St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-06-21

inllueilce Oh one pad act. 1t Will 60 with
them till they offer up their final account.
Surely the rum-selIer has an awful ac-
count on the great ledger above; and it is
no wonder that angels weep over the
crimes that stand enrolled against the vii
lam who deals out poison to his fellow.
We do not intend to mOralize. nor to give
advice unasked; but we hope to be per-
mltted to say, in view of the misery which
had its origin in that day of the Son of
Man-and we would write the words in
burning light Remember tie Sabbath
day to keep 1t holy"
Caledonia County Court.
HON. BENZ. Fl. STEELE. JUDGE.
Hon. VIM. B: Palmer, } Associate Judoes
Hon. F. r. Carpenter, Associate Judges
No. 1877. State rs. Albert Jenkins and
John Cunningham. Case stated last week.
Protracted trial Of four days. Jury ilnme-
diately (almOst without leaving their seats)
found them both guilty of manslaughter.
Sentence not given.
No. %. Henry Hill. apt. rs. YIN. Il.
Locklin. Plff.. young Frenchman. en-
gagged to labor for def. eight months. at
the rate OF $50 per month. Began work
March Is. '6G, and continued with def till
just after freeman's meeting. Def. brag-
ged that he was going to make plff. a
good democrat, but by some misfortune
plff. voted for a republican representative.
Deft. was rolled" and an unpleasant con-
versation followed, and plff. left deft's
service. This suit was to recover bal
ance due pltf. quantum meruit. Verdict for
plff. TO recover S97.02. Cahoons for plff;
Bartlett for deft.
No. l0l. Torn Of Barnet rs. Tocn o,
Woodbury.. An appeal from order of JUS
tice court to remove one Emelne Firbur
from pltf'S town to dett's town. Dett
claimed she had no legal settlement in
Woodbury.. Davis and Ross for pltf.
Heath and Redfied for def. Verdict for
plif. TO recover the costs in this suit. and
that pauper's settlement is in Woodbury.
No. H.. Elisabeth Cool Is. YIN. Lang.
This was case of bastardy. pltf. swearing
/ that def. is father of child born Aug
IS, 1866. jury were out all night, but de,
cided respondent not guilty. As he has
been in Jail more than nine months. his
release seems to give much satisfaction
Davis and Stoddard for pltf: Willard and
Grout for def.
No. 1913. g,'m. d. Hooker rs. Franklin
hidder. Deft.. boy about fifteen wears
caught five or six fish on plff's land This
is an action of trespaSS 10 recover damag
rs for SO taking pltf : fish On Trial
Heath and Davis for plff.; Ross Tor def
ADDISON COUNTY.
\ daughter of Mrs Wealthy Merritt o
West Cornwall ate some POISONOUS
candy, last week, and died in few
hours
On the 9TH inst, Daniel ID. Sanford
lad thirteen wears old. was drowned il
Lemon Fair, near the bridge in the Nortl
of Cornwall. He. with several of LII
plavmatc>, was bathing. Daniel under
took TO swim across the stream, but he
ING an Indifferent swimmer. he sank il
the middle Of tie river, in deep water
and no help could be obtained till Ion:
after lite was extinct.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The priest of the Catholic church 4
Bennington, Rev Mr. RYAN. and two Il
his flock, Peter McGuirc and wife, had
little unpleasantne>s on Sunday morning
On the opening of the church door, til
priest attempted to prevent them from
entering, when a lively fight ensued, i
which the woman had her eve blacke
and head badly cut by the reverend pu
gilist.
, The machinery for the Benningto
Manufacturing companv's mammot
Shawl factory. has arrived from Europ
and Is being delivered at the mill 1t
said to be the finest in the country
On tuesday morning stage coac
upset on level ground near the depot i
Bennington. -Four ladies and five ger
tlemcn were inside and there were ais
seven men seated on the top of the coac
: at the time of the casualty. Several {
the passengers We're more OF less injured
An aged gentleman, Mr.. Hicks, Of tia
town, it is supposed is quite seriously il
: +jurel.
: CHTTENDEN COUNTY.
On Monday afternoon of this week III
officers of the law visited nearly all ii
:. hotels, restaurants, etc, of Burlington
and seized some $500 worth of liquor.
i Last Friday Mr.. d. ID. Sprague {
Y Huntington, caught yearlIng bear in
Y trap upon the mountain east Of Harve
4 Wright's. He was dead when founC
It and Mr.. Sprague thinks he had been
J. the trap nearly three days. There al
evidently number of bears now upo
the mountains, and among them yer
=, large one, as his track is the largest cv,
# seen in that vicinity. There have bee
; about 40 sheep killed in Huntington /
! them this spring.
> The night Waterman Of Edwards
" Stevens machine shop at Winoosk
named Baraby, by the accidental di
10 charge of a revolver had his right han
: badly hurt, yesterday. lie was cea
"a inc the weapon, at the time.
a FRANKLIN COUNTY.
,r The barn belonging to Michael Magil
of of Shelburn was struck by Lightning II
NJ afternoon, and set on fire, but the fam
ID were speedily extinguished \ fine pa
70 of horses in the barn were killed, al
10 another horse was knocked down but i
seriously hurt. There were six BOYS
10 the barn, who had taken refuge from t
r,;, lint fn-tun1talv mono nt' ,bo,n n.