Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-04-22
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! The County Court was in session
three days last week, all the Commits
sloners present. We presents below ;
note of it's proceedings:
License to keep hotel and restaurant
was granted to the following parties
without the privilege of selling liquors
Quay " Perkins, A. f. Denning, Ed
ward Eldridge, Thos. Gillian and G.
Hudgins, at Ronceyerte; MaryJ. Dick
son, Mrs. A. d. Mills and II. G.. Caben
ut Dry Creek Jos. Ii. Stratton, J. NJ
Cunningham, Jas. Calender, Mrs. MARY
Terrell, Lewis Skipper and Mrs. S. E.
fulllam, at Lewisburg Mrs. Rachel
rupert, at Rupert Mrs Fannie Percy
i'll Blue Sulphur district $. II. Nick.
ell, at Meadow Bluff ; A. G. IHandley
and Z. A. Watts, at Williamsburg
Mrs. Nancy Campbell, at Fort Spring
Geo. Hill and r. w. Renick, at Fall,
ing Spring; John Ii. Fitzgerald, at
frankford A. =. McMillion, at Friar s
Hill and Julian L. Burke, at White
Sulphur, with privilege to sell liquors.
The following parties were granted
license to keep drug store VIM. II.
Shields, at Frankfort G. II. Thomp-
son and III. Il. Moore. at Ronceverte
.. L. Sydenstricker & Co., at Lewis
burg; and w. l.. Moore, at Lewisburg
with a. ~. Hodge as druggist.
Z. l.. McClung and Frederic Wallace
qualified and gave bonds as notaries.
w. ID. Ayres was appointed deputy
assessor for the upper district.
Ordered that the Road Com RS of
Meadow Bluff district pay J. w. Smith
$1,000, road fine paid by Dick and VIM.
Hutsonpiller, which the Court directed
should be refunded.
Road Surveyors of Blue Sulphur dis
trict returned their report, showing
amount due cOntractOrs-S249 SO in
precinct No. l S55O.14 in precinct No.
2, and S391.00 in precinct No. 3. II. c..
Lewis was allowed S25 for services and
JAS. NJ. Argabrite S11.S7 for same.
5. w. Anderson was granted permits
sion to erect telephone poles along the
public road from Fort Spring to his
residence-four miles.
In re road through lands of J. V.
Cackley and others in Anthony 8 Creek
district. Continued.
j. w. Mcdowell, A. E. Livesay and
r. d. Mcdowell were appointed to re-
port necessary changes in st. Lawrence
road in Irish Corner district.
Jas. Z. Mann was allowed privilege
to erect gate on public road leading
from Oak Grove church in Falling
Spring district across the river to A.
w. Manu's.
). II. Turner was appointed Justice
for White Sulphur district. He quail
fled and gave bond.
On motion Of A. McVeigh Miller,
David Tuckwiller, VIM. II. Dotson and
Henry A. Skaggs were appointed to re-
port the improvements needed in the
road along the banks of Greenbrier river
in North Anderson.
b. f. Harlow qualified as Mayor of
the Town of Lewisburg.
On motion of A. f. Huddlestun and
SIS Others the Slash Lick road in White
district was accepted and es-
tablish rs a public road. The Thacher
road from the Staunton turnpike by
John o. Ferrell's to Anthony's Creek
road was also established as a public
highway.
On motion of J. n. Caldwell, w. NJ.
Coffman and others, the Court appointed
5. III. Mcdowell, VIM. A. Boone and
Newton Honaker to report upon the
of building bridge across
Howard S Creek at a point where the
Salt Sulphur turnpike crosses the same.
The Court established as a public
highway the road viewed and reported
upon by II. Ii. Pickering, j. G. Mccoy
and Geo. Hill from point on the old
Back road in Failing Spring district to
the Anthony's Creek road
Robert McChesney. M. D., being the
lowest bidder was appointed Jail physi-
clan, his compensation to be-attention
to lunatics $500, felonies $500 and
misdemeanors $1,000. Total, $4,000.
Il. w. Zopp VS.. Greenbrier County.
q. w. Iookum, through whose lands
the proposed road will pass, having
been summoned and failing to appear,
the Court entered an order establishing
the road prayed for as heretofore viewed
and reported upon.
VIM. Hedges was appointed surveyor
for precinct No. q in Meadow Bluff
district in place of E. T. Deitz, who
will soon move from the district.
Jas. Thomas was appointed surveyor
in place of A. N. Shawver, in the same
district, who has removed from the
precinct.
A. E. Huddlestun, f. r. Atkinson
and VIM. Harper were appointed view
ers to report necessary repairs on the
Red Bridge and the bridge on the Big
Draft road, in While Sulphur district.
Road surveyors of Lewisburg dis
trict returned their report fol- year end
ing April LIST, '97, showing $l4S.4O due
to contractors in precinct No. l, SSS. 20
in No. 2 and SS5 .25 in Nos
Surveyors of Irish Corner district
made similar report, showing S64.90
was due in precinct No. /, SS6.S5 in
No. 2, Sl00.07 in No. 8.
A similar report for White Sulphur
district, showing amount due contrac-
tors to be 81 ,052.00, and drafts were Or
dered in favor of the parties entitled
thereto.
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