Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-23
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
A Long List of indictments Found by the
Grand Jury.

Sf1nu Jury
The November term of the Circuit
Court for Jefferson county began at
Charlestown on Tuesday, with Judge
+. Boyd Faulkner on the bench. j.
VIM Rider was made foreman Of the
grand jury. The charge of the Judge
to the grand jury was an able one,
b eing chiefly an exposition OF the
criminal law, in view of the fact that
the criminaldocketi is unusually heavy
at this term.
About n hundred witnesses were
summoned to appear before the grand
jury to give evidence in the thirty
cases before it. The jury found % in
dictments on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, and having completed its work
was discharged Wednesday evening.
The following is list of the indict-
ments:
Smith Johnson, cutting Brown
Weaver with Il razor; John Barber, j.
West Marsh and Jas. Fractius, riotous
conduct on passenger train on y. and
w. Railroad. Daniel Scott, five in.
dictments for petit larceny; Mr.. Scott
is u coloced gentleman of fine APP
pearauce, who was charged with
stealing chickens. Enough hens were
shown to have been captured by him
to warrant four indictments, and later
an additional hen and rooster were
put in evidence, bringing the totalup
10 five. lie also was incidentally
charged with stealing, socks, buckets,
scissors, etc. etc. Charles w. Sny-
der, assault and battery on Thos. +.
Woodward, and Jas. 5. Fractius cut
ting G. Y. Mead with razor; John
Purnell, for cutting and manning a
colt; Lewis Ball burglary in the
dwelling-house OF D. w. Whiting
ton and stealing theretrom $50;
Thomas Garrison, larceny Of $50
from saloon of George II. Longerbeam.
Lewis Ball, larceny OF $50 from store
OF George H. Haglye; Daniel Jore,
burglary and larceny from dwelling
of Il. y. Fleming; Joseph Cropsey, lar
cpuy of watch from VIM. NJ. Morrison;
Henry johnson, shooting Charles
Cooke with intent 10 kill; George II.
Louserbeam aud Harry Rocken-
baugh. saloon keepers in Shepherds
town. four indictments for selling TO
minors; James MoDley and John Coop
cr, dcfaciuS personal property; Ed
ward Nelson, cutting Charles New
man with "a sword; Robert Carter,
larceny from George II. HagIey; Lewis
Ball. two indictments, for breaking
into ticket Office Of b. 4 Q. Railroad
at Summit Point and stealing there
from; John H. Cole, larceny from
store; Henry Tate, for pructicing
medicine without a license.
John Barber and West Marsh each
pleaded guilty as charged in the in
dictmeut. The trial of Thomas Gar
risou was set for Saturday.
There are fourteen persons in the
county Jail awaiting trial.
Tie Malc Must Go.
The Official test ofthepracticebiiity .
of running canal boats by electricity |
ON the Erie canal last Saturday has |
aroused considerable interest in this
section, where many people are in
tere>ted directly or indirectly in the |
Chesapeake & Ohio canal The eX-
pertinent Saturday was entirely sue
cc,,ful. The boat was fitted with an
old style propeller known as thedish-
pan. Two motors of 2j-horse power
each were placed in the boat aud
geared directly to the shaft of the
in the same manner that .
the motors are geared to the aNI,s of
the street cars. The wire was stretch
ed over uiue-tenths OF mile OF the
canal near Rochester, where there
are several sharp turns and many
difficulties presented The current
was but half the power desired, but
it was sufficient to move the boat
loaded with l15 tons of sand and rs
many people Us could stand upon the
deck. at speed Of six or seven miles
an hour. The trolleys used were the
undermining, such n are used on
street cars. and the boat could not
deviate more than ten feet on either
side of line directly under the over
head wire without Withdrawing the
trolley from the wire 1t i purposed
to have an overuuning trolley with
a flexible or spiral wire connection
with the motor which will enable
the boat to 20 in any part ofthe canal
1t is also the design to have but a
single motor to each boat, which will
occupy but four square feet, far less
than that occupied 10y a steam engine.
The great object had in view IN this
experiment was to test not only the
practicubility of electric propulsion,
DHl TIE ItlNlINt OONN VI tiS u ~ t'DNN'
and horse or mule power. Governor
Flowerdeciared his belief that electric
power will cost but one-fourth a
much rs the power now in use; that
the cost of CARRYING Il bushel Of grain
from the lakes TO New York city /
would be reduced to y cents. The
amount of freight transported over
the Erie canal per annum is three
million tons. The Governor declared .
his belief that this can be increased .
to twelve million tons at what it now
costs to transport the three million.
If this expectation is realized, and it .
seems reasonable enoughit the capac-
ity of the locks is sufficient, revolu-
+i,,, ,,.ill La ,vroupbt The revival of /