The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-04-06
NEWS ITEMS

. Ihe steamer Paris arrived at Cap,
Henry, Va, Sunday afternoon frou
the West Indies
Richard Chamberlain. brother OF
: Joseph Chamberlain, secretary OF state
for the colonies, died in London Sun
{ day.
, The employees Of the Scranton. Pa,
: stove works were nosifed Saturday of
lO per cent increase in wages, taking
immediate effect.
IL Is announced that Count De Villa.
gonzalo, former Spanish ambassador
to Russia has been appointed Spanish
ambassador to Great Britain.
Christian Feigenspan, a wealthy
brewer OF Newark. n. j., died Sunday
OF pneumonia, aged SIS years. lie came
to America in 1866, first settling in Gin
cinnati.
Notice has been posted at the Della
ware rolling mill, Philadelphia, an
no92eing 10 per cent. increase in the
wages of the $50 employees to take effect
April TO-
The Great Falls Manufacturing Co..
Somersworth, y. H.. will restore the
wage scale of 1895 Monday. Over > 200
hands are employed in the mills. Cot
ton goods are made.
The British steamer Collier Heath
POOL from Sunderland for st. Nazaire,
France. was run down and sunk Friday
evening Oft Bcachyhcad, near Brighton.
Eng. only one of the crew was saved.
AT San Francisco the physicians who
performed an autopsy on the remains of
Louis Bremer, who died OF pleurisy.
found piece OF needle three.quarters
OF an inch long firmly imbedcd in his
heart.
The Lowell, Lawrence and lIaverhill
CMass.) street railway line has been
purchased by New York people. The
aeal involves the transfer OF the great
er part OF $4,000 900 worth of stocks
and bonds
Marquis Charles Philippe De Chem
nevleres. member OF the institute. di.
'ector Of the Academic dcs Beaux Arts
md chairman OF the board of admin.
stratlon OF the Paris exposition OF
S'S, died Sunday in his 70th year.
The 81 fire insurance companies
L.
'hlch have been represented at Pine
'luH' Ark for 80 years past notified
heir representatives to discontinue
usIness owing to inability to operate
the state under the Rector antitrust
iw
Warren ". Corey, the well known
lllway contractor of Ogden. Utah.
as filed petition in the federal
)urt asking that he be declared n
ankrupt Mr.. Corey's liabilities NO.
-egate Si35 OG0, of which only $4,000
secured.
On train starting for Washington
ON Jersey city at a. m. Saturday
ere will be the bodies of lsO soldiers
ought to New York on the transport
ook. The bodies will occupy SIX
- lnterment will BE- in Arlington
rnetcry.
mere VIII be presented to Mis-,
'ien VI. Gould in few days "A novel
d handsome gift in the form of an
'um containing The autographs OF
90 soldiers and sailors Of the United
ltcs who fought in the recent war
tn Spain.
'lX convicts escaped from the Cnoc-
~ Memphis railroad convict camp.
miles north of Little Rock. Ark.
day night. James w. Burrell. Of
pc county, sent up for three years
bigamy. was shot and instantly
led by the guard.
he Norwegian bark Winnifred.
't. Larsen, from Mobile for Dayen.
I, which arrived at Plymouth SUN.
, reports passing the American
ooner D. H. Baker, Capt. Hewitt.
March ,, in latitude 35. longitude
The schooner was full OF water.
oah Raby celebrated in the poor
Sc at Piscataway, n. j., Saturday
1t he claims was his l27th birthday.
old man says he was born in the
es' courthouse, North Carolina. in
. lie is an Indian. He smokes and
ks and is undoubtedly very old.
Bog Land I'm Ireland.
Ireland there are 2,s3o 900 acres Of
land