The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-01

Some time 80 ks were risl|e
70 say that /. b. Hinchman, Of
Cyclone, was one Of the sfaunch
Republicans Of Logan. In this
we were mistaken and beg Mr..
Hinchmaa's pardon. Mr.. Hinch-
man is a life long Democrat. He
says that he is both farmer and
acattle raiser, and ais such iscom-
PEELED to be "a Democrat. We are
glad to make the correction.
Hugh Toney, James I. Dingess
/ Fulton Ferre1 II q sAyis .g1d
U. B. Buskirk were yesterday ap-
pointed commissioners to ascer-
tain a fair compensation to. be
paid to Or. 9. w. Lawson and
Thos. Stepp for the lands belong
ing to them. through which the
w. Va. IL Ironton r. r. will run.
The dwelling house of both of
EtfTese gentlemen VA II destroy
ed.
The County Court had a call
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session Tuesday. Commissioners
were appointed to relocate the
roads along the ". Va. & Iron-
ton r. r. Commissioners. were
also appointed to locate road
from this place to Dingess. h.
X. Shnmate will make the survey
for this road. Pleasant Chain
qualified as Notary Public. S. S.
Altizer qualified as the admins
traitor of the estate of Thos. Din.
CESS, deceased.
The case of the State against
Harrison Hatfield for stealing a
COW belonging to Miss Matte
Ellis was tried on Monday and
Tuesday. John S. Marcum, of
Huntington, was employed to as
sist the Prosecuting Attorney, and
the defense was represented by
] Gen. G. G. Watts, of Charleston,
and Fl. K. Shumate. The jury,
after being in their room for about
two hours, brought in a verdict Of
not guilty. There was a hung
jury in this case last October.
SERIOUS STABBING AFFAIR.rOn
Sunday morning last Adam
Adams, son of Ben Adams, and
Mont Stollings and Saunders Stol-
fiings, SONS of VIM A. Stollines.
became engaged in a difficulty on
the Strikers fork of Crawley's
Creek in this count Y, Adams
was seriously, if not fatally stab
bed by the two Stollings. They
We're all three young men of about
twenty years, and had been to a
froliic on Harris Greek. Risky
| and Womenis said TO be the cause
of the trouble.
The Commissioners appointed
last week to assess the damage
which would be sustained by diff
ferent parties on account of the
the West IIronton= R.R.
running through their lands, have
made their report. The damage
assessed in part of the cases are
as follows: w. Ii. Hensley ct al.
forA3 80 acres $3.50; F, A. J.
Terrell il 92-1OO acres 800; Lewis
Ferrelfs heirs 13t acres 1000;
w. J.. Williamson and Floyd Will
Hanson Z 34-10o acres $3.50 ;
johnson Hatfield Al acres 1926 ;
| j B. Slater 9 29-1O0 acres 1918.
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| On Tuesday evening the court,
on an affidavit filed by the pris-
oner, continued the case Of NJ. G.
Lee, who was indicted at this
term for the murder of Jerre Hat
field in March last. Expecting
the case to be tried at this term a
large crowd was in attendance.
The Prosecuting Attorney in this
case will be assisted by I'll. X.
Shumate, and the defense will be
represented by Col. z, T. Unison
andJ- S. Marcum, of Huntington,
and Miller, Peck, Ragland and
Sheppard, of the local bar. The
case is now set for the fourth day
of the July term.
College Commandments.
The following are the dates OF
the Commencement exercises of
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