Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-11-21
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.


Samuel S. Vinson, formerly United
States marshal in this State, was ac-
Quilted at Huntington Saturday night
Of the murder of Frizzell during po-
litical fight at Wayne Courthouse a
year or two ago.
A grand revival has been in progress
at the colored Methodist Church at
Elkhorn, w. Va, for several weeks,
and the efforts of the pastor and ex-
horters have been rewarded with I'M
usually large classes at the mourners
bench. On Thursday night Martha
Cobb was at the mourner's bench, with
her back turned to the hot stove.
Silas Jolly got religion. His demon
STATIONS were extremely violent, and
as he danced along the aisle and before
the front pews, he upset the stove.
The hot Goals rolled all over the wo-
man, and in an instant her light dress
was blazing furiously. She ran for
the door, screaming for help and seiz-
ing every one she met, till her own
clothing had set the dresses Of half a
dozen other women on fire. Panic
was supreme for few minutes till the
fires were quenched The unfortunate
woman is so badly burned that she
cannot recover, and the other women
who were in her way ale severely
burned. Several men had their hands
badly scorched trying to smother the
blazing dresses.
A terrible shooting ARRAY occurred
last Sunday morning at Pleasant Ridge,
Wetzel county, in which one man was
killed, another fatally wounded and a
third shot through the leg. The shoot
ing was done by man named John
White, who escaped from jail recently,
and for whom the authorities have
been looking Saturday the fugitive
was located at Pleasant Ridge, and
Constable Mute Lemasters went to the
place and deputized Thomas Barrett
and Furbee Hibbs, young farmers, to
assist in making the arrest. White
was we'll armed, and responded to a
demand to surrender by opening fire.
Lemasters was killed at the first shot.
Barrett and Hibbs shot at White, who
returned the fire, shooting Hibbs fatal
ly through the stomach and Barrett
through the leg. White then walked
off. Intense excitement exists in the
vicinity. The crime for which White
had been arrested and convicted was
the robbery of freight cars on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad.
The West Virginia Court Of Appeals
has Just reversed the opinion Of Judge
Daley in the case of Smith and others
against Daniel Cornelius and others
from Morgan county. The case is one
of considerable importance because it
involves the right Of the trustees Of the
Berkeley Springs to lease the springs
for private enterprise. The springs
are the property Of the State and the
control of them is vested IN board Of
trustees by statute, but the trustees
in the exercise of their control cannot
infringe on the right of the public to
the use of the springs. However, a
majority of the members of the board
agreed to lease the springs to Cornell
US for term of years, provided he
would erect hotel and put other I'M
provements or the property involving
a large expenditure of money, but the
dissenting members obtained an IN
junction restraining Cornelius from car
rYing out the contract on the ground
that the board has no authority to
make the lease. A motion was made
in the circuit court to quash the IN
junction when the case was heard on
its merits before Judge Daley, who
decided to perpetuate the injunction,
whereupon the case was appealed. The
decision of the Supreme Court revers-
ing Judge Dailey's opinion will be re-
ceived with delight by the people of
Berkeley Springs, who are said to be
almost unanimous in favor Of the lease.