Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-22
JAS. r. KEMPER,
Secretary.

EAST AUGUSTA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The 10th Annual meeting ofthe East Augusta
Fire Insurance Company was held in this city
last Saturday. The meeting was presided over
by Hon. A. B. Lightner. The Secretary read
the report of the President of the company as
follows
Gentlemen: AS we have again been permitted
to meet in annual session, allow me to submit
this the 10Th report of the East Augusta Mutu-
al Fire Insurance Company. Our enterprise
during the year has enjoyed about its usual
success and our losses for the fiscal year have
been comparatively light financially; but per-
sonally we have sustained great and sal loss
to this Company by the death OF its most esti-
mable Treasurer, Jno. Firebaugh, who had oc-
cupied that position since the organization of
the Company. The losses during the year of
the Company have been just exactly the
share of stock. The first levy OF cents per
share was for the loss of Jacob KOiner's barn;
the second was likewise cents for the loss OF
Messrs. Quarles & Stouts barn and G. l..
Obaugh's house, and the third and last levy
was for the loss of F. G. Otis barn. which was
cts. making a total Of ID cts per shareo stock.
7ls2a shares of stock. Net liabilities of the
Company are $685.. 800. Gross amount of Ensured
property is 81 3l4 .533, and the gross amount
OF insured property during the year is s57 ,925
And l will also add that out of those levles
were paid three other small losses, amounting
to -. and for which no levy was made The
incidental expenses of the Company, including
the Presidents and Secretarys salary, will not
exceed that of previous years, and which Is not
given in figures from the fact Of the death OF
the Treasurer, which has made it fnconvepient
to obtain figures but, suffice ii to say, does not
exceed, all told. $3.50 during the year we are
more than sorry to report that our mortality
during the year has exceeded that OF any pre-
vious year of our knowledge. Members who
John j. Ladd. ]. a. Dollhouse. ]. E. Harnsber-
ger, Francis H. Pilson, James s. Hawpe, W. v.
Strough, John H. Wilson and John Fire5augh.
Respectfully submitted,
j. J.LAREw, President
But little change WAS made in the officers. ].
J.Larew was reelected President; j no. owber-
man elected Treasurer; r. N. Page reelected
Secretary; and the Directors were re elected
except in the cases of 8. NJ. Donald removed
and J. A. mgardner who declined. and their
places were filled by the election of ]. W.
Churchman and w. P. Mish.
UNCLE JERE.-"Uncle' Jere Rusk. the Sec
Rotary of Agriculture, is getting more notorie-
ty than any member of the Cabinet. Last week
he seized e scythe at the department grounds
and put the workmen to shame by moving
more grass than any one else. This week he
mounted saddle horse in a team of four
and drove fortysodd newspaper correspondents
and Congressman Cannon of Illinois, from the
railroad station to General Agnus's country
place, where the big dinner was given, and
yesterday he went to the base ball match and
had an enjoyable time of it. ''Uncle' Jere Is
the jolliest member of the Cabinet, snd is what
may be termed a "ionespun" sort OF citizen.
There is no forma'ity about the Old gentle
man, and this is said to be the secret of his
great popularity among the masses in Wis
consiu. Some people think 1t was extremely
undig nifed in Secretary Rusk to have acted as
teamster the other day, but he appeared to en-
oy the novelty and doesn't care Il fig for the
comments msde.-% Washington Corr espondent
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