Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-10
VERMONT INTELLIGENCE
DolNGS OF THE COUNTY COURTS.
The Rutland Railroad ". Gov. fagc-ihe
Nontpclicf Murderer announcement
or some Interesting Mcctings--Notcs
of Interest from Many Towns.

The case Of Rutland railroad company
vs.. John B. Page. WAS again hrI"rc Ihr
Rutland couuty court. Tuesday, ON the
proposition 1f The defendant t" su1mi NE
hearing of the case to the county court
Judges as referees, conditioned tlat 'h'
hearing should he proceeded with llnillc-
dintrlv ON the adjournment OF county
court and continued with due ulIlEehCP'
that the matter might he passed 10 'he
Supreme court. if either party SO WlSmH,u'
ut the winter term for the county. Inc
case vet stands undiSpu~rd ol.
The October Term of the United states
Court.
The Federal court opened ditS regular SeS-
sion at Rutland ON Tuesday. Judge
Wheeler rendered Il decision in the equity
ease of Daniel Valentine ". X. I. Iurd
ct ais. which was heard at the October
term of 1852 In this case AZ decree OF fore
closure was asked by the orator upon a
mort gage of $1,000 given by Hurd To al
rntinc The defendant urges that such
decree should not he granted lnHsmuch as
Valentine must have known at the tllle ol
taking the mort gage, that the lhoTtSaGor
was practically insolVcnt, as shortly after
giving the mort gage he went INTO nahk.
ruptcy. and his creditors nearly All oi
them aggrced to accept 20 cents
ON the dollar In his decision Judge
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foreclosure he granted against all the de-
PENDANTS. except Hiram llawley to the
value of Sl5OO. covered by his attachmeht'
and the attachment OF the Battchk!ll palk
tuthr value of $500: and against them ON the
paVmcnt of - per cent OF thtlr claims.
with interest from November p, 1850, ana
their Costs..A decision was also given
in the case of Steam Stone Cutter Co. vs..
sheldon and ~Iasun. \ decree was or
dcrcd to bc issued dl~mlNNlnG lnc nm. 49,.
..f..Ht l.1N Il-l
Us. Vermont National Bank of St. Alhans
then came up for trial. Eminent counsel
are engaged ON this Sult-EdWalus, DICK
ermru X Young an senator Edmunds
for the plaintiff. ANA q. W. llehucc ANA
Judge Poland for the defense
Grand Army Posts of the state to Petition
the General Assembly.
The Grand Army posts are circulating
petitions to he presented to the General
Assembly. asking for some law by which
any and all soldiers, sailors and marines,
who have served in the army or navy of
the United States and have been honora-
blv DISCHARGED. and who by the laws of
the General Government are entitled to all
privileges of hOnOrably discharged sol
diers and are at the time of their decease,
residents of this state, shall at their de
cease he furnished Il decent Christian
preamble rcCiteS NcrmOntS : care OF her
veteran soldiers, her gratitude to them
and her rcpuguanCc to any such hlllng
paupcr's graves or being dependent upon
charity for burial.
The Indictment Against GOV. Page.
In the case of State vs. John b. Page in
the Rutland county court Monday, the
States attorney stated that he could not
be ready for trial this term and moved for
n continuance. The matter was discussed
by .itutc'S-AttOrucy Howe and George T..
l. Wrence for the State and by \. +.
Walker for the respondent. After short
consultation the court continued the case.
Washington County Court.
Clark W. sanders will not be tried at
this term of Washington county court.
He was indicted tor the murder of Daniel
Carr and desired his trial at this timc but
his counsel desire more time to work up
the defence. which will he hereditary in
sanity, and considerable time Will neccs-
Sarily be consumed in looking up the his
tory of his ancestors. Consequently the
case has been continued until the March
term.
The Woman's Board of Missions,
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Vermont Branch of the Woman'S Board of
Missions will be held in the Congregation
al church at Rutland on Wednesday, Oct.
22 Each auxiliary of the branch and every
CONGREGATIONAL church i'll which there il
no auxiliary are requested to send two
delegates and IL cordial invitation is alsC
extended to all ladies interested in the
work Application for entertainment MAY
be made to Mrs Sophie H. Aiken Rutland
As early as possible. Return checks viii
be given over the railroads.
Vermont Bible society.
The Vermont Bible society will hold it,
next annual meeting in Montpelier OF
Wednesday, Oct. 18th. The business ses
sion will be held in the vestry of the
Methodist church. Rev. Alonzo II. Quint
ID, of Dover y. H., will deliver an ad
dress in Representative hall in the even
ing.
New England Road hasters' Associ on
The sixth annual meeting of the New
England Road Masters association open
ed at White River junction yesterday a
the junction House President Hy
land in the chair The following
named officers were elected fo
the ensuing year; President c. A. Bear
of the Central Vermont railroad vice
president, s. w. Shanks of the Northern
secretary, W. f. Ellis of the Providenc
and Worcester treasurer p, A, Eaton o
the Concord. Executive committee, j. X
Hatch of the Connecticut RiVer,J. >. Ian
OF IIlt New OIh, 4NtN maven anu mar
ford, A. G.. Stevens of the Eastern,
Centennial Meeting of Methodist Preach
The centennial meeting of Methods
preachers of the Montpelier and Spring
field districts was held at Barnard VT
Tuesday and yesterday. There was a larg
attendance and much interest. The pre-
ceedings will be published in pamphle
! form,
struck by Lightning.
A barn belonging to Henry Kibbie, lC
Gated in Brookfeld, was struck by light
ming Saturday and burned, together wit
a large amount of hay and grain I'll
loss is about $500, the insurance havin
expired IA few days previous,
The Bennington Battle Monument.
The Bennington Battle Monument assc
citation are holding an adjourned meeting
The bylaws have been amended so tina
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