The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-28

The Longest Term OF Court Ever Helt
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FAIRvlEw, HANCOCK Co
Editors OF the Register

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Editors of the Register:
The longest term of Court ever held in
this county, was that of the County
Court, commencing last Monday. The
entire week was consumed, and the Court
! adjourned over on Saturday evening I'M
til tomorrow Tuesday,, which will be
fully occupied disposing of the business
remaining of the term. l note briefly
some of the transactions
Two of the three indictments against
the Ralston women for assault on james
and his son Frank Morrow, were tried
and verdicts of not guilty rendered; the
third one was disposed of by mol. pros
The grand jury found bill! on oath of
Virginia Ralston, mot one of the defend
ants above, but of the same family for
assault and battery, against Frank Nor
row, and the case was continued. The
second case against Peter ID. Pugh, being
for battery upon John f. Stevenson,
WAS also continued. Two individuals
named Flaherty, from the lower end,
plead guilty to case of the same kind,
and were fined so each. The pending
indictments against Evans and Beau
mont, of New Cumberland, were con-
tinued. and new one was found against
Evans.
The principal civil cases in which there
were contests, was suit by the Board OF
Education of Clay district against VIM.
Chapman, late treasurer of the district,
for the recovery of $l06, alleged not TO
have been accounted for. The case WAS
tried ut length at u former term, and the
Jury failing to agree were discharged.
The result upon this second trial was the
same, the jury again found it impossible
to agree, and were discharged. On Il
second trial, under similar circumstances,
John w. Flowers rs. VIM. II. Pugh, the
Jury found for the defendant. The case
exciting the most interest, however, was
one by John Mayhem, Esq, against Isaac
Flowers, for trespass alleged to have been
committed IN digging and mining coal
(by miner who had leased bank from
Fiowcrs) from the land of the plantlti,
adjoining the defendants coal bank.
The Jury found a verdict of SO for the
plaintiff. In a contested road case, vaca-
ting the Mount Horeb road and supply
inc the same by new road over an eX-
cellcnt grade, through the lands OF David
and Christina Campbell, in the lower end
of the county; the court determined TO
proceed with the work, and ordered an
inquest of damages to the parties, who
failed to agree to what the court ordered
5000 to David and 500 70 Chris
tina Campbell. To-morrows time
will probably be fully taken up by
business still unfinished. One of the
matters for consideration is upon an APP
plication for the exemption of property
! in the corporate town of New Cumber-
land from taxation for road and bridge
purposes. AS the case involves the va
iiditv of the act of the Legislature OF
1878, incorporating the town, in which
act the property in the corporate limits
is exempt from the taxes in question, its
consideration will be looked to with much
| local interest.
C.N. Collins, Esq, Clerk of the Cir
emit Court of this county, and a rising
Young member of the bar, will remove,
next week, to Pittsburgh, there to take
M his residence and commence the prac-
tice of his profession. His vacant clerk
ship will be filed by Judge Melvin, by
The splendid weather for fall farm
work still continues, and the industrious
farmer makes good Use of it. There will
be but II small proportion of the corn
crop remaining in the husks by the ena
of this week, should the weather cor
time. Yet the continued drouth has itS
i'll consequences, too; the wheat in the
Ground il not doing well, and water for
Stock and house use is, in many places,
scarce. =,
The wife of Mr.. Will Brcnneman, ri
this county, died Saturday, and word has
reached here of the recent death OF the
wife of Mr.. James Murray, formerly OF
this county, at Nicksburg, Miss.
CANILLUS.