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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Y >U ALI ?vikii w.--.- ..-~ r'-wuMi diit-niion. and physicians' prsscr.ptionsw.il also receive carefu Attention and will be filled accurately and with dis? patch. Again thanking you for your kind patron? age, i aim Yours truly, M un J. w. ki;mvY* W. C. ROBINSON INSURANCE AGENT, Iil?: wStoneQap.Vir^rnin. H,U E NONI HUT OLD RELIABLE.WELL ESTABLISHED COMPANIES Fire, Life, Bond and Accident. RaitosObatinablo. - Correspondence Solicited. fhc Blfl Stono uap Post. RSDAY. MCH. % 1899 Clubbing Offer. .,: I os! i? elobhiog . g 1 -? nt thr following , ..-w . L. Xe* . $l -r'0 r?ice-a-week pr-Journal. ... fl .??.'?'> ANNOUNCEMENTS: M tsi'KER. roai paper lo annourire i oanty Treasur .; for lbs support of IJZSIll If e Sell 'I will ill ? *< lbs | isl, diftharpf the ? ? offi ? i lbs bes! of Bf Jamm Ii. Saaaa. " mr self s eanditlatr* surer of Wise County, ' ? ? i iisiiina! spring flee- i I ti ; I aili faithfully perform : ? rei v bast of; Itt -M-.'lfll.ly. j , il. C. Ststart. ' . - s to thc people ''f ?* ihe . ..iuiiin* of thei . I tlr tor the OSes s i.irer, ta be I o!r.| for st tho esrm ills endesfor ; | sai.l r.'li.-f, if ?* . ifaction ol tbs ritiy.sni ti . ? Keepectlully, K, I. Kura. S WEALTH ATTORNEY. myself a candidate * if Attorney fer the Cnm I w a; predate any as ? -I ot tuv friends, and in iii J, to perform tbe I. lbs baal of my Verj Ht, R. L. KllGOBl*. co til to Cl ni: Ui I'll ' B CLERK ? ? Vt -i. Coi n rr; ? 'Un* ..flirt' of Conni*? ! ? ito >>rc-ii OBOS I : I. il again. If rr- t re a* I bare . form tbe duties of Ihe , *' si of in** ability. I oiisiderslion . _?'-,iii* of any I "?*' ii Ki loos s. ' ! lat itn| \V ? r Wisg Coi'stt: .? I sat a rantli I lu? lu's inly ami Circnil lo - ?v that I have ? ? i '.flier nt Ih*'* wei : ?boult! 1 lie j : I uni t-lrction, 1 | .\ I irm the duties of lbs \{.-u ? I B.? sbility. ,i r jour kind ? * i bicB 1 ' bops in I"1*'1 ii..n, I sat i it ?*?<" ren tm Iv I B. Hi lima*. ?cit i ^ (inp .Illili w If .MISSIONER. < W'mi Coi ntv: : t candidate ?aioner of Ihs Ref -?it. 1 haw- had Nl'e" ons tenn, went r al i un better qoslified lo nttci ? ? - I this office. If elect ? t ? ti.. ('. g my ciindi- s ? County, I am SjlCllI W-Ilt i> l\ Cl.I Y Ht ten 4'1'EHVISOR. He <|..M< the <i visit c. Si 0. the G Ih'vci T. i was it ? Wuk t'm -. m . ? Soper snd a* 1 hare oil . prior (o' I" III Di'lllU i. ii slea* hei mi. i. -t i '"'?'? ?p ?i iry alloasnees ! Will, thia ??- , ill ' ' adrsaos lot tho , jnf0,n r.-? lbs eaaalag fof gfJ sincerely, trial. J I.n. linn ,it. incut '.urn. Vu. Mri for J. 'nigh! i 'their want in do wei Kev. turned i ningto: qtlatlfM Hnntla*! -4*1 people sermon in thin wife; 1 i book at for tho i ImilM' <l hook. ern Miiii was atti deaf a nu1 Notioo to Candidates. I thal] ria| tie*. nee llirnnrlvo* In ? 'I Ihs (..lionms* rales: , N.M. For Dtalricl ' * ? isl seeotapaaf las MICAUTMS. . j nr**, <??,,, ... 11 erson iveni to llristol ' B. Mo,,, went to in*, xi- ??. '? -"oW^g tXMitlj ! W?M Ibis week. unbar of tra*r#)jag men "?"?-?? town tho pat week. Miss Ethel Richard*, nf St. [,. ui-,, Mo., is visiting Mr-. !> ll Went* in the Oap. Sam Pearler, ? prominent Bristol ilriiiiiini'f. w.-is in the Oap Snndav. W. K. Kilboarn, ? prominent merchant of Line I" irk, Kv., is ii th Oap this week. Miss Parilee Bickley returned last Thursday nighl from an extended visit t.. relatives in TuKcnmbia, Ai i D. B. Wenta, land sgenl un- tl,.. Virginia foal & Iron * ump to Wiso Montiay morning. Sheriff Carter, ..i Scotl county, spent Sunday nighl in thc Oap ami went tn Wiso Monday morning. Attorney ll. T. Irvin.- spent a few ?lavs thc paat weeli at Whitesbnrg Ky. F A. Bprolea, thc resident dentist, n at Toms ('reel; this week mi pro ess ional busiuess. Attorney ?Ins. L. Kelly, <<l' Bristol, eas in thc Oap last Satin lay. 'Hiv W. Lovell cam1- np id.ni iiddlesltoro Tuesday tn iming snd i> pending a few days in the Gap. Dr. C. I). Knnkel, <>( Corbin, Kv., as in thc Gap Tuesday and ld* this lorning fur Bristol and Abingdon. I.. VV. Fields, a prominent yoong ttorney of Whitesbnrg, Kv., is in ie Oap today. Col. J. II. Adams, who has boen >n fi ned to his mom with rheums -ni, is improving slowly and is able lu- mit again. ll. T. Ii vine left this moi ning f; i tarlottsville, Va., to atten I a meet *? of the board of visitors of the liverstty ol Virginia. Attorneys I! M. Fulton, R. P. nee and < >. M. Vicars, ol Wisc, re in the Gap last week -rn official sinc-s. -ii .tn liai .1. wa the ,io? ri. ceil VV. '['. Hndgons ^i^ut a few days t week in Bristol visiting hi? ller who his been sick, but is now iroving. f. I., .lei nings, snperinten lent, of water works, has been confined to roora li>v several days thc past k with d.-phthria. ts the ingredients of Hall's Hair ewer are nixed with the liesl leiine, unshaken, it makes the st dressing hu thc hair and ki Bps il't and of even hue. Ti ihr slav cbei med so b< liol I I t\o ?rom n\,i terns ..I.-,;, nelie, mi rai acak bot I li Iii J. It Wesi ? .ii a Brist some proje the -N Knox over Stat i< tl.md ',!.' iiite a number o' Scott county tens spent Sunday nighl in thi? eu ronte to Wise lo attend ge Skeen's court. '. O. Richmond, of Gate I ity, t Sunday night in the <rap ni 1 to Wise Monday morning I ul county court. il. J. B. Richm.-nd, nf Gate I ity, : Sunday night in the Gap ind t-i Wi-e Monda*, morning to d c.ninty court v. P, Rioseco anl family, of ?ga, spent la-t Friday nighl in ap on their return home "rom a tn relatives in Pennsylvania. F. Beverley, agent for the 8. A. at Clinchp >rt, spenl Knnday in ap, \ i?ituiL,r h is brother, VV. 8, Icy and family. H. Morris, of Ka-t Stone Gap, i the Oap last Saturday. Ile led us that he is I candidate pervism- in the Richmond dis Look out for his announce soon. . -I. M. Willis, store manager M. Willis afc Co., left Tues lay Fm- Cincinnati, Ohio, to select! new Sptitii- good*. Thoae q,*'^ g anything in their line will |*or tlas?il I tn wait and see their goods. W. C < 'alden and wife re Tueeday morning from P ra i Gap, where Mr. ('arden held ly meeting Saturday and A ii s.tvs: Thi Virgin wester mono] Eng! ti -i udic A. d in the nne ye. st-ntelit last X< new tri jail at and Sh j >a-sci | night < Sut ten held. Wa t uale Sam Jones is stirring the in aHftOttfi. Recently ju a she Maid: "There i? a mau house that is untrue to his fun going to throw this hymn him." She iai-'d thc I*, ok throw and every man in the JJ" l ? ncked hut one to afOld thc Tlieii she blistered the do.lg cloted promise stock w ever reci we ask i wait an which v season, Yours to On am ist ls; Wise 0. day, mei 1 lim nm: iMinivi? *? mm-w-w ???,?I fm lauded the OM tun* man. lt flM,tH* * ?rward learned that he ua.(,H fi,'hc,te I dumb. ?I J., iud.;, .j .. of I'orhiii. K was In tl-,. <; . , ' 'itcn-JJ^ . J, W. H. ( ,-- ., hs* "citepied '??ii with 0. ? II".-1. of; N. Hu ney cutt, a prominent m< eh mt oi Preacher, was in the (it Tuesday. Mi*. .1. N. Moore went to Wii tin's moraine tu vii-.it her danghte Ure. Il I). Baker. Wc understand that Rev. P. Ric jseco, pastor of the Prcsbyteria j church at Stonega, will probably gi to Pm to Nico in the nearfutnre. II il an excellent minister and lias man; wnrrn friends in Ilig Stone Gap, al of whom will regret to learn that In is going away. ?I. F. Smith, a prominent drunimei "f this place, returned last week from a sixty days* trip through Dickeneon and Buchanan counties, Va., and eastern Kentucky. Ile re? ports a fine ti ade and is well pleased with his trip. ? a**-. Lookout for the add of J. M. Willis .v i lo. in this paper in the uear Int.:,c. They believe in adver? tising and in selling goods at a price io ,,i ike them go, and they will have tbe latest styles in Drees Goods and ?.arcs and, in tact, in most every thiug you call tor. ? ??- ? Finger CutOff. Charles Walters accidently cut oft thc second linger of his left hand with a hand saw while at work last Satur? day in Moore's plaining mill in East l!ij,r Stone < lap. Accidently Shot. While ont cutting wood a few days igo, in the \ alley above town, T. E. stu rg il I was accidently shot with hi >wn pistol. The weapon dropped rom his heh and was discharged in triking the ground, the ball taking licet in hi.- shoulder. The wound, iwever, is nol serious. Virginia Conference. The Virginia animal conference of ie Methodist Episcopal church will invene at Gladeville, Wise county, a., March thc lGtli, Bishop J. P. ewman, I). D., KL. I)., presiding. r. Hamilton, of Cincinnati one of e great orators ot Methodism and ie of thc educational secretaries will i-ture in the M. 1']. church on Wed -lay night of March the 15th. New Postoffice. A new po.-tofliee has heen estah hed at thc works of the Keystone al and Iron Company at Wild Cat niinif. Tho natue of the new cc is Irondale, and W. B. Stockton -. heen appointed postmaster with M. Willis assistant. This office s bailly needed, and we are glad authorities have relieved the da of tbe people in that section. B new office will be ready to re e mail in a few days. ? ? ? Story of h Slav-i. ? I..- bound band and font for years liv chains of disease is the f/orsl 'orin nf iMT. Georgs I'- Willison, of Man t.ir, .Midi., t. iis hun- .midi *. drive was e free. He says; "Mr wife lins heen alpless for ire years that alic could ni ii over in lied alone. After uaiiif* bottles of Electric hitters, sim ii lerfulIt improved and allie to do lier work." This soprene remedy for le diseases quickly cure*) nervousness, lessness, melancholy, headache, l>ack fainting and dizzy spells. This le working medicine ii a godsend to , sickly, run doan people. Ev.iy i- susrsnteed. Only 5u cents, bold Vf. Kelly, druggist. O' ? -a*- ? More Talk. is reported that the Norfolk oV G tn V al tl, at I!, tel ro W an ip re? tea Th she boi thc bee del hm nep has assi ing Cub Wei Cub M der! who mon lu's i recoi tern railroad is seriously figuring ii e\tcii-ioii of its linc from ?I to Knoxville. That there in thing iiioic than talk in the L-t is indicated by the fact that!?yjr '. iV W. is buying property i'M.,, ville, and is also sending men | -jr.-/, thc old Rogersville and Hean ni route. This would he another added to Bristol's coming boom -/; ?' tot ('mirier. Th n Th Wall thia ! taken Timber Land Deal, dispatch from Middleeboro, Ky.jbnrn. was j tal To who \ at St. cause Not hi a poiii cr Coi for V was .-I ties, i ami In involv other. The Glade* chatrgl rejects' faced 1 iiigs.il, abo'i' ! ? pine timber lands of southwest lia, Kast Tenneaaee and north n North Carolina have heen edited by Canadian and New ul capitalists. Capital of the ate, five million dollars. Taken Back. . button, who killed bil cousin lowei end of Lee county about u ago and who was tried and v 1 to be hung at .Jonesville .\ em Inf, has been granted a al. Sutton has been in thc Lynchburg for safe keeping, cliff Weston, of Lee county, through tho Gap Sunday mi route to Jonesville with where the new trial will he hank the people of Big Stone I adjoining towns and country ? pattonage the tieason just in millinery business, and them th-at our new Spring ill be the most up-to-date ?ived since in business, and mr friends and customers to d examine our uew goods, till he opened up in due promptly on my return, please,"Mus. J. M. Willis. ?_-a *f* a Notice! I after thc 4th day ol' Au 5. I will mi a hack between ll. and Ramsay, twice each ?ting all trains. Fare 25 Mie patronage of the public d. Iteapectfully. C. W. Renfro. The ners is a repol? in a ii th directly kinds o have, tiay all reporter Kipling ing Dav in fact, Ladies . Keliahl Office I w your reco lug, Kin eritieg. Illut-tr* i ul P..-y BB ' 3C - e\ '. ifs tn* ?vUsr-i | a loggt . i ?**? ' '? md iinnin sins, njn I..ntid u Ills Uiver end i the mr .un i h iii- in Dickenson eon nt a few days ago. fooJ play i** soi pected, as thcr**) was a bullet bul*-* i his head and other marks <if tjolenc were found upon the body. f'r-rtain parties in that section ar believed to have committed the mm der, but at last accounts no arrest had been made. A Good Man Cone. On la-t Saturday, Feb. 85th) Mr Elisha Hailey, of Dryden, Va , died at his home of heart failure, affei only a few hours illness. He eras one of Lee county's most highly re? spected and estimable citizens, and bil sudden death has eauaed general sorrow. Mr. Bailey was one of Grant's veterans, and at the time of his death was in his fifty-ninth year. Il>- wu regsrded by all who knew him as sn upright, noble-minded gentleman and numbered his friends by the si Ile leaves a wife and sereral children to mouin theil lo--. Mr. Hailey was- a brother-in-law of eur townsman, Wm. Young, and pf Hon. Harvey Young, of Lee county. Almost a Fire. 'I here came very near heine- a serious flic in the nostoffice hui! ling lasl Thursday sboul 12 o'clock. Mr. W. C. Robinson, insurance agent, occupies the tooms over the postoffice, and had placed sump wood on hifl fire and gone out in town to tran-acl some lii'i'iiess. When he returned he found hil offices filled with smoke and upon investigation found that the fire from the grate had fallen ont and had burned a ln'!i> clear through the floor and wai ready to drop down into the postoffice lobby. Water wai applied quickly and the ire wm put out, thus saving one of he nice.-t buildings in town. Had lie fire gained ? little mpre headway he building and contents would loubtless have heen sei imi-1 v,' if not otally, damaged hefore the fire could ave heen extinguished, Shot Her Husband. A dispatch from Middlesboro, Ky., a ted Kel). 22nda say-: Mattie Winston shot and killed reen Win-ton, her husband, this orning in Lee c mnty, Virginia. .'inston and his wife did not get ong well and it was said be was in e habit of whipping her. Thia moriiinc- they got into a row the breakfast table. Winston rew a glass at his wife's head len she went into an adjoining om and secured a shotgun. When dilston saw hil wife with the gun d noticed her determined face, he rang for the door. When he iched the doorway in's wife tired, iring away the top of his head. e man instantly tell dead. The woman, when -"ho saw what i had done, picked her husband's ly up and put it on the bed. She n left home. She has not since n seen. Mr*. Winston is a frail icate woman and weighs but one i<lio-l pounds. ol A h.. igi Patton's Appointment. Vade Patton, ot Johnson City, a \\i-w of J. Tip Powell, of Briatol, received au order from the second ?tani postmaster general, direct* him to leave al once for Havana, n, to serve under Superintendent ch in the reformation of the au po-tal service. r. Patton, who is a railway mail c, is the young East Tennesseean received bis clerkship only a few tbs ago, at which time, during ixamination, he broke the world's d, his percentage being H'O. Welch requested tha department tend him to Havana.?Bristol tim . Dugh Taking Depositions. ic taking ol' depositions in the cer-Rhea contest has closed in county. No depositions were except nt Stonega and Coe We understand thal nothing ?roven at either place detrimen khea. Borne 20 or 25 men, vere for rValker, were refused mega, who applied to vote, be they were ilh-^nlly registered, ag els.- iras proven. It will be it ot law. and a new one. wheth igresi will count these votes .'alkei. At Coeburn nothing nm ii except a few irregulari tccasioued by the excitement lrry at a big precinct, and thii es one party a> much as the ballots were recounted at ?ille Monday and no material i was discoverod. It" Congress the ballots which were de ipc.tnoe of the voters destroy ?'One caption Rhea will gain -in vhtoa In the county. best school for literary begin the newspaper ellice. To be ter fm a while gives a young a beat experience in dealing with all phases ol life and f people that be can possibly The wr-ters most popular to served au apprenticeship as s. Thi*) is {ruo of Rudyard , Mr. Howells, Richard Hanl? in and Frank It. Stockton? of nearly all writers of today. Hmm Jmn-iutl. WANTED! e man for Manager ol' li much i*h to open in tin's vicinity. If rd is 0. K. here in a pood opcti dlr mention Ibis paper when A. T. MOKKIS,Cincinnati, <>. ted catalogue iota, pontage. 1*1 i ni I'la < Ult lill va.i Hil Mei ?a* a [Mil III ll pail -,t lu. Mini \ eal eire Milli | lin ?re - lil.M I I ollie Si ami i ,-t | yo lint ll nun i Flowi arordl -?Xf.-l ;tt. el pay T tl al. ii.i mc incloi n tani ** Seeds ? Ilil? li,.il;.: I rodin will III i ied .' catch large i and *? i the (-ri ll I >M. forty I i ita. .t lil lu? ll'. I* Hi I Iroduei *- .11 I - four ii auking, little. Wa- reY Vir Tells All We "I sr 'bronchi with ftt; slniost scarcely been gr* rills sdv SlSO BS***. Ins; bett When pf so well I parilla If young w 8TINSO.V, Ho Is tr* li.**t All iili.UKI* Hood': Mt Ed St jv 3rl A d -; T.-li tn - ll, K> t. thc f,.Hi-ville Evening I'd*!, dan February 22nd, -.ty: Early this morning freight X... 8 ran over nnd kill, tl Ediva! i Stasrai near tins [.lire. Ile was cm*.I..ye a? track iv-il ker. When St-tt *.een by the aaglaoerh ?res sitting on the rail asleep. Th engineer tried to stop th** train, ba did not see the lad in time. Stew.ir *raa an exceilart boy. His nniaii. will he buried at Livingston, when his brother John's remains were in ? erred last year. ?John was killed while under a cai teparing it by the engineer backing against it. I EI Btewarl eras areli known ia Big Stone (Jap, He was formerly employed on the L. it X. section at ?t this pince. Hi- brother referred to in the above dispatch eras killed at Stonega over a year ago while re pairing a ear.?Ed. ] ? -**>? WAS IT SUICIDE? A Stranger Recently Drowned in Dickenson County. George McCarthy, ? maa traveling from North Carelina, was drowned in Dickenson County s few -h\- -ince. The particulars of the affair as learn? ed in Dristol are thal the man wished to cross Met'line River in a boat, bnt bj ,i- advise 1 noi to make the attempt, sa the stream ?*? is running full. He ventured out. however, and when about midway of the stream he, fur some reason unknown, threw down the Dies. d'he boat wa- being car tied swiftly away, when the men on ailed t-i bim to pick np the , tars and row for his life, bat be paid i" heed to them. The little craft hot down the "tie nu ,-i hundred ards or in ire, when the xtrangei umped into the water and began to w i111. Jl was noticed, though, thal e apparently made no efforl to reach he bani, but floated duwil with the ni rent. The men followed him j own the stream for a distance when! 0 went under. Ile did not ri-e . gain, but Ids h.nly was found next av wftshed upon a small inland. lt is believed to have been a case ' suicide.?Bristol Tribune. Old Coin Crings a Fortune. John Treiuli , ol Kahway, N. J., is be nanni'* hit e of the t alue of old Ins. For rears, until recently, he : r led snd old silvei piece in los pocket. few week a ago lie Bold il t>> John Mar? cher for 'ii cents. Marbacher arsi as loranl as Trealla* of Ita ralue. Happening into Jobu Metzinger's taloon ea evenings later he jokingly tendered ii parmenl for a round '?! drinks. The non keeper, noticing thal the coin pur ted i ' he quite old, offered $1 for it I Irecami itu possessor. A hm* ii named ode Goriase then purchased ii from Izinger for $?'>. ioriaae lo t no t Ime in comniunii ii ,i New York coln collector. Ne--o iona 1 ?? ;i<J111r_r to a purchase of Ihe coin e immediate!* made, I be collectoi it lo Raliway, snd w ht n he returni ?! to \ \ ..i k i bs coin a/aa safel* slowt .1 v in lu- wallet. ?aid bj Ihe a i - *-:.'inn. 'I re iii I ey i* i poor i and works nt his trade as carriage lier, (Jorisse i- i K re nub ni mi ul .."> rears old. Be will uae lb< hui ii home for his declining ?*. There are iboussn ls "i coins iii illation shit h could he sold al high es tn coin dealei i, i ~n eas gel ;i nu telling sll about their raines, ok telling wbai used postage stamps i. .i i , li*/ sending t< n cents, -i'm i. to Nut i.i.i r Co, Lansing, W. \ .t. !' I'.' id nea spa] ei a i ir sale -it this e. 'Jn cent- per hundred. $200.00 Given Away. B-e-a -u-t-i-f-u-1 i -l-o-w-e-r-s ellen lo foi ru ss many words u can, using tbs letters backwards, nn't ii-.- ans letter in the same word limes Ibsn il sppesrs in "!'??? lutilul irs." It i- - ii*l forty -m.ill Knghsh i can bs spelled correctly from tbesa ?n letters For es impli ?lea, feel, c, Tbe Hamil Seed Company **iN wo Hundred Dollai - iii cash to Ibe n sending Iben farly words lorne-*! di,.. li you sre good si word mak iii .-;im form forty words write youi iiml address plainl* on your li-t snd s the same willi fifteen two cent - for len packets ol beautiful Flower nf ten popular and different rarities, object in gifing this Taro Hundred - ;- to sltrscl attention to snd In? ?i- mir seeds in tba 17. 8. 'I lu* offer e carefully sod conscientiously esr nt and it -lioulj lett lu- classed with penn) affairs. tVe still spend s imounl ul money to -tart our 11 idi mt youi trial order; you will receire -ates) > alue in seeds erer nile red or more pei sons meet ed in formii g rords the pXO will he Jivided pro Han** eifra special pi iles ol awarded to persons sending twenty da '?! more - ho will n-s-t in I li? ing our seeds and spi ei lilies, ? t.ii-tiuii i? alisoiuti ly guai steed ur louey promptly refunded for ii.* Send '?',"r list ss c irly i - Adalreas Hsinil Seed Co., 1*5-3 Atc Chics ro ill. 6 !' gin ia Woman People How to Look Young When They Are Old ak and Nervous Women maj Follow Her Example. nt very nervous anl weak, had tis nm! ? eolith and waa afflicted nala tilflloiiltie-t. Sometime** I waa crazy. 1 took medicines with any benefit. A friend who had ?.rtly helped by Hood's Saraaps l*K*d me to try lt. I did so and I Hood's Tills and I am now feel? er than I have felt for years, ?opie esk me what makes me feel tell them to take Hood's Sarsa they wish to feel well and look hen they are old." Mas. J. W. 415 4th Ave., N. E., Roanoke, Va. Sarsa? parilla ?intact thr line Trim Mood i'iirlr>r. ita. |l; *ix tor #3. 1'i-toiily Hood's. QUI are sure, mild, effective, 9 PIUS au druggists, ascents lod's M n. C po ce I!.. bri li ? au! ii;. <? il ( U eil of tur um ere Ix* Hoi I. ll pill . to I V propi ed bj Ile ve loll..' lill gan, in Un Scott Sis C.-.1.1 ? ii a b two I' one i' i I-;, C Milli which li. H. Karns All from . N 0 . above An their i 1 ll -, :l M.tl ll I Liv. ?iliui, I lu tl, ol the ( Fe I-ru a ll a 1j Hud 0 The . eomplal in on ii fi vit hu vi ii.-I.-iclii o' the ** be do ;i| due [?ul; I,.- Bteai -nil. A copy kai tour wee teal ? '?' dar ul tl I. A. Hi we; In Kuli Burglar er t'oarat OUTF Agents at Oa* Af Proofs wa ALPIN! CAMARASAURUS DINOSAUR. Aa Aaclenl iiraldeat of TTata Caat ??ac Taltra lp Hie *k*>4a rat New Ywrk Cit*/. Disting-uhhed famines who bar great pride of ancestry moat take ol their hata to a new citizen of New Yorl Thia citizen ha* a atraogelj forefg came, derived from the Greek, but h ls American born, ne lived on thlscon tinent 1.990. fr*) years before Co! um bu, diacovered America, so that his Mneagi rather antedates that of the oldest fam Hy of which the ancient city of New I York boasts). Thia new citizen, nt once soold, lath* Ca ma rasa u ms Dim -ai;.-. He la putting tip. or ir. being put np al the Museum of Natural History. Prof. lieurv Fairfield Osborn, of the taoaeam, is his beat friend and greatest admirer, but every scientific iran, in the world wo nM gladly Bein the opportunity t<> visit him and .-vni.ly him. Whet- unscientific people are permitted to see this monster they will stand eppai'ed before the biggest thing on earth. Tho Camara*** uru> Dinosaur la one , of the family of mighty lizards that in , habited the earth during the geological I periods*. His treroendoi v. ere fonrd last Jnly by (he Held party hea.?ed hy Dr. VYortnisn, Ihe i I, the stu ? of bon ea In Prof.! p*j**t? ment of the Nfusentn of N'stural His? tory. Fn the wi loof vTyomlnglnabed of chalky clay of the Jaraaalc period Dr Wortraan and bis digs ra t ' the g ground of tha Dino? saur**. ASK FOR IRON GRAVEYARD. Vf?fi*f|?? i.nvfnnifil Hint. %S/tB*> Irrproof Uara-lr-g- I.-, ned tar 8e,eoo n?aii*a. The iron maaafactarera of Fennayl vanla have been asked through tbe me? dium of the rational a seo cia ti on of manufacturers to submit pr p sals te rernment of Venezuela for an run frarevard, In which to relnter25, i00 bodies. Tlie propoasl ls noeel with ron Industries of Pennsylvania, al hough there are a few iron cen, ? n southern cities. The -rrareyards, lerlj, In Caraeasj, heretofore have ?cen built of stone, but these have -roved unsatisfactorj, and thc Vena* * bare become tin-,I of bulhllng raveyarda, which have been ereotediat | rent expense of marble and granite. I is believe 1 that Iron .rill answer rery purpoae. But it must bi aterproof, ai il Mr. Nsgle, sf the.Man facturera'a iodation, said be did not ?ubl tl.,n Pennsylvania mechanics mid furnish a structure that would iSWi r every purp ENSUS OF NEW POSSESSIONS Itf Joli Aha-u.l for Ute War I*a*par(< in fill In (aim, 1'iirlo III.-.., I.ii-tm, Umtali nnil I'll 111 p p-1 ii ? ?. In addition '.d t'otlp** it now run {ifni.allic that the veer depart eui will have to ?upervhte the j - xi . Ihe neus bill ss r. | Ihe 1 ouse thea no speeial provialoaa for thia nih of the work, bul If thegetieraJ ?itiM-f themeasMirrareni I ? in len 1 [!icient to cover thia work sn am**nd* ot vi I probably be i rafted. It is itempleted that In tl.-.- leland of ba only Ibe ceneue of the principal be taken and tbe population i r Dat, With Porto Itico i, ll I the P il Ami rican ten itory, an efT ri v> ll ? to gel exact ii'.,: ? pop ila ., bomeeteads, morl ? - etc It ia i-.\j.. < ted this w irk ? in be secom .I., -ii with a great degree of accuracy, the enumeratoi.? ta boan loilo and the Sulu group will doubt i find te resting work ul of them._ Nonce ot Seizure. .(ice ia horeb*/ given thal i he . i - mal ? lit herein m.-rni med lias bet ii mis ii,, fui riu ii. ni 'il lin I.' i nm' lav/a ol ii"-- I mi' 'I State* al Ibe sing iinc-s and places, * ix .- single inn' I breech lo i ling . in rlonkiua sn I allen), fi ,- illicit distiller) ol Marion Kern, in county, Va., Jaouar* rtfith, I8'J1*. : spirits, ie ia* ed iu d< im, Va., 1 iib, 1 "JW, i wu ich ts ere ii Kimi., i ll. Horn, 'ni'' i" i'- I. ni" ? i Cbarle) Ulenn, containing about i lion - ?? ich ? In kr.- '.I -imita, seised in ' mi, \ ,t f Kebruarr. ilOtb, I ''??'?. I ea il lipped to S. Mullina, tv..) i., th, Iwo to A, in Im aud lao lo I' v, containing about I'. gallu of ilia; abore spii its were sbippi il I. L. Whittington, "i N bittiiij I to tbe --Mi il in ties in* nt ii nt Coehurn, \ i parsons claimiag an** ol ibe ah 'li? lt ?ili come lorward and f rt :1aim ailbiu Ibirtj days ftoui I j required h) Section J.ti*l, i, e .,i the I'i.u? 'I States. n ?lid) r hiv ii 'Ild ; - " Depul . tiin Dist. \ ,i i DKOKU ol I'I Ul ii nun. t Court j 'i.iiniv ni" H I-..- ..ii the l-lu. di > "I ry, I SW. lint iff, i sgaiosi ? Ia I burch, Defcodanl | iiij.'.-t ..i iii, nSnl -t divorce a \ ineitlo rosa the .lt-i.-ini.iiii And m. illii.i ?g In i'll mi'!.' ind hi.-.! lli.it the at. Bad Church, is dui s resideal i-te ot \ itgiaia, il i- ordered thal ? ju ar bars v.'thin l."> 'luis situ licstiou bsreof, sod du Miaf may Marj to [ir.it.-.jt bia intoreal in thia ii.I n i-> further ordered that .i t-i.t hf publiabed once ,i week f..r iks in tbs Bl rr, sad tpy he p'i*ti-?i Ht tin* it un .1 t-boase ni tin* roan!) .ni tbe tii-i ie neil torin .it I , .uti A CC*PJ ! I i-i.' ? Vf. E. KlU.-JKa. C l>y C. A. JtiiiNv.**, D.C. HMM, p. r*. ?^-?.'3 I I Co liv H. Fir DI At If Tax Tin Coll Lan Bitf If ar.cl Uriel Wi S.BIG MONEY ?alf*) T-rrlUirj*. Our Kir*, rand proof Hares sall al alf hs. City ITFREE.NOSg'DTEA0L -tur-.il*- (-atting rleh| so ran voa. (?Sit. tu un* ai ray, ?*l?ai wal *)13.iO d C'rataldguc fr-**, ou application. E SAFE & CYCLE CO. CINCINNATI, Oe ?' ? 11.1 n--h'bj M | ****Mapaa sa C'Mcagu. lk& TBE EXCaiEYCE OF SYN? OF RGS is dm* not only to the originality and simplicity el thc combination, but also to tho t*an? .-mil shill with which it is manufactured Hy scientific prt>*e**a>se known to Ihe Caiikohma Flo **irm*i? ?'" only, and ire wish td impress upon all tin* importante of pur-chasing1 the triif and oriirinal r.'mcily. As the genuine Syrup of Fig's is manufactured by the Camhiknii Fm Svri'p Co only, a loa-owledfe of that fact will ?eats! one in avoiding tho worthless imitations mann fact tired hy other par? ties. The high .staniliiif*- of the ('Af I* roltMA I'm SvHrr Co. with the medi? cal profeaaiotaa and the satisfaction frhich the (penatne Syrup of Fiji has given f.i millions of families, makes Ihe name of the Company a guaranty of the oxeellem a of iis reasetty. It jg far in adraoce of nil other la\a'i\. - as it nets <>n the kidney*, liver nnd bowels without irritating or weaken in r tin-in. nn<I it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its hencticial affects, pleaae remeinber Ihe name of the Company ? CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ?".*? IlilM lilli. I al. I.otnvn.i.i:. h). um i oiik. V f. IV..'.--.-.I..11.il ( *r.N. i fus a. xmas, lunar j u km -AW OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING me Gap, Va, W. H. BOND, ATTORNEY AT LAW Wiso C. H.. Virginia. . V Ki! ire I \ Di is i-.i i.i .uh i-: ,\ ur ik, lorton. - VlrKlola. ..II.-t-in,ii .,i i' ijais \ Stiecialli R. T. IRVINE*;. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. H-k* ll. Snhm.iM.il Bulltlilif, >\ ??! .li^iin-. Bit* Stone Gap. Virginia. . r |it"? IW, va * ?iin??-, - I mi.i'i, ? n?(*.*p. i ll, st.. UNCAN, MA THEWS A MAYNOR ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Big Stone,Gap, Virginia. m. mu i Pr?mDt lt. ii - . BROWN'S NbW HOTEL, irner Main and Church strobta. Jonesville, Va. Ileailiiaarters l"r Drnmmera and mt men. \. If, Uk,ian, 18 '.).") ' lerner, WNW* -/{SWHOTEL, S. SHANKLIN, Proprietor, Norton, Va. st das** accommodation* at rea? sonable r.it 3. G. M. PEAVLER, Tr. ..it Dlseaaeeof the !, Ear, Nose and Throat, BRISTOL, TLNN. Big- Stone Cap 3rd Friday In Each Month. C. L. HAMBLIN, ^eal Estate Agent, Big Stono Gap, Vn. you havo property to Rent, os tu pay, Property to Sell, iber Land to look after, octions to make on Rentor tl, you can address me at Stone Gap, Va., Box 82. larber Shop. you want an easy Shave smoothe Hair Cut call on [artin Luther, I >. la-l* I *?>*->t-< iffi*oe>i g Stone Gap, Va. san Towels, Sharp Razors, Shop open from 7 to 10 lo Sam is Laying ft Coat of War Paint * iii io si'untlroii t.t w -tr reset ls, I-ut iisTareat eelor fross our*, \\?. art on ia la*****, ta I ifs I color on tour rim I mik! -?*,led lines iImt li as popular lepta mt Bis; Btoas (Jan a* 1,'ncls ii**v*-* eoler. For i.i 4ut? ami artlitlc ? i-v arorfe m tin*tirpa?*ed. J. W. KfLLY, Agent nchestor Fowor Laundry. i* \ h i;u.i*i ,,??-, ??' rctaatrrr Kee VWatm tuaiiiat im a. **- McCraath ter .06* (?.Ile Matter. .?VM -I Cerboi. 91.040 'bur,.,.688 ,.4.74 ? ? 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