Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-03-18

EEEGESNEs MARKET.-Saturday was an
unpropitious day for large attendance on
market. Quantity of butter small. Price
ranged from 20 TO % cents-the latter figure
for very best. Eggs, Is cents; potatoes, so
cents for home use, As for shipment. Beef,
and 81 pork, cents; hay, Sl4 to Sl6
per ton. New maple sugar, 10 cents.
CHARLorTE.-A mixture of winter and
spring characterizes the weather of late.
Snow fell to the depth of eight to twelve
inches the last snow storm.
Winter grain looks well, and the late SHOWS
are much in its favor, protecting the roots
from heaving. 1t is the freezing nights and
warm days that injure winter crops, throw
ing the roots out of the ground.
Crossing on the ice from here to Essex is
pronounced unsafe.
Maple sugar making comes earlier than
usual There is very little frost in the
ground, and the weather-wise predict poor
sugar season.
Prices for hired help are about the same
as last season, S14 to SIG month for men.
CHELSEA. Mrs Lucy Hinckley, step
grandmother to Hon. Lyman c. Hinckley
died at Ely, March 9th, aged 90. She was
horn March LIST, 1882, and but for an injury
to the hip, which occurred since her ninety
ninth birthday, she would probably have
lived full hundred years. Her funeral was
Friday, the 18th inst.
Orange County Supreme Court, which
began its session Tuesday, the Sth, adjourn
ed Thursday noon, having disposed of the
full docket of thlrty-threc cases by sending
seven to the general term, directing judg-
ment in three, according to agrceinent of
| parties, rcserving four with court" for
| further consideration, continuing one, and
expressing opinions in the following cases ::
In the two cases of Town of Chelsea VS. Town
Of Royalton and Town of Tunbridge VS..
Town of Royalton which were petitions to
be relieved from the support of the South
Royalton bridge, the report of commissioners
was accepted and the petitions dismissed
with costs. In case of Mary Farrell VS..
Hazen Campbell ct ais, defendants excep-
! tons were dismissed for irregularity. In
Irwin J. McDermid VS.. Curtis Tinkham and
| Trustee, where the plaintiff had first declared
on judgment and afterwards filed six new
counts in debt on promissOry notes, defend
ants motion 10 dismiss the new or amended
counts, rs being for different cause of
action, was sustained. In f. &. Camp
vs. NJ. A. Carlisle, defendants appeal from
decree of Chancellor Powers, the decree for
orator was affirmed and cause remanded. In
Jacob X. Parrish VS.. Isaac and James Nichols,
a chancery appeal by orator, decree for de-
PENDANT was affirmed. In Sarah j. George
VS.. Polly Cars estate, petition for leave to
appeal from decree of probate court disallow-
ing plaintiffs claim, the motion to dismiss
was overruled and petition granted without
cost. In Hazen Campbell ct al. VS.. Mary
Tarbcll, the petition for new trial was dis
miased with costs TO petltionee. In Jeremiah
Hall VS.. Morris f. Hamlet was the same en-
try. In Jonathan c. Smith VS.. Town of Roy
alton, an action to charge the town for al
legged neglect to keep an index to land rec
ords, plaintiffs exceptions were overruled.
In Royal Burnham W. Town OF STAFFORD,
plaintiffs exceptions were sustained and
cause remanded for new trial. In Daniel
Vance VS.. Hosea WEIGH ct al, defendants
exceptions were overruled. In Mary Ann
Sherman's administrator vs.. \. Smith Clark,
judgment for plaintiff was affirmed In
Robinson Tcmpleton vs. town OF Montpelier,
an action for highway injury, in which the
county court directed a verdict for defendant
because plaintiffs horse was frightened by q
locomotive outside the limits of the highway,
plaintiffs exceptions were sustained and
cause remanded for new trial In II. G..
Curtis vs. VIM. s. Morrill, and f. Caruthers,
subsequent attaching creditor, appellant, the
subsequent attaching creditors exception:
were sustained, and the cause dismissed be
cause the Justices mother was half sister
to plaintiff wife, Chief Justice Pierpoini
holding that this made the whole proceeding:
void db initi0, and that the county court
erred in not Immediately dismissing the suit
on getting knowledge of the Justices dis
qualification. In Moses Spear vs.. Uriat
Colburn and l.. ID. Paine the defendants OK.
cepti0ns were sustained ana the petition fol
appeal dismissed, the court holding thai
though the fund to which claimant laid claim
was more than twenty dollars, yet as the sui
was within Justices absolute jurisdiction and
the judgment for only S19.67, none Of the
other parties thereto could appeal nor the
claimant either. In +. c. Camp ct al VS.
estate of. George Camp, A. ii. and S. A. Good
rich, appts, plaintiffs exceptions were
waived and judgment of county court
affirmed to be certified hack to probate court
In \. 5. Austin, apt, VS., Perley Belknap ct al
the Judgment of county court overriding
plaintiffs demurrer to defendants plea was
affirmed. In Nathan Preston, vs.. Edward
Dickerman, ct al, the exceptions of defend.
ant Edward Dickerman were overruled and
judgment given Tor plaintiff on report of
referee. The case of James o. Bartlett ct ux,
vs.. town of Cabot, in which the plaintiff re-
covered $3.50 damages for injury on highway
at December term, 1880, of county court, and
also the case of town of Cabot, VS.. James
ID. BartIStt end wife. q petition for new
trial, go to general term.
Tuesday, March Sth, Ira Hood of Chelsea
aged 20 and Ellen A. Fits of Ely. aged 40
were married at Ely. Thursday evening
March 10th. Willard Townsend and Addil
5. Ordway were married by Rev. E. f
ilerrlck at Martin +. Ordway's residenc,
and the same evening left for New Yorl
City