The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-01-10
The Big Stone Gap Post.
THURSDAY. JAN. 10. 1901
LOCAL ITEMS.

W. b. Stockton. Of Orctou. spent
Saturday and Sunday in the Gap
Joseph Keys. Of welch. W. Va.
was in town last week
Walter Bum wa, mp from oliager
Saturday.
G. II. Esser. OF Dorchester. spent
Sunday night in the Gap.
d. lessee. Of Dryden. was in
town Monday.
r p. Alsovcr and n. c. Barr
spent Saturday night az Stonega
W. T. Alsover anil wife OF
stonega, spent Sunday Ina town.
o. r. Evans. Of Dexter. Va. spent
couple Of days ia town this week.
w i. iIorsley went 70 Middlrs-
boro Friday night OBJ business.
w. d. McNiel. Of Tacoma. was IN
town last Saturday
w V. Thompson. Of Tszcwell.
Va, wss in town last Thursday
Mrs. W. B. Klbouru returned
Sunday morning from visit Co rela-
'ives at Dryden.
g. H. Scales. prominent Louis
willie salesman, was In town last
week
D. T. Mckee, OF Wise. was regis
tered at the inteImont last Thurs
day
Mrs :. l.. Whitehead aud child
rem, of Norton, spent few day, ia
the Gap last week visiting friends.
Hugh W Edmuni,. of Gate City. .
has accepted a position as clerk at
the Intermont Hotel
n. G.. Mcdowell returned from
Kentucky sunday morning. where boz
spent the holidays with relatives
w. L. Beverley. Of Gate City. .
speut a few days iu town last week 4
visiting his son. W 5 Beverley
j. a. Muncy and VIII Came.
spent few days last week ia Ice
county.
Mrs. Sarah Doughefty and Ms.
Mary Larmer, of Greau.iic, Texas.
are visiting relatives in Lee ..I
Wise counties.
The best that money can fry
should be Your aim ia choosing
medicine, and this is Hoods Sar,a-
parilla. IL cures when othc.s iail +
The 5-nouths-old boy Of Nr. and .
Mrs. G. w Kilbourn died very ,ul /
denly at their home uesr abe Sulo'rr
Spring last Friday night
Miss Mary Cummins Buhtt. eldest .
daughter of Mr. and Mrs j. F. Bu- /
lit. is recovering from an attack Of /
scarlet fever.
Attorney b. II. sewell. Of Jones'
vile, spent few days iu the Gap
last week cn professional business
After a vacation of two weeks the .
Big Stone Gap School opened Mon /
day morning with fall attendance
NJ. G. McCorkle. the prominent
and popular lumberman Of this place, /
returned last week from bushes, /
trip to New FORK.
At Marion last week, the damsge .
suit against the Norfolk and Western .
road Tor $4,000, for the death Of /
Evangelist +. NJ. Anderson was de- 4
eiaed in favor Of the company
After spending the holidays with I
relatives in the Gap. Miss Memo
Vineyard lett last Friday morning OF
Abingdon. whore she Is ATTENDING /
school at Martha Washington Col /
lege.
Prof. Il. H. Sheppe returned Fri-
day night from Richmond and other
Virginia cities, where he spent the /
holidays. While in Richmond lac
attended the Southern Educatioual I
Association.
J. r. Litton. of Straw. Tex
was IA the Gap Monday Mr. Lit
ton Is a brother OF our TREND i. y.
Ihtton, of Lee county, and has beea
whiting relatives in lee county for \
lew weeks. Dir. Litton lett this
section for Texas % years ago. end I
has smsssed quite fortune in that
country.
While placing one OF the biz
boilers at the furnace on SATURDAY
afternoon the brick wall gave way
arowing the boiler over aud destroy
ing fourteen pipes. 4 number of
workmen narrowly escaped iajury
The loss will amount to over Az
hundred dollars.