Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-24

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Monday WAS the shortest dav of the
year, and the first day Of the almanac
winter.
New Hampshire farmers are greatly
excited over the advent Of pleuro- pneu-
monia in that state.
There is good slcighing from Brattle-
boro to Bennington, an uncommon thing
even in this cold county.
There are five D. DIS" in the Baptist
clergy in this state, of which all but one
were bestowed from without the state.
The line of division between two pieces
of property can be readily determined by
simply observing just how far your
neighbor cleans the snow from the ide.
walk.
Ten thousand more cars passed over
the central division of the Central Ver-
mont road during eleven months ending
December i, 1879, than for the correspond
ing time last year.
St. Adams complains that, with only
eight hours work in the railroad shops,
and the pay of the men reduced CORE
spondingly, the business boom is less ap
parent there than anywhere else in the
country.
The Lpmoille county grand jury have
just examined the county Jail, and found
it clean and tidy, the prisoners well fed
and provided for, and the jul in every
other manner suitable for the purposes for
which it is used"
Thursdays cold snap extended over a
wide section of country. At Lttlcton, N
H., the mercury indicated twenty degrees
below zero; at Hanover twelve below; at
Derby Line twenty; at Ottawa eighteen
and in the valley thirty-four.
Senator Morrill, has offered resolution
in the Senate, which was referred, instruct
ing the committee on library to inquire
into the ACCESSIBILITY of extending aid tc
the association for the erection of mon
ument on the revolutionary battle-tiel a
Bennington.
| A notable case WAS tried in the Bcnnne
ton county court, the other day, it being
that of Geo. +. Graves, treasurer Of
Bennington, vs.. S Hall, cashier OF the
First National Bunk of North Bennington
The defendant neglected in each of tn,
four years preceding the commencement
Of this suit TO return to the listers O
Bennington the names of the stockholders
as required by the statute law of the state
The town sued him for four penalties c
five hundred dollars each Defendan
plead that the penalties for the two frs
years were barred by the statute of limita
tons, because the suit was not brouoh
within two years after the defendant be
came liable for penalties, and rs TO til
last two years, that the plaintiff s declara
ton was informal, and insufficient t
entitle him to recover. The court he'll
that the plaintiff was entitled 10 recove
four penalties of five hundred dollars eacI
making two thousand dollars and Interest
with costs.
AN IMPORTANT CASE DISQUALIFICATION
the most important cases heard by thu
supreme court at its recent general sessio
was that of Thomas Pollard and Joseph
Bicknell VS.. Vermont copper mining CON
pany and others, which has just bee
decided in favor of the defendants. |
1873 the orators brought suit against tn
mining company for working over tn
, line and taking out ores from the propert
: claimed by Bicknell and Pollard. Will
! the contest was going on it was ascertain
4 ed that Bicknell and Pollard derived the
b title through one John Kinney, whose tit
v was only that of a mortgage in realit
0 although his deed was in form warrant,
!, While he held this mortgage title h
b grantor had conveyed the minerals
? Isaac Tyson, Jr., whose heirs conveyed
to the company The defendants elaine
5 that the orators title derived lhroug
9 John Kinney was void. Tho amount
8 damage claimed by the orators in Il
8 course of some of the hearings was 1926
Y 000 The case was heard before Chance
@ lor Powers at Montpelier in Oclobe
: 1873, the hearing occupying eight day
It He made a decretal order in favor of Il
o defendant, from which the orators took a
y appeal to the supreme court, with Il
e result above stated.