Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-04-12

dali, f that place. an old soldier, and Il
member of Post Roberts. q. \. Il. man
oil the world. of scholarship and culture,
Mr.. Kendall's Grafton will be worthy oi the
OCCASION
JonN |. FILKINs, the express robber, who
was supposed to have escaped from Clinton
prison, two or three years ago, and who
has never since been heard of though
large reward was offered for his arrest, Is
now believed to have met terrible death
at the timo OF his disappearance. The
story goes that while wOTkmon were re-
moving the shoe shop at Daunemora. one
dag last week, preparatory to making room
for the new hat department. the remains OF
human body were found in the wall. with
several pieces OF coin of recent date, proving
that the remains were those of person
Is believed to be that Of Fikins. His crime.
it will be remembered, was the murder Of
an express messenger and the robbery OF his
safe while the train was crossing the rail
Euhu DiluEt, at hluhbl n lew StaiS asO-
IMPORTANT DECISION In July, lS71.E. ID.
Smith leased bis farm in Duxbury known as
the Towle farm to Nathaniel Evans, with It
DAIRY of COWS, for five years. 1t appeared that
II few days previously the cows had been at
tached by leaving n copy of wriS against
Smith in the town clerks office, although the
copy for the defendant was not gwen to Mr..
Smith until several days afterward. The
cattle were driven off the iarn before thC
forty DAYS expired ard we e sold. This led
to controversy between lessor and l-5Sea
which resulted in two chancesy suits and an
"ppoil tment of receiver to hold the pro
duce o. tire farm At the December term of
the Lamoille county coz t u petition % fort-
closrre was b,oJght 10y AIR. Wiswell, Of
Hydcpark, with II motion to shorten the tine,
which Vas beard tie 18Th day of FEBRUARY,
1873. beioye JUDGE Powers. Gso,gc T. Water
man, Esq appearing for the orator and
Geo:ge W Kerncdy, of Wp.erbrry, for N,r
Smith From the writteA testimony Of
e.g.tcen w.tnesseS Judge Powers found that
the farm wes wo til Seven Thousand dollars,
ard also decided thas Che present deprecated
condition o. property ' as not thc pa'.lcula.
fault of the mortgagor, and when that property
was given for the security of n debt tile
mortgage should bear an equal share of tine
burden caused by It's peculiar S. urgency OF
the times. What such 2 'operty woaid bring
in cash on an immediate sale was not to be
taken as the cI .e.ion but some reference
was to lie had t. the actual value OF the pro
perty i'll its use. So the Judge decided that
Mr.. Smith wouid have the usual time for
rede npt'on by pa, ing SEQ aud costs on the
10th day of Ap'il. 1875 Mr.. Smith through
his attorney, George W. Kennedy then
b.orsh. n petition to the Chancellor to have
Innis, the tenant, enjoined from further occ' =
pancy of the arm, which was heard before
Judge Redfe'd the 18th day of March, and
the coIrt orie-cd n reference to Henry Gil
let, Esq. to find what sum WAS due 10
either pa t. Oh giving up the possession of
the arm ep-;' LIST, 1873. Mr.. Cii)ett he'd
the case and rendered bis repor. the 9th
day of Mach, that out of the money in the
hards oc tie Iece yer lbuIt S3G0-Alr.
Ennis should receive S93.GG and the balance
to Mr.. Smith. In Pursuance of this decis-
ion Mr.. Ennis removed f.om shc premises
the 3O.h day o. March and all the suits
Co.