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VOL. I.
Professional Card*.
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A. L. PRIDEMORE,
.TTORNEY-Af-LAW,
Jonesville, Virginia.
<BT Ji ?>< w. Iw.WKKKSItir,
(?;[y, Vit. Joneaville, V?.
CKSON & BLANKENSH5P,
T FORNEYS AT-LAW^s
JonesviUe.JVirginia.
mint Attftiii^t. given to hnslnes* at ?11 times,
?t^n of claims in ^wtbwwd Wr#nla,aspecialty.
kt AVERS. - - JOS. L.KELLY.
/ OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING,
B\g Stone Gap, Va.
1ULLITT & MCDOWELL,
[TORNEYS-AT-LAW,
,-.n?IMlMg, B16 sTONK(iAr,VA
H. A. W. SKEEN,
_TTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Shorn Building,
3ig Stone Gap, Virginia.
R. T. IRVINE,
VTTO R N EY-AT-LAW
in SiuiniivrnVhl Building, Wood Avenue,
3ig Stone Gap. Virginia.
L. TURNER MAURY,
TTORNEY-AT LAW.
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_icr Stone Gap, Virginia.
WALTER E. ADDISON,
TTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Ufilce hi Nickels Buildings,
3ig Stone Gap, Virginia.
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BURNS & FULTON,
TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
kthBuss IL IVi ??.tu t Uickcusoii Counties, and
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TTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
onictt in Nickels Building, ?Vuod Avenue,
_ig Stone Gap, Virginia.
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TTOENEY-AT-LAW,
3ig Stone Gap, Virginia,
Whitesburg, Ky.
il attention el "ii io Collections and Land Titles.
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YSICIANaxi) SURGEON,
3ig Stone Gap, Virginia,
Iii- mi ofessi.mal sen ices to t!i<- people ..f the city
and vi if.itv.
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JEATS DiSEASES OF 1
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flL ENGINEER AND
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Kg Stone Gap, Virginia.
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IL ENGINEER AND
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ice Next to Post Office.
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Big Stone Gap, Va.
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attorney-at-law,
Turkey Cove, Leo Co., Va,
DR. J.C. PRUNER,
DENTIST,
Office, Room No. 9, Central Hotel.
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month. Partie* desiring his services hhould make
engagements on that day or succeeding dnys during
the week.
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AND
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Material and all kinds of Famlty
Supplies. Full line of Country Pro?
duce always on hand. (vIaYl2m)
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Big Stone Gap, Va.
W. C. Harrington, Prop'tr.
Thoroughly Equipped with all
Modern Improvements and
Conveniences.
Electric Light and Call-bell in Every Room.
Bill of Fare Excelled by None.
Large ant! Convenient Sample-room.
Special Attention to Traveling Salesmen.
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Porters Meet All Trains.
L T. TAYLOR'S
Bohrding House,
Pearl St., l?g Stone Gap. Va.
Tab e Supplied with Best the Mar?
ket Affords.
' It.vTKs :?ll.OO p?r day, ft.oo per week; ?15.00per
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ALL KINDS OF
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Done in tirsl-rlass styl? and at low prices. Contracts
from a distance solicited. Estimate promptly given
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and Pearl;
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Correspondence
JSolioiteci.
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Always on Hand at
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Just Received.
ID SETTLEMENT
Of the Virginia, Tennes?
see and Carolina Steel
I -and Iron Co,'s
- -
Law Suits With Jno. M. Bailey
and Others.'
Below is reproduced the basis of settler
merit as proposed by A. ii. Brouson re?
gard fug .the V i rgi n ia-Ten nessee-Ca rol in a
Company's litigations, embracing letters
from Col. John C. JIaskell, setting forth
some interesting facts in connection with
his company :
New Youfr, January'"28i it, IW3. ?
To the StoekhOl'hrt of the' V. T. ('.Co.
. and h>. A. tfc 0. ?. II. Co.
Gest?ten:?During the last ten days
there have been constant efforts made "to
bring about u settlement of the litigation
which has been and is obstructing all ef?
forts to put your Companies npoii a pay?
ing footing, and gentlemen largely inter?
ested who bitvc boon taking an'ac'tlve part
in it, linvc advised that I, inform al!
stockholders as to whM has been done.
Messrs. Thayer. t'lyde. Scott and In
m'an, the four largest j-tochholers of the
Company, nave been a&fciyery engaged in
attempting to effect u seitlgment, and at
their.'suggcstion I rrnve delivered to Mr.
Bronson the original of a basis of a set tle- j
ment, which they will recommend and!
tney themselves act on. This, together I
with the bnssis suggested by Mr. Bronson,
is herewith handed you.
During the same time I met and had an
interview with Mr. John C/Bullitt, of the
firm of Bullitt & Dixon, who .appear as
counsel for Messrs. Bailey and McGebrgc.
Recognizing from the high character of
these gentlemen that the litigation,so far
as they are concerned, will in future be
carried on in a proper way, I have, as you
will see, made propositions for a final
settling up of thus litigation, winch I
think must cojinVeii'd itself to all fair
minded men. This Offer, together with
the most liberal terms proposed by Messrs.
Thayer, Ionian, Clyde.ami Scott for them?
selves, and recommended by them to oth?
er stockholders, should certainly lend to a
prompt settlement of all questions in liti?
gation which have heretofore put a stop
to all efforts to develop your most valuable
property.
I would add, that flic settlement of the
disputed titles in Wise and Dickcnson coun?
ties and most of the valuable coal and iron
lands is" progressing very favorably, and
justify the hope of a speedy and success?
ful termination of the whole matter.
Respectful'v,
John- C. Haskell, President.
basis OK SETTLEMENT lHOPOSED AY A. n.
BttONSON.
Whereas, on the (Ith day of August,
1890, Jonas Wilder, William G. Sheen, A.
Wilder, J. L. Welingtou, J. M. Bai?
ley and Thomas S. Hawkins,.filed a bill in
the Circuit Court of Washington county,
Virginia, and in vacation before Hon. J).
W. Bolen, Judge of t ho 15th Jud/cial Cir
cuit, sitting during I lie illness ?f Hon! J,
A. Kcllv, Judge of the Ifilh Judiciuj Dis?
trict, made'applicatidn for the appoint?
ment of a Receh'er for (lie V. T. C. S. & J.
Co., S. A. K 0. lt. R. Co., and the Bristol
Land Co., which application was granted
and J. M. Bailey was appointed Receiver,
and the parties thereto have agreed to an
amicable adjustment of tlieir differences.
And Wlierdas, Ott the. 8th dav.dT August,
18?2, before Judge Hugh L. Bond, of the
U. S^Circuit Court, applicti I ion was made
at Baltimore for the appointment of a Re?
ceiver for all of the aforesaid Companies,
und John C. Haskell and D. H. Conklin
were appointed Receivers ol tiie same
properties, and in the aforesaid adjust?
ment of differences and the proposed re?
lief of safd Companies from all litigation,
all of'said suits are to be discontinued of
record.
And Whereas, William McGcorge, Jr.
John C. Bullitt, Sarrirtel Dixon, Joseph I.
Doran, Edward East burn, Robert R. Hen?
derson, Jonas. Wilder, William C. .Sheen,
John M. Bailey, and others Hied a bill in
the last named Court asking to be made
parties of the last named bill and praying
for other relief in said case.
Now Therefore, it is hereby agreed by
and between .1. M. Bailey, plaintiff in the
first above mentioned case..,i.C. Has kell as
Receiver and for plaintiffs in the.second
named case, and Win. McGeorge and John
M. Bailey as plaintiffs in the third and
last named case and bill filed as parties
of the firstipart,attd the V.T. C. S. & I. Co.,
party of the second part, thai, in consid?
eration of the withdrawal of all the before
named suits by the said p'irties ol the first
part, the said party of the second part
hereby agrees lo reconstruct its Board of
Directors by the election of seven persons
in the place of thirteen which now com?
pose said Board (changing I he by-laws so
as to provide that the Board shall hereaf?
ter be composed of sevc: instead of thir?
teen as heretofore) tis follows;
And it is mutually agreed by all of the
parties herto that the personal claims of
the individual claimants in the bill filed
before Judge Bolen in the Circuit Court
of Virginia. August Gth. 1S!M), for salaries,
work and labor done and material furnish?
ed, shall be amicably submitted to the
new Bord of Directors, who shall-proceed
immediately to take such matters up on
their merits and seliio the same, and in
case thereof failure to wjlhin thirty days
from the date of this agreement to effect
such a settlement, all matters not tints
concluded shall be submitted immediately
to _IH.
who are hereby named and chosen as ar?
bitrators, and each and every party here?
by becomes firmly, bound to submit to
such decree or judgment as they shall en?
ter in each and every case that may be
submitted to them, and is hereby bound
to accept the same as final without right
of appeal, and that the party of the second
part shall have the right to pay and the
claimants in each and. every case shall
and hereby agree to accept such bonds or
securities of or issued or owned by said
party of the second parti in settlement
of each and every amount that, may be
awarded to them at the same price and
upon the same terms as the same class of
securities as taken by the-, parties now
holding the large debt of the' Company,
readjustment of which is also to be
promptly made by the new Board upon its
election.
Directors proposed by Mr.Brouson:
John H. Inman, Lenox Smirb, James.J. j
Higginson, S. Lawrence French, Wm.
McGeorge,' A. II. Bronson and E. Norton, j
P. S.?Mr; Norton having sir.ee died he
submitted Mr; Probst.
Ne\v..Youk January 24, \8$?
A. H. Bkonson, Ks/j. ' ,
Astor House, N. Y,
' Deae Str.:?&ttc'r your conference at the i
"Marlborough with Messrs. Inman, Clyde
and Thayer on Saturday the :21st, I re?
tired with y/ouYaud these gentlemen-had a
conference concerning the proposition's
[you-submitted,-at which-I was not pres
jeaty AtJjg conclusion, I was called,-and
requested, to prepare a statement for them
j accepting the principle embodied u) vour
details in a way which I6?y thought nec?
essary id make it equitable and effective-..
I prepared this paper, as instructed, and
have submitted a draft of it to these three
i! {hue it, who have examined and cor?
rected it where I have failed to express
their views. I herewith band you a copy
of the paper as modified by them.
Trusting that this.may be found satis?
factory by the parties represented By
Messrs. McGeorge and Bailey, I amy Yours
truly, Jonx C. Haskell.
proposition maoe bt v.t. c. co. and recom?
mended ut messb5. thaver, clyde,
ix1tan a nd scott.
(mkmoraxl'I'm.)
.On the 21st day of January, 18!)3, Messrs.
NVThaycr, John H. Inman and Wm. P.'
Clyde met in response to a . request from
Mr. A. II. Bronson, to consider a basis of
settlement of all mattcts in dispute in the
V. T. C. S. & I. Co., and its subordinate
Companies, the S. A. & 0. It. R. and the
Bristol Land Co.
Mr. Bronson stated that he had reason
to be satisfied that Messrs. Bailey, Mc?
George and their associates wjonld agree
to settle all questions at. issue in the
pending suits upon certain conditions,
which, as modified, were acceptable to
Messrs. Inman, Clyde and Stayer,' the
modified proposition being as follows:
Mes&ra. McGeorge, Bailey -and their
associates claim to be owners cfjf $500,000
of the stock of the Y. T. C. Co., being n
little less than ono-tifth of |he entire
{capital. They propose:
First. Jf the Board of Directors is re?
organized so as to give them proper repre?
sentation, to end all litigation by consent,
decree or decrees which shall be of record,
finally adjudicating all questions involved
in :ill of the suits.
Second. To submit all unsettled money
demands which they or their associates
have to a Board of three arbitrators, one
to be chosen by them, ouc by the Com?
pany, and these-two to select a! third, the
findings of these arbitrators to be final
and binding upon till parties; and if these
arbitrators shall award any amount to any
claimant, such claimant to accept in set?
tlement obligations of the Company,
secured by such collateral as it. owns, the
amount and kind of collateral, if the par
ties fail to agree upon it, to be settled by
the same arbitrators.
Messrs. Clyde, Inman and Thavcr agree
for themselves, and advise all others
to agree, that thereupon the Board of
Directors shall, within thirty days, be
organized, the number reduced to nine, of
which number Messrs. McGeorge, Bailey
and their associates shall, if they re pre
sent $500,000 of the stock, name three?
the rest of the Board to be selected by the
remaining stockholders?all to be done at
a meeting of stockholders to be called fot
that purpose wilhin ten days of the time
that this agreement is entered into.
The Board so selected shall at once take
up the affairs of the Company with a view
to providing means to settle pressing
claims' against it, and to develop such
parts of its property as promise reasonably
sure and prompt returns, and, as a part of
this agreement, Messrs. McGeorge, Bailey
and their associates shall give satisfactory
assurance that they will promptly furnish
their own pro rata share of the amount
needed to pay off pressing obligations and
secure coke shipments over the S. A. k O
railroad, either by completing tlie pur?
chase of the Kelly Coal Mine and building
ovens, or by extending the railroad to
Calluhun's Creek to the lands of the Vir?
ginia Coal k Iron Co.
(From the reports of the Treasurer and
ether information, it appears that the
amount ucceasarv for these purposes will
be "about $170,000.)
Upon their agreeing to do this, Messrs
Thnyer", Inman and Clyde agree lor them?
selves, and. us far as Ihey can influence
others?for those others?to furnish their
pro rata of the aforesaid amount, and they
further agree, if all questions are settled
under the foregoing agreement, that they
will extend tlie t.inc for all past advances
made bv them for-rears'.
Ni:w York, Jan. 21; mil.
John* C. Buelitt, Esq.,
? Bullitt Building,
Philadelphia, Pcnn.
My Dear Sir:?As suggested by you in
our conversation on Wednesday afternoon,
I write you the principal points which I
think are of importance to the V. T. C.
Co.'s situation.
The Company originated in the follow?
ing manner: Certain parties bought up
lands in Southwest Virginia, I^ast Ten?
nessee and Western North Carolina. Some
of these lands were bought in fee,"on some
only the mineral rights were purchased,
and, as to a part, an option was taken.
Under this latter head came what was
known as the Carter & Campbell grants,
being grants to coal lands in Western
Virginia, covering probably 100,000 acres.
On this hind there were numerous squat?
ters and some other adverse claims of
title. The holdings of the Company in
eluding this, were roughly estimated to be
about :200,000 acres. The parties securing
these lands, mineral rights and options,
associated themselves with others, making
ten holders altogether. Among these were
Messrs. Geo. S. Scott, John H. Inman and
Wm. P. Clyde, of New York, and N. Thay
er, of Bostan. These gentlemen proposed
to organize a stock company which was to
include the property of t; e Bailey Con?
struction Company, this latter Company
being engaged in building what is known
as the S. A. & 0. railroad, from Bristol to
Big Stone Gap, which railroad constituted
the principal part of its assets. The
parties representing the two Companies
came to an agreement ns to the terms of j
consolidation, and Mr. Scott was requested
to prepare a prospectus,.ta which sub?
scriptions would be invited. He did this,
and had a number of copies prepared by
typewriter. Upon its being examined be?
fore its, issuepit w?s discovered that he
had omitted to state in this prospectus
that an amount of money, estimated to be
$100,000, would be required to clear up
the titles. A prospectus stating tbi9 was
immediately prepared, and, I am told by
the gentlemen who were then interested,
that they bad supposed that the copies of j
the defective prospectus had never gone
into circulation. It appears, however, that
Mr. Avers, who was then Attorney Gen?
eral of. Virgiuia, and was much interested
in the Bailey Constrnction Co., got one
copy, and one or two other parties, cither
through hiiu or directly, got others. Mr.
Ayevs allowed' this to various parties in
Virginia, and was asked by several to
secure some of the stock for them, which j
he did. -Sir. Bronson, who was one of tho
original ten, also received some subsctip
tiotis from his friends, aud to one of them
he delivered a copy of the defective]
prospectus. It is claimed that the sub?
scribers all signed the correct prospectus.
This was in the spring of '87. During the
summer Mr. Seddon, with a minjng engi?
neer, went over the property and made a
very un favorable "report of it to his friends,
especially on the matter of the defects of]
title. He claimed (hat his signature was
to a copy of the prospectus which had no
allusion to the $100,000 due, aud the mat?
ter culminated in a, suit, which is still
pending. For a time, Mr. Bailey con?
tinued in eontrul of the Bailey Construe- i
tion Co, und the building of the railroad,!
but was finally discharged as Manager,I
[eON'TiNUKD OS r?L RTIt PAGE.) '.
? $30.00 GUITAR
To Be Given to the Most
Popular Lady, Either
Married or Single,
In the Counties of Lee, Scott
or Wise, Virginia, or
Letcher, Kentucky.
On exhibition, in the show-window of
S. L. Whitchead & Co's drug store, can
be seen the handsome '$30.00 Guitar that
is now offered, and will be given to the
most popular lady in Lee, Scott, Wise or
Letcher county, Ky., by the Big Stone
Gat Post.
The plan is this: In the twelve issues
of the Post, from ]Sfo. 0 to No. :20, inclu?
sive, will appear a ticket in the following
form:
BALLOT.
1 VOTJ3 FOR
As the Most Popular Lady
in the Counties of Lee,
Scott and Wise, Va., and
Letcher, Kentucky.
Name
Cut this ticket out, till in with the name
of the lady you wish to vote for, sign your
name and send it to the Bio Stone Gap
Post. These tickets will be filed away,
and preserved till Tuesday, April 25th,
1803, when they will be carefully counted
by the following committee: H. II. Bul
litt, Cashier Bank of Big Stone Gup; W.
A. McDowell, President Appalachian
Bank; .1. K. Taggarf, Gen'i Sup't Virginia
Coal & Iron Co.; who will, on that
date award (lie instrument to the lady re?
ceiving the largest number of votes. A
list will be published each week, giving a
correct showing of I he vote as it stands.
Copies of the Post containing these
tickets will be Sold at five cents per copy.
Parlies wishing to buy tickets in quantity
can secure them of the Post at the follow
rate:
In lots of *25 at. 4 9 each,
tit .. ?? ? ; j{ 44 .? ,.
a i. it u 2J?'< tV"
?4 .4 ^ 0,5() ?> " ??
In purchasing tickets in lots of 25 or
more it will only be necessary to fill out
one of them, paste it on an envelope, en?
close the balance in the envelope, seal
and send to the Tost.
Dr. Drummon.!'* Lightning
Remedy for Rheumatism is used by phy?
sicians every where, and is known as a re
ma rkahle" eilicien t preparation for the re?
lief and speedy cute for that disease. Its
work is so immediate that benefit is felt
from the first dose, and ouo bottle will
cure any ordinary case. Sold by?drnggisf8
in large bot lies, or sent, by express to any
address, with special directions and full
information, by Dntmniond Medicine Co..
48-50 Maiden Lnne, New York. Agents
wanted.
Revival Service.
A revival service is now in progress at
Trinity church, conducted by Rev. J. O.
Straley.
Sunday night last Rev. Straley took for
his text the :2d verse of the 15th chapter
of St. Luke:
"And the Pharisees and scribes mur?
mured, saying, This man receiveth sin
nets, and eateth with them."
With this text, as with every other sub?
ject the writer ever heard Mr. Straley
deal with, he kept close to its important
points and brought them out clearly and
forcibly before his congregation, refering
to the fact that this alone was the only
charge ever brought against our -Savior
by his accusers that was clearly proven
against him; and at the same time cm?
phasized the fact that uo effort was made
on the part of our Lord, Jesus Christ, to
acquit, or clear himself of the charge.
Were it possible for us to look upon
Jesus Christ as a man. of the world?one
of us?in other words, a3 a human being,
it would possibly be easier for us to more
fully appreciate and realize the great love
and acts of kindness lie has done for us.
But, the great trouble with us is the fact
that we are too apt to couple with His be?
ing too much of the supreme quality, and
say to ourselves, "If I had occupied the
same position I could and would hive
Hone the same things."
We should remember that he was born
of earth; that while here he occupied the
same position in life that you or I occupy
to-day; he was human and susceptible to
the same feelings, the same suffering!?,the
same mortification to. which all other hu?
man beings are subject; then, why should
we magnify His being, .and . say to our?
selves, "He deserves no credit for what
He did, for He knew His reward awaited
Him."
Exactly; so do we; so do we know that]
our reward awaits us if we do our "duty,.'
and there is not the half required of us ]
that-was demanded of Jesus.
Bold, outspoken support of Jesus Christ
is more commendable than all the enthu?
siasm that could possibly be shown fori
. . . . ? ? * ?
Groyer Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, or
any one else; then why should wo be faore
backward in letting the world know thai
we are for Him first, lust and all iheHme?
-. ? .
Strength and Health'.
If you are not feeling strong and healthy,
try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" has left
yon weak and weary, nse Electric "Bitters.'
This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach
and Hidueys, fieuttv aiding those orgaas to
perform thein functions If you are afflicted
with Sick Headache, you will find .speedy atftt
permanent relief by taking Electric Betters.
Oue trial will contrincb you that this,% the
rcmedV vou need. Large bottles only 3j?c, at
S. L. Whitchead & Co/a Drag Store.' . .
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IVA."*? INGTOX LKiTKIl
( PiwtV Koautor Correspondent.)
Wasuixoto.n, Fei). $ 1893.
Edilnr Post ;
The true significance of President-elect
Cleveland's cabinet selections, all hut two
\q? which have been announced, is begin
''Mvf^to be fully realized by the politicians,
and H is not pleasing to those of his own
party who are on record as having opposed
.his nomination. This is the way a Demo?
cratic Senator who was friendly to Hill
before lite Chicago convention, but after?
wards took a very active part iulhc cam?
paign, 'expresses himself: **I consider
-that notice has been, served upon the
party that it is to be a Cleveland admin?
istration, iit fact as well as in name, aud
that none but original Cleveland>mcn
need apply.for patronage. With Grcsham
at the head of the State Department, all
but Cleveland men will certaiuly be shut
out of diplomatic places; we'may get a
few crumbs from Carlisle, my old col?
league; Bisserl will see to it that the.Hlll j
men are kept out of the little post ofiices
in New York, as well as in the other
states; Lamont will naturally run the
War Department in the interest of his
friend; Hoke Smith will do the same wifn'
the Inferior Department, while Morton, of
j^brnska, is too well known as a Cleve*,
land w;orshiper to leave any doubt of what
he will do with the Agricultural Depart?
ment. Do not .understand me as kicking,
or as being a sore head. I have always
contended that a. President had a perfect
right to organize his cabinet to suit_him
self, und I do not blame Mr. Cleveland
for exercising that right; I am only tell?
ing you what the cabinet, as so far select?
ed, means to those Democrats who op?
posed Mr.Cleveland's nomination, because
it will save lots of disappointment to have
it generally known."
The western men do not like even a
little bit the selection of Hoke Smith, of j
Georgia, to be Secretary of the Interior.
They think, and make no bones of saying,
that a western man should have been put
in the place, because that department bas
to deal with so many matters affecting
that section. However, the opposition is
like that to Judge Jackson, whose nomi?
nation to the Supreme Court was con?
firmed by the Senate without a dissenting |
voice. !?
There arc two'sides to everything, 3>.ut
the Queen's side of the late Hawaiian
revolution was very tardy in getting to
Washington, so tardy in fact .that now it*
is here there is little probability of its
being a factor in determining what shall
be done by this government, although the
opponents of the ratification of the an?
nexation treaty sent to the Senate last
week by President Harrison are trying to
use it as an.argument to lot the treaty go
over to the next session. The impresaiion
is, however, that considerably more than j
the necessary two-thirds of the S.eipite
are in favor of prompt ratification of 'the
treatv, and that it will be ratified, unless I
filibustering tactics are adopted to pre?
vent a vote being taken.
It is now regarded as certain that there
will be no financial legislation at (his
session,except the amendmeut authorising
the Secretary of the Treusury'to isstje .'I
per cent, bonds to run for five yearsi up
to $50,<)00,0<M, where he thinks such
action necessary to keep up the gold
reserve fund, which has just been adopted
by the Senate. Those in a position to
know say this administration has fully
determined to issue no bonds. It is not
generally known, .but all the same it is a
fact, that under the law3 as they now ate
the Secretary of the Treasury could issue
4, 4}4 and 5percent, bonds at his pelasnre
and the President has no authority to
prevent it, however much he might be
opposed to it. That explains why those
who are interested in having bonds issued
have been trying to scare the Secretary of
the Treasury into issuing them; they knew
he had the sole authority. By the way. if
the true inwardness of what has been
done in the financial world for the last
ninety days towards affecting legislation
and the policy of the Treasury Depart?
ment is. ever made public it. will be such a
story of rapacity that it will cause every
patriotic American to blush with shame.
Several sharp debates have taken place
over the Appropriation bills?one of them
in the House actually leading to nn ex?
change of blows between to membersrr-.
which are just now occupying the greater
portion of the attention of Congress. The
Pension bill was passed by. the House
without any of the radical amendments to
the Pension laws proposed by the com?
mittee, and the amendments to the Legis?
lative and Executive bill, extending to
eight hours a day the time of thp govern?
ment clerks and reducing their annual
leave to fifteen days, which were passed
by the House, have been struck out of the
bill by the Senate committee.
? One of the most interesting government
exhibits at tire World's, Fair will be "tic
mammoth globe to be sent by the General
Land office. It is an exact model of the
earth, a little more than 20 feet in diamc
ter, with a circumference of 63 feet, a
superficial area of 1,256 feet, and weighing
more than 4,000 pounds, the whole re?
volving upon an axis, similar lo an ordi?
nary scjiool globe. The model is built in
sections and as soon as completed will be
shipped to Chicago and erected there.
8100 For a Bottle.
Mrs.'s. B. Winship,m Washington St.,.
Providence; R. I., after nsing.one bottle
of Dru.mmond's Lightening,Remedy for
Rheumatism, wtotc to .the Drumrcond
Medicinc Co., i8r50 Maiden Lane, Now
Yorlc, ?ayiag she would not take One
Huudrad Dollars for the benefit received,
If you .have any form of Itheumatis.mv and
wish to0gei rid'of it, write, to; tab mann?5
factures for particulars). Agent? wanted.
-? IM.?',,_
For Sat*,
Some good tracts of Coal and Thnbey
Lands/ Some splendid bargains fn Town
Lots, Improved Property, Stocks, Bonds,
etc- . ?ppVy t? E. M. Haemx, bfSc&mln
ferroont hotel building, Big Stone Gap
, Virginia,
I THE FLEMING BOYS '
Told An?y Branson TrTey
Needed Him in Their
And Took Him and Held Him
as Their Prisoner for :
r " Three Days,
IThc Fleming blathers who arc accused
of being two ladders of the. Ponml Gap
niassucrce, in which In; Mullins and his
entire family were murdered "sonic months
ago, ate stilt at large, and jnjf' in 1heir $
time, it is saiW/'flr v^slhig-tA^^d'-?rffong
relatives in Virginia and Kentucky. It
is said they defy officers .of the. luw#.nnd
say;t^ey,n^vcyi;j'u^cjid to be .tajf'en,alive.
The. way they handled Mr. Andy Branson,
of Wise C. H., a few days ago*shows*
pretty plainly that they mean what they
Say.
Branson and the Fleming Boy's were ?
neighbor boys', partially grew up to
g"etircr,'lv?t 'their eourao'in life took wide
fy different 0ir6c4iQ.hft?'.as they gr?w to
josiihood^gd I>r^n*ou(_ aud^of himself a
^uieL(Iaw.fabjdiugcjtizcnawhne the Flem?
ings developed into* outlaws and! thirsted
feiRoe blood'(# SW^fenfe;
It is said a reward of $500 is now hang?
ing over their heads, and a few days ago
Mr. Andrew Branson went over into the
neighborhood* Wberd'-^hcy "Were making
temporary headquarters* with thorviow to
laying plans for their capture. (Wm
Branson had stopped for the night with
an acquaintance. Just before supper he "
went out fo tjie stable, alone, to feed his "
horse1. ; A'sMio sre'^din&Jfle Ae-staiifo ho
found himself looking right into the *
mouths of.lwo^ireaJp^ltWinchcstera that
were sticking.through a crack in the sta?
ble, with the giiUering eyes of the Flein- \
ing boys sighting along their barrels.
' Thev were "onto his racket," and told
him to quietly come /nit and join them,
that they needed hfm'ni tliciv business.
They took him into the mountains and
kept him prisoner for three days.. They
were well acquainted with. Brauson, and
told him they were satisfied he was a man
who would iiot b^eak an. oath;' that'they
hud nothing specially against him, and if
he would swear that ho- would make no
further attempt or- assist in trying to, ar?
rest them they would release him. Bran?
don found this his only hope for liberty,
so after being held by them for three days
Ius their prisoner, he took the oath requir?
ed by them and was tur.qed. lose.
' Aliuvrt T\oo(LL-(JtJk,J)o;\<l.
What is life? , Jt,is sj.mply.tiio entering
wedge to eternity. Ah! .that's it; we know
that; but what is eternity? There's-the ?
r*Ab.': 'We citarHll pronounce the word, and
.we.knew it .means a long iiuju, but who of
us can taky in its meaning; who realize
that it nieaus forever? There; that word,
forever; when we try to comprehend it we
can only say it means eternal, and -that's
alfc*' "MV-sffeak Vh*fr?vfc>id, we know that it
is disconnected with time, but as .to its
tru? meaning we know as little of Has
the chattering parrot that has been taught
to imitate the voice of its teacher.
To have the cords that bind us to earth
??'?#>>
severed is but to be set free from bondage
to soar, to flout, out?-we know not where. *
Such was the case with Albert Woodcock,
whose life went out in Wichita, Kansas,
on the night of the 4th inst.?
He was twenty.six years old; born in
Illinois; brought up in Wichita, Kansas,
and was married at Newton, Kansas, 'tb??*<
Minnie.0. Harris, about1 two years ugo'.
He leaves a wife, and k babe eight months
old'. /? r. ;? . , j
Of him and his sickness the Wichita
Daily Eagle says:
"For nine years he hhs.becn railloading, '
was a conductor oil the Missouri Pacific'!.'^
when taken sick; was a quiet, industrious,
temperate and useful cjtizdli, standing
high with the managers of the corporation
named, and holding the respei.t of his
fellow employes. The funeral under the'-"*,
auspices of the Masons will be held at the .
home, corner of Waco and Fourteenth
streets, at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. David Winters'
officiating. . ? ?
''A short time before his expiring breath
in plaintive whisper he asked his,nM>ther*.
who had watched so faithfully over him
for nearly eight moots: ' 'Do 'you think 'it
will all be over soon V-When told- it could
not be long he signified relief, and in the
next moment; who knows;hissoulmount
ed away, free, under the blue, to the realm
of the stars, where blossoms ever blow
and fall, where birds ever'nest and sing,
to where life, without pain, becomes full
and superb. Love bends over every grave
and hope whispers it shall be so.
"Under this vast inverted bowl,'which
we call the sky, where, cooped up, we poor ? ?
i mortals toil and mbH, softer, und ? die,
where every birth is signalled by a moan
.and a cry, and every dealh hy a groan and
La sigh;?the womb, the tomb, and*wliy???
is it any wonder that helpless' humanity -
stands before its open graves groping and
dumb, or blindly questioning in despair?
put of dust come the living; within the
dust of other dead are our own dead iu
turn.buried. Before all life is death, but
after all death who can .say that there is
life? Only ou$ of all the concourses of
earth's generations dared to so affirm, and
He claimed to be not of this earth. ? '
"Albert Woodcock;went out and away
in the cold ?nd .death of a winter's, night,
but the'flowers and birds of spring could
not have rendered his going^more joyous
to Uimsclf or less desolate for his young
.wife, or for his child, or to his parents, j&
sister and brothers... From Iwyboikt he, ?
grew up to manhood among ust as a most
dutiful sou o hd brother, ami at last into a
loving husband and father;industrious;v
provident av4-generous. But words for *
bim. now ?ave nothing:, and .words' to tbtf.*.'
living, as sad experience' hits taught u?ts\
^uro only, words and "nothing..Wo kltew
him as a bravo boy, and as ft Self-roJiaat*'
man; htit now only as Wliat we all soon
shall be, day, the. eky/from whfel?; the
vessel was'originally wrotight. JWijo in
the Poster, who tlie P?tr "
hands upon the brea*t,
Ami labor's ?taue;. / ?' ?
Two pale teet cawtoi la reat?'
. Ttwrace 1? run;
"two ?rc? with cnla "weight* ?hat*
Ai?dallte?STifl?a?e;
? Twq Up? where grirfi*mute, '?
? u ?>*,., Angcratpeac?.
So nray wo fcoaietlnn?? nwu?uiiig ow
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