St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-29


the matter by refusing to reconsider
-124 to 96-and this was the end of
the attempt to get that sort of legis-
lation at this session. The majority
in favor of third reading led some
friends of the bill to hope for its final
passage, but this appears not to have
been down on the books" 1t was
pretty we'll understood that the sem
ate would have killed the bill if it had
gone through the house successfully.
DEER IN ESSEX COUNTY.
The bill reported from the fish and
game committee in regard to the
killing of deer, and allowing a short
open season of thirty days in Essex
county, was killed in the house after
a somewhat lively discussion. The
members from other counties in the
state looked with suspicion on the
bill as involving too great favor to
one section of the state, and despite
the recommendation of the commit
tee and the expressed belief that such
a bill would bring about better en-
forcement of the law for the other
eleven months in the year, the vote
against IL was d HGdkV OuS.
Another bill, introduced on Mon
day afternoon, allowing an open sea-
son for the entire state, was defeated,
under a suspension of the rules, in
about ten minutes from the time it
was introduced.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The committee on corporations
LoI tho Of Ic+a1irn 70 G,,r,
Warner Miller of New York recently,
in connection with the bill asking
for a charter for the Nicaragua
Company. The ex-senator told an
interesting story of the conception
of this great commercial scheme, and
described candidly and intsructively
what progress had already been
made and what it was hoped to do
in the near future. The charter is
asked for new company with $12,-
100000 capital, $6,OOO.OOO to be
held as treasury stock, to be sold on
ly fer value received, and $6,OOO,OOO
of which will go to the old stock
holders. The speaker gave many
facts regarding the work, and
that the company come
ter because this is the only
state which has general law under
which incorporation can behad with
such broad privileges. And the
charter asked for by the company, in
whose operations Col Fairbanks
and other prominent Vermonters
are interested, has been granted.
RET vTDEPE IN UCK
The town of Belvidere, in Orleans
county, is in luck, so far as the house
is concerned, having been granted |
one thousand dollars to help it out |
of bad box. A peculiar condition
of things prevails there. Of small |
and scanty grandlist, |
with unusually large outlay for the |
of highways and |
bridges over which lumber is hauled |
in large quantities from Avery's |
gore, the community is unable to
pay its expenses even with a tax of
tour dollars on the dollar, and so ask |
state aid. When the circumstances
were explained no opposition was
made to the granting of aid. and the
senate will no doubt concur in this
Probably no other town in the state
IS playing so uphill a game as is
BelVidere.
HERE AND THERE.
The attempt by certain would-be
economists to cut down the salary
Of the state superintendent of educa-
ton from $4,000 to $500 was a fat
those
other candidates than Mr..
Stone for this office protested against
such cheapening of the service as
his bill called for; and the measure
was promptly dismissed.
lightweight bills were disposed of
n the house on Thursday last; and
when it is considered that over two
hours of the morning session were
given up to debate on the Rutland
dill, it will be seen that no grass was
allowed to show itself in the legisla-
i've pathway on that day. 1t was
zig days work, and has never been
qualled-at least for some years past
The old State Board of Agriculture
las been re-appointed-nam J. o.
Sanford of Stamford. H. w. Vail of
oOmfret, c. M. Winslow of Brandon.
7. I. Spear of Braintree, ]. L. Hills
If Burlington. H. M. Arms of Spring
ield.
Only the lateness of date on which
t was introduced prevented Repre-
Clark's bill on village in
from being favorably
Considered and reported by the iudic-
airy committee. Although reporting
t adversely, for lack of time for thor
'ugh examination, the committee ia
-ored the principle involved. and re-
commended the appointment of a
commission to investigate the mat
er and report TO the legislature of
S96. This bill was carefully drawn
md provides a general law under
which all villages in the state may be