Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-04-11
MORGAN COUNTY COURT
ONLY ONE INDIcrMENr FOUND ny
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Hfs Store IT Brrkeiey Springs.
Berkeley Springs. April s.-Mr.
Young the contractor who has been i'll
for the last few weeks is able to be
oint and around.
Yesterday was . very busv day in
ony town. the Circuit Court convened
Yesterday with Judge Faulkner on the
bench, and a good man orders were
entered. la tile case Of Tire b. q o.
n. X. Cows. McKaiae. a condemnation
proceeding, the viewers appointed
BY the Court were, A. X. Unger. Isiah
sDselman. Jas e.. Hiett. ". EDpinger
and .. u Householder. the Rail-
road Company took an option
on tile propertv III question for
something like 82400 but would not
take it and afterward offered the own
err $500. 90 which he would not accept,
General McKaiee is well known
through out the county as he defeat
ed MI. Mcttomas for Congress several
years ago. He is q native Of Cumber-
land, Nd.
Gardner VS.. County Court an order
was entered postponing the case until
next term owing to the illness Of Gard-
nor's wife. Ronk VS.. Galp contin ned.
S~hamhaugh vs.. Dawson dismissed. B.
T.. johnson IS. B. & o. r. r. petition
anf bond fled removing the case to
the Federal Court at Martinsb8re
State VS.. George Yost, mol pros enta
ed BY the court. State VS.. Arthur
Havermale. mol r Spike vs.. Daw-
sou under order dismissing S The
grand jary was in session all day and
heard 4 number of complaints, theY
found one true bill against Arthur
Speelman for carrying concealed wea-
pons. This speaks very well for the
County. the prosecuting attorney has
very little to do, as crime seems 70 he
steadily on the decrease III the Coun-
ty.
The grand jurors were w. Widmyer,
P. d. Yost. Talbot Michael. Geo. Rup-
lpenhall, w. Rankin. J. w. Compton.
S. Pittman. j. G. Hiett. G. w. G.
Henry. J. A. Feenow, Fl. Schroeder,
L. a. Riggs. r. Hoyermale. Chas. De.
Haven, Lewis Lareent andb. Dittman.
Among the persons who came here
to attend court, were Judge Faulkner,
S. w. Walker, X. Poole. Ward. b.
Lindsay. d. C. Westenhaver, and NJ.
T. Ingles, all of your town. and For
est w. Brown Oh Charles Town and
". b. Cornwell, of Romney.
Mr.. n. II. Hunter and Benjamin
Walters also of your town were here
yesterday.
Mr.. Gorsuch the well known mer-
chant of your town, was here yester-
day accompanied by Miss Mamie Du-
vail. for the purpose of getting his
store in shape. He has rented the
building that was used as the post
Office and will soon be able TO give
the people of Morgan County their
selection of a very fine assortment Of
goods. We are glad to have Mr.. Cor
such with us as he is a very pleasant
gentleman to deal with, The store will
be in charge of Miss Daisy Gross
of this place.
Some midnight marauders set out
Monday night of this week to paint
the town. They carried with them a
bucket of yellow paint which they
doubled on the doors and windows Of
several business places here, painting
crosses on the Court House doors.
Mir. John Fritzan was arrested nv
Deputy Game and Fish Warden, Robt.
Ditmar. and brought before Squire
Buzzerd to answer a change of fishing
ont of season, and using a dip net
with meshes smaller than allowed by
law. He admitted the charges and
was fined, $50. for each ~offense, which
together with the costs, amounted to
about $50. Rather than pay this he
agreed to go to Jail where he spent
Monday night. The costs were then
reduced to 1874. 35 bv witnesses not
claiming attendance. This he paid
and was released.