St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-21
LOCAL AND TOWN NEWS.
At THE ACADEMY.

At THE ACADEMY.
The middle-luniore exhibition will be
given next Monday evening-By all
that is now known it is probable
that the school will enjoy field day
this spring William d. Woolsom,
81, was in town over Sunday.
A large audience filled No 10 to its
utmost capacity last Saturday even
ing to listen to the mock trial given
by the Adelphian society, The court
was opened by Sheriff LOOMS, Judges
Hodgdon, Bowen, and Blakely pre-
siding The reading of the docket
by clerk Goodrich afforded much
amusement to the audience. Several
cases were dismissed before the one
for the evening, charge of burglary
against @. K. Sykes, was called.
The drawing and challenging of
the jury brought to light many facts
previously supposed to have been
known only to a few. The counsel
for prosecution were James Puffer
and Walter Hastings while the pris-
oner was defended by w. L. Raub
and F. A. Ba1ch Seven witnesses
testified on each side. A few conflicts
occurred in the testimony, but on
minor points, and in some cases a
searching cross-eXaminatiOn reveal
ed considerable improbability in the
statements. After the lawyers made
their pleas, Judge Hodgdon gave the
charge to the jury, who after a few
minutes consultation, returned a YER
diet of guilty. The prisoner was
sentenced to five years at hard labor.
The trial lasted for three hours and
held the continued attention of the
audience throughout the evening.
THE NEW YORK CENTENNIAL
The Montpelier military band of
40 musicians will probably be select
ed to accompany the Vermont bat
talon to the Washington centennial
celebration next month. A large
majority of the company command
ers favor this band which is the same
one that escorted the Vermont di-
vision at the Grand Army encamp-
ment at Portland. The St. Johns
bury Guards expect to have 40 of
their company on the tri p which will
probably be as large a number as the
other companies will have. The en-
tire militia force of the state consti-
tutes a force of about 767 officers
and men.
The commissioners appointed by
the governor have issued an appeal
for $4,000 to help defray the expenses
of the trip and ask that all subscrip-
tiOns be sent to Quartermaster Cen
eral Gilmore of Fairlee.
Y NJ C. A. NOTES.
The wOmen's auxiliary are adding
attractive furniture to the parlors
and the Junior department are doing
likewise in the boys room.-At the
meeting of the directors of the asso-
citation last evening partial list of
committees were chosen as follows:
Invitation, ]. S. Taylor, c. w Clos
son, c. F. Varney, Henry Goodwin,
Henry Nelson, Lewis Goodrich.
Finance, A. L. Hardy, E. A. Silsby,
A. l.. Bailey, ]. T. Richie, F. w. Rob
inson, c. NJ. Spencer.
Lecture, w. S. Boynton, A. L. Har-
dy, E. A. Silsby, c. H. Horton.
Music hall, A. L. Bailey, c. c. Bing-
ham, {. H. Marshall
Mission work, L. F. Gaskill Os-
borne Chase, o. n. Steyer
Devotional, Carl J. Peterson, c. S.
Adams, T L. James, E. N Randall, S
l. Sprague.
Reception, S. l. Sprague, chairman.
Library, Arthur F. Stone, S. III.
Bracket, Osborne Chase
Members entertainment, Arthur
F. Stone, F. @. Stevens, H. w Allen,
T. 1. James.
Jail work, J. A. Marshall, Crawford
Ranney, John o. Hale, w. G. Goss
Auditing, ". c. Tyler, H. w Allen
Gymnasium, f. A. Dakin, chairman