Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-05-04

gg SUPERVISORS CoURr-The Board
met at the Aims House on Tuesday, 23rd
ult.-all the members present.
Albert Davis was appointed Town
ship Clerk Of Osburn-to fill uneXpired
term.
Messrs. Fulk, Sponceller and Kable
were appointed to superintend repairs OF
the Aims House, and to report whether
there is necessity forimprovenent OF out
buildings.
Messrs. Haincs and Kable, Committee
to make final settlement with Mr., Lit
Teton
Ordered, That the Commonwealth
Attorney be requested to appear before
the Circuit Court and defend the inter
ests of the county in case Of injunction
of W. II. II. Roper against opening
road petitioned for By McCurdy and
others.
Messrs. Entler, Haines, Sponceller
and Kablc, Committee to examine and
select a site for a Jail to be erected in
Charlestown. and report atneXt meeting
Of the Board.
Ordsred, That Supervisor Kable assist
Mr.. West, Surveyor Of Osburn Town
ship, il repairs of road leading from
Charlestown and Berry vile Turnpike to
PorterS Factory.
Ordered, That f. l. Lee be requested
TO return for examination the books ofthe
Sepherdstown and the Smithfield Turn
pike Company to the Board of Supervi-
sors at the next meeting.
O,dtrcd, That Mr.. Haincs instruct
Mr. Bragg to wall up the we'll at the
Aims House.
An order was passed allowing Mary
+. Po.tlethwaite $50 for services as
School teacher-two months; April and
May, 1861.
0rdered, That the Building Commit
tee of the Court House be, and are
hereby requested to make full report
10 the Board of Supervisors at their
next meeting; as TO the amount Of diff
ferent contracts for said building; how
said work was to be done; whether any
changes have been made in the plans
since said contracts We're made, if any;
what difference in cost; how much mon
ev has been expended on the Court
House, and how much it will probably
take to finish said building
Ordered, $50 to John Mason, 5 IA
months Board for Pauper, Preston Mel
son; also other orders for small bills.
He5- The CAMEeoN POISONING CASE.
"A correspondent writing to the Bal
timore Sun, from Harrisonburg, Va,
says
The case of John Cameron, now con-
fined in the Jail of Rockingham county,
charged with producing the death of his
wife by poison. bids fair to equal in in
tereSt any similar case that has ever oc-
CURED in the State OF Virginia. About
two weeks ago Mrs. Cameron died very
suddenly, and upon her death-bed &C
cused her husband with having poison
ed her, stating that he had put in dose
of salts which he knew she was to take.
Upon this charge he was arrested and
lodged in Jail, and the wife's stomach
sent to the University of Virginia for
examination. A report of the analysis
has been made. and states that one and
half grains of strychnine has been
found in the stomach.
The alleged cause of the poisoning is
a difficulty existing between Cameron
and his wife on account of his intimacy
with another woman, named Steinbuck
After his arrest, the neighbors gather
ed around the house of his mistress and
taking her out administered coat OF
tar and feathers. 1t is thought she will
be arrested as an accomplish of Cam
eron.
Cameron is a man about forty-fv
years of age, has but one arm, the other
being amputated because of a kick from
horse several years ago, is low and
sensual in appearance, and takes his
troubles lightly, being firmly under the
impression that be cannot be convicted
of the crime with which he stands
charged. No time has been fixed for
his trial yet, though it is supposed it
will take place at the May term of the
county noFrt. Ts.s f-ss