The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-09

III Improvement III Iocu oiBbho' ihO Ncuip
below rendered decision in favor Of Burdett,
and gave him a decree for S161,0 900. This
court in an elaborate opinion by Justice Blatch-
ford, reverses the decree Of the circuit court
and remands the case to that court, with direc-
tions to dismiss the bill
wELI-KNowN Vermonter relates an amusing
experience with an honest clerk In one Of Bos-
toms large hotels. Sometime after settling his
bill he was told by the clerk that he had by
mistake overpaid, and SO was refunded. Ar
irving home he found letter from the clerk,
stating that his cash account was just SO short,
and requesting the guest to recount his own |
funds. The Vermonter Immediately sent his |
check, adding that as he had been through |
Christmas, 1t would be very difficult to decide |
the question. Finally, after few days delay, |
the money came back with the assurance that |
the deficit had been accounted for from another |
source and that the SO belonged to the Yer
monter, who replies that he is keeping II for |
developments.
THE Springfield Republican says: " The little
state of Maryland Is politically divided In half
even more sharply than the other little state OF
Vermont, where one senator must hail from
each side Of the mountain and the governor
be taken from the districts alternately, though
the heavens fall" Vermont might complacently
endure to be called the other little state " by
one Of her big, sensible sisters. but not by the
child of kind of political dudine who has
more than twelve hundred square miles less of
territory and whose entire delegation in con-
gress is out-weighed by a single Vermont SEN
ator. Vermont is a great deal bigger than
Massachusetts, and her pretentious little sister
must speak of her very respectfully or incur
her resentment.
AN accident occurred on the St. Johnsbury
& Lake Champlain railroad Monday morning.
1t seems that freight which meets another at
midnight at Wocott was going through the
| Jones bridge at that place when a rail broke,
throwing the the saloon car off the track. 1t
was hauled some distance before it could be
stopped. A man was sent back to flag the
mixed train. He had not gone far when the
train came laundering along and rushed on to
the saloon car with great force, although the
engineer had reversed his engine. Both he
and the fireman jumped. The engine broke
through the bridge into the river. No one was
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jumping, and brakeman, who was also but
slightly injured. There was no train through
during the day, and passengers we're carried
by No serious damage was done This is
the first collision on the road of any kind.
THE case Of State us. Lawrence Brainerd is
set for hearing at the January term Of the Frank
lin county supreme court, which convenes at ST.
hon to-,n nd mil foa tba ;o;a
Of the indictments found against him. The
agreed state of facts upon which the question
Of sufficiency of the indictments rests, is in
substance this wise When the grand jury
commenced to consider the case of Brainerd
one of the panel was SICK but had not asked
to be excused, hence but seventeen jurors sa
on the matter; of these, five were depositcrs
and at their own request they were excused by
! their fellows and the foreman from participat
ing in the finding OF a bill. Those twelve diC
l find and return the indictments against Brain
. twelve, one was the husband OF a woman VIII
was a depositor. The court will be asked t
= say whether the grand jury, as constituted
: was legal tribunal and whether the indct
Q ments 30 found are valid.
WE learn from our Gaysville correspondent
that the house in that village owned by Mrs
y Strong, and occupied by her and L. s. Lamb
y her son-in-law, was burned about two o'cloc
! last Friday afternoon. The contents of tn
house were mostly saved. A very strong sout
u wind was blowing at the time, and the spark
) were carried some distance to the barn of Nj
) Harrington, which contained good stock
hay, grain, farming tools, twelve cows and
yoke OF oxen, all which were consumed Tw
q horses and two COWS were got out Of the bar
IL and saved, as were also the young cattl,
u which were in the yard A barn belonging I
d DR.. c. c. Smith took fire, but the flames wei
II extinguished without serious damage Th
3, houses belonging to Mr.. Harrington and NJ
D Smith were only saved through the create
Il exertions on the part of the citizens. The fiji
= originated in the chamber floor in Mrs. Strong
B. house, through which the stovepipe passe,
IT The loss is partially covered by insurance.
LAST Saturday evening, writes our Straffor
al correspondent, partially successful atteml
y WAS made to rob the store Of s. +. Frary & Co
t. at South Strafford. Three miners (foreigner
le remained In the store until all except M
buoiij tuo JuuloI pdrthoi, udu rotHou W III
Of Mr.. Buell. was counting the money taken
III during the day, one of the rogues called I,
D. some oysters. Mr.. Buell. stepped into Il
Il, back room and procured them. Returning
a. the front room, he noticed the money-draw
" WAS partially drawn out and an examnatic
90 revealed the fact that its entire contents hs
g. been abstracted. Mr.. Buell. quickly stepped
es the front door and locked 1t, thus making Il
u men his prisoners. He then aroused the clerl
u from the chamber above, and teephoned {
40 Constable Hazelton Of the upper village, VIII
H. in due time, arrived and placed the men und
1y arrest. A thorough examination of the gu
I'D pected parties and of the store-room was mad
sl- but none OF the missing money could be foun
I'd Later, a quantity of goods taken from Il
it. store was found on the outside. A hearil
rs was given the men Monday morning, the 7
I'd suit Of which we are as yet unable to learn.
r. THE man who greets you at every turn wi
the inquiry, " Is this cold enough for you
lg has been in his element during the past wee
nd the only drawback to his full enjoyment bell
lie the danger he has experienced of freezing
d. his esophagus while putting the questio
an Sunday morning was the coldest for twent
lie five years in this village, and reports from OF
ed or sections indicate similar record. At Bar