St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-06-04
Masonic Matters.
The New Hall to be Dedicated June "a
Election of Officers.

The New Hall to be Dedicated June "a
Election of Officers.
At the lodge meeting last Thursday
evening it was decided to dedicate the
new Masonic hall on Wednesday, June
"a, which will be st. John the Baptst's
day. The details of the celebration
were left with the trustees of the lodge.
1t is proposed to make Il gala day af
fair, including "A parade, address, etc.
Part of the exercises will be public.
other parts Of the state to participate
in the celebration.
Haswell Chapter, No. ii, r. A. NJ,
chose the following officers at its an
nual cOnvocation last Friday evening :
H. P.-Alex Dnnnett.
K.-Fred w. Taylor.
Sra l.. Spencer.
Treas.-A. B. Noyes.
Sec.-Delos NJ. Bacon.
C. of H.-N w. Carlton.
p. Sd. II. Holder.
r.. A. C.-N. K. Switser.
Chaplain-N. p. Bowman.
NJ :3d VI. p. Hartman.
NJ. 2d VII. NJ. Cheney.
NJ. LIST VI. b. Head.
Stewards f. l.. Wells, A. ID. Paige.
Tyler.-F. +. G0odwin
Finance ComInittee.-J &. Gray, l..
SOper, F. F. Fletcher.
Caledonia Council, No. ID, r. & S.
NJ, held its annual assembly the same
evening, and chose the following Off
GERS:
Il. |. Mt. II. Bowman.
ID. M.-AleX Dunnett
p. c. of WI. Soper.
Treas.-A. E. Pride.
Recorder-D. NJ. Bacon.
G. of G.-Ira L. Spencer.
G. of C.-L. Z. Hartman.
Marshall. A. Moore.
Steward-O. p. Bennett.
Sentimel-N. r. Switzcr.
COUNTY COURT.
The June term of county court open
ed Tuesday morning, Justice Ross pre-
siding. Prayer was offered by Rev. D..
Fl. Adams. The newly appointed as
sOciate Judge, Hon. Jacob G.. HOvey of
this place, made his initial appearance
npon the bench, and Judge George of
Hardwick arrived in season for the af-
ternoon session. The petit jurors were
sworn and instructed us to the Oblig
tons of "A secresy imposed upon them
by their oath, and were dismissed till
afternoon. The grand Juror from Stan
nard not having arrived, the grand
Jury was not set at work till afternoon.
The daily sessions of court were fixed
for 9 Il. IN. and 100 p. IN. The civil
docket of l04 cases was gone through
with, "A good many of them being con-
tinued or passed, a number marked for
court hearing, and the following were
reported as settled Hazen NJ. Gray VS..
| A. l.. Barber, John w. Grant and wife
VS.. Henry I. Bailey, Nathan w. Rug
giles VS.. |. H. Dunsyre, First National
Bank of st. JOhnsbury VS.. j. G. Adams,
| VIM. II. Gilchrist VS.. Amos B. Perry,
w. A. Weeks VS.. F. w. Ingalls,, A. +.
Judevine VS.. +. G.. johnson, A. b. jew
EFT VS.. Waldo Bingham, Conn. ~ Pass.
r. X. Co. VS.. r. w. Laird, VIM. Hig-
gins VS.. Thaddeus b. Wheeler, As; l..
Barber VS.. HaZen NJ. Gray, Joseph Gu
tier VS.. Joseph b. Stewart, II. o. Stone
VS.. Albert Perley, Albert Brock vs..
Geo. w. Carr and o. ii. Hale, Rollin
p. Kidder VS.. Geo. w. Carr, G. Il. Brig
ham VS.. A. w. Brown, George D0wner
VS.. j. 5. Potter, c. f. Lamphere VS..
Samuel Mills, Jr., Dustin MOulton VS.
John p. Smith, Erastus Howard VS.. St.
j. s. l.. {. Il. X. Co., and Hiram A.
Kelsey vs. " V. Vance.
Eighteen cases were marked for trial
by jury, but only a part of them will
be so tried.
! The grand jury were sworn Tuesday