Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-06-16
Notes From Nearby.

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Samuel Starliper, native ofSharps3-
burg was killed in railroad wreck
at Youngstown, Ohio, last week he
was brakeman on freight tram
A dispatch from Washington, Pa,
announces the death in that city, on
Saturday, of Maria Cooper, colOred'
who was born slave at Winchester
Va, in l794-just ITO years ago.
Judge E. Boyd Faulkner has called
a special term Of the Morgan Circuit
court, TO be held at Berkeley Springs
beginning July 10. Several lmp0Gf'
tant cases will be up for trial, and
jury will be in attendance.
The Martinsburg City School Board
Tuesday night elected Prof. George A.
Brindle, of Chambersburg, suPerln-
ten5ent of city schools, instead OF
Prof. C. H. Cole, who has held the
nosition for the last six years.
The new council Of Charles Town
has elected the following officers for
the ensuing year Attorney, J. F. En-
Ole; chief of police and tax collector
J. A.. R Mathena treasurer, D. ..
Hughes; fire marshal, Thomas Z. Bow
ling; health officer, DR.. R. E. Vennlng;
policeman, Geo. A. Mock. The othce
of assessor was created by the council,
The last obstacle to the completion
OF the Cumberland extension OF the
Western Maryland Railroad, by means
of which connection will be made with
the West Virginia Central Railroad,
was removed Wednesday, when the
Court of Appeals of Maryland handed
down an opinion sustaining tie right
of the Western Maryland Company to
condemn rights of way across the
property of the Chesapeake and ONO
Canal Company.
The court of appeals Of Maryland
decided the celebrated Williamsport
6shpot case, handing down decision
affirming the decision of Judge WIT
genbacher. The decision also decides
| the jurisdiction oyer the Potomac nv
err. In this case Reed, citisen OF
West Virginia, owning land on the
Potomac opposite where the defend
ants, Forsythe and others, were con-
structing a fshpot, instituted proceed
ings for an injunction to stop them
Judge Witzenbacher, IN dismissing the
complaint of Reed, held that under
the original charter of Charles l the
jurisdiction of the State of Maryland
extended to high-water mark on ting
Virginia side, and Reed having failed
to show that the fshpot overfowed
any land in Virginia, he Vac net II.
jured and his bill was dismissed
This view was adopted by the Court
. of Appeals, and the jurisdiction of the
State Of Maryland over the entire
river is thus asserted.
A good deal of interest was created
in Hagerstown last week by the find.
ing Of lot OF money by workmer
digging a foundation for a new house
for Henry C. Foltz. Mr.. Foltz, a:
owner Of the lot, claims the money
while the workmen, who dug it up
and in whose possession the money
now rests, claim it is theirs legally
An eight-year-old grandson of Mr.
Flotz grabbed SO of the treasure
while the workmen were counting it
and turned it over to his grandfather.
Mr.. Foltz says the sum dug up was
between 500 and 5000. The work.
men resused to state the amount.
! Mr.. Foltz claims he made an oral
agreement with Frederick Burger, the
contractor, that he was to have all
treasure dug up. He expected some
money would be found. The lot on
which the money was found was form
erly owned by Jacob Binkley, veal
thy, eccentric, old bachelor, who prob
ably hid the money during the Civil
War for safekeeping. He lived with
his two unmarried sisters. AS the
old man was dying he told in incoher-
ent language that he had buried lot
of money in an iron chest and point
ed in the direction Of the place where
the treasure was buried, but he ex-
pired before he could explain clearly
the location, 1t is thought the iron
chest still is buried somewhere on the
lot. Some years ago Jacob Kendall
bought the property. He dug up on
one occasion 81 400 and at another
time $500. On several other ooca.
sions small sums Of money were found
buried in tin cans under an old black
smith shop.