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The Samish Boom.

The Reveille Is reliably Informed
that San Francisco parties have
bonded thirty acres from Watson.
Hodge. on the west end of the Sam
ish peninsula, adjoining the new
town of Atlanta, on which extensive
coal bunkers will SOON be construct
ed. Furthermore, that railroad
will be built from Atlanta to the
Conner coal and iron mines, on the
Skagit, and the output therefrom
will be shipped from the bunkers at
Atlanta. This Is indeed good he VS.,
no. only for the Samish aud Bel>
lingham Bay country, but for tho en-
fire lower Sound. This is one OF
those positive proofs that enterprise
will win. A few months ago Mr.. Al
len sold his farm ut S,mish and placed
the proceeds thereof Ia a good sub
stantial wharf extending out from
pis now town. Atlanta. to deep Ma
ter. lie did IL in spite ofthe protes-
tatIons of mo >sbacks, and as ii con-
SEQUENCE IS now realizing the fruit
ton OF his brightest hopes and most
sanguimo expectations, and his re-
ward and hard gold coin is now as
certain AS the ebb and flow Of the
tides. This is as it should be, and
tho Reveille is much gratihed 10
chronicle the facts here mentioned.
It is hardly necessary to add that
the Same indomitable spirit of en-
terprise exercised here in Whatcom
would long ere this have placed our
city far in advance Of its present
conditions. aud that had the same
state of affairs existed much longer,
Whatcom would have been irretriev>
ably doomed. The indications are
strong, however, that u change has
taken place in the men who hold
the key, hence it is with no feelings
of misgivings that the Reveille can
note the prosperity, also, OF other
towns, aud hope that they may in>
deed become rivals of our city at
this end Of the Bay.-Reveilr.
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Fence Cutting in Texas.

A native of Texas, who knows the
country like a book, expresses him-
self as follows in regard to fence
cutting, which some of the small
landholders have been driven into
by the great land corporations:
Fence cutting 10 the protest of u
very peculiar people against evils
quite as remarkable and nearly as
outrageous as the present trouble
growing out of them. Scattered
among the public and private lands
in the g-::~~k country are school
lands that could be made to produce
a revenue that would do away with
the school tax. In the Same coun-
try are little farms worked by set
tiers, and little nests which used to
be the headquarters of those liberty
loving Texaus who pasturcd their
cattle on the open country, and new
er dreamed that 1t did not belong to
them and to all mankind in com>
mon. In this country there are few
roads; You might confne yourself
to patches as Lig as half of New
Jersey, and say there ara no roads
at oil. Water holes and water cour>
Sos, regarded as gods endowment
to the cattle raissrs, seam the prai--
rie. Imagine great corporations,
whose stock IL owned in Paris, Ions
don, New York, and Chicago, sud-
denlybuying up vast tracts, and
foncing in whole counties, often
two whole countries together. lm-
agino their vast herds let loose to
pasture or the public lands (uscd
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Atlanta.-Mr. G. W. Il. Allen
was looked upon as rather vision
ary genius when he bought a tract
Of land ON Samish peninsula last
wear and laid out town there,
known as Atlanta, for tho place
then looked uninviting But in one
shcrt year Mr.. A. has made one OF
the prettiest business locations on
the Sound Of Atlanta. He has now
q good substantial wharf, with q
warehouse and saloon thereon. Up
town he has a large hotel for tho
accommodation Of tho tran sient pub
lie. and will doubtless soon have a
good store. He has sold number
of lots, and some of the purchasers
have commenced to erect buildings
or have already done 80, and from
all appearance tho future of Atlant"
is assured.-Mail.
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No words are truer han those
uttered by our murdered President
anl comradc, james A Garfield,
when, in 1869, in Congress he ex-
claimed: II am persuaded that the
next grest question to be confronted
will be that of corporations and
their relation TO the interests OF the
people and TO national life. The
fear is now entertained by many of
our best men that The National! and
State Legislatures of the Union. IN
creating these vast corporations,
have evoked spirit which may es-
cape and defy their control, and
which may WELD power greater
than tho Legislatures themselves .
This power hcs escaped ia this ter
rltory and threatens to make vas--
sails of US all. For my part, l be>
lieve that there ought to be and
there can be harmony between capi-
tai anu labor-corporatsd wealth
and tho people-but it can never be
so long as those who control and
direct the corporations of the couu>
try manifest that imperious bearing
which has characterized them OF
late years.
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by the ncsters, though with no bet
ter right and only taken into the
fenced lands in the winter.
"Imagine," he further says, "these
fences inolosing squares OF school
land that never have been leased
boxing in water holes and streams
that the nesters and cattle depend
ed upon for lifc,linclosing the little
farms and nesters tracts, apd the
pasture lands of small beginners,
and shutting in the roads and trails,
and everything for miles and miles
of territory in their tremendous
grasp. Imagine, also, to fully un-
derstand the matter, p0pulation
growing SO fast, that between 1870
and 1880, more than 80 per cent,
had been added to the sum of inhab-
itants, which gave, in the shape OF
farmers, a fixed and settled charac-
ter to what had before been quasi
nomadic population, composed OF
men on horseback and women to
whom orc part of the Southwest
was az good place to live in us an
other. The permanent firmers,
who were fenced within the hesrt
Of great pastures, and the commun'
istic uesters, who were fenced out
of the pasture lands Of bygone years
eried aloud for relief, and got none.
They could not got 1t from the
stockholders of Paris and New YORK
or from the agents or thoeo pvre"ns
in the pastures. - A Agritultural
World.
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Every Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

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Parties wishing to purchase O- locate
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ne.
~All latest Land Laws, Rules aud
Decisions kept on Ale. Land Warrants
bought and sold.
Conveyancing, taxes paid, purchases
and sales ninde. Collections made and
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-24
Hill Country of Judea Items.
[Reported for the vrRGINIAN.l

This cold winter should awaken the
sympathy and benevolence OF every one
who has he means to help the poor. They
who are wanting in food, raiment and
fuel land they are many, are really in a
heartrending condition. AT all times it is
bad to be poor, but particularly when it is
cold. In this connection | will mention
two instances Of ingratitute
The one case is that of an old mother.
nearly ninety years old, who was abused
beaten and culfea around i'm her son :
home AMI was at last turned out of his
door And This poor, old lady would to-day
lac IL the ;ilnishouse If it were not for the
help OF certain kind relatives living in
>nnr city. The other is that of IN old
iat'ier eighty odd years old, w...o a few
years ago divided out his property among
his children and undertook to spend in
turn the short remainder of his days with
them. A short while ago. while the poor,
old decrepit was staying with one OF his
sons, his daughter-in-law and her children
bounced upon him and brutally beat him.
He CROPPED his way-for he is nearly blind
Ito the home of kind neighbor, where
his wounds were bandaged and everything
done to make him comfortable, and on the
next daT he was cruelty sent off to the poor
house. The men who have thus brutally
treated their aged parents are both men of
wealth and prominent members of the
church.
Messrs. Harry and Samuel Craun arrived
at home on Friday from eastern Virginia
where they have been successfully engaged
in threshing and saving for several years.
Messrs. j. III. and d. M. Craun recently
sold 900 bushels Of wheat at $1.06 per
bushel. to Mr. Bowling and are now deliv-
ering it.
On Saturday, Patrick Lloyd, one of our
most energetic and Woodworking farmers,
rented the Sherman farm for one year for
$6l5, money rent. AGRICoLA.
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Spring Hill Items.

Reported for the VIRGINIAN.
Hems.-One day last week, Mr.. J. w
Cook and son, while out hunting near Mt
Pisgah camp ground, chased rabbit into
Mrs. Reads tent. and thinking it was I'M
der the bunk, which is near the ground
he told his son to crawl under and chase ii
out. But to the surprise of the boy, in.
stead of finding the rabbit, he found the
large church lamps, belonging to Mt. Pts
gah Church. These lamps had been stolen
two years ago and stored away by the thief.
This congregation seems to be very I'M
lucky. AT one time the door was broken
open and the stove-pipe taken. In a short
time the fine pulpit bible; then the lamps,
then another new Bible. Pinkerton could
not have found these lamps. But we
would advise. the thief to bring back the
Bibles and stovepipe, OF the old fellow the
Bible speaks about will get him, without
asking any questions.
Mdrried.-On the 18th inst, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents. by the Rev.
Leroy A. Wanger, Mr.. VIM. Wiseman
and Miss Mollle Melton. ITEMS.
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SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. S. H. Hammond,
OF Shenandoah, died suddenly at the Board
ing House ofMrs. Furrow, in this city, ON
Monday morning. AT four o'clock he arose
and complained of pain in his side and
few moments afterwards expired, appo-
pleXy being the cause of death. The re-
mains were taken home for interment.
The deceased was the father of Mr.. G.
w. Hammond, ticket agent and operator
at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who
is now dangerously i'll with pneumonia
He was here ministering to the wants of
his son when the fatal summons came.
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FATAL r. R. ACCIDENT.-Last Thurs
day morning, Preston Knighton, brakes.
man on the G. & O. r. R., was Instantly
killed just east of town. Whilst the train
was passing under the bridge of the old
New Hope road, he was knocked from the
car, and the wheels passed oyertlIis body
terribly mutilatingit. Deceased lived near
Middlebrook and had been in the employ
of the railroad for several years. His
brother was also killed on the same road
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A collision occurred near Clifton Forge
last week between an express and freight
train. Geo. Quick, brakeman, on the
express was killed and Frank X. West,
mail agent, slightly injured
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WEDNESDAY.

On Tuesday night the Committee at
tended the weekly dance OF the patients
and seemed much entertained.
The investigation was resumed Wednes-
day morning. Mr. no. M. Kinney, the clerk
of the Committee, read that part of the
Superintendent s annual report which re-
ferred to the poisoning. Afterwards he read
letter, which, by direction of the Commit
tee, he had written to the Pinkerton
Agency, calling for fuller report and
stating that unless the report was com
pleted, further payment would be stopped
DIR. HAMILTON
was again placed on the stand, and in re-
Spouse to interrogatories said II cannot
say that have just reason to believe that
the deed was committed by any one out
side of the Asylum and inimical to my ad
ministration. have no positive reason
to base belief upon as to the individual
party. It is mere suspicion-not infor
nation. The detective told me that thf
person suspected of the crime was hostile
to my administration and that, together
with corroborative evidence, has served tt
fix the suspicion on q certain individual
This, as I stated, is suspicion, not infor
nation.
In my professional opinion neither TIT
tincture nor extract, if the mugs had beer
filled, could have yielded the quantity o
aconotine discovered by DR.. Mallett. | be
lieve DIR. Mallett's opinion was that TIL
alkaloid had been used.
ROBERT STRATTON
testified that he was carpenter at the Asy
lum for seven OF eight years, up to TIL
commencement of the present admins
tration. Shortly after his installation, Dl
Hamilton came to the shop and told m
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Manager Powell authorizes us to an
nounce that Adams Celebrated Humpty-
Dumpty, company numbering s5 men,
bers, will give an entertainment in the OPP.
era House, Friday night, February lst. A
crowded house NAV be expected.
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that he was sorry to say would have to
leaye-that he was very well satisfied with
my work, but the outside pressure was. so
great that he would have to discharge me.
| told him that L did not expect to stay.
Know of no reason besides politics that
caused my discharge and that of other en-
ployees.
NJ. DINNEEN
testified: Was employed for % years and
nine months at Asylum. Hired at yearly
salary, but could be discharged at any
time. DR.. Hamilton told mel would have
to look out for another place. Am Dema-
crat and know of no other cause for my dis
charge. Don't know that Asylum is run
in the interest of the Readjuster party.
From what | saw from DIR. Hamilton s
report there has been extravaganza in the
management Of the engineers depart
ment Boilers have been destroyed and
put out, which l thought ought to have
been good for several years yet. The age
of boiler is from Is to IS years. Those
in question wereput in in 1875 they were
used about seven months in the year.
These boilers were, substituted by new
ones, at a cost Of 800 each. The former
superintendent came to Asylum in morn
ingat from to O'Clock generally and left
about or s. He frequently visited my
department, but can't tell how many Wis
its he averaged per month. received 5000
per year. My successor is Mr.. Clark, an
unnaturalized citizen. The boilers were
good with one exception. Thatone needed
to be reAued, which would have cost about
$3.50. | recommended that this improve
ment be made. Clarke stated that he was
appointed by Gen. Malone. He is said to
be a brother-in-law of j. sH. Plunket, a
leading Readjuster. Boilers Gamble ruined
in twenty four hours by mismanagement.
There were three or four old washing ma
chimes, which intended to have removed,
had [ remained. There was an outbuild-.
ing which Mr.. Stratton and myself had
nearly completed, and which is still in an
unfinished state. Regarded it's completion
as necessaryto comfort Of patients Three.
new buildings dwelling, bake house and
green house-have been erected since I
left. Dwelling. is occupied by assistant
physician. Formerly assistant, physicians
had rooms near medical office.
Cross era,ni1ed.- Regard Mr.. Eyler as
an expert machinist. In my opinion
Board would have been justified in pur-
chasing new boilers, upon his advice. Be-
fore went to Asylum rama steam disti-
lery one year and saw mill awhile. Was
Waterman when first went to Asylum,
and was promoted from that position to
engineer in 1865 The changes in.the old,
buildings were made. by my plans. Have
had considerable experience as practical
architect. Have been told by fireman that
boilers were fired when dry. Think they
were destroyed by mismanagement i left
about $500 worth of engineers mate
rial, the larger part of which was intended
for steam fittings in the uncompleted
building.
MIR. STRATTON. RECALLED.
| gave bill for material for whole build
ing. The uncoppleted building spoken of
by Mr.. Dinneen is in a bad condition. as
the Committee can see if. they 90 over
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Mrs. Elizabeth Harnsbe rger. widow OF
Jeremiah Harnsberger, decd. died at hel
home In Rockingham OH the 18th. III the
SSth year of her age. She was a most ex-
celIent lady -Four sons survive her, viz
J. S. Harnsberger, of Harrisonburg, T. X.
and c. w. Harnsberger, of Rockingham,
and Jacob Harnsberger, of this county.
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1t is by no means unusual for patients
to refuse their medicine. 1t will be re-
membered that on the morning of the
poisoning Kershner refused to take his
dose and dashed the mug from attendant s
hand. There has never been any senti-
ment of fear of taking DR.. Buffers pre-
scriptions among the patients. In the
cases mentioned, the patients had dislike
to DE-. Butler personally. These dislikes
are and have always been common among
patients.
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On Monday, Commonwealth Attorney
Bell received letter from the Pinkertons,
stating that they would disclose the name
of the suspected party, with DR.. Hamil-
toms permission, DR.. II. having employed
them. AS the Doctor had previously sig
niiied his willingness to impart the infor-
nation to the attorney, we suppose if the
evidence is strong enough to justify taking
action, legal steps will be taken at once.
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Parnassus Items.

reported 1Of the NIRG1NlAN.l
Death has been busy in our vicinity this
winter. Again it is our sad duty to re-
cord the death of most worthy and ex-
cellent citizen. Mr.. Phillip Fauver died
at his home on Monday last, aged about IS
years. after an illness of several weeks that
baffied all that skill could suggest or loving
hands supply. The deceased was a de-
voted and prominent member Of Union
Presbyterian Church. He leaves wife
and six children-Mrs. VIM. Ell. Floyd,
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor of Albemarle,
Misses Ida, Mamie, Virginia and Mr.. Jas.
III. Fauver In his death the church has
lost one of its brightest lights. and our COM
munity, the quietest. most unassuming
and kindliest of gentlemen. The funeral
and interment took place at Union Church
on last Tuesday, but in order to reach this
issue of the VIRGINIAN your correspond
ent regrets that a report of the last sad
tributes to the memory of this good man
can not be given.
accident. VIM. Shiplett met with a
very painful accident recently at the stave
factory of Messrs. Shiplett 81 Sherman at
Moscow. He was cleaning away from one
of the knives the refuse strips Of timber,
and venturing too far, the knife cut off in
its descent the tips Of. dividing the mails,
the two first fingers of the left hand.
Ice.-Our farmers have during the late
freeze secured full supply of clear, firm
and thick ice.
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MIR. STRATTON ,RE-CALLED.

| gave bill for material for whole build
ing. The uncoppleted building spoken Of
by Mr.. Dinneen is in q bad condition. as
the Committee can see if they go over
there.
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TIE COMMITTEES OPINION

Here the Attorney for the Asylum
started to institute a comparison between
the administrations at the Asylum, but
Mr.. Meredith interrupted him by stating
that the Committee had carefully inspected
the Asylum and found it in excellent con-
dition They could not see how the COM
fort of the patients could be better pro-
vided for. The Committee were also sat-
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AS stated by Mr.: Andrews, patient
acted as clerk in the Stewards Office
under the administration of DR.. Faunt-
leroy as well as that of DR.. Hamilton
Both were, no doubt, thoroughly capable
Of filling the position, and the only differ
ence was that the one under DR.. Hamil-
toms administration acted only temporarily
in that capacity, while the one under DIR.
Fauntleroy,,s administration, was regularly
employed and paid. 7s+