Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-05-18
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS,

- Sanford Church. LII. D.. chief ius-
tiee OF the Court of Appeals of New York,
and leading lawyer and politician of tina.
State, died last Friday, aged sixty FIVE.
= The Washington City, Virginia Mid.
land and Great Southern railroad, extending
from Alexandria to Danville, with its vari
GUS branches, was sold at auction by Com.
missioner Barbour on Thursday last, for
S4,5O0, 600, to r. T. Baldwin, j. Wilcox
Brown and Robert Garrett, trustees for the
associated bondholders and creditors.
The new joint rule before the Senate
committee on the counting of the electoral
vote is quite elaborate in it's construction.
and appears to provide for all contingencies.
The essential elements are that it remoyes
from the President of the Senate any and
all power over the manner of countipp the
electoral vote, and requires the concurrent
action OF tho two houses in disputed cues
tions.
The arrest Of fifteen rioters on SV.R
Il. noticed in last weeks issue, had their
trial before Justices G.. E Roy and J. W.
Gulley here last Saturday, which resulted
in the discharge of FIVE, and the conviction
ct ten-three of whom were sentenced TO
confinement in our county Jail for so days
and fine of SIS each, and seven to 20 DAYS
Imprisonment and fine of S35 esch.
Wnrren Sentinel
- w. NJ. L. Forester, co!ored man, hail
ing from Richmond, Va, registered nj the
Mcclure House. Wheeling. ". Va, Tuesday.
and was assigned to a comfortable room. but
at meal>time Mr.. Norton, tho proprietor re-,
fused him sent at the pnbic table, bu,
otfe;et him scat at the table with other
colored guests. Forester became angry. and
went before United States Commissioner
Rogers, who sent him to United States Com
missioner Walton. Suit will he entered nm
der the civil rights act for $4,000.
In the House of Representatives on the
Sth of May, Mr. Bowman. from the Commits
tee on Claims. reported the following bill:
BILL For THE RELIEF OF JAS. NJ. MASON
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and Honse OF Rem
reaentatives OF the United States of America IN
Congress assembled. That whereas in the casa
Of Oft the un,ted States versus James n. Mason in
Tue district conrt of tue United States for the
district of West Virginia, on the twenty.n;ntb
day of May. eighteen hundred and seventy
eight, a preliminary Injunction was issued re-
straIIing the respondent from doing certain
things theretn described, the claims Of said JAS.
N: Mason for damages sustained by reason Of
said preliminary injunction an hereby refeTred
for examination and adjndicatiGn to the said
district court of the United States for the dis
trict of West Virginia. Said Mason may, at any
time within six months from the final passage
nature of a motion in said case, which tber.af,
ter may be amended, at the discretion of the
court. in tue same wav that other PLEADING. in
said court are liable; which petition Shall
said party relies in support of bis lain: and III
eonrt shall thereupon order such notice to be
given to the United States or to its representa-
tiyes as it shall deem proper.
snch further proceedings shall be had in rs
gard to the trial or hearing of said cause lin
oility for DAMAGE measurement of damages.
and otherwise, as in the case of similar ca1ses
between individuals, and shall be determined
up on such legal or equitable principles as may
If it shall be determined that any thinp is duo
to tho SAID Mason. the said o"urt shall render
Judgment there for against the Us,ited ST. ates for
tho amount so found to be due to him and GER
tify the same to tho Secretary of rho Treasury
OF the United States for PAYMENT, and the Soc-
retarv of the Treasury 10 hereby authorized and
directed TO pay the same and the sum NECESSARY
for such payment is hereby appropr:ai ed ont nj
any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise an
propriated. ~
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