The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-07
WASHINGTON COUNTY ITEMS.


Cross CREEK township hss recently
lost good citizen in the reI2oTas 81 saHi-
ue! Magill, jr., to Norfolk, Va.
JOSEPH LEEcH, of Smith township, re-
Gently killed a turkey that cleaned forty
pounds. Match il
THE Washington Building and Loan
Association on Saturday evening OF week
before last loaned 81, 400 at a premium OF
thirty-two per centum.
JAS. F. GABBY, Of Franklin township,
has been appointed Collector of Internal
: Revenue for Washington and Greene
counties, in room of John Z. Bell, re-
Gently deceased.
WE understand that Mr.. Hiram Long
don. of Morris township, has raised
steer that weighed $3.50 pounds. TINS Is
fine bullock and shows that Mr.. Long
don understands how to get up lat cattle
THE Washington and Jefferson College
building is being rapidly pushed to com
pletion. The plastering was finished on
Thursday last, the carpenter works ana
and painting are expected to be comp
ed on the 18th inst, and the whole struc-
ture then ready for occupancy. 1t Is one
of the most imposing structures III west
ern PENNSYLVANIA, and reflects great
credit on the projectors, contributors, ana
the mechanics engaged in its construction
THE CASE OF HENRY BRICELAND.-
In answer to numerous inquiries III re-
gard to the application for pardon OF
Communication in the case of Henry Brice-
land, under sentence Of death for the
murder Of John Allingham, VIC may say
that il is not probable any definite actioh
will be taken by the Board of Pardons at
the January meeting, and that II Is not
unlikely nothing will be done until the
June meeting, before which meeting the
board will not be full. Lieut.. Gov. Latt;',
one of the new members, will not rs.
sumo the duties of his Office until the
middle of January, and Secretary Of In
ternal Affairs, McCandless, the other new
member, will not go into office until
some time in May. They, with Attorney
General Dimmick and Secretary Of State
| Ouoy constitute the Board, and make |
report to the Governor for final action.
II is understood that the old members
decline to determine the application, and
] VIII await INC ll'INtiN'A We $780, /
The OLD HEMPFIELD CLAIMs.-Ihe !
article published by US last week land
which ought to have been credited to the |
! Wheeling Sandard) in regard to certain .
claims against the old Hemptied K. K. ,
! Co.. was so full of inaccurate statements !
that we deem it proper to give correct |
version. When the trustees assumed con
troll of the road in 1857, it was complet-
cd eastward only to Claysville, and in |
order to complete it to Washington, and
also to otherwise put it in good working /
order they entered into contracts with .
various parties When in 1871 the /
road was sold under the mortgage |
to John King, of Baltimore, representa-
tive of the Baltimore and ONO Railroad .
Company, the claims of some OF these
contractors were unpaid. The amount /
paid for the road by Mr.. King was $751;
600, and at the time of making the de- /
cree authorizing the sale the Supreme /
Court of this State directed that the |
purchaser really the b. u o. roadl /
should receive credit out Of the pur-
chase money. OH mortgage bonds held by .
il. to the extent, of $4,000. upon the
confirmation of the sale r. Bradford
Todd of Pittsburgh, was appointed mas
ter to distribute the balance OF the |
fund arising from the sale after
the payment of expenses. In Ms
| first report he excluded the claims
| of the contractors above mentioned, ana /
also all claims for land damages, and dia-
tributed the funds exclusively to mort !
gage bondholdcrs. This report was eX- .
cepted to, on the part of contractors under
the trustees, by Messrs. Brandon " Miller /
and d. S. Wilson, ESD oil this place, ana
bv others in Wheeling. The exceptions |
were argued in Philadelphia, in June
last. before Judge Williams, OF the Su-
preme Court. by Messrs. Bradcn " Will |
son on behalf of the contractors. and by |
Hill Burgwin. of Pittsburgh, and Peter |
Mccall, OF Philadelphia, on behalf OF the |
bondholders, and the report was set ASIDE |
and recommitted to Mr.. Todd, with m |
struetions to find the facts more Speclh-
cally.
Recently Mr.. Todd made a second re-
port in which he admitted the claims OF
creditors under the trustees, and presented
two schedules OF distribution, in one OF
which he included "a claim Of the Messrs.
Whitaker of Wheeling, for S53,Ooo, the
adoption of which would give pro rata
of about thirty per cent, while the adop-
ton of the other, eXcludingthe W hlttaKel
claim. would give pro rata 81 about SIXTY
per cent, adopting for himself, howeveT,,he
schedule excluding the Whitaker claim.
To this report exceptions were hIed oy
Hannibal Forbes, of Wheeling, and
NJ w. Acheson of Pittsburgh, counsel
for the Whittakers, and by MIR. Burg
win. on behalf of bondholders, and the
argument on the same was heard III
Philadelphia, before Judge Sharswood,
on the DIST of December last, MeSsrs.
Braden and Wilson, of this place appear
inc for the contractors and other claim
onis under the trustees, and Mcssrs.
Burrwin, Forbes, and Mccall for the
Whittakers and bondholders. Judge
Sharswood dismissed the exceptions ofthe
bondholders, sustained those ofthc Mcssrs.
Whitaker, admitting their clam to
come in on the fund, and directed the
money to be distributed accordingly to
the schedule including said claim.
Since then. Messrs. Braden " Miller,
of this place, for james Forward con-
tractor, and NJ. G. Acheson, Esq also oil
this place, for the estate of Joseph Hen
derson. deceased, have appealed from
the decree of Judge Sharswood allowing
the Whitaker claim. The argument IN
this new phase will be heard before the
full court at rs early day as possible.
OFFICERS ELECTED.--At regular
meeting of Lincoln Lodge, No. 40, |. q.
0. F.; of Benwood, the following officers
we're elected and installed to serve for
the ensuing term, beginning january lst,
and ending June Both, 1870: y. e., B.
f. Peabody; V. G., Joseph Taylor; Sec
rctarv, Frank NJ. Jilton; Treasurer, Rob.
ert 5. Whitesidc; Chaplain, VIM. +.