Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-24
Pocahontaa Items.

Pocahontas Items.
Hon. Ira Post, of Harrison, was il
Pocahontas last week taking out tn,
cattle bought by him in that county,
He drove out large number of very
fine beeves from the Little Levels.
The apple crop in Pocahontas is al
most total failure this year. Green
orier has enough and to spare, except
in the Meadows.
The chestnut crop is not abundant
this year.
Thomas f. Callison will open up hi,
coal bank on Locust creek, In Pocahon
tas, in few days, and will be prepared
to furnish the people of the Little Lev
els with that article, MIR. Callison il
one Of the most successful business
men In his county. He struck biz
luck this year by selling his cattle il
the spring.
The many friends of Capt. VIM. l.
Mcneil, Of the Levels, will be de
lighted to hear that he is greatly i'm
proved in health. We enjoyed the
Captains hospitality on our recent
trip to Pocahontas and found him
greatly improved. He now sleeps well
has a fine appetite, walks and rides
about with ease and comfort, and ap.
pears indeed to have taken new lease
of life. The Captain says he owes his
improved health to the use of cerebrine
and Royal Germeture.
Rev. G. NJ. Howard, evangelist, has
been doing some very effective work in
the upper end of the county. He seems
be to working in this direction.
Isaac Mcneil, Esq, sold 80 head of
fat cattle this fall, getting the market
price. He thinks of going to the
great Atlanta Exposition some time
this fall and will take Mrs. McNeel
with him. They will stop over at the
University Of Virginia to visit their
sons Summers and Winters now study
ing law and medicine at that institu-
tion.
There are three hotels at Marlinton,
kept respectively by Charles Yeager,
Uriah Byrd and George mclaughlin.
No hotel in the Greenbrier Valley is
more attractive or kept in better style
than E. H. Moore's Commercial
House" at Hillsboro.
The people Of Pocahontas are well
pleased with their new Courthouse,
and though it cost, as they say, "a pile
of money" they rejoice in the fact
that the last dollar has been paid.
The drought in the county is very
severe. The pastures are very dry and
stockmen are uneasy over the prospect
ahead. ..,..... H..
Asbury Dyzard and others are rails
ing funds to erect a Presbyterian
church at Driftwood to be named in
honor Of the late Rev. E. F. Alexander.
There appears to be no opposition in
Pocahontas to Judge Campbell for a
second term as Judge of this Circuit.
THE fall term of the Circuit Court
Of Pocahontas. still in session, was held
for the first time in the fine, new Court
house at Marlinton, now complete.
except the penciling. 1t is an excellent
house, we'll arranged, very commo-
dious and creditable to the people Of
the county. We saw nothing to criti-
else, except that we thought the floors
were rough and laid with very indiffer-
ent lumber. The first case tried in the
new temple Of justice was the case of
the State VS.. Chas. Slaven for the MUIR
der Of Ham Collins.
Attorneys from q distance attend
ing the Circuit Court at Marlinton last
week were 8. b, Woods. of Charlottes-
willie, Va, G. p. Jones and John M.
Colaw, Of Highland, John W. Stephen
son, James G. Lightner and J. T. Nc
Collister, Of Bath, Wesley Mollohan,
Of Charleston, b. NJ. Amber, of Par
kersburg, ]. L. Heckmer, of Grafton,
q. p. Dorr, of Webster, r. S. Turk, OF
Staunton, and John w. Harris, John
A. Preston, John w. Arbuckle, Henry
Gilmer and Thos. II. Dennis, of Green.
brier.
In the case of tho State VS.. Charles
Slayen for the killing of Ham Collins,
on the End day Of March last, the
jury found the prisoner guilty of muir.
der in the second degree. The Judge
has not yet fixed the term of imprison.
ment but from our impressions of the
evidence We doubt If the term will be
less than ten years. In the trial OF
this case the State was represented by
w. A. Brattan, Esq, assisted by John
A. Preston, Esq, Of the Greenbriel
bar, who appeared at the instance OF
the widow, Mrs. Collins, and the de.
Tense was conducted by Hon. g. p.
Jones, Of Highland, and John W. Ste.
phenson, Esq, OF Bath. The attempt
Of the accused to make out case of
self-defenso was unsupported except by
his own testimony, and there were
three witnesses who swore that the ia
tai shots were fired by Slaven from q
Winchester rifle whilst he was standing
fifteen feet from Collins, the latter be.
ing unarmed and with his side turned
to Slayen. Both shots entered Collins
side and passed entirely through his
body, killing him instantly.
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JUSTICE WHITE, Of the United
States Supreme Court, has taken ia
riding a bicycle. He il probahIv the