Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-03-21
Supervisors Meeting.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, !
! SHEPHERDsTowN, March II, 1871.
! The Board met at the Court House Pursuant
/ TO djournment, present, Supervisors H. Rod
| erick, Ehud Turner, Logan O,burn. John j
Ramsburg, Jonathan Hnines, Reziu Cross
aud the President Of the Board
The minutes of the last meeting we're read
and before being signed it was
Ordercd, by vote OF the following mem
bers in the affirmative, to wit: Messrs. Roder.
lex, Turner, llaines, Harrisburg aud the Pres.
ident, that the President do not sign the or
dcrs passed at the last meeting of the Board
in reference to closing the road from Summit
Point to Cameron's Depot. and in reference to
the granting John X. Flagg an order for
$500 damages that order be rescinded, and
said road he continued open, or re>opened, and
that the sum Of five hundred dollars be paid
to the said John X. Fiagg for the right of
way.
Supervisors Logan Osburn and Rein Cross
presented their credentials rs Supervisors re,
presenting respectively the townships of Os>
burn and HsTpcr's Ferry. Il was moved that
they be not admitted to their seats which mo.
ton was lost.
The President having here abseutcd himself.
on the motion Of Supervisor IIaines.
II IS oT,i"rci. That Supervisor pshurn act
a. Temporary President, aud that Geo. II
Turner he appointed Temporary Clerk of the
Board. aud that the said Turner immediately
take The proper oath and perform the duty OF
his temporary office.
II - or,1r,c,3, That tie order passed Mt the
last meeting ct the Board aurhurIZiu" the en-
pioymcmt"t IL. IL. Blackburn Esq aud Thos
Van Swcarur"cn, Esq. - Counsel of this
Buard 10 obtain an injunction. and otherwise
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ed under recent Act of the Legislature OF
West Virginia To- remove the Cuunty-scat of
Jefferson County to CharIcSrnwm. hc aud the
same is hereby resciudcd, aud the said Coun.
sci are instructed TO proceed no further in the
matter.
II IS orIcrcd, That the permanent Clerk of
the Board appear at the next meeting OF this
Board. or at any called extra Session thereof.
and produce the records If the Board at such
time amd place as said meeting or scssion may
be held
II * ordere,I, That when the Board ad-
juurn, it adi"urn To meet at Charlcstown. in
ti"ifs Hall, on the second Tuesday in April
next
On motion
II Is "rR.rcd, Tha, the Board do now nd
journ to meet in Charlcstown ON the second
Tuesday in April, the regular day of meeting
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GEO. II. TURNER. Presdt. pro. tenn.
CErrh pro. tenn.
ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday Of last week,
Maj } Marshall McCuc. underworld to drive
"A out of one Of his fields on a favuritc
riding horse of his. which was blind; the horse
! became Unru'y aud Ieapcd int" lime kiln -
la the leap the horse stcaded himself aud lit
plumb on his feet but the impetus he had
acquired carried him head foremost against
the opposite wall. breaking his neck Mai
McCue was considerably Jared by the fall
and received slight scratch on the forehead
Maj. McCue being perfectly cognizlnt of
his condition. endeavored to brace himself for
the fall, which possibly accounts, TO "A conSid
cradle extent, for the manner in which the
horse aiigh'ed and for the sigh, injury to the
Major himself Stnu"fon TIndicafor.
CoTToN CoMING TO MARKET.-For weeks
past nearly every boat arriving at New Or
leans from up river has come loaded down
I with cotton to the guards. Over a million
/ bales have already been received in thar CITY,
aud thousands of bales are still daily arriving
I From all quarters Of the cotton growing regions
of the VALLEY of the Mississippi come reports
that there are large quantities of cotton
awaiting shipment. and there are still miles
and miles of acres which are white with the
unpcked staple. What is here said of New
Orleans is also true, to good extent. of Sa.
vannah, Mobile. and in less degree of
Charleston, Galveston and other Southern
ports.
COUNTERFEIT GREENBACKs.-Nota week
| passes that the FRS; Auditor, w. +. Taylor,
does not receive ten dollar counterfeits from
the sheriffs of the southwestern counties of
the State. They are invariably the same plate
viz: the Farmers Manufacturers National
bank of Poughkeepsie, New York;. W
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