Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-24
first injury On the patient,
snd there are land breeZes

first injury On the patient,
and there are land breeZes
which bring heat and the aroma OF fish
factories and mosquitoes and profanity.
In the mountains the summer guest IS
at least sure OF cool evenings, nights and
mornings. Atthe seashore he can only
saw as John Van Buren did when he
visited a strange bar, 81 hope for the
best, but am prepared for the worst"
Clarksburg.
At Clarksburg the United States Court
was in session, and Judge Jackson and
jury were patiently listening to the
testimony in land casa that had al
ready consumed two weeks and was
! likely to require two more to complete.
| There is deliberation about these old
| land lawyers that delights an observer
who believes he has all the time there
is. Most of the veterans OF the vicinity
were engaged init, for the case-Wood ct
al, VS.. Armentrout et al.-involved the
title of large portion OF Braxton coun-
ty and the homes OF eight or nine hund-
red OF her citizens. Several exjudges
were numbered among the counsel, in
Guiding Judge Birdseye, OF New York,
and John Brannon and Maxwell, OF this
State, together with lawyers Of perhaps
equal prominence, such rs ex Congress
man Davis, Gen. Goff, Jonathan M. Ben.
nett and others. asked
Judge Brannon what was the
usual course of settlement in cases OF
this character in the event OF judgment
being against defendants. at is not
usually very onerous one" he said.
"The back rents and charges can be off
set against the claim given by our statute
to the defendants for the value OF the
improvements On the land made by
them, but good many suits are brought
mainly to settle the title and the owners
are generally willing to give favorable
terms 10 occupants when their title Is
once established.
There Are Comparatively Few Tracts
now, however, the titles OF which are
in dispute, And there would be less il
the period OF time required 70 gain title
by adverse possession was shortaned.
| tried to have it cut down to five years
when was in the Legislature, instead
OF having it double that period. 1t may
seem as though five years was a shor.
time and it would require soma care and
attention on the part OF owners to
land held in this State, but that is ex
acly what is needed"
Carksburg has not given up the hope
OF q railroad outlet to the Pennsylvania
line. Mr.. Richard Lowndes, who is st
the head Of the association formed TO
secure it, says that considerable work is
still being done in the matter Of securing
rights OF way and other facilities in Har-
risOn and the intervening counties OF
Marion and Monongalia. The business
OF the town is assuming such proper
tions as to ultimately compel additional
railroad facilities. Some OF the business
houses recently erected by the Mcssrs.
Spates, Davidson and Lowndes, notably
that of the latter, would compare favor
ably with those OF
Largo Commercial Cities,
and the manufacturing and mining in.
terests of the community,to say nothing
OF the rich farming and grazing section
that surround it, are bound to make 1t
an important business center.
A City Of Refuge.
Yesterday morning | came over here
on the Weston and Clarksburg narrow
gauge railroad, leaving Carksburg at
half.past eight and getting to Weston
two hours later. The road was bnilt in
pretty much the same way as your own
That Is to say the counties through
which it runs undertook to build it, got
stuck in the mud financially and physl-
cally, and finally turned their invest
ments over to private parties who COM
pleted it and are now running 1t TO their
own advantage and the great advantage
OF the public. The only diff
ence between the two transactions
was that you gave yours away for the
most part, while the county authorities
here, with an eye to the far distant
future, gave up theirs on a lease oil
ninety-nine years. The road, as now
managed, runs four passenger trains
daily-that is, sends the same train over
the road four times a day; charges two
dollars for the round trip OF forty miles;
generally has full complement OF pas
sengers and puts money in the purses
of its managers. 1t has never had an
accident during its two years existence
as completed road, and II
the engine gets of the track,
as it did once while was behind 1t, the
engineer borrOws rail from a neighbor-
ing fence and prizes the little snorter
back where it belongs.
Weston is one OF the towns in the new
State which retains the old Virginia
characteristics longer than others otequal
age and size. 1t has good society; an
old fashioned tavern kept in a way that
delights the weary traveller; fsgstone
pavements that meander round promis'
cuously and disappear when most
needed, and a gas ordinance which al
lows every man to carry his own lantern.
Nevertheless there is a good deal OF
business done here, foI this is the
jumping off place, so TO speak, OF con-
venient civilization, and the supplies
and products for a considerable portion
OF territory, unopened except by coun-
try roads and bride paths. are
received and delivered here. It's
most prominent institution and the
one for which il fs most celebrated is its
insane asylunI, the largest and most i'm.
portant OF West Virgnis's public insti-
tutious. Into it there has now been
gathsre6, 30 far as known few weeks
since, every person in the State adjudg ICED
to be OF unsound mind and ordered to
confinement. From every section OF the
| State have come some uufortunatss in
whom the light OF reason has been
ouenched or Clouded, seeking cure for
or protection from the evils OF disor-
dsred Imagination. Nearly six hun
dred patients are enrolled upon its
books, an average OF one for every
thousand citizens shown BY our census
report.
Asylum Figures
The Board OF Directors OF the Asy.
| lum were in session here to-day, and
from the report OF the Superintendent
| and that of the Treasurer, | took some
figures which may bs OF State interest
The reports cover four and q half
months, extending back from Septem-
Der 30th, ult., to May 10th OF the same
wear, about which time new board of
| directors installed DR.. W. j. Bland as
! supsriutandent with Drs. NJ. T. Hulii-