The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-04-09
Basic City Natural Gas and Oil
Company.

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Basic City Natural Gas and Oil
Company.
| A company was organized at Basic
! City on the 18th, with a subscribed CAPT
tai of $4,000, for the purpose of boring
| for natural gas and oil in that locality.
The incorporators are: Hon. Geo. h.
/ Puntenney, Rushville. Indiana; Lon
Link, president Rush County National
Bank, Rushville Indiana; John +.
Seaman. George W. Young, George w.
Bliss, E d. Kelly, Noble Brown, NJ. No
len, G.. q. Mauzy all of Rushville; and
/ j. NJ Quarles, j. A. Wise, DR.. ID. w.
Hanger. Geo. H. Selb, NJ. A. Booker,
Geo. S. Magee, and J. Alex. Bumgard-
ner, all of Basic City.
| Officers were elected for the first year
| as follows: III Nolan president and gen
! eral manager; NJ A. Booker, vice presi
! dent; j. A. Wise, treasurer; Geo S. MAJ
gee, secretary.
/ 1t is believed that the conditions
/ about Basic City are favorable to the
| existence of natural gas and oil, and
that boring will verify this belief. OPP
| erations will be commenced at once and
/ pushed enargeticaly.
Key J. S Gardner, presiding elder
I preached an interesting sermon in the
Methodist church Sunday morning.
James H. Smith was buried on Thurs.
/ day last. His two sons, Ernest L., of
! Aurora. Indiana, and Il II of Bilmng
ham, Ala. attenued on the occasion.
T II. d. Si;eck has nasie lie people
most Efficient and accommodating
sheriff He will retire from the office
witt clean ilaudsand an enyiahle record,
1a,ues ble!t hiracefe died near SAT-
! ee,sville. on the Sd inst. from the effects
al cold contracted while attending
March Court i'll Stannton. His age was
4 SIS years
Mr. David Hogsett. near Parnassus,
/ who has been suffering from severe
case of dfopsy. is SO far convalescent as
! to encourage the hope of permanent re-
ceyery.
Maj. Jed Hotchkiss and E. G. Vim
| cent, Staunton, and John Harnsberger,
! Port Republic, attended the convention
! OF civil engineers at Roanoke last week,
aud participated in the organization OF
an association for the State.
Cards are out for the marriage at I'm
ion church at a quarter Of 70 o'clock on
next Wednesday morning, April 18th, of
Prof. Eugene O. Peale, Supt. of schools
of Augusta county, to Miss Mamie Hogs
head daughter OF Thos. S. Hogshead,
of Strlb1ing Springs
W. G. Kinney and NJ. G. Treiber have
con itionally purchased 615acres of land
in North River Gap from Emanuel Hise,
on which is fine deposit of anthracite
coal The price is $4,000. Specimens
of the coal at kinney's coal Office indi-
cate an abundance and of good quality.
The office of the Staunton Improve
ment Company has been removed to
| the third room west, in the Bagby
building, corner of Main and Lewis,
which has been nicely tilted up. M.
NJ. Robertsons Office is in the same
building, and Mr.. Robertson and G. r.
Caldwell are on hand at all times to at
| tend to the business of their respective
establishments.
Joseph d. Cochran, son of Col. James
! G. Cochran, is. we learn, an applicant
for the chair Of chemistry for Blacks
j burg College. He is elninently qualified
1 for the position, and holds the highest
/ testimonials to his scientific attachments
! and personal worth. He is q young man
/ of unusual promise, and would reflect
credit upon the College and himself in
that important relation
A feature of the season was the open
ing at j. r. Liggett's store, Main street,
! on Tuesday last There was a rush of
ladies from morning till night, who pur-
chased literally and reveled in the arc
ma of flowers and evergreens, which
| hung in profusion throughout the spas
cious room. 1t was a rich and attrac
tive scene, and testified to the superb
taste and enterprise of the proprietor.
Col S.. Brown Allen has purchased
one-half of the drug store of Mr.. Grove,
at Clifton Forge, and his son Frank, re-
Gently returned from Texas, will at once
| take charge of the interest and be asso-
ciated with Mr.. Grove in the conduct of
| the business. Frank is promising
young business man, and we are graft
fed that he has returned to share in the
business activity now prevailing in his
native State.
Hon J. F. Lewis, who has been quite
| i'll at the residence of his son-in-law;
Hon. j. Ambler Smith, in Wash
lington, is reported to be better. He is
able TO sit up and walk about his room
/ and were the weather more favorable
| to come out on the street. 1t must be a
/ pretty severe spell of sickness that would
keep Mr.. Lewis close to his room, as his
whole life has been one 3. outdoor ac-
| tivity. Va hope soon to learn of his
entire restoration to health.
We learn from Capt. M, H. Mccarthy,
| general manager of the Rich Patch Iron
4 Company, that he expected to commence