St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-11-22

of anatomical science, (which provides
that the remains of the friendless pool
in any town or city may be delivered
to resident physician of such town oil
city to be used by him for the advance
ment of anatomical science,) and de-
feated it after sharp but protracted
discussion.
In the House, after tug at the sala-
ry bill, in which sundry members left
the marks of their little hatchets, the
act relating to dogs came up as the
special order, and for nearly an houl
there was an incessant "barking OF
dogs" which was only cut short by the
inevitable previous question, and it was
finally decided, if the Senate shall con-
cur, that hereafter dogs may bark al
one dollar per head. The bill adding
lager beer and all malt liquors to those
the sale of which is prohibited by chap.
ter ninetyfour of the general statutes
received proper attention, and after ad.
ding cold cider" and providing that
"all cider over three days old shall be
considered old cider" saturday morn
ing an amendment was adopted chang
ing the word "three" to ''thirty," so the
sale of cider over thirty days old is
prohibited the bill was ordered to a
third reading on yea and nay vote OF
los to 68. The bill for the settlement
and equal distribution among creditors
of the estates of insolvent debtors,
which is to supercede the act passed
two years ago, and is less cumbersome,
was passed by the very decided vote OF
I62 to "a. Town superintendent OF
schools will also be interested to learn
that there is prospect that their pay
will be reduced to Sl.50 per day, with
81 for annual report to state superin-
tendent, and 50 for his report to the
town. A bill was also passed which
will effectually squelch the lightning
rod gentry-compelling them to pay a
license to the State of $500, and $50 to
the city or town in which they offer
their goods. Good day, gentlemen.
THE FATE OF MURDEREKS.
At the commencement of this session
the air about the State House was thick
with sympathy for those now in States
prison under conviction or sentence of
death for murder, and for nearly week
the friends of John P. Phair were thick
and fast, present and omnipresent, and
whichever way one turned he was sure
to meet some Phair button-hOler. Pres
emily the friends of Tatro and Gravlin
appeared, and, for the time being, cast
Phair entirely in the shade. And then
the interest in the decision of the Su-
preme Court in regard to Edwin c..
Hayden the Derby Line wife murderer,
oversbadowed Phair and Tatro and
Gravlin, and but little was thought of
them. The Supreme Court have to-day
denied to Hayden a new trial, and SEN
fenced him to be hung; the House of
Representatives have unanimously re-
fused the passage of the bill to commute
the sentence of Gravlin to imprisonment
in the States prison for life; and a
similar verdict will undoubtedly be ar
rived at in the case of TatrO. What
will be the result of the case of Phair,
is not so easy to predict, us his case is
to be reached only through a general
law, which will give him, and all like
him, their redress only through the Su-
preme Courts. There is very little
sympathy expressed at the present time
for any of these convicted murderers,
but a general desire that the law shall
take its course and the more the facts
in all these cases are discussed, the less
disposition is manifested to arrest the
judgment of the courts.
THE LEGISLATIVE WORKERS.
l intended, when | commenced this
letter, to give you pen and ink sketch
of some of the more prominent workers
of the present Legislature; but l have
already exceeded the bounds of an or
binary letter, and must reserve this for
a future time, when l can more leisure
ly look over my note book and give
you few of the jottings of
AN OUTSIDER.