Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-17
IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED.

pIeSluiDS, ueClueu lue iihPOilait Case VI
Robert A. Lucas and Catherine S. Lu-
cas- vs.. Peter g. Brooks and others, by
the entry of decree on the 9th instant,
the Court dissolving the injunction
hitherto awarded, and also dissolving
the amended bill last filed, which sought
to reopen the questions involving the
probate of the will of James Ii. Shep-
herd, of New Orleans, and of the trusts
sought to be engraited upon it in favor
of his Virginia relations.
But in deciding upon the ultimate
rights of the parties as presented by the
oil as first amended. the Court decided
that r. d. Shepherd had made provi-
sion for his niece, Catharine 5. Lucas,
by sundry donations or advancements
made during his life, and in enforce
ment of these the Court decreed that
his executors should pay to the COM
plainant, Catherine s. Lucas, or TO her
trustee, the sum of twenty-three thou
sand, two hundred and fifty dollars
Daniel Is. Lucas, Esq, represented The
compliments, and Hon. Charles J.
Faulkner the deiendants.-C hariesiOiCn
Spirit
In addition TO the Martinsburg rail
road case, which has exhausted the pa
tience of judge, jury and counsel, and
seems indefinite in It's duration, there
has been an important chancery case be-
fore the same court, which has been oc-
cupying the night sessions and his
Honor. This is case which goes back
in its facts upwards Of forty years and
involves interests Of great magnitude.
1t is well known to all who have at
tended the Federal Court at Wheeling
and at this place, and Is recognized on
the docket as the case of Brooks Il Lu-
cas-. Ii has been fought at law, and
Judgment there obtained,in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and by in
functions in chancery for the last ten
years. His Honor has at length rem
dered final decree in the causes, but
in doing so has not given satisfaction
to either party, as both plaintiffs and
defendants have given notice on ;he
record of an appeal to the Supreme
Cont Of the United States. Judge
Jackson has certainly encountered q
great amour; of labor during the pres
ent session of our Court. In the chan
Gerry case above referred to, Hon. ID. Is.
Lucas is council for the plaintiffs, and
Hon. elias. J. Faulkner, for the letcn-
dants.
The testimony is yet in progress in
the case of March VS.. the Marlinsburg
and Potomac Railroad Company, and
it is difficult to fix any day, when it will
be closed by the verdict of the jury. 1t
has already intertered with the Charles,
ton District Court, and most probably
will postpone it altogether.-Cl rks-
burg Cor. 10 UheeIi"g Register.
A PASTOR CALLEp-HE WILL AC-
CErT.-At a congregational meeting
held il Christ Evangelical English Lu-
theran) church Monday night, the con
eregation, by q unanimous vote, aHthor-
lied the vestry 10 extend a, call to Rev.
J. O. McAtee, Of Red Flock, New York
TO become the pastor. We are informed
that Mr. McAtee will accept the call
Rev. J. Q, McAtes is native of
Maryland, having been born in Clear
spring, Washington county. lie was
formerly stationed in our ncighborinG
town Of Bedford for five years; was To-
Gated at Pottsville eight years, and has
had a charge at Red Hook, n. Y, for
the past two years, where he now re-
sides. lie has been in the ministry for
II years.
Mr.. McAtee preached to large con-
gregation last Sunday in the Lutheran
church, and his audience was well
pleased. His diction is elegant; his voice
is pleasant to the ear, and his preaching
considerably above the average.
He will leave here this morning for
his home at Red Hook, where he will
make immediate preparations for his
departure for Cumberland, and expects
to he able to take charge of his new
congregation by the end of June.
Rev. Mr.. Holloway, the former pas
tor, has accepted call in the State vi
Ohio Cumberland .3Hegonion.
An OLD Mans YAEN.-'.I am Major
Harry Sheet, and fought with Gen.
Scott" lie sighed, as he climbed up to
the top of THE american building yes
terday, and carefully seated himself by
the side Of a reporter. 81 am not u
tramp or a drunkard," he went on, and
though his breath smelt very strong OF
onions, yet there was no reason TO be-
leve that he had eaten them TO dis
guise the smell Of anything stronger.
lie had a story to tell-about wife
who had died years ago in Philadelphia
and though he had tramped the country
over from Maine TO Texas, and from the
Blue Ridge to the Sierras, he had never
seen her equal. "There are plenty OF
women in the world, plenty of them"
he repeated, 'but none like her. And
when she died" the old man went on,
81 left home, for couldn't bear 20 stay
where she had been, and to keep the
old house which she had kept so well,
and so | started off and have been 60
ing ever since. I'm going to Washing
ton next" he went OF, "that's where all
us poor fellows endup at last. l don't
suspect | shall last much longer" and
he heaved 4 sigh, as much as to say he
didn't care. wilmington was the last
place l stopped at, said he; Il met the
mayor on the street, and he told me l
was crazy and he would send me to the