The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-11-28
Washington County Court.

County court re-assembled last week Tues
day for the transaction of unfinished court
business, the commencement of the general
term of the supreme court interrupting the
progress of the September term. The fol-
lowing cases were heard and disposed of:
Dell NJ. Ball u.s. r. A. Ball; divorce.
Bill granted upon the ground OF wilful de-
sertion; care and custody of minor child
decreed to the petitioner. George w Wing
for petitioner.
Clara G. Barrett as. Cassus H. Barrett:
divorce. Bill granted on the ground of
adultery. Custody of child decreed to the
petitioner.
Charles f. Haskell Us. Frances Haskell;
divorce. Bill granted on the ground of
wilful desertion. John Wing for petitioner
Martha L. Osgood Us. John B. Osgood.-
This was a contested divorce case, and the
cause alleged in the petition was intolerable
severity. The husbands petition is not re-
turnabe until next term because it was not
entered until the September term, and under
the statute must be continued. The cause
alleged in this petition is a charge of adul-
terry. This charge he offered evidence tend
ing to substantiate, not as cause why the
divorce bill should he granted to him, but
as reason why the wife should not receive
a decree nisi, because she had not performed
her part of the marriage contract. The par
ties reside at Marshtield and were married
in March, 1881. There is one surviving
child of the marriage. The petitioner tes-
titled to several occasions when she had
been il-treated by her husband. She had
on two occasions left him, but an amicable
arrangement had been made and recon-
Citation affected. Finally, she could not
get along with him and left him about
year ago. Several witnesses were intro
duced whose testimony tended to support
and corroborate that of the petitioner On
the part Of the husband testimony was in
troduced on the alleged familiarity and i'm
conduct nf w ia wi
Lamberton. In some dispositions very
damaging testimony was given, which, if
true, would warrant the granting divorce
to the husband on the cause set forth in his
petition. The petitioner, Mrs Osgood, de-
MES all these charges involving immoral
conduct. The incidents relied upon by the
husband of other improper conduct were
endeavored to be explained away upon
other hypothesis than those of guilty con-
duct. The court failed to find that Mrs
Osgood had been guilty of any improper re-
lations with the men named, and gave her
a bill of divorce on the ground of intoler-
able severity.
Alanson Luce rs. Sylvester Cummings
This was an action of trespass in which the
plaintiff sought damages for an assault and
battery committed upon him by defendant
in May, 1887. 1t appeared that Lnce was at
a farm in Berlin owned by defendant and
occupied by one Putney. Some unpleasant
ness had arisen between the parties prior to
the occasion complained Of when defendant
told Luce to get out of his premises, at the
same time violently helping him out. For
all of which the court adiudged Cummings
guilty and inflicted fine of $50 and costs.
John g. Wing for plaintiff; S. G. Shurtlef
for defendant.
Eaton as. Waldo. The plaintiff in this
case was the administrator of one Towne,
deceased. Towne's father had an indebted
ness against Waldo, which the junior Towne
sued for his father, and obtained Judgment.
Towne called on Waldo for pay and the
judgment amounted to something like $500.
Waldo showed Towne a paper that he,
Waldo, could not get pension, and
thinking Waldo to be poor Towne COM
promised for 500 and heifer The day
the trade was made Waldo went home and
that night found he had pension allowed
with nearly $1,000 of back money. He
went the next day and consummated his
trade with TOwne but did not let the latter
know he had got his pension. Towne testi-
fed that he would not have so settled If he
had known Waldo had a pension. The
court found for the plaintiff for the amount
of the Judgment, and allowed the 500 and
heller to go as part payment thereon. Lam
son for plaintiff; G, w. Wing for defendant.
McClearn Us. McClearn.-This was an ex-
parte divorce case. Came on Tuesday and
decision is not yet announced. The only
dispute made is upon that of alimony. For
the defendant McClearn, Mr. Heath APP
peared and argued for division of the
property by which he-the husband-should
be given some of the property that had
formerly belonged to his fathers family
which is now in the possession Of the wife,
Court will take recess this noon until
next week, when Judge Rowell will come
and conclude what little court business is
left open, such as hearings on reports, etc.
THE greater part of Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas, was burned last Friday. Loss esti-
mated at $780, 900, with very little insurance.