth Kan sas at once.
The Mena star., 1899-05-04
TOUCHES ON STATES RIoHTs.
gated Rights the State Is as Supreme as Though There Were No Union.

Fort Smith, Ark, May 3.-In the in
 Junction case of the Kansas & Texas Mining company against the striking miners, the cross injunction issued by the state court was yesterday made perpetual, Judge Rowe overruling the motion to dissolve, and holding that rights of the state were paramount to the federal authority in such cases. The opinion states: Some appear to think that the result of the civil war settled the question of state rights, but such is not the case. In her undelegated rights the state is just as supreme as though there were no union" This virtually throws upon the federal court the duty of protecting the mining property and furnishing protection to the miners who are anxious to return to work.
The Mena star., 1899-05-04
MUSICIANS MEET.
The First Biennial Convention of the Ma tional Federation of Musical Clubs
 at St. Louis.

St. Louis, May 3.-Prominent 8. anna teur musicians from different parts of the country are here in large numbers, to attend the first biennial convention of the National Federation of Musical clubs, which met here to-day for six days session. Mrs. Edward F. Uhl, of Grand Rapids, Mich., president, and Mrs. Chandler Starr, first vice presi- dent, of Rockford, H., are present among other officers of the federation The first business was the meeting of the board of managers. After this meeting, which was taken up with the transaction of routine business, the delegates attended the rendition at Exposition Music hall of Max Bruchs' "Arminius,' by the Philharmonic so- ciety. with Mir. Joseph Often as con ductor. Mrs. Oscar Pollman, Mir. Mil ton B. Griffith and Mr. William Porte ous were the soloists Tomorrow morning the regular work of the con ventiou will begin and continue through the week