Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-04-02

Dccn on trlal III inc Rutland touIlty
Court since March 1lth, was ended on
the 3lst uit by verdict Of guilty OF
murder" against Horace r. Plumlcy,
and manslaughter against Xiba Plum
| ley, aged GS. and Frederick Plumlcy.
The parties arc father and two sons,
who killed John Gilman, Jr. at Shrows-
bury. Aug, LIST, 1868. The jury were in
consultation for five days. The case
goes TO the Supreme Court on cXccp-
tons.
Postal APPOINTMENT. MIR. Edison
G. stark, of Manchester, y. H., has re-
ceivcd the appointment of Postal clerk
on the cars between Boston and st. Al.
bans, in place of Rucl a. Brown, re
moved. The Manchester Niyr0r says:
The appointment is good one. Mr..
Stark has ability and energy, and will
attend promptly and faithfully TO his
business. In this appointment the
Department has remembered the sol
iicrwho fought for his country.
Council OF CENsoRs. We have re-
ccivcd few returns of the vote for Coun-
ell of Ccnsors on Tuesday, but cough
to show that the ticket is cctcd By n
small m4jority. There were seventeen
votes cast in st. Adams; Thirty-nine
were cast in Burlington five in Rut-
land, and nine in Poultncy.
irJ. n. Moore, of Chester, is seriou-
~ i'll at his residence, with pneumonia.
For Il long time his ifc was dcspaircd
of, and although at the present time he
is in a critical condition, his friends en-
terrain hopes OF his recovery
Rollin Amsdcn, Esq, Of Windsor, has
received the commission of II Deputy
Sheriff for Windsor County, he was also
elected Constable of Windsor, at the
town meeting on "Wednesday, 3l-t.
L. V. M.-'fhe Society of Religious
Inquiry of the U. V. NJ, at its annual
meeting, on Wednesday night, elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows:
Prcsident-N O Freeman
Vice President-C X Werd.
Cor. Secro tary-C IL Dunton.
Treasurer-CW Brownell, Jr
Iibrarian-D + Estes.
Committee of Oversight-G w Winch,
G a Smith, w G Marsh.
Book Committee-T w Huntington,
ID + Estes, : II Wheeler.
Recording Secrctary-E p Butler.
Col. Fred rick Fletcher, who for
twenty-three years been Il leading citi.
zen of Shelburn, has sold his homestead
in that village, to William Wright, of
Nicholville, New York. Col. Flctche1
also purchased, last week, the Webb
place." in the village of Champaign, n.
Y, with twenty acres cf land, and will
reside there with his sUn-in-law, VIM.
*. Gordon, Esq, spending, Also por-
ton of the year with his son in st.
Johnsbury (wherc he has also recently
purchased a place., until he IS prepared
to become a resid mt of burlington.
Hon. G. w. Willard of Montpelier,
NJ. c. for the first district, whose health
has been impaired for some months, we
are pleased to learn is fully recovered.
Mr.. Joseph Poland, editor of the Mont
pelier Journal, at present sojourning
in Washington, writes to that paper
concerning him:
"Mr w. seems fully restored ia
health-a matter of sincere congratulate
ton both to him and his constituents
for the labor that he will need and de-
sire to bring to the discharge of his Off
cial duties, will require the full strength
of well man."
HEAVY Liquor SEIZURE. The Free
Press says that officers Drew, Wight
and Thomas made a successful raid on
Jim Kelley's establishment on Water
street, Thursday morning, and were
rewarded by the discovery of six casks
of gin and whiskey, valued at $500.
The "ardent" was temporari y put into
fine custody of the CITY agent until it il