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"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT BRINGS SUCCESS.
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B1C STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VA., THURSDAY, MAY 18," 1893.
VOL. I.
ProfeKxtoiml C?nl??
A. L. PRIDEMORE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Jonesville, Virginia.
nrnflK t. r. JACKSON, ur.o.w. ttt.ANKFSsuir.
Gate City. Vn. Joneai ilU*, Va.
JACKSON & BLANKENSHIP,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Joncsvilie, Virginia.
Prompt Mention Riven to Imslne** nt nil time*.
Collection of claims in BOUtllWCftl Virginia, a Htircinltv*.
R. A. AVERS. - - JOS. L.KELLY.
LAW OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING,
Big Stone Cap. Va.
j. it. i n i irr. Jii. C. m'j.oAkm., jk.
bulutt & mcdowell,
ATTO K NEYS-AT-LAW,
A Bullillns, BIG ST0XK GA1V VA
H. A. W. SKEEN,
AT T ORNE Y-AT- LAW,
Office In Slinrtt Building,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
R. T. IRVINE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Siimmerlleld Building, Wood Avenue,
Big Stone Gap. Virginia.
L. TURNER MAURY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
onii-o In Ayers' Building, Wood Avenue,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
WALTER E. ADDISON.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
O?lce in Nickels liirildiugs,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
w, k. ui kss, Lebanon, Vn. k. m. kultox, Wise C.H. Vn.
EURNS & FULTON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CeniTK:?KuhbcII, Wise and Dlckcnson Count lee, mid
Court nf Appeals ;il WytlicvJIle, Va.
<? 1. DUNCAN, V. S. MATH KWH, JHK. 0. MAYNOK,
Jenes vi lie, \*?. Big Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap.
DUNCAN. MATHEWS & MAYNOR,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
(?Rice in Nickeln Building, Wood Avenue,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Cl?s? Attention t" Collections nad Prompt Rcmitniice.
W. J. HORSLEY,
I ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia,
.\ USD
Whites burg, Ky.
^?cinl attention given to Collections and Laud Titles'.
,M. VM?KH8'IM, W'iscC. II. w.t. mm.f.kk, Norton.
ALDERSON & MiLLER,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
nipt nili-ntl'iii ((..ill ImikIih'ss entrusted to usi Ad?
dress either VViseC. II-, V.i..'ir Norton1, Va1.
M, G. ELY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Turkey Cove. Lee Co., Va,
J. W. KELLY,
IYSICIANax!>SURGEON,
Ollice in Drug Store, Ayorn Block,
Big Stone Cap, Virginia.
J Kespoml Promptly to Calls, Jtoth
Day anil Night. 13-tf
C. D. KUNKEL,
VSICIANani.SURGEON,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia,
Ids professional sen ici ?? to the people ot tin.- city
?irl vicinity.
N. H. REEVE, M. D.
EATS DISEASES OF WOMEN
EXCLUSIVELY,
fe: Main St. Bristol, Tenn.
DR. J. C. PR UN ER,
DENTIST,
e. Room No. 9, Central Hotel.
" :" !'?:;,' Stotto Gap the 3d Mondav In each
" deslriiiR his Rorvlces should make
??w that il?y f..r suceeedinR day* during
S. W, THACKER,
L ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR,
? Stone Gap, Virginia.
) Mid Land Work a S|ii'e!aity.
MALCOLM SMITH,
L ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR,
e Next to Post Office.
' - tilfl STONi; fi A VA.
S. D. HURD,
CHITECT,
ig StonejDap, Va.
cifications
AND ESTIMATES
EXECUTED IN A TJloUOL'<;H AN!)
AUTISTIC MAN'NEU.
Itljf Mtoii? Gap <:???i?>Hi{??M und CorpoX
rations. \
Bio Stoxr (Iai* IxpkovkmrxtCo.
Cnpitnl stock, ?2,.ri00,000.
nnuricri issue; $7,000,000.
Officers.?K. A. Ayers, President, J. F. Uullilt, jr.,
VJce-Pnjtideot, W ?. Hnrrlnjtfo?. Secretary and
Trcnmirer,'BiK Stone Gnp; Ii. C. Ballard Thrustun,
Trustee, UmjIkvIIIc, Ky.
Directors.?R. A. Ayers, J. F. Dnllitt, Jr., J. K.
Taggart, Big Stone Gap; Chun. T. Mallard, fanta
vlllc, Ky.; Jap. W. Fox, Jno. C. Hn?kctl, New York;
II. C. McDowell, nr., Lexington, Ky.: Win. McGeorge,
Jr.. Philadelphia; R. B. WhUridge, Bo?t?n.
Executive Committee.?R. A. Ayers, J. K. taggart,
BigStoiicGap; Jon.IV. Fox, Jno. C. Haxkcll, New
York: It. C. McDowell,sr., Lexiugton. Ky.
Bin Stosk Gap am? Powkm.'m Valley Railway Co.
Cnpital f*tf.-ck. $GO,noo.
Officer*.?K. A. Ayer*, Prealdent, J. K. Taggart.
Vice-President, \Y. C. Ifarrlngton, Secretary nnd ?
Treasurer, Big Stone ("Jap.
Director*.?H. A. Ayers, H. C. McDowell, jr., J. K.
Taggart, P<i? Stone Hap; W. P. Clyde, New York; H.
C. Wood, Bristol, Term.
Bio Stone Gap Ei.kctwic Lutirr am? Power Cr*.
rCapltal stock, ?.r>0,000.)
President, P.. A. Avers; Secretary, Jo?. L. Kclty;
Treasurer, H, II. Bnllitt.
Directors.?R. A. ?yer?, II. II. IlitlUtr. R.T. Irvine,
(Jr.s. XL Lovell, II. V. McDowell, jr.
Bw; Stoxk Gap Watrk Co.
(Capital stuck $200,000. Bonds issued. *R!>,nO0.)
Officers.?Prcslncnt, J. F. ttullitt, jr.; Big Stone
Gap; Vice-President, James.W. Fox, New York: Sec
1 rotary and Treasurer, VT. A. McDowell; Superintend
ent, j. L. Jennings, Bij< Stone Gap.
Directors.?D. C. Anderson, H. A. Ayers, J. F. Bnl?
litt. Jr., Big Stone Gap; J- W. Gerow, Glasgow; I. P.
Kane, Gate City, Va.
Bic stonk Gai* Building an? Investment Co.
Capital stock?nilnhnmn??50,O00.
Capital stock?authorized?f 100,000.
(No bonded issue.;
Oflicers.?President, R. T. Irvine; Secrefnry nnd
Treasurer, W. A. McDowell, Big Stone Gap.
Directors.?R. A. Ayers, John W. Fox, jr., John M.
Goodloe, E. M. Hardin, P.. T. Irvine, W. A. McDow?
ell, Big Stone Cap; John E. Green, Louisville, Ky.
Appalachian Bank.
Capital stuck?authorized?$50,000.
Capital stock?paid in?$25,000.
Officers.?President, XL A. McDowell; Teller, Jno.
n. Payne.
Directors.?J. F. Bnllitt, jr., C. W. Evans, J. M.
Goodloe, U. T. Irvine, II. C. McDowell, jr., W. A.
McDowell,.!. It. I". Mills, Pig Stone Cap; E. J. Bird,
Irouton, Ohio.
Daisy Iron ani> Minimi Co.
(Min>'s located at JIagan, LeeCo., Va ;
Capital, authorized, $100,000.
Capital, paid in, $15,000.
Officers.? I). S. Pleasant*; President, XT. A. Mc?
Dowell, Treasurer, Big Stone Gap; Secretary, Walter
Graham,Graham, Va., Secretary; H. L. Montclro,
Manager, Ilagnu, Va.
Directors.?Walter Graham, Graham, Va.; H. L.
Montciro,Hagau, Yn.; L. Turner Mnury, W. A. Mc?
Dowell, D. 8. Ploasants, P.ig Stone Cap, Va.
Interstate Investment Co.
Capital stock, $100,000.
Prcsidenti Chns. ?T. Ballard; Vice President,
A. T. Pope; Secretary, T. G. Williams, Lou?
isville.
Directors.?Clias. T. Ha Hard, John Church?
ill, W. N. Gulp, A. S. Hughes, A. V.- Lafay?
ette, A. T. Pope, S. Zorn, Louisville.
Interstate Tunnel Co.
Capital stock, $10,000,000.
President, H. 0. McDowell, sr., Lexington;
Vice President, St. John Doyle; Secretary, T.
W. Spindle, Louisville.
Directors.?St,. John Boyle, J.-W. Gaulbert,
John E. Green, E. T. Halsev, Louisville, Kv.;
Arthur Carey, Clay City, Kv.: F. I). Carter,
New York; IL C. /McDowell, Lexington; Ky.;
Jno. R. Procter, Frankfort, Ky.
Fayette Land Co.
Capital stock, $200,000.
^President, J. P. Sinirail; Secretary and
Treasurer, G. H. Whitncv, Lexington, Kv.
Directors.?Atila Cox, J. M. Felt er, H. F.
Smith, Louisville, Ky.; Tbos. Martin, J. B.
Simrall, G. II. Whitney, Lexington, Ky.;
Horace E. Fox, Big Stone Cap.
South Appalachian Land Cq.
Capital stock, $200,000.
President, II. C. McDowell, sr., Lexington,
Ky.; Secretary and Treasurer, T. W. Spindle,
Louisville, Ky.
Directors.?St. John Boyle, J. W. Gaulbert,
John E. Grc.cn, Louisville, Kv.; Arthur Carev,
Clav City, Ky.: F. D. parley, New York; ft.
C. McDowell, sr., Lexington, Ky.
West End Land Co.
Capital slock, $200,000.
President, Jas. T. Shields, Knoxville, Tenn.
Director*..?E. P. Brvan, St. Louis, Mo.; R.
W, McCrary, Frankfort, Ky.: Jas. T. Shields,
Kiioxrille, Tenn.
Viroinia Coal and Ikon Co.
Capital stock, $1,500,000;
President, E. B. Leisenring, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Yiee President, Dr. J. S. Wcntz, Mauch
Chunk, Pa.; Treasurer, M. S. Kemmercr,
Mauch Chunk, Pa.: Secretary, W. C. Kent,
Philadelphia; General Manager, J. K. Tag'
gart, Big Stone Gap.
Directors.?R. A. Ayers, Big Stone Gap;
John C. Bullitt; E. W. Clark, Sam'l Dickson,
Philadelphia, M. S. Ketnmerer,Mauch Chunk,
Pa.:E. B. I jciscuriug, Philadelphia; Robert
H. Saver, Bethlehem, Pa.; Sam'l Thomas,
Cutasqua, Pa.; Dr. J. S. Wentz, Mauch
Chunk, Pa.
Powell's River Coai and Ikon Co.
Capital stock, $120,000.
President, E. B. Leisenring; Secretary and
Treasurer, W. C. Kent, Philadelphia.
Appalachian Steel and Iron Co.
Capital stock, $800,000.
President, K. J. Bird, jr., Ironton, Ohio;
Secretary aud Treasurer, M? T. Ridenour;
General Manager, E. J. Bird, sr., Big Stone
Gap, Ya.
Director**.?R. A. Avers. E. J. Bird, sr.;
M. T. Ridenour, Big Stone Gap: S. P. Bacon,
Cincinnati; H. W. Bates, Greenup, Ky.; E. J.
Bird, jr., Irouton, Ohio.; Jno. C. Haskcll,
New York.
Southwest Virginia Mineral Land Co.
Capital Stock, $55,000.
President, Barton Myers; Secretary and
Treasurer, L. H. Shields, Norfolk, Yn.;* Gen?
eral Manager, Jas. W. G.-row, Glasgow, Vn.
Directors?-Jas. W. Gerrtw, Glasgow, Va.;
R. M. Hughes, David Lowenberg, Barton
Myers, L. II. Shields, W. F. B. Slaughter,
Norfolk.
Bank ok Bio Stone Gap.
? Capital?authorized?$100,000.
Capital?paid in?$44,300.
President, W. II. Nickels, Duffield, Ya.;
Cashier; H. H. Bullitt; Teller, Wi JI. McEl
wee, Big Stone Gap.
Kentucky-Carolina Timber Co.
President and General Manager, T. H. Ma?
son; Yice President, L. O. Pettit; Secretary
aud Treasurer, II. II. Bullitt, Big Stone Gap.
Central Land Company.
Capital, $200,(100.
President, James W. Gurow, Glasgow, Va.;
Secretary and General Mauager, R. T. Irvine,
Treasurer, W. A. McDowell, Big Stone Gap.
Directors.?J. E. Abraham, Louisville, Ky.;
James W. Gerow, Glasgow, Ya.. J. Hollidav,
Columbia, Ky.; R. T. Irvine, W. A. McDow?
ell, Big Stone Gap; Barton Myers, L. H.
Shields, Norfolk, Ya.
East Bio Stone Gap Land and Improve?
ment Go.
Capital Stock, $500,000.
President, J. B. F. Mills; Yice President,
R. T. Irvine; Secretary, S. C. Berrymau, Big
Stone Gap.
Directors.?Geo. E. Dennis, Rocky Mount,
Va.; R. T. Irvine, I. N. Jones, Gus "W. Lov?
ell, J. B. F. Mills, Big Stone Gap: M. B.
Wood, Bristol, Tenn.; T. W. Yates, Flint Hill,
Va.
Big Stonu Gap Grate and Mantle Co.
Capital stock?preferred?$10,000.
Capital stuck?common?$15,000.
President, W. E. Harris; Secretary and
Treasurer, J. B. Dowden, Big Stone Gap.
Directors.?J. Ii. Dowdon, John Gillev, W.
T. Goodloe, W. B, Harris,: U. T. Irvine, 1%
j Stone Gap. j
TJic Boom hi Con! Lands.
I [From the Ago of Stee!.]
There are unmistakable indicationns
of an awakened interest in coal lands.
This is not snpposable on any but
reasonable conditions. Capital is
sometimes in error, is not usually
precipitate or imprudent, and, as a
rule, when it makes a move in a cer?
tain direction, it is for business and
not for experiment or gasconade. The
value of coal lands is in touch with
our advance both in industries and
population. Steam users multiply,
while the stoves of the Union have to
keep pace with its increase in homes
and families. Recent experience has
made it manifest that every winter
with an arctic smile sees a rush on
our coal supplies which, if possible to
be promptly met, would leave many
consumers out in the cold.
It is also a fact that coal compan?
ies in some districts arc discerning
the near necessity of replacing their
exhausting mines with others in
which the coal is nearer the surface,
and the econemies of production are
necessary to meet competition and
organize monopolies. The search for
new fields has been active for some?
time with geologists and prospectors
on a quiet hunt for new territory
where coal resources are as yet inno"
cent of discovery or a miner's pick.
The gradual, but apparently inev?
itable exhaustion of the gas fields in
some districts is an additional incent?
ive to coal enterprises. We have
crowed these suppliers of cheap fuel
with industries that are so far depen?
dent on its economics as to be posi?
tively not self-supporting unless
other supplies are equally available.
The remedy would seem to lie in ar?
tificial gas. The consumption of
this fuel is by no means abating in
spite of its electric competitor in il?
luminating service. The gas stove
and gas engine arc in increasing de?
mand and will proqably continue to
be so as our economics, both domest?
ic and industrial, are more and more
pressing.
These facts are significant, and
have a direct bearing on the recent
heavy purchases made of native coal
lands. Hence, companies supplying
cities of the East with soft coal for
gas manufacture are usually active in
securing options on tracts hitherto
neglected or not in the zone of de?
mand. As one instance illustrative
of many others, an order was recent?
ly placed in thejPittsburgh coal region
calling for the delivery of 210.000
tons. It will take, it is said, 10,300
cars to transport this body of coal,
which is equal to 43 acres on the
Pillsbury seam. The New York and
Cleveland Gas and Coal Company
has secured several thousand acres,
of which the prospective yield is ap?
proximately calculated to be about
40,000,000 tons, a product equal to
the capacity of 2,000,000 cars. Oth?
ers might be mentioned as on the list
of heavy purcbasers, but the two
mentioned are sufficient to indicate
the trend of events. Whatever may
be yet divulged in the nature of avail?
able material, for fuel purposes, it is
evident that the dethronement of
King Coal is by no^means in imme?
diate prospect. It is, as it has been
and will probably continue to be for
many years to come, the basis factor
of industrial progress and prosperity.
Tho World's Big Fair.
Jay Gould's collection of annual
passes for 1881 is being exhibited at
Chicago. There are about 120 of
them, but only a half-dozen or so
shown signs of use.
AuguRt 9th has been named as the
day for a grand gathering of Virgin?
ians at the Worlds Wir. On that
day the 274th anniversary, of the
assembling at Jamestown of the first
representative legislative body of
Americans. . ?
The exhibit of fine woods made at
the World's Fair by West Viginia in
the Foresty building consists of two
hundred and fifty splendid speci
mens, finely polished and finishsd iu
a manner which will show the special
characteristics and qualities of all
growths and varieties to the best
advautage.
The financial report of the exposi?
tion of all expenditures up to March
1 shows that $15,5S4,310.I6 have
been spent, and all but about $2,
000,000 of this amount is for con?
struction. The gate receipts up to
date are reported $205,310.75,
showing that 821,243 people have
visited the grounds since the admis?
sion fee has been charged.?Seieutfic
American.
?:
Thtnder is the bass drum iu the
in the masie of the elements.
?
Itelnlcrlnp the Ilody of the Late JeCfrr
Hon Davis.
[RJchm-.n l Dixpatclu]
The programmee for the re-inter?
ment of Jefferson Davis' remains in
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, May
31, has been completed. Gen. John
Glinn, Jr., as commander of thcLou
isiana division of the United Confed?
erate Vetrans, is in charge of the
preparations at New Orleans. The
Special train will leave the Crescent
City Sunday night, May 28. The
ceremonies there previous to the de?
parture will be brief. Gov. Foster,
on behalf of the state, will, in a short
address, commit the remains to the
custody of the escort, which will ac?
company them to Virginia.
The funeral train will reach Mont?
gomery, Ala., at 6 a.m. Monday.
The body will be born from the car
to the capitol building and be placed
on the front portico, where Mr. Davis
took the oath as President of the
provisional government. Leaving
Montgomery at 11 o'clock, the train
will reach Atlanta at 4:30 p.m., and
there will be another hault of about
four hours. The casket will be born
to the capitol, and there will be some
simple ceremonies, with' a parade and
perhaps a short oration. There will
be a fifteen minutes' stop at Green?
ville, S. C, to afford the people there
an opportunity to thestify their affec?
tion, and the train will proceed
thence to Releigh, X. C, where elab?
orate preparations are being made
for a mammoth demonstration.
There will be an address and other
exercises at the capitol building.
Gov. Carr is directing the movements
at this point.
Leaving Releigh at 2 p.m., the train
is scheduled to reach Richmond at
11 o'clock on the night of the 30th.
Arriving here, the casket will be
placed on the caisson, and under the
escort of troops and veteran organi?
zations, and followed by citizens, the
remains will be taken to the historic
Virginia capitol building, in the ro?
tunda of which they will lie in state
until the next afternoon. On the
morning of the 31st the public school
pupils will visit the capitol in a body,
and, passing through, will place gar?
lands of'lowers upon the bier. The
re-interment ceremonies will take
place in the afternoon.
Mrs. Davis and both of her
daughters, Miss Winnie and Mrs. J.
A. Hayes, will be here, as will Mr.
Hayes also. Mrs. Davis is in feeble
health and will not go to New Orleans,
but both of her daughters will go, in
company with Mayor EJlersoii and
perhaps a few others from here. An
observation car of new design, with
entire glass sides, will be fitted up
for the occasion. The Goverors of
states through which the funeral train
will pass have been reqested to meet
near the lines of ...their respective
states and escort it to the edge of
their territory.
Effects of Intense Cold.
The world of science has reason to
rejoice over a fuller knowledge of one
of the greatest discoveries of the cen?
tury. An audience of England's
greatest men has been watching ex?
periments which resulted in the pro?
duction of a scries of liquids strange
to human eyes and possessing quali?
ties never before known. They saw
natural gases, such as oxygen and
nitrogen, even the air itself, rednped
to liquids of the consistency of water.
Liquid air by the pint was produced
from the wonderful apparatus of Prof.
Dcwar, whose investigations have
suddenly.won him a . prominent place
in the scientfic world. His meth?
ods are even more . interesing to the
unscientific observer than his results.
He succeded in producing, by
means of vacuum of pressure, an al?
most inconceivable degree of cold.
Measured- by the Fahrenheit ther?
mometer it is 3G0 degrees below freez?
ing, 210 degrees centigrade below
zero. Oxygen can be liquified at?
182 degrees centigrade and nitrogen
at?102 degrees. When he produc?
ed these tempatures Prof. Dewar
found in experimenting with air that
instead of oxygen in atmosphere
liquifying first at its proper tempa
ture and nitrogen later, one homoge?
neous liquid was formed without any
disintegration. Whon,the process is
reversed,'however, nitrogen is freed
first and oxygen afterward.
The effects of intense cold are mar?
velous. Liquid oxygen has strange
magnetic and light-absorbing quali?
ties.. It is so transparent to heat
that, notwithstanding its intense cold,
it acts as. a lens. Yon may focus
heat through it from one side and
burn paper on the other. That, says
Prof. Dcwarc, is what happens With
the sun's rays on the earth, which
focussed through infinite space. The
vacuums produced by Prof. Dcwar's
apparatus arc so nearly perfect that
they contain gas of only one-mil?
lionth the denstiny of common air.
The tempature of infinite space,
which is a perfect vacuum, the Pro?
fessor says is?274 degrees centigrade.
He hopes to reach a tempature of
240 degrees, when hydrogen will liq?
uify. Prof. Dewar recently produc?
ed liquified ozone by acting on va
por given off from liquid oxygen by
electricity. Its splendid dark blue
color is almost as dark as indigo.
Ozone has not the same molecule
as oxygen. The queer thing about
liquid ozone if* that when it goes back
into gas again it explodes. It is
stronger than dynamite as an explo
sive and this is simply because ozone
gets back into the molcular form of
oxygen so fast.
Some wonderful effects of intense
cold have already been discovered
Iron, for instance, at an ordinary
temperature has only one-seventh the
electric conducting power of copper,
but if the tempature be reduced to
200 degrees its capacity as a conduc?
tor of electricity is mutiplicd by four?
teen. If we could get metals down
to absolute zero, Professor Dewar
says; they would be perfect conduc
tors. No expenditure of enery would
be necessary, and wire once charged
would run for ever.
The professor believes that 'one of
the greates problems of the world,
namely, whether the cohesiveness of
matter is dependent upon molecular
motion or upon gravity, will in time
be solved by means of investigations
conducted in intense artificial cold.
A Locomotive Engineer WHo App:trrently
Lives >4 Churincd Lifo.
rciiicayo Inter Ocean.]
"Lafayette Truman, engineer of
the Eric train that ran into the Eas
tern Illinois train Friday night, has
killed twenty-two men," said C, H.
IVIcCullough, a brother anginer of the
Chicago & Erie road, at Clifton last
night. "But" he continued, {,in no
case was he to bame, and in every
case he has beefi exonorated by the
I jury. Most of these killings were at
railroad crossings, and in other sim?
ilar accidents, where the engineer
could not be hold responsible. He is
only a young man, but I want to re
late two experiences of his which will
show him to be possessed of a most
marvelous presence of mind.
"In October 1800, he was engineer
on a train that was dashing through
burning forests, near Rim a, 0.,nt the?
reto of sixty miles an hour. That
night the sky was concealed by back
storm clouds, and before the burning
district was reached the darkness from
the windows of the cars seemed im
pentrable. Then as the train pro?
ceeded, the horizon became hazily
red. As the train sped on nearer
the blood-red clouds appeared to be
tumbling, about tumultuously, as if
they were a sea buffeted by angry
wids. At length the train seemingly
plunged into the forest of fire.
"There was a straight stretch of
of track continuing for seven miles.
As the train dashed on the fire sprang
up in sheets from crackling, falling
trees on each side and above was a
canopy of shifting, eddying red smoke.
Down the track, beyond the reach of
the headlight, there was only a red
blur. A bridge spanning a deep
river was ahead somewhere. Sud?
denly, immediately in front, Truman
saw a shower of big sparks fly up?
ward. In an instant he was revers?
ing his engine, and the train was
brought to a standstill just on the
edge of the river. It bad flashed
over him when he saw the sparks
that the bridge was burning, and that
a spark had fallen, sending up as it
went down a show of light. He
saved the lives of 300 passengers.
There is not one engineer in a
thousand who would have arrived at
the conclusion so quickly that the
additional transistory light was from
the bridge burning. They would have
supposed it was an inconsequential
phenomena, and plunged, on to de?
struction.
"The other incident, while not
surrounded by the popular hero-like
aspect lent by the forest fire and the
run through it, was no less heroic
aud showed a great presence of mind.'
This was in Ohio, too, near Hcnhbum.
His train this time was running at
about the same rate, sixty miles an
hour, when the rods on ea^h side of
the engine broke, instanly killiug the
fireman and wrecking the cab.' Tru?
man to save himself, jumped into the
tender. And there he was isolated,
as it were, for his train was going
sixty miles a hour, and the broken
rods were flying madly and beating
dcafeningly, and it was impos- j
ble for him to reach an air-brake
with the train going at that speed.
He was only a young man, but he
did something that many old engi?
neers have since told me that they
would never have thought of. He
got out his pocket-knife ami cut the
hose, thereby applying the automat?
ic brake, and succeeded in stopping
the train. I would rather ride be?
hind that man," concluded Mr. Mc
Cnllough, "than any engineer in the
United States."
Look Out fur Him.
A special telegram from Durkevillc
says that a man, giving the name of
C. H. Dixon, and representing him?
self to be an agent of the Southern
Building and Loan Association of
Knoxville, has been operating there
for several days past, taking subscrip?
tions to the stock of the company.
Quite,a number of citizens took stock,
paying the first instalment in cash.
The swindler sent the applications in
to the Knoxville office, but kept the
cash, and anticipating his exposure
as a fraud, skipped the town at a
convenient opportunity. The expos?
ure came, sure enough, but the bird
had flown. A reward of .$100 was
offered for his capture.
Dixon is apparently ab ut twenty
seven years old, five feet ten inches
in height, red mustache, black hair
and light complexion.
The heaviest losers by his opera
tions were the Messrs. Osborne, who
paid him $'205.
Tyler fur (Jovernor.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
Judge T. G. Wells, who represents
the second district in the Virginia
Senate, is in Richmond. When ap?
proached by a Dispatch reporter yes?
terday ami sked who was the favorite
of his people for Governor the Sena?
tor replied: "We were all for Gen?
eral R. A. Ayers, but now since he
declines to run we arc for Major Ty?
ler. I think the Soutwest will be
quite solid for Major. I represent
in the Senate Scott, Lee, Dickcnson
and Wise counties, ahc! so far as I
can see they arc all for Major Tyler."
AN* APPEAL TO VOTRUS.
The following communication ap?
peared in Thursdays Richmond
Times:
Comprehending as we do the pecu?
liarly critical condition of the Demo?
cratic party of Virginia, and recog?
nizing the fact that the democratic
party cannot afford to ignore the
wishes of the masses, the people who
have struggled with us in attaining
our big majorities, and at the same
time recognized that section of our
Stato (the Southwest) that has not
furnised a Governor for more than
J forty years, and whose people now
offer us for Governor a gallant and
I true Democrat, who is in elbow touch i
with the manufacturing, mining and
agricultural people of the entire
State?A man who has responded to
every call of the party, and who has j
carefully guarded every interests of
the people?we, therefore, appeal to
every citizen of Richmond to consider
well before placing himself in a po?
sition to defeat the sacred wishes of
the people. Give them their choice
for Governor, the Hon. J. H?ge Ty?
ler, and create harmony and unity,
thereby (if possible) placing our vic?
torious banner still higher. We
have object lessons iu the two States,
North and South Carolina, worthy of
consideration. In the one, the re?
sult is harmony and prosperity; in the
other, disaster and confusion.
A Voter.
a public meeting.
The Times also published the fol
fowing:
A meeting of those favorable to
the nomination of Maj. J. H?ge Tyler
for Governor will shortly be held in
thin city, and as representing the rap?
idly increasing number of those favor?
able to this cause, we earnestly call
upon the voters of Richmond to se?
riously consider the situation before
allying themselves with the cause of
auy other candidate that may be
proposed.
John B. Pcrcell,
Richard M. Taylor,
J. W. Rawley,
B. Aj<sop,
A. W. Rosens,
Thos. B. Hicks,
: Gso. McD.Biakk.
- ' o ?
A laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market.
The finbemalnr.'Hi C?mpA4p9.
rr?lcl:i*i"it?l plKpittclf.]
The official call for n meeting of
the State Central am! Executive com?
mittees of the Democratic party of
Virginia, to be held here ?n the l.Qth
instant will, we trust, be responded
to by every member. It will be the
first step in the gubernatorial cam?
paign of 1808, and the wisdom which
comes from multitude of counsel is
as much needed now as at any recent
period in the history of the state.
Three things at least the commit?
tees have to settle?(1) the basis of
representation in the State conven?
tion which is to be held to nominate
Democratic candidates for Governor,
Licutcnant-Goycrnor, and Attorney
General; (2) where the eoycxitiou
shall be held, and (3) when?
It is pretty generally agreed, we
believe, that one delegate for each
200 votes east for Cleveland and Ste?
venson will give us as large conven?
tion as we need, or can be convenient?
ly accommodated in any hall in this .
State. That vote was 108,097,
which, apportioned upon the basis
suggested, would make a convention
of about 820 delegates.
Richmond, Norfolk aud itoanoke
are making claims for the convention.
As to when the convention should
be held there seems to be a difference
of opinion. There are gentlemen of
ability and prominence who think
it ought to be held "early." Others
equally worthy of leadership in such
a matter declare their solemn con?
viction that the convention should be
held "late." Vet others, the Dis?
patch among them, see no reason at
I all why the convention should not
be held between the last week in duly
and the loth of August?winch is
the usual time.
All the members of the cotummit
tee should be present?in person if
possible, if not then by proxy?on the
18th, when these questions will bo
discussed and decided.
Virghtfct \iut\\ Mino*.
The latest "gold bug" to show his
faith in the Virginia gold fields is
John Gorman, the founder of the fa?
mous Goth am Silver Manufacturing
Company, of Providence, 11. I., who
has purchased the Grimes mine and
the Valclusc, in Orange county, at
private figures. Out of the latter
mine $1,000,000 was taken before
the war, and at a depth not one
twentieth the distance'of the western
mines and in a very crude way. Mr.
Gorham is going to expend $100,000
for the latest improved mining ma?
chinery known in the business; and
is at the head of a company with a
capital o^40G,0??7
At another mine, the Grasty, one
of the very best in the eastern gold
belt, is about to be started lip with
new and improved machinery by a
syndicate of New York capitalists.
At Irwin station a mica mine of
line quality was discovered some
years ago. It was on tue market for
two or three years with no buyers at
$50,000. But year by year the Irwin
sisters kept advancing the price. The
1st of last January Engineer Adams
took a three-months' option on the
property at $75,000. He expended
$3,000 in northern capital in pros?
pecting and developing it, between
January 1st and March 25, selling in
the meantime $10,000 worth of mica,
taken out at a depth of sixty feet,
and as colorless as spring water. Mr.
Adams closed the option with Miss
Irwin at $75,000 and sold it a few
days ago to a Boston syndicate for
$120,000, and who have capitalized
it at $250,000 and are going to work
it tor all it is worth. The tract con?
tains 1,500 acres, and was purchased
some years ago by the Misse? Irwin
lor less than $20,000.
Notice cu Contractors.
Sealed proposals for the erection
of a town jail, etc., in the town of
Big Stone Gap, Va., will be received
up to noon, Monday, May 15, 1803.
Said building to bo paid for in 5 %
bonds of the town running 80 years.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at office of City Attorney W. S.
Mathews. A bond equal to amount
of bid must accompany each bid guar?
anteeing that the successful bidder
will enter into contract. The com?
mittee reserves tho right to reject any
and all bids.
W. F. Baker, )
C. AV. Evaks, > Committee.
W. W. Taylor. )
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Sores?, Uteer?, Rait Rbeiwn, Fever Sores,
Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and
all Skin Eruptions, ana* positively cores pit?*,
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