Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-17

The evidence showed that no resistance
was made, but that the respondent struck
Keyzer severely; for which luxury, and
the disturbance, the court fined him SO
and costs, amounting in all to over $50.
His associates contributed to the fund
and the fine was paid after respondent
had started for Jail. 1t is said that beer
and whiskey aided in the ''canonical'
celebration as much as the spirit of pat
riotism; one thing is certain. and that
is, that the parties and patriots were very
profane and noisy. G. II. c.
CHESTER.
Samuel Afford, Jr., of Perkinsville,
has sold village lot, at Gassetts, to
Charles E. Spaulding of Cayendish, for
$500
johnson & Kinds have sold tract
of land near "Popple-dungeon," to G.
NJ. and G. f. Wilson, for 5000.
The oder which ascends from the
''pile'' of phosphate at the junction of
Depot street and First avenue, to the
nostrils of thepassers-by is nor precisely
like unto the smell of spices, and the
breath of Lebanon.
The barn owned by Joshua FROSTY,
gale, was highly priced as a ''land
mark" and was reported to have been
of inestimable value, to one of the ven
cradle pillars of sour" church, by reason
of the historic memories that clustered
around it.
1t is trite saying that ''go where
| you WILL a Vermonter has preceded
you" Apropos. To prove the truth of
! the above assertion, we take pleasure in
| informing the public that Vermont is
represented among the members OF the
military commission appointed to try
Capt. Jack and his murderous crew Of
! Modocs. Lieut. Geo. w. Kingsbury, in
| charge of Co. E, 18th U. s. Infantry,
lately commanded by the lamented
Thomas. is the Junior officer of said
| commission, and native of this town.
j. M. Ingraham, Esq, of Chicago,
is a guest of mine host of the Chester
House. He returns after an absence of
sixteen years, to receive the greetings of
old friends, and to enjoy those comforts
which are not found in greater abund-
ance than in old Vermont. INDEX.
WOODSTOCK.
The County Court adjourned at s
I
The hearings in chancerY cases are con-
tinued till October special sessions.
During the present term twenty-five
Jury trials have been had, and large
number of cases heard by the court.
Seventeen divorces have been granted
and two petitions denied. The court in
one case, of a petition to annul the mar
riagc on the 'ground that one party was
under guardianship, and had not mind
enough to contract marriage, refused
the prayer of the guardian and decreed
that, though the party was of weak
mind, not able to collect money, or
estimate correctly the value of property,
was, nevertheless, competent to con-
tract marriage, and had a right to have
a wife The marriage of Paschal ).
Merrill, of Reading, with Lorette Con-
ner was decreed void, because az the
time of the intermarriage the woman had
one legally obtained husband living, and
it came out in the hearing that she had
also husband No. besides Merrill, heI
last husband.
A large amount of business has been
transacted during the session of the
court. and the term has been pleasant
one. Judge Barrett is in good health.
But one State case has been tried, andir
that the jury did not agree 1t was al
Indictment against Forrest j. Headle, OF
Plymouth. for stealing apples in 1868
in the night time, from the orchard OF
Artemus Spaulding. Of Cavendish, a:
was alleged, with one Napoleon Bone.
part Johnson. ALAS, for distinguished
names). Charles A Bartlett, a boy
from White River Junction, aged II
years and over, pleaded guilty 10 the
charge of the larceny of a watch il
Hartford. and was sentenced to th'
State Reform School during the remain
der of his minority, and in case of disc
, bedience there, he is to be sent to Tho
State prison for one year. The divorce
harvest seems to have doubled since the
new law giving the hearings to th'
County Court, because the opportunity
; comes twice a year, instead of once. Ii
seven of the successful cases the caus'
was adultery, four of which were on TN,
part of the wife. Judge Barrett lief
Monday TO attend the Middlcbury Col
! lege Commencement. G.