Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03
NEW MARTNSV|[lE.
sLLOYD,s EVENING POST" AN AGED
INTERESTING AND RARE
DOCUMENT.
SAD DEATH OF MOSES M'CANN
THE BOUNDARIES SET UP IN THE
NEW CHARTER FOR NEW
MARTINSVILLE.

NEW tMARTINSVILLE, w. Va,
February 2.-The Register correspond
ent has in his poss ession a very rare
paper headed 'Lloyd's Evening Post"
dated from December 18th until De-
cember 18th, ITO, which contains an
appeal of widow for the prosecution
Of the man who murdered her husband
but the appeal was not brought until
two years after the deed was commit
ted, and she also married again after
the death of her first husband, but the
appeal was not lawful, for at that time
in Henry VII book in chapter 1, the
book by which the laws of England, as
well as this country, were governed,
contained the following: ''First, an
appeal must be brought within year
and day after the murder is commit
ted. Second, the woman that brings
an appeal must be his wife de facto,
and if the wife of the dead marry again
her appeal is gone, even if the second
husband should die a year and day
after the murder of the first" The
question is, if woman can not bring
an appeal for the murder Of her huS-
band after year and day have elaps-
ed, what if a man be mortally wounded
on one day of one month and would not
die until the next month, is the appeal
to be reckoned from the day that he
was hurt or the time of his death? The
paper is very curious, not cry fer an
account of the defects of the laws of
that day. but the style of type, the s's
| hni inc lilo oil tni inc o N
account of a rebellion by the colonists
in America, ORANGE county, North
Carolina, who made prisoners of the
kings officials, took charge of the gov
eminent building and called an extra
session of the house of burgesses. The
paper was found in the first edition of
| Blackstone. which like the paper, is
very curious.
| Many friends were very sorry to hear
of the sad death of Mr.. Moses Mccain,
on Wednesday last, one of our oldest
| citizens. The cause of his death was
| blood poison. He had been in very bad
health for the past fve/years. and real
! lied that the end was near. He was in
! his 74th year. He leaves a wife and six
! children to mourn his loss. Mr.. Nc
| Cam was a member of Phillip G. Bier
! G. A. R. post, and took an active part
/ in the Civil War. He was a member
! of the NJ. E. church. South. He was
! buried at the Williams cemetery,
where number of his children are
buried. The Register sends its warm
est and sincere sympathy to the friends
in their bereavement
Hon. John w. Davis, attorney at law
| of Clarksburg, was a business caller in
town Thursday. Mr.. Davis is the son
| of eXCongres5 man John J. Davis, is
a graduate of the Washington and Lee
University, and was a member of the
| last Legislature, being the leader in
that body. MIR. Davis is the junior law
yer for the Short Line railroad. He is
a brilliant young man and has bright
future in prospect.
! The New Martinsville Charter Bill,
which was introduced in the Senate by
! Mr.. Harmer, was referred to the Com
mittee on Counties, Districts and NUM-
cipal Corporations, and reported back
with the recommendation that it be
! passed, read third time in the Senate
and sent to the House All the indi-
cations are that it will pass without
any trouble. The bill contains some
| good amendments and is plain to be
seen that great skill by Attorneys
Jacobs and Snodgrass has been used
in preparing this charter 1t provides
| that the town shall be divided into
three wards of as equal population as
| possible; provides for the election of
a mayor, recorder and six councilmen:
| two cOuncilmen to be from each ward.
| and each officer elected shall hold the
! office to which he was elected two
years, and chief of police, street COM
missioner and assessor shall be ap-
| pointed by the council.
Rev. E. D. Hanna, of Charleston,
was in town Thursday calling on his
old friends. Mr. Hanna was the pas
| tor of the NJ E. church before the pre-
| sent pastor.
| Phillip Metz. of Cincinnati, and E. E.
Eisencen, of Pittsburg, were registered
at the Elk, Thursday.
| A. w. Prichard, of Warrington, was
business caller in town Friday.
Mr., Bailey Fisher, of Sutton, was a
guets of Rev. T. H. Hawkins Tues
day
William Hamilton, of Wheeling Is
/ lduNi, 10 u6lc lOOhlLS dlJeT LH6 interest
of the A. o. U. w.
Mr.. Ross Burlingame entertained a
number Of his lady and gentlemen
| friends at his home last night
! Rays Hot Old Time" will be played
at the Grand Opera House on Febru-
airy 18th, and Quo Vadis" on the Sth
of February. Manager Miller has Sc
cured these shows under a great ex-
! pense. and they are the best shows that
have been here this season. Quo Va
dis is a religious play, and "A Hot
Old Time" is very comical These
shows should have the patronage of
the people.
To-day will be the last services held
in the old NJ E. church. and in three
weeks the new church will be opened
The donators for the ground that the
glass house will be erected on have
agreed to take stock in the same, and
the donations will be called off as if
500 donated; $500 paid will be credited
with $500 stock in the house
Judge Willis is no doubt an able
! jurist and is gaining a reputation from
| the members of the bar Of .Wetzel coun-
ty that will long be remembered. He is
inteLigent and agreeable and his rul-
ings and opinions have called forth
the most favorable comments from the