St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-29

Bridget Kennedy of Rutland, who
has begun term of 40 years in the
house of correction for liquOr-selling,
has been Joined by her husband James.
He has been convicted of I35 first of
lenses, and, as he can't pay his fine of
S1402, must spend III years near his
wife.
The Windsor county court sustains
the town of Weathersfeld in its refus-
al to pay 5000 voted by its citizens in
1879 to George g. Gregg in settlement
of a claim for injury caused by poor
highway. The defendant claimed that,
Notwithstanding the vote of the town
in 1879, the plaintiff had no right of
action under the statutes then in force.
The several marble firms of Rutland,
composing the "Producer's marble
company" to which heretofore all or
ders received from certain principal
market centers have been given to be
allotted pro rata among the members,
have extended the agreement so as to
include all orders from every source.
This is virtually consolidation of all
the marble interests.
Rutland liquor suits have stirred
up legal mares nest. The agents of
the railroads were subp9naed and or
dered to bring in their books to prove
that liquor had been consigned to the
Kennedy pair Just convicted. The
companies appeared by eminent cOun-
sci who haven't graced n police court
for 20 years before probably, and of
fered to produce papers relating to this
special case, but declared that they
would let their men go to Jail rather
than produce their books for inspec-
ton, the inference is for fear of inju-
ring other consignees. In some conve-
nient way the question was lodged and
no decision arrived at.
Two Addison county men are in a
quandary. AT the state fair, last Sep
TENDER, they made a small bet on the
position which the horse Black Johnny
would take in Il certain race, and as
there was no one with whom they were
acquainted near by ut the time, they
put the money in the hands of a gen
tlemanly looking stranger who was
standing near, and who said that he
would be at one of the hotels that eve
ming after the races. AS a matter OF
precautiOn, however, they gave him
their addresses and he gave them an
address, so that i'll case they should
not see him that evening, he could for
ward the stakes by mail to the winner
They did not run across him at the hO-
tel that evening and the winner has
never received the amount of the
stakes. The men who paid the wager
think that the identity of the stake
holder will always be mystery.
The following are Il few facts will
regard to the famous "crow" case
attracting SO much attention il
the state papers of late. One
day last November two young mel
living in Pownal went out for {
hunt, and one of them shot a tame
crow belonging to Il Mr.. Montgomery
| The crow was shot on Montgomery
premises few rods from the house
| Suit was brought by the owner agains
the two NimrOds, but, although the
two parties have met for trial twice
there has been Il continuance of the
trial each time. The civil case is SCI
for Dec. %, and a jury and criminal
case for January 3. Each party ha'
strong hackers, and the contest vii
| be an exciting one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Walker
married at Montpelier fifty years ago
celebrated their golden wedding a
Chicago Christmas night. Mr.. Walker
has been for thirty years resident o
Chicago and has been a prominen
business man there.
| Henry G.. johnson, a well know
| resident of Bellows Falls, having rep
resented it in the legislature, died sud
denly at an early hour Monday of con
sumption. He was able to attend t.
business Saturday and church Sunday
! HemOrrhage caused his death at last
His age was forty five. He was post
master at SaxtOn's River for many
years.
Barrett's block, tenement owned
by 5. j. Haven and Il small tailOr-shOl
were burned ut Ludlow, Monday night
loss heavy. The firms burned out are
j. Barrett, groceries G.. S. Whelden
hardware II. Woodward, meat mark
ct and NJ. j. Stowe, jewelry. Assist
ance was asked from Rutland and Bel
lows Falls.
Gov. Barstow has appointed Edward
j. Phelps of Burlington, Redfield Proc
tor of Rutland and Frederick Billing
of Woodstock as forestry commission
ers under the act of the last Legisla
ture. The commissioners are to in
quire into the extent and condition o
forests in Vermont and report meas
ures for their protection at the mex
Legislature.