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Persistent and Cruel Incendlarlsm.
NINE HORSES AND SIX HUNTING DOGS
BURNED.

NINE HORSES AND SIX HUNTING DOGS
BURNED.
On Thursday night last at "Bear Wal
low" DR.. J. III. Fultz s place near Sta I'M
ton, party was gathered preparatory to
going fox hunting at A. M. on Friday.
The party consisted of Messrs. Hampton
Wayt, Ed. Bell and HeiskelI Argenbright.
In the barn of the place were three horses
and two colts owned by DR.. J. Fl. Fultz;
two owned by Hampton Wayt, and one
(Mr. Argenbright's) owned by Noon &
Rogers; 8 hunting dogs owned by Hampton
Wayt, and hunting dogs owned by Heis-
kell Argenbright. About 1870 at night
the barn was discovered to be on fire. All
rushed to the rescue but the fire had gotten
too far. Strange to say every door OF the
stable was found wide open, and the incen-
diary had taken off thehalter OF every horse
before firing the building. One horse got
out as far as the COW shed near by and
dropped dead. All the other horses and
dogs were burned i'll the barn.
The building, valued at $1,000 was the
property of Mr.. VIM. F. Asst, who recently
purchased the place from Dr.. Fultz and was
not insured. In it were 400 bushels OF wheat
on which Dr.. F. had an insurance of 80 cents
a bushel. On the agricultural implements
and horses destroyed he had no insurance
and his loss is from $500 to 81 900.
This is the fourth incendiary fire at
"Bear Wallow'' in two years. Two years
ago the old stone barn was burned. Eigh-
teen months ago the dwelling was burned.
Three weeks ago from Is to 20tons OF hay
in the field was fired at night and destroyed,
and now the barn and it's contents have
been destroyed.
Dr.. Fultz had already advertised his pei
sonal property for sale next Tuesday, Aug
26th. The sale will still take place on that
day and what personal property there re-
mains will be sold.
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Clerical Personals.

Rev. Charles Loring Brace, the founder
of and for thirty-eight years the Secretary
Of the New Y DIRK Childrens Aid Society.
died suddenly in Switzerland, August 18th.
He is well remembered and esteemed by
those in Staunton who met him here on his
visits in connection with the Aid Society.
Rev. /. A. Fox, D. D., Of Roanoke Col
lege, Rev. V. r. Stickley of Waynesboro
and J. O. Stickley of Charleston, W. Va,
were visiting MI. P. Stickley in Rocking
ham last week.
Rev. W. A. Whatsoever, pastor of the
Baptist church at Waynesboro, is serious
ly i'll.
Rev. W. @. Hullihen went to Ports
mouth, n. H., about 10 days ago, from
which place he would go On a fishing ex-
curSiOn.
Lexington Presbytery, at his request, has
dissolved the pastoral relations of Rev. j. G.
Carson with Lebanon church, which had
existed for six years. A letter from Rev.
says ''Farmers are selling their lands and
moving to the new towns--recently several
have sold in this church, and inadequate
support was the reason assigned for the re-
quest. 1t is a critical time with many OF
our country churches"
Rev. A. H. Sprunt of Henderson, n. c..
with his family, is visiting among his old
congregation Of the old Stone church. He
preached there Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Bitter Of Louisville, KY, fo:-
merly OF the old Stone Church, is, with his
wife, visiting old friends in Highland
coaAty.
Rev. J. F. Shealey Of Christ Lutheran
church, has returned from his seashore va
cation much improved.
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A Pleasant Camping Party.

On Tuesday, the 18th inst, large party
of young ladies and gentlemen assembled at
Christians Greek School-house to 90 on
their annual camp at Loves Run in the
mountain. They reached the camping spot
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and tents were pitched.
The three days camp were greatly enjoyed.
The following is list of those who COM
posed the party: The young ladies we're
Misses Emily Louis, Of New York; Mary
Baylor, of Swoope's Depot; Edna Brown,
, of Valley Mills; Mamie Bell, of Arbor Hill;
Efie and May Lambert, of Waynesboro;
Este Scott, of Stuart S Draft; Mamie and
Alice Towberman, Sallie, Florence and
Annie Wilson, Beda Swartzel, and Leta
Swink, Of Mint Spring; Mamie, Ella, Grace
and Florence OFT, Ella KILLER, and Otta
Engleman, of Greenvllle; Lou Keyser, of
Avis, and Pauline and Bessie Mix, of
Staunton.
The gentlemen were-K. S. Blauth, F. E.
Swartzel and E. G. Mix, of New Y DIRK; J.
G. and d. L. Tow5erman. Walter and
Frank Wilson, G. 7. and E. Swink, B. B.
McPheeters, and Oscar Swartzel, of Mint
Spring; D. w. billiard and Eddie Mix, of
Staunton; Clarke Brown, F. NJ. and II. B.
Hays, J. j. Fix, w. D. Engeman, and
Chas. and VIM. Echard, of Greenville.
The chaperons A. Blauth and
Mrs. J. w. Hays, of Greenville; Mrs.
Paul Mix. of Stanton; Miss Letitia Dona-
hoe, of Mint Spring.
The invited guests were-Miss Gertie
Ross, of Bedford; Miss Alma Bear, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Best, of Avis; Mrs. T. Dill
lard, of Mint Spring; Messrs. A. Blauth
and J. w. Hayes, of Greenville; Newman
eau, I. Lambert, Frank Phillips, Jno.
Keyser, J. c. Armentrout, Lynn and Wal
lace Bear, of Avis, and Jacob Swartzel, of
Mint Spring.
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Tie Goshen Hotel Open.

On Monday last the Commercial Hotel''
at Goshen was opened, by MI. J. S. Craig,
with sixty guests. The band of the Rich
mond Blues was present and furnished
music to celebrate the occasion. We have
already given description of the entire re-
fitting (almost rebuilding) of the hotel, and
the furnishing it throughout with new fur
niture, carpeting, and so forth. 1t is as neat
and cosy hotel of it's size now as is to be
found anywhere. Those who have visited
the Cold Sulphur know something Of the
excellence of the fare which Mr.. Craig can
give. He will run both hotels giving his
personal superintendent to each.
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Waynesboro Affairs.

The Waynesboro Times Of Friday has
the following items
Acquitted.-John Munday, white, aged
10, was before Mayor r. g. Wright We'd
nesday, charged with stealing $16 and a
pistol from John Opie, his employer. Com
monwealth's Attorney Meade F. White
conducted the prosecution, and F. w.
Weaver of Waynesboro. the defense. The
boy was acquitted, the evidence being pure
ly circumstantial.
Prospectimg.-Messrs. Kinney & Terry
of Staunton, are prospecting for iron ore Oh
their mineral land near Fishersville. They
expect to put a large force of men to work
in few days.
Personal-Mr. T. Ashby Warden was
in the city this week.
Miss Bessie Gibson Of Staunton, is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Wallace.
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An Incomplete Census.

turn only credits Staunton with an in
crease of 100 in ten years, shows for itself
it's incompleteness. A well known citizen.
who has taken the trouble to count up,
says that on the single block on which he
resides there have been twenty-three addi-
tons, by births and persons moving into
town. This single block alone furnishes
therefore one-sixth of the reported increase.
The increase in the other blocks would of
course greatly increase the number. The
City Council should have a census taken
and take steps to have the official figures
corrected at Washington.
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Dates of the Virginia Fairs.

The following are the dates Of the Fairs
in Virginia this Fall:
Baldwin District Fair, Staunton-Sep
TENDER 3Oth and October list, End and 3rd'
G.. Julian Pratt, Secretary.
Lynchburg Fair-October 18th, 8th, 9tf
and 10th. Alex. Mcdonald, Secretary.
Farmvi]le Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair-October 18th, 18th and 18th. R. G
Porter, Secretary.
Tidewater Agricultural and Mechanical
Society, FrankIin-November 18th, 18th
18th and 10th. A. L. Gardner, Secretary.
Shenandoah County Fair, Woodstock
October 18th, sth, 9th and 10th, 1890. j. II
Grabill, Secretary.
Rappahannock Valley Fair, Fredericks
burg-September 30th, October LIST and End
A. P. Rowe, Jr., Secretary.
Rockbridge County Fair, Lexington.
September 23rd, Oath and 25th. J. 7.
Wilson, Secretary.
Botetourt Fair, Fincastle Nth
18th, 18th and 18th. Maj. Mcdowell, Sec
rotary.
Wheeling wv. Va.) State Fair-Septem
ber 9Th, 9th, 10th, 18th and 18th. George
S. Otte, Secretary.
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Weddings to Come.

Cards are out for the marriage, on We'd
nesday next, the 9th inst, at half past :
O'Clock, F. NJ, in the Second Presbyterian
church, of MI. James T. Lightner, of the
firm of Witt, Lightner & Co., and Miss
Mabel Tinsley, daughter of J. E. Tinsley,
Esq.
Cards are out for the marriage, at
Riverside, Botetourt county, Va, the
home of the BRIDES parents, Wednesday,
Aug. 9th, at $50 P. NJ, of MI. J. w.
Churchman of Augusta county, to Miss
Annie, daughter of Geo. H. johnson, Esq.
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A Train to Run Only One Way.

From August Goth, to September 5th-
for fifteen days, a passenger train will
run on the G. o. from the White Sui
phur to Richmond. 1t leaves the White at
A. M, stops at Allegheny, Clifton Forge,
Millboro, Goshen, Augusta Springs and
Variety Springs, and passes Staunton at
is p. M. 1t reaches Richmond at $50
P. M. It is for the accommodation of Wis
itors to the watering places returning
home, and there is no train corresponding
to it running West from the Eastern end of
the line.
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MA RkETS.
VINDICAToR OFFIt

(
STAUNToN, VA, August Dist.
Wheat continues active and every day finds
it one or two cents higher, the advance since
our last issue being fully eight cents per
bushel. Prime milling wheat is now bringing
81 10. and choice lots for seed will bring S125,
We mark up the prices for flour SOC. to 75c.
per barrel all around.
Hay is dull Stocks are accommodating and
there is less disposition to buy. Are our far
mers not making mistake in croWding new
hay on the market at this time? The East is
not ready for it.
The weekly circular of Dun Co., New
York, of last Friday, says; 'Wheat has adj
yanced 415c. with sales Of 100000 bushels
here. Oats 1c and corn, having been pushed
quite high before the report appeared, has
since declned11ac on sales of 900, 900 bushels
Pork is SOC per barrel lower, but hogs are
coming forward in great numbers and do not
advance. The exports of grain are already at
fected by prices, and Of flour and corn, ship
ments are less than half those of the same
week last year."
The Philadelphia Record of Saturday esti
mates that the outturn of wheat will fall
80 600, 900 bushels below that of last year, and
the latest estimates point to deficiency d
513, 900 900 bushels of corn, and of $780, 1000, 00(
bushels of oats.
GRAIN MARKETS.
RICHMOND, Aug. O.-Wheat-Longberry-
seed 81 .O8, very good $1.O6, mixed $1.O5, Short
berry-for seed Sl.OS, very good $l.0s, good $l.03
| BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.-Wheat-Southern stiff
and higher; Fultz 9Scas1O7, Longberry 98ca$l OF
| No. 2 Sl.O5, steamer No. 2 red $l.O2, Western un
settled ,No2 winter red spot and Aug 81 O34asl.O Oh
Sept. S1.O44a$104a, Oct. 81 .o5a4aS106, Dec O9s
| 1897 Corn-Southern firm and unchanged, white
5Sa60c. yellow 5Sc.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Wheat-Sept., s1.O4I, Dec
S1.OS55s, May Sl12A. Corn-Sept 1910, May $500
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Aug. a.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows
Best. 81 80 $50
Generally rated first quality. 1926 4.121:
Medium or good fair quality 2.371a 2.S714
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
200 2.37L
The receipts have been much more numerous
than they were last week, but the offerings much
less, and, with few exceptions, the quality was
not as good as it was then. There were few ex-
treme tops which brought 1sc higher figures than
last week, but they were much better than the
tops of last week.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 18.-Heavy receipts of Hogs,
and grass Hogs hard to SELL Common grass Hogs
sell at 4aa5c, better grades of grassess at o4a5sc
Good cornfed Hogs at b14aas4o per lib net, most
sales at 5ssa5Ao per lib. Receipts of Hogs this
week 1857 head.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 1S.-Receipts of Sheep and
Lambs $500 head, with sales at SASS per 100 lbs
for Sheep, and Lambs 5a7c per lb. Quotations
gross.
! RICHMOND, Aug, lS.-Receipts; 1862 head Of cat.
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Charters Granted.

Judge Mclaughlin last week granted the
following charters:
Clifton Forge Banking and Construction
Co.-President, Edward Echols; Vice
President, w. A. Burnett; Secretary, Jno
L. Duncan; Treasurer, John J. Stack, ST.,
General Manager, J. c. King. Directors
Messrs. Burnett, Duncan and Stack, and
T. P. Bowles, J. T. White, B. B. Eskridge
W. E. Craig, B. f. Hughes, Adolph Loeb
J. j. Murphy and J. Fl. Bell. Capita
stock 100000 in shares of $40 each. Pur
pose, to erect buildingsaon Clifton Forge
Companys property.
Paper Fabrique company of Basic City
President, Severtus Longley of Cincinnati
Vice President, DR.. Stephen Harnsbergel
of Basic City; Secretary, Herbert Longley
of Cincinnati. Capital $50 900.
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IS Grains.

An error Of the types made the Trades
Edition of last week say that in the water
of MI. D. A. Kayser's Magnesla Lithia
Spring near Staunton, now becoming IA
nous, an analysis showed in one gallon s
grains. 1t should have been IS grains of
mineral, consisting Of magnesia, lithium,
potassium, iron, manganese, sodium, stron-
tium, alumina, nitrates, carbon dioxide,
calcium acid carbonate, nitrogen and oxi-
gen of course, sulphuric acid, chlorine and
other less important ingredients, but only a
trace Of organic matter-so small quanti-
ty that the Professor did not attempt to
measure it,
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BreVltleS.

Mrs. M. D. Efinger Of Staunton, has sold
to Robt. Liskey for So, 500 the old S0o-acre
Houston place, near Taylor's Springs in
Rockingham county.
The Allegheny Sentinel of Covington, says
on Friday last: eve understand that the
Staunton Building Company has contracts
enough ahead to keep them busy for three
months after starting, if no more are re-
ceived.'
Our farmers can find good market fol
all their tomatoes at the Staunton Cannely y,
on Greenville Avenue.
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Buena Vista Notes.

The Advocate of Friday furnishes the
following items:
Output of IRON Ore.-The Buena Vista
mines have 5000 tons Of iron ore ready fol-
use and are getting out more at the rate Of
200 tons per day.
Taxable VdIues.-The Commissioner of
the Revenue has completed his assessment
and reports the taxable values of Buena
Vista to be $670,000.
PERSONAL---VERY.. DR.. G.. B. Stricken, of
Atlanta. Ga, spent yesterday here.
J. A. +. Hizer, of Churchville, has rent
ed house and will move in with his fami-
ly Sept. LIST. He will open a large boarding
house.
Miss Mamie Jones, of Washington, who
has spent some weeks at MI. J. w. Black
burn S, of this city, left this morning for a
visit to some friends in StauntOn.
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Transfers OF Real Estate.

Louisa A. Smith, Ex'x. of Orlando
Smith, to 3. F. Eakle, lot on johnson
street, $500.
B. A. Blakemore to Chas. T. Hammond,
2 lots in Harrison Survey, at $500 and
$3.50.
J.H. Dinneen to A. B. Arthur, the old
Olivier stand, corner of Main and New
streets. $4,000.
]. r. Taylor, j., EXT, to Staunton
Land Co., lot on N. Augusta ST., $500.
B. A. Blakemore to II. L. Wilson, lot
No. 10 Harrison Survey, $500.
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Imposing Ceremonies at the Laying OF a
Corner Stone.

Yesterday at noon, the corner stone OF
the new M. E. Church, South, at Licking
ton was laid by the Grand Lodge A. +. q
A. M. of Virginia, Grand Master Robert
7. Craighill, presiding. Staunton Lodge
No. 10 was represented by Deputy Grand
Master J. Howard Wayt; w. M, j. M.
Lickliter; P NJ, J. G. Whitlock; 5. w.,
b. B. Houseman;J. W. Albert Shultz; and
A. NJ. Simpson, VIM. Skeen, FL. L. Lang
and VIM. Brubeck. Rev. Dr.. Cox OF Har-
risonburg, delivered the address in place OF
Hon. H st. Geo. Tucker, who was detained
at Washington. There was large crowd
present.
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1t will have to be Bought.

The establishment CT Lewiston on the
suburbs, settles the question that Staunton
must become the owner of the Fair ground
with it's water supply, and authority to
protect it from deterioration. 1t is stated
that the property can be purchased ON rea-
sonable terms, and if SO our City Council
ought to buy it at once before Lewiston is
settled up and begins making it's sewerage
o11tlat
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STENoGRAPHY AND TYPE-WRITING.-
The attention of young persons, and par
ticularly ladies desiring neat and lucrative
employment, is called to the advertisement
Of Miss Mary T. Cupp found in another
column. Stenographers and Type-wrlters-
both male and female-are always in de
mand and command good salaries. Miss
Cupp is spending her vacation at her home
in Mt. Scion, and will resume her schoo
Monday. September 22d.
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Nominated for Attorney General.

The Democratic State Convention of the
new State Of North Dakota nominated a
State ticket on August It'll. For Attorney
General James V. Brooke, formerly of the
Staunton bar was nominated. MI. Brooke
was lawyer Of fine equipment when he
practiced at this bar, and a gentleman OF
the highest character. 1t is a most excel
lent nomination, which ought to give
strength to the ticket.
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Scarcity of Mutton.

Mutton was never known as scarce in
this section before. The cause Of it is that
along through the winter pretty much all
the lambs were bought up by stock dealers
in advance, before they were dropped, and
now there isn't mutton enough to supply
the market. A dealer here recently went
to North Carolina to buy sheep for this
market. This is unprecedented in this sec
ton we believe.
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Death of MIR, Brown Patterson.

MI. Brown Patterson, a prominent citi-
zen Of the county, died yesterday morning.
at II o'clock, at his home in South River.
He had had the grip and never fully recov-
cred. He was about 60 years of age. His
funeral will take place this morning, at IL
o'clock, at Thinking Spring church.
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A Strangers Impression of staunton.

A correspondent of the Orange (Va.) Oh
server, writing of trip through the Valley,
says:
'tAnd now we are at Staunton. This place
has q boom. The multitudinous strokes of
the pick and the lively ring of the shovel
wildly impress us with the idea that ere long
the rumbling of the street car will be heard
throughout the limits of-the Queen City Of the
Valley. Here it is our privilege to attend a
meeting Of the Y. M. c. A. They have a
splendid, spacious building. and a fine libra.
By By poWer in the land in coming n days."
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a Good Opportunity for Advertising the
Town

The plan now being offered to our people
by MI. John I. Green of the Charleston, S.
C. News and Courier, by which our city is
written up and given circulation of IS, 900
copies everywhere, is well worth patronage.
1t will directly OF Indirectly pay those who
patronize it heavy per cent. on their ex-
nendltllre
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busy. It's drummers are on the road and
arrangements have be made to establish an
agency in Atlanta, Ga, for several South
ern States. The factory has plenty of
money behind it and its prospects are of
the best.
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At $40 a week take skilled and unskilled--
labor together weekly paw roll ..... Sit, 800


labor together, weekly pay roll......S15,3 800
With this pay roll Of over Eight Hundred
Thousand Dollars poured out IN the
community every year the price now be-
ing paid for land here will be proved not to
have been dear, and take it that with the
showing Basic City will make, even two
months from now, sale Of lots, if the COM
panv should hold one, would show much high
er prices than have ever yet been realized.
The management of the company's affairs
has been good, and General Manager J. M
Quarles is giving them the benefit of that
most excellent combination, caution and
indomitable enterprise. The policy has
been one that has never yet failed-to make
the real estate valuabze by the creation OF
industries, and it has been fully carried out.
Indeed it has gone beyond that and every
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DIED.

Observation-Disclosures 8, in Staunton, Myra, in
FAINT daughter of John and Annie Stockholm,
aged months.
SHEEHAN.-August II at his home in this city,
from dropsy, Mr.. Daniel Sheehan, aged "A. He
left widow, a daughter, Mrs. Frank Bergin a
married daughter in North Carolina and two
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MARRIED..

JORDAN-ARMENTROU 18th, near
West View, MI. Osborne II. Jordan, OF Rock.
Augusta.
DETERMINATIONS 13th at the Hoo
yer House. in Staunton, by Rev. X. NJ. Wheeler,
Mr. George ShumaEe, of Basic City, to Miss
Marian Keran of Mt. Sidney.
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The Scarcity of Fruit.

The scarcity Of peaches, apples, pears and
other fruit is causing general worry to the
housekeeepers. Few of them have been
able to put up preserves for the winter, anc
there seems to be nowhere to get them.
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tie, 263 81 ieep and lambs and 23 hogs Sales: S04
head of cattle, 1858 sheep and lambs, 2i3 hogs,
prices-(Au gross except hogs which are net)
Cattle-Best, 315alc; medium to good, 234a3l4c
common to fair, lAa219c. Sheep-3a4a414c. Lambs
-4a51ac. Hogs-5a51ac. net. Bulls-2a24c.
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thing that will bring money to the city has
been encouraged to come, whether an in
dustry OIL not-as in the case of the Norma
College, which will bring at least 10000
year to the merchants of Basic City.
SOLID BASIS.
A large number of the enterprises that
have come here are Individual in thell
ownership. but I had the curiosity to en-
| quire into the amount of capital which is
behind the incorporated companies now op
Grating here and find it is as follows:
Basic City Mining and Manufac-
turing Co.. 35O, 00(
Sales of lots .:........... 800, OO(
Hardware Manufacturing Co... $50, 00(
Car Works $50, 00(
Coal and Lumber Co................ 100, 00(
PAPER Mill $4,000
Total ............. ......S 81 200, 00t
A pretty good amount of capital, you
will say, to be gathered in town Of ninety
days existence.
But this good fortune has not been simple
good luck. 1t was good judgment and
energy combined. The location that the
company made commanding two railroads.
giving it competing lines to the sea and
to every quarter of the country, was the
first grand stroke of skill, and from it all
the rest has sprung. Not many months
will elapse before railroad is built from
here to the Valley Branch Of the B. u o.,
which will add another railroad to the two
Basic City already has, and be another
spoke in the wheel of what 1 believe is to be
one of the most successful and wealthy of
the new Virginia cities.
I may not close this screed without say
ing a good word for the newspaper of the
town, the Basic City Advance. A town is
always judged by its newspaper, whether
the town be new OF old. In this case MI.
J. II. Lindsay has given the city OF his
adoption journal Of which it should be
proud, for it is one of the very best weeklies
in the State and is in itself q good advertise
ment for the new city. III. e. L.
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II. y. T EALEy
Supt. Augusta County Schools.

Owing to the fact that the City Schools will be
in session September 5th, I will postpone the
above examination till the next day, (6th).
aug14 At E. o. PEALE.