St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-11
VERMONT NEWS.
A Famous Vermont Liquor Case

The session of the supreme court for
Rutland county closed at Rutland Fri
day and Chief Justice Royce gave a
decision i'm the famous O'Neil liquor
case affirming the Judgment of the
county court. John O'Neil, driven out
of the state by liquor prosecutions,
started a saloon in Whitehall, N. Y,
and shipped liquors in jugs to Rutland
by express &c. o. D." AS Rutland sa-
looms were nearly all closed by active
prosecutions he did thriving bust
ness. In December, 1882, just before
Christmas, a large number of sealed
jugs were seized on the arrival of a
train. O'Neil was afterward caught in
the state and sentenced on BOY cOnvic-
tons for second offense of selling Ii
quOr to fine of $6l40 and costs with
two months imprisonment with the
alternate sentence of over 50 years in
the house of correction. He appealed,
and in argument before the supreme
court of the county, January, 1884, the
judges stood n tie, , to ,, before the
general term there was another tie, 3
to 3. Since then Judge Redfield has
resigned and Judge Walker succeeded
him, so that the tie was broken and q
ICSulb IcdCUcu. ne uCCISIOu
that the sending of liquor from New
York to customers in Vermont by ex-
press &C. o. Dr. is in legal effect the
sale of that liquor and that the express
company is the agent of the seller and
not the purchaser in Vermont. O'Neil
will take the case to the United States
supreme court on writ of error claim
ing that the decision is in conflict with
the United States constitution relating
to inter state commerce. This was al
lowed and bonds fixed at $4,000.
A ruler made from piece of board
taken from the Andersonville dead line
A. Il, of SwantOn.
The citizens of RichfOrd have petit
toned the governor to prevent by
some means the introduction of small
pox from Canada. Several deaths oc-
CURED last week just over the line.
The Cheshire railroad company has
sold the New Hampshire and the
Thomas NJ. Edwards, passenger loco
motives, being the last wood burners
on the road. The corporation has con-
tracted with the Rhode Island COM
pany for Il wheeled freight engine.
The persistent .jail-breaking Browns,
father and son, who escaped from New
port Jail week ago, were captured in
Canada Thursday by local officers and
while being transported to the BrOOme
county Up. O. Jail by way of Richford,
were arrested 10y Vermont officers and
returned to Newport Jail again.
The remaining assets of the Law
renee Brainerd insOlvent estate were
sold at auction at st. Adams Tuesday,
$50 shares of the Ticonderoga iron
cOmpany's stock going for S5 share,
and 100 shares of the st. Aibans iron
and steel works for 81 cents share
The face value of these 3l0 shares is
$24 900. The balance of the deposit
in the First national bank by T.. A.
Smith IA assignee sold Cor 1919, about
% per cent. of the whole ..:s.=5,.s.S.
NJ. titan 5. Foster. vice president
and manager of the National bank ut
Derby Line, VT, died suddenly from
heart disease Sunday morning, aged
4S years. The deceased was we'll |
known in hank circles, having been |
formerly general manager of the East |
ern Townships banks, Sherbrooke.
Province of Quebec. At the time of /
his death he was treasurer of the Mas
sawippi Valley railroad aud director
Of the National bank, Newport. =