Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-06-19
MEIGHB0RING NEWS.


The canal seems to be hard in luck
this year. Last Friday there was
another break on the seven-mile Level
near Hancock. 1t was twenty feet
long and eight feet deep. This was
repaired by the first of this week.
A man who claimed to be a Turk
was in town last Saturday with a
monkey and bear which he exhibit
ed. The bear was very savage, and
tore the ring from its nose Saturday
night. 1t was thought it would have
to be killed but its owner succeeded
in punching another hole in its muz-
zle and secured it again.
From the Washington letter to the
Baltimore San on Saturday we take
the following: !" A copy of the last
will of Charles Stephens, from Jeffer-
SON county, w. Va, was filed to pro-
bate to-day. He gives to his wife.
among other property, certain houses
and lots, on corner of Fayette and
Poppleton streets, and others in HOl-
Inns street, Baltimore. These houses,
on the death of Mrs. Stephens, are
given to Charles and Catharine Rog-
ers, her grandchildren"
A CELEBRATED CAsE.-The now
celebrated case of James M. Mason VS..
The Harper's Ferry Bridge Company
came up again for trial In the Circuit
Court of Jefferson county, last week,
before Judge Faulkner, on an issue as
to Mason's right to recover 81 % per
day from the company while the
bridge remained closed. AT the time
said bridge was constructed over the
Shenandoah river, at Harper's Ferry,
Mason brought suit for damages to his
ferry, and obtained a verdict ofS10,-
900. The case was taken to the Court
of Appeals, and while pending there,
the Bridge Company entered into
contract with Mason. whereby they
agreed to pay him S1.25 per day and
open the bridge to travel. The Su-
preme Court sustained the verdict of
the lower Court and ordered the Bridge
Company to pay the SIC, 900 or close
the bridge. In the meantime Mason
sold his award of damages to syndi-
cate of county capitalists, who OBJ
tanned from the Circuit Court an ex-
ecution against the Bridge Company
for the $4,000 damages. The compa-
ny then applied to the Supreme Court
for an injunction to stay proceedings
on said execution, which Injunction
was granted, and the case was again
carried to the Court of Appeals, and
the injunction perpetuated. The sym
dictate then notified the Bridge Com
pany to close the bridge or pay the
damages. The company elected to
close the bridge and did so, and upon
the right of Mason to receive the 81 %
per day while the bridge remained
closed, the case came up for trial at
the present term. After a long and
ably contested trial the jury found a
verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff
has signified his intention of appeal
ing, and the case will go to the Court
of Appeals for the third time. Able
counsel were employed on both sides,
plaintiffs being A. w. Mcdonald, T.
G. Green and Frank Beckwith de-
fendant's, d. B. Lucas, George Bay
Tor and William III. Travers.
SINGULAR BUT TRUE several
weeks past the COW of Mr.. J. S. Keller
has been sick, eating but little and
to be in pain. On Thursday
of last week Mr.. Keller observed the
point of a wire protruding about two
inches through the cows back, and
taking hold drew it out six or eight
inches, when the COW become so rest
less that he had to secure assistance.
Her head was haltered and secured
and another attempt to draw the wire
was successful. To the surprise of
those around, it proved TO be an um-
brella rib near three feet in length.
The COW did not appear to suffer after
the wire was drawn, and at this wri-
ting she is rapidly improving and will
no doubt entirely recover. How did
the wire get inside the COW? is the
question. Mr.. Keller thinks she swal-
lowed it while eating hay in the win
ter, and that it worked through the
stomach to the surface. South Branch
I1atelligencer.
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