The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-10
CHARLESTON.
NO COurt-Bnt Two Cases-Death OF
an Old Ciiizen-A New-Fangied
steam neutrality-suspicious." TO ihe
s,ate-The Greenbsck League. Etc,
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Correspondence of the Register.
CHARLEsToE, W. Va, April D.
Gail quiet along the Potomac tonight"
applies as well 20 the ksnawha at this
time.
For wonder, no Court is in session in
our city, and halt hundred lawyers
have the opportunity to indulge ln-weli'
if a portion of them were not already
married, we might say they have leisure
to do some "courting," for when IL Is
not necessary TO have the court house
bell rung to summon the parties To-
gether.
Lawyers don't always succeed in gain
ing their cases, however, when a female
is the Judge, jury, opposition counsel ana
solitary witness In the case, as some OF
item 1.-THE bsrristers) know to their
hearts sorrow, etc. Two very curious
cases (?), without precedent ~, perhaps,
have been sprung in the legal lights OF the
Ksnswha bar within the last few months.
One ives that in which the husband
died without issue, leaving q consldera-
bic personal estate. When 1t was known
that he must die, he desired to make q
will bequeathirg his personally to bis
wife. His physicians decided that the
patient must not undergo any mental
excitement, so the illegal luminary'-hls
counsel-called in twelve men to witness
the dying ans statement that his de-
sire was That his wife should inherit his
whole estate. This the illegal lumlnary
deemed important in order TO prevent
the property reverting to the brothers
and father OF the deceased. This Is per-
hsps the substance OF the C sc. III the
illegal lumiuary" above referred to had
turned his dazzling rays upon certain
page and section of the Code OF West
Virginia he might have deprived HIM
self of a fee and saved the estate in Ques.
ton the discharge thereof. We refer TO
that portion where it defines that, II the
husband die childless his personal estate,
alter paving his debts, shall go to his
wife, il he have any, or words to that
effect.
Perhaps YOUR correspondent will es-
tabllsh a law school for the common en-
lightment of such |. |. illegal luminary
The other case was that wherein the
wife died Intestate and without issue,
seized of considerable estate IN lands.
A few days thereafter, the wlte's
brother informed the dIsconsolate hus-
band that it might be proper thing for
him TO do, considering that it was about
time to 90 to "crsppin;' to look himself
I'D another home. This stumped the
husband, rs his late wife expressed wish
that her property should descend to her
husband, and that too, in life presence
or this same and only brother. However
after several days biCkerng with the
aspiring heir, and after Offering TO pay
him thousand dollars to be let alone IN
peace, and all to no effect, he came to
this city to consult counsel. be went
back rejoicing A lite time interest was
mis- by courtesy OF the law. SO said the
illegal luminary' after much research.
AS we have heard of no proceedings on
the brothers part TO institute suit tor the
dead wite's estate, we presume 1t is settled
thus: Just such case as this last, has
never been decided by the Courts, we
are told, and what their decision might
be if it were tried no one can say. AS 1t
stands, however, it ought to represent
law and equity.
Death has recently laid his cold hand
on an old and well known citizen. Per.
haps no man in the county was better
known to the people thereof, than the old
tol-keeper Elisha Williams, Esq, for
years and years part and parcel of the
Elk River Suspension Bridge-until the
building Of the Keystone bridge when he
changed to that. He was in his seventy.
second year.
Superintendent of the city gas works,
Mr.. G. Ward, has invented what he calls
the sectional pipe non-explosive boiler,
and placed one on DR.. Hale's new steam
er the "Wild Goose" completed quite
recently. 1t works admirably we are
told, also that il will be new departure
for economy Of power and space in It's
line.
The "Green back League is to be the
name of new weekly newspaper, which
will make its first appearance in about
ten DAYS in this city, 1t will be devoted
to the soft money or american system
of finance" and the interest OF the
laboring and debtor class. We are in.
formed that 1t will start with paving
patronage and an immense circulation.
1t will employ the best talent and its
success is almost assured. ARIEL.
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