The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-20
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Congress OF Ladies Did.

County Clerk Finn has just completed
for the use of Hon. d. ID. johnson CON.
mittee, q tabular statement OF the taxes
assessed against the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company in this county tor
county and district purposes since the
formation of the State up 10 the present
time, which shows total of Sos SSl 80,
upon which the Company has paid, on
compromise, s25 600 st one time, and
81, $50 at another, leaving balance OF
S3l,975 80. This statement does not
show the school taxes assessed against the
Company prior to 1870, IS the clerk
could fud no record OF the eapportionment
of the Compsny's property between the
several townships through which the
road passes up to that time, and as the
levies for the building fund of the differ
ent' townships lowing to the tsct that
the school houses were built during
that perioi) were greater than at any
time since this, II included would very
materially increase the amount. Up 10
the wear 1870 the company's property IN
this county WAS valued for taxation at
1915. GOO, 10 that year it wss advanced TO
$500. 900, and in 1872 il was again al
vaneed TO 1923 300, st which it remained
until 1875, when Il compromise was
effected between the county and the com
psny BY q committee. consisting OF Hon.
j. II. Dickey and }. l.. Parkinson, Esq.
on the part OF the county and Vice
President Keyser on the part OF the
company, by which it was agreed that
the read should be assessed on uniform
valuation of $4,000 per mile. TINS re-
duces the total valuation 10 1897 2G0.
Under this compromise the county
agreed to dismiss the suit then
pending in the L. :. Court
as sinst the company, for taxes, the
company paving sll costs, and IN future
paving all taxes assessed against them
on the last name1 valuation without
suit. This compromise does not, how.
ever, effect \ suit which j. Dallas Ewing
is now prosecuting in the U. 5. Courts
against the company for back taxes due
the several districts.
THE CoCEAYSE WILL CASE
still continues 10 attract the attention Of
the Court, and large number 0! citizens
who daily repair 10 the court room to
listen 10 the csse rs il progresses. AS
this case is sn interesting one from the
amount OF property involved IN it, and RS
the parties 10 it are known 10 large
number Of your resders, send the fol.
lowing short history OF the case, thinking
probably il will not prove entirely with
out interest TO some OF them: The VI
bears dste February 25th, 1872, snd W 8
admitted 10 probste by the Clerk OF TIE
County Court on the 2Sth day OF August,
1875. three and one-hslt years after
the masking thereof. 1t gives to Eliza
beth keyser, daughter Of the teststor, in
addition 20 What she hss already received,
fifteen hundred dollars, but does
not release her husband from
the payment OF note he'd
sgairst him by the testator. To his
daughter Mary J. Chambers; the house
and halt 10! OF ground owned by the
teststor, in Bellsire. Ohio, snd nine hun
dred dollArs. To his daughter Eliza q.
Tsvlor, two thousand dollars. To rs
daughters Sarah and Mar.hs Ellen, esCh
two thousand dollars. To his grandson
BENJAMIN +. Cccksyne. one thousand
dollars, to be paid to him upon his srriv-
ing ST th. age Of q yesrs, With interest
from one wear after the death OF tests:or.
The interest - be paid TO him amy
sllv. The will also contains the request
that this wife OF the tes.stOr give TO
Sarah and Martha Ellen, such portions
of the household goods, snd At such
times IS she msy think proper.
And to his wife. SsrAh, during her life
tine, sll his real estate, except the
house and lot above mentioned, which
consists Of two hundred and rine:y-seyeu
acres OF land, one hundred and fifteen
sores of which Is river bottom land, snd
very valuable, TIE balance IS bill land.
tThis aland liss in what Is known IS
Gravel Bottom" shout two and one-
half miles above town, and fronts on the
! Ohio river. At the death of Mrs. Cock
awe The will provides that the land
shall descend II fee simple 10 Samuel A.
Cocksyne, son Of the teststor, who is ap-
pointed sole executor OF the viii. The
instrument was written By Hon. james
! ID. Morris, who, together with Col V. L.