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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
FROM NORTON.
alre.pona.nee Of rhe nIs s,one Gap Fo.r.

! Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posr.
NoRroS, Va, Mar. 6.-l can give you
but few locals this week.
We are having lots of rain and the roads
in this section are in a bad shape.
The farmers are getting away behind
with their work.
The LIST "Wednesday of March was a
beautiful day, and made one think Of sum
mer.
On Monday 9th ult. JAS. Peaks, color
ed. shot a negro by the name of Davenport.
Davenport cat Peaks with n knife ~ the
shoulder twice, and Peaks snot him in the
breast, going through one OF hiS lungs
Peaks. "a vet, has not been arrested.
+. y. Collier. formerly OF Wise. Va, has
located at this place. He j. a promising
Young man aud We wish him we'll.
You will have no trouble when in Nor
ton to find a candidate You can find
them on the streets any day.
Your correspondent has been Informed
that j. 4. Miller, who some time ago
declared himself a candidate for sheriff
again, has now declared himself of. And
also j.. b. Skeen. our efficient treasurer, j.
off the track. Who ueNty
A. G. Parsons, OF Fernalda, Va. j. visit
ing friends in Norton.
r. L. Ki;gore. who il running for Com
monwealth Attorney, was shaking hands
with the voters on the streets the 9Th
KrF.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
THE CARTER SYNDICATE
Controls the Cheapest iron
Producing Districts in
the United States.

The Virginia Iron, Coal Il Coke
Company which recently came into
control OF all the important iron, coal
and coking interests Of Southwest
Virginia, will soon begin improving
and developing these properties and
the people Of this section look for
ward to that time with delight, for it
will mean much to this country in
the way of improving financial con-
ditions, says the Bristol Tribune. 1t
is thought that with the opening of
spring that active operations will be
commenced by this company toward
putting all the furnaces in shape to
go into blast and making some neces-
sary improvements in their railway
system in order to get coke and ore
to the furnaces at the lowest possible
rate. 1t is thought that they will
extend the Virginia and Southwest
ern Railway from Big Stone Gap to
Norton and probably to Cocburn,
where the company now owns and
conducts large coal and coke opera
tions. This extension, if built, would
enable them to haul their fuel to the
Bristol furnace and thereby lessen
the cost of transportation. which has
heretofore been a great drawback to
this furnace. They would also have
to large iron ore deposits which
could be mined at little expense.
The following, taken from the Bal
timore Sun, expresses the opinion Of
interested parties. The first
paragraph, while practically the same
has been published heretofore, is
given in connection with the article,
just published in that paper:
Negotiations which have been in
progress for some time by Moore d.
were closed yesterday for a
combination Of practically all the
iron properties of Southwest Virginia.
a new corporation, to be known as
the Virginia Iron, Coal d. Coke Com
pany, is to be formed with 100000
600 capital, and with authority to
an equal amount of first mortg-
age bonds.
"Those interested in the company
say hat the district in which it will
operate is at a point affording the
freight rates to the Atlantic
seaboard of any of the iron-producing
districts in the United States which
can compete with it in cost of pro-
luction, and that its product is equal
quality to any iron produced in the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
Notice OF Seizure.

Notice is hereby given that the personal
property herein mentioned has been sciz-
ed by me for violation of the lnterna.
Revenue laws ot the United States at the
following times and places. viz:
One single barrel breech loading shot
gun, (made by Hopkins and Allen, found
in the Illicit di>tillery OF Marion Kern, IN
Scott county, Va, January 10Th, 1899.
Six kegs OF spirits, seized in depot at
COeburn, Va, February 1th, 1899. two
Of which were shipped to Sarah Ramey.
two to II. Horn, one to Z. Ramey aud one
one to Charley Glenn, containing about
Az gallons each.
Eight kegs OF spirits. seized in depot at
Coeburn, Va, February 2O;h, 1899, two Of
which were shipped to ;. Mullins, two TO
II. Horn, two to \. Taylor and two to r.
Ramey, containing about a. gallons each.
All Of the above spirits were shipped
from j. l.. Wilmington. of Wilmington,
y. c., to the several parties mentioned
above at COeburn. Va.
Any persons claimiag any of the above
property will come forward and present
their claim within thirty DAYS from this
date, as required 10y Section 1850. Revised
Statute Of the United States.
Given under my hand this, February
22nd, 1899. W. b. krLBorRN.
Deputy Collector 9th Dist. Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

most effective regiments in the Army
Of the Potomac.
With this regiment Otis served
during the whole OF his career in the
volunteer army during the Civil War.
His promotion from the rank of cap
tain to that OF Northumberland of
the regiment (he a never ? major)
was the result OF despera'e lighting.
in which his superiors lo>' then lives
on the battlefield, first O'Rorke and
then George Ryan, both ( aduates Of
the Military Academy aud splendid
soldiers whom to nerve with vas in
itself a liberal education in the mill
tary art. No regiment on the field
at Gettysburg rendered more import
ant and conspicuous service than that
to which Otis was attached.
At the battle OF the Wilderness
the One Hundred and Fortieth New
York saw some of the hottest fight
ing, losing 255 men. Otis, who had
meantime risen to the rank Of lieu
tenant-colOnel commanded the picket
line Of the Fifth Corps, which
brought on the engagement. The
regiment was soon under a fire before
which it melted like snow. Eleven
of its commissioned officers were kill
ed or wounded, not one Of the non
commissioned staff remained, and OF
the captains only three were left.
Three days later Ryan was killed at
Spottsylvania, and Otis succeeded to
the command Of the regiment as
lieutenant-colonel.
From the Rapidan to the James
the regiment, led by Otis, was ON
under fire, and it stands con
spicuous among those losing the
largest number during the Civil War,
leaving l49 of it's number dead upon
the field of battle. The various cas-
.ualties finally left Otis, who seemed
to bear a charmed life, in command
Df the regular brigade; but his turn
at last. for he was severely
wounded in the battle of Chapel
neal Petersburg, Va, October
|, 1864. His wound was so severe
hat he was not subsequently return
I'd to duty, and he was honorably
discharged from the volunteer service
January "a, 1865, bearing with him
he brevets of colonel and brigadier-
general for "gallant %meritorious SER
at Spottsylvania and Chapel
Va.-Reciew Of Reriews.
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~CLADEVILLE RAILROAD.
VIII Probably be Completed oy
the First of May.

lllC " - 49,"
The Bristol Tribune has the toll
lowing to say regarding the Glade
vile railroad and the enterprising
citizens Of our county capitol:
A few years ago grading was done
for a branch line of railroad from
Wise, Va, to Ramsey, a distance OF
three miles, to connect with the Nor
folk and Western at the latter place.
The road was to be built by popular
subscription of the citizens of Wise,
and after hundreds Of dollars had
been expended and the grading COM
pleted the scheme fell through and
the grade has since been used as a
county road.
Recently the question OF complet-
ing the road was raised and the en-
terprising citizens Of that town have
went to work with a will to push the
matter through, and the consequences
is the road will be finished at once
and trains will probably be running
by May. 1t will take very little
work to get the road bed in cOndi-
ton for the rails, and while the
grade will be a heavy one it will an
8wer all purposes of the company.
Judge L. NJ. Fulton, Judge L. NJ.
Anderson, L. S. district attorney
now at Abingdon, and other promi-
nent lawyers and business men of
Wise are interested in the company,
which is styled the Gladeville Rail
road Company, and it is due to the
effort of Judge Fulton that the COM
pany was recognized.
With the new 100000 court house
which was finished at Wise last year
and the Gladeville Railroad in ope-
ration, the little town nesting among
the hills will no doubt receive new
impetus and move forward with a
growth to a place of considera-
BILE Importance. The mountains sur
rounding the town are filled with a
good grade of coal and mineral de-
and with the advent of the
new railroad the development of
these our will naturally follow.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

1t was the good fortune of the
young Otis to receive his early train
ing under one of the best soldiers in
our army at that time. This was
Patrick III. O'Rorke, an lrishman by
birth, whose parents were settled in
Rochester, N. Y. When the One
Hundred and Fortieth Regiment of
New York Volunteer Infantry was
mustered into the service at Rochest-
er in September, 1862, O'Rorke, who
vas a graduate Of the Military Acad-
envy, was given comand of it, and
Otis, who had raised one Of the COM
panies Company E), was appointed
Of that company.
The regiment was composed of ex-
cellent material, and O'Rorke. whose
months of war service had
transformed him intosa veteran, soon
made it one of the best-drilled and
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
FROM LAUREL.

Correspondence OF The Big Stone Gap Posr.
LAUREL, Va, Mar. IL will send you a
few locals from our place.
Jas. A. Mullins, of Flat Gap, made a
flying business trip to FestOon, Va, and
back last week.
Ambos Phillips, of the South Fork, was
at Laurel Saturday night on business.
Uncle Jacob Boggs, whose illness was
mentioned in a former issue of your paper,
is very much improved.
j. NJ. D. Shortt, one of Wise county's
efficient teachers, is teaching a subscrip-
ton school at West Dewey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bentley, formerly
Of Lawrence county, Ky, has moved near
this place INTO the property Of alexander
Rumley.
John Mullins and son, thriving mer-
chants of Flat Gap, shortly expects to
move their goods to Mcclure Creek in
Dickinson county. We wish them success
in their new field Of business.
Miss Malicia Maggard returned from
Donkey Saturday % inst.
Mrs. Polly Hartt, who spent 3 or 4
months in this and Letchef county, Ky.,
left not long since Tor her home at Addie,
Wash. We wish her a safe journey eros
sing the Rocky mountains.
Miss NJ. j. Mullins, the charming little
daughter OF Frank Mullins, was visiting
friends at Flat Gap Saturday aud Sunday.
S. Tilden Shoitt, of North Fork Fork,
spent Saturday night with his brother and
sister at Laurel.
Jno. Sturgill, q. W. and c.. W. Sturgill,
and Francis Mullins left for Wise Sunday.
We voice the sentiments of the Turkey
Cove correspondent In speaking of the
Church. He says there is but one real
church and that is the Spiritual church.
Yes, there is only one church of the living
God, but there is lots of sects all over
United States. There was two
Norman elders one from Arizona and the
other from Utah at Dewey last month.
We understand that they went before the
proper authorities to get permission to
in the School house at West Dewey
one certain Saturday and Sunday and
was denied the privilege. Dear Christian
we appreciate you in not wanting
false doctrines advocated in your church
and school house. We would be glad If
the people would stop every preacher on
This continent that is not preaching
pure gospel and doing work in the
Masters vineyard. Truly the harvest is
plenty and the laborers are few.
DwyER.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
Don't Tell Them Where You
Found Me-"

The above is the name Of a new
song issued on the following incident:
The Rev. Thos. Delaney, when Chap
lain of a large State Penitentiary,
while passing through the Hospital
Ward was called to the bedside of a
dying convict. The last words of
this unfortunate youth were: Gath
or, l see you do not know me, but
you know me well and my family, |
will die tonight" | prepared his
souls exit into eternity and whilst
his hands were clasped in mine his
last request was made: "ln my dy-
ing moment promise me what | will
ask" | here gave him my word; he
then revealed his parentage who
thought him dead. "Now give me
your word that you will send my body
but don't tell them where you
me-" | sent the body to an
other State, but they never knew
| found him. The Greene
Music Publishing Co., 30 E. Fifth
Cincinnati, Ohio, will send
the above song to any address for
20 cents in silver or stamps, regular
price so cents.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
Relics of the War.

1t has been decided to devote ont
section of the great National Muse
um in Washington TO a great histor.
ical exhibit illustrative of the Span
isl -American war, says our Wash
ington correspondent. An immense
collection of war relics has already
been delivered at the Museum build
ing, and a large force Of wUrkmen are
now engaged in arranging the arti-
| cles in suitable cases. where for many
years to come they will excite the Gu
~riosity of millions Of visitors from all
parts of the world.
Probably a collection of war relics
of this magnitude was never before
placed upon exhibition in any coun-
try.
The most striking and valuable
relics of the war have been secured
through the services of Prof. w. H..
Holmes who immediately after the
cessation of hostilities was sen to
Cuba and Porto Rico. Both islands
have been ransacked and the result is
demonstrated by the car loads of rel
les which have thus far been deliver
ed and others which are now e%n-route.
Among the collection are found
many relics Of barbarism is earlier
days in the torture dungeons of Cuba
and Porto Rico. Some of these de-
vices were found in the black vaults
and dungeons under the bluffs of San
Juan, and doubtless many of the cru
ell instruments of torture, including
thumb-screws, racks, and engines of
agony were used by the Spaniards to
extort confessions during the six
teenth century. Some Of the instru-
mentS are complicated construction
and their name of use unknown,
while others are of such a character
as to suggest at once the horrible
purposes for which they were desig-
mated and actually used.
Among the war relics proper may
be seen three fourths of the frag-
ments of a 13-nch shell fired by Adj
.iral Sampson during the lombard
ment of San Juan. These fragments
were collected after several weeks of
in digging where the shell ex-
The fragments will be
mounted on wires in their relative
position. The hand-bell from the
governor generals palace, a seven
tenth ceutur battleax, sword made
IF harden cocoa wood with edges as
as steel, samples of all the
arms used on both sides, displays of
power, shells, and fixed ammunition
If all kinds, uniforms, buttons, flags
md ensigns in countless numbers
md varieties, many of which have
histories which render them Of spec
al historic value, are found in the
collection. A conspicuous relic to
,e installed with the collection is a
of the hand railing of the
which received the death
lutch of Ensign Bagley, the first
American victim of the war, togeth
r with a portion of the deck plate
shich was perforated by the fatal
hell.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

A New YORK syndicate has pur-
chased the Polk county copper mines
i'll Tennessee, and will set a large
force of hands to work in the near
future.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

E. -CoNGEEssMAN STONE is a can
didate Tor Governor Of Kentucky.
He stands squarely on the Chicago
platform and proposes to make free
silver the leading issue of his cam
paign.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

We are receipt Of volumn l num-
Der l Of the Pennington Gap Mems,
published at Pennington Gap, Va,
by w. X. Hopkins. If we are to
Judge it by the appearance of the
first Issue, we bespeak for it success.
1t will be republican in politics.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

A CIVIL a veteran in Binghamp-
ton, N. Y, who waS drawing a pen.
sion of $40 a month for liver trouble
has lost his pension through allow
ing a popular liver pill firm to ad-
vertise that they had cured him.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

The Union Pacific Railway Com.
will sell at public auction al Omaha
owe 5000, 900 acres Of land, covered
by a sinking fund mortgage. The
company will probably bid in the
land and will then offer it for sale to
settlers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

GEN. JOHN b. GORDON has issued a
call FOR a reunion Of old Confederate
soldiers to be held at Charleston, S.
e., commencing May 10, and last
ing three days.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

REPORTS indicate that a large part
of the 1898 cotton crop in Arkansas
is yet unpicked, and that thousands
of bales will rot iu the fields for want
of pickers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

Ar the big Bryan banquet to be
given IN Chattanooga soon, plates
will be provided for four hundred
guests, aud the tickets will cost two
dollars each.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
Custom House for Bristol.

Congress has passed a bill author
izing the expenditure of $4,000 to
build a custom house at Bristol.
This speaks well for that place which
is one of the coming cities of the
South.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

WANrED-sEvERAL TRUSTWORTHY PERSONS
IN THIS state to manage our business in their own
and nearby counties. II Is mainly Office work CON.
Quoted at home. Salary straight $500 a year and ex.
enses-dennite, bonahde, no more, no less salary.
Monthly VS.. Reference. Enclose self.addressed
stamped envelope, HEHsxRr L. HEss, Prest., Dept. NJ,
ea"asV' Septl6-6m
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

THE man who gets mad at what
tile newspapers say about him,
should ,ciurn thanks three times a
day for what the papers know about
him aud don t say.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

GEN. MAxrMo GOMEZ has sent to
Gen Brooks a statement of the num-
Der Of men in the Cuban army. He
says there are $4,000 %privates, 49,
900 non.commissIoned officers and
and 5000 commissioned officers.
United States army pay-masterS with
three million dollars will arrive in
Havana next week. No trouble is
anticipated in its disbursement.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

The Texas Legislature adopted a
resolution thanking the Indiana leg
iSlature Tor the return of the flag
captured during the war from Terry's
Texas Rangers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

The dispatches tell us that the
captains of the Spanish fleet destroy
ed off Santiago are to be court mar
tailed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Press Club
will be organized a Roanoke on the
18th Of this month.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

Big STONE Gar is ready to receive
any era of prosperity that may
chance to strike it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

IT has been discovered that some
of the canned beef fed to the soldiers
was ten years old.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

To be eligible to hold office or to
vote in this State one must be a res
ident Of the Commonwealth for a
space of time not less than one year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

will find his announcement. setting
forth his reasons for withdrawing, in
another colums OF this issue.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

The above rates are for standing ADVERTISE
nents only.
EMF-LocAL ADVERTISEMENT will be cbsrg-
I'd for at the rate Of cents per line for each
Iscertion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

j u. SKEES, Wise county's able
and efficient Treasurer, has with
drawn fran the a for that office
at the coming May election. You
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

The entire fruit crop of the Unit
ed States is believed to be greatly
inju ed by the ,eceut severe weather.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

LIFE is a building. 1t rises slow
ly day by day, through the years.
Every new lesson we learn lays a
b ock on the edifce which is rising
silently within us. Every expert
ence, every touch Of another life on
ours, every influence that impresses
as, every book we read, every con-
~versation we have, every act of our
commonest days adds something to
the invisible building.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

ScoTr COUNT will probable nomi
nate a straight party ticket for the
coming May election.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

THERE may have been colder win
tiers in this section than this one but
we have no record OF it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

ABOUT five percent. of the total
population of Cuba is now being fed
BY the United States.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

SPAIN's new cabinet decides to be-
gin retrenchment by cutting off the
pensions of all former ministers.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

GERMANY is said to have renewed
negotiations for the purchase of the
Caroline Islands from Spain.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

CoURTsHiP and romance are
interesting than marriage and bisto-
ry.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

A SELFISH man is, nc doubt, the
most unhappy of all men living.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09

Old newspapers for sale at this
office, 20 cents per hundred.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-03
BADLY HURT BY A FALL.
James Doyle Found in an UncOn-
sciouA Condition in IL Hallway.

James Doyle, an aged man living at
327 Carroll street, is lying in precarlous
condition at the city hospital as the re-
suit Of injuries sustained yesterday after
noon in falling down the stairs leading
10 Dr. EsheIby's office, Rice street and
University avenue. TIE old man received
a fracture of the shoulder blade, numer-
Gus bruises about the face ard it is feared
his skull IS fractured.
When Doyle was found at the foot of
the stairs it vas not known who he was
nor how the accident happened. Later he
was identified at the hospital, where he
remained in an unconscious condition up
10 a late hour last night. No one seems
10 know how Doyle happened to fall down
the stairs The noise OF his body falling
was not heard by anyone in the block
nor was it known he was hurt until his
unconscious fO'n was found at the loot
of the stairs None of his family has any
idea what blsiress took Mr.. Doyle to
the block, but it IS believed that he may
have intended visiting DR.. Eshelby. Doyle
is sixty-five years old and resides with MS
family at the above address.