Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-04-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

suing Julgei lion :. Nm Harris and Emory
Wheelock Assistant judges Royal Tyler Clerk !;
Stephen Miles, Sheriff
Tho docket is large and prolonged session may
be confidently expected. The following are all the
That tried in season for the report to ap-
: pear in this weeks issue
Leiris H'fiiard vs. RosiceH Gooiaough This
action Of assumpst brought to recover the
amount Of prOmissory note given by the defend
ant to the plaintiff dated April 10th 1869 for 1925
On the back ofthe note an endorsement in the
hand writing Of the defendant, which was the sub
} jet in controversy. On the part of the plaintiff
il was insisted that twenty-five dollars was all
that bad ever been paid and that the endorsement
should so read. The defendant testified that he
paid the plaintiff ''seventy'' dollars and that
that was the true reading Of the endorsements
There was upon the back Of the note the figures
Is 75.) which the defendant testified was put upon
the note at the time the payment was made, bat
the plaintiff testified tina, they not upon the
note until some months after and that they we're
then put on by the defendant.
The Jury found for the plaintiff to recover
Sl2i.Os, being Of opinion that only twenty-five
dollars was paid.
For the Plaintiff, z. Kirkland and p T. Wash
burn; for the defendant, Keyes & Howe and
Bradley & Kcllogg.
John 4. RafA5ura, VS.. Samuel c. Raih5urn,
.fasei b. coiiias, Edioard Reei.-This was an
action Of trespass brought to recover the value Of
two heifers claimed By the plaintiff to belong to
him, by purchase Of Samuel c. Ra,hburn. The
proof Of the plaintiff shows that the beifers re-
manei in the possession of the plaintiff some Is
months, and until taken by the defendants. The
defendants insisted that the heiiers we're in fact
the property Of Samuel c. Rathburn, and proof
was given that the property was taken on an exc
eutiou against said Samuel c, Eathburn IN favor
Of one johnson and was turned out by the debtor
in the execution to Collins the sheriff, and by him
sold in satisfaction thereof
The only counsel 10 the case were-for the
plaintiff, John L. Baller. William II. Follett, A.
W. Preston and Bradley & Kellogg for the de
fendant, b. L. Knowlton, Chas. n. Davenport,
washburn & Marsh and T. H. streetsr.
: Railroad -fceiieat-An accident of serious
; nature occurred on the Cheshire Railroad on Tues
! day last, When the freight train was passing
wheel to one Of the forward cars broke and nearly
the whole train precipiiated down the en-
bankment- The cars were greatly smashed and
their fright was distributed very promiscuously.
r We do not lean that any lives were lost The af-
ternoon down passenger train was delayed three
or four hours in consequence Of the accident.
Accident in LsydeH.-A distressing accident
happened to Dwight Miner, son Of Cyrus Miner
Of Leyden, on Saturday The father and son were
engaged in splitting logs of wood in the lot togeth
err. The son struck his into a log to draw 1t
from the pile when he slipped and his foot fell un-
der the descending of his father. In an in
slant the foot was severed at the ANGLE joint The
wounded man was conveyed to the house, where
with great presence Of mind ligature was placed
around the limb and the flow of blood shunched
The nature Of the wound such as to render
amputaton necessary. The operation was sue
cessfnlly performed by DR.. Delne of Greenfield
Correciiop.-It was Charles Stanelfl Of Sears
bsrg instead Of Charles Stanley Of Wilmington,
who got intoxicated two or three weeks since, Law
out over night and had bis hands and feet frozen
Furthermore it does not appear that he procured
any liquor at Tooley's, or indeed at any place in
Wilmington. We are happy in making this cor
recton for the good fame Of Wilmington and Of lis
citizens, who should not be allowed to suffer for
the misieeds Of others. 1t is yet doubtful wheth-
er Shnelift RECEIVERS from the consequences of his
nights exposure.
A Land Siiie.-The dwelling-house occupied
by MIR. Charles Ferry near Canal Street, in this
village, was crushed by the fall of large cake Of
frozen earth, estimated to weigh 1--WE or six tons
1t stood in front Of the bank where large excava-
tons have been made from time to time, and the
yielding of the frost occasoned the occurrence
Fortunately an ice-house stood between the above
building and the bank otherwise the house would
have been entirely leveed and its inmates killed.
At the time Of the accident Mrs. F. and her two
children were in the attic, but the rafters falling
on high bedstead they escaped without material
injury.
The Bernardstoa Trageiy.-The preliminary
examination Of L. Willard Aldrich, and his broth
ers James p and Stephen j., for the murder of
Andrew Jackson Potter at Bernardston, resulted
in the confinement OF the first named as PRINCIPAL,
and the second as accessory. in the alleged muir
der, to await the investigation of the grand Jury
in August while the third brother, Stephen J. !
Aldrieh, was discharged, as not implicated
Sad accident at BsiIops Falls.--we learn from
the Argus that two little boys, each about four
years old, were drowned in the canal just above
the Vermont Valley Railroad Bridge at Bellows
Falls. on Saturday last. They were missed on
Saturday and search was instituted, but their
bodies were not found until about II O'Clock sun
day morning, when their fate was first learned