Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-10

STEPHEN Trombley Is IN Jail at Mont
pelier, in default of $50 bail, charged with
feloniously assaulting Miss Mary Kirby
in Northheld.
Ed. Gline's house in West Berlin was
broken into Saturday afternoon. while
Mr.. and Mrs. Cline were away and val
uables to the amount of 5000 We're taken.
Fred Worrel the painter who fell - feet
from the spire OF ST. Luke's church in
Chester last week has recovered entire
Is. Not a scratch was found on him
after the fan and the only i'll effect he
:elt was lameness.
II. l.. Sortwell. "A carpenter, had his
neck broken by fall OF - feet from
staging on a barn in Cabot, where he was
working recently. He is alive, but his
| body is paralyzed and he is not expected
| to recover. lie has wife and three chill
| dren.
Moses Perlmansl 6. son of Isaac Perlman,
| had his left hand destroyed Saturday by
| the premature explosion of sX-pound
cannon. His brother, Louis, +, was pain
| fully injured by the flying pieces of the
| cannon and the powder. Their father,
| Isaac Perlman. is proprietor of the Bur
| lington supply company.
Mrs. Gammell of West Danvlle was
| accidentally shot Saturday by her brother
| in-law He did not know that his gun
was loaded and was attempting to put
| another charge into ii when it was dis
| charged, the contents striking Mrs. Gam
| nell in the foot. Her leg was amputated
at the knee. Her recovery is doubtful.
Henry Hobart Walker. a. prominent
| business man of Burlington, died of
| nedrt failure Tuesday. He was ma
| tive of Ferrisburg He went West when
| he was p and settled in Michigan City,
Ind. He was first mayor of the city and
was president of the leading bank and of
| the city's first railroad. He leaves two
| brothers and two sisters.
The annual convention of the Baptist
| churches in Vermont will be held at the
Tirst Baptist church in SaXtons River
September p. % and %. The annual meet
nes of the various state organizations
allied with the Baptist church will also be
held at that time. The committee of ar
engagements is composed of the Hon. w.
w Stickney of Ludlow, the Rev. W. A.
Dawson of Burlington and Rev. A. F..
Foote of SaXtons River
l.. Mazzoni proprietor of bottling works
in Barre died Wednesday morning from
the effects of a large dose of morphine
| taken accidentally. MaZZoni was suffer
ing from rheumatism and a physician
prescribed morphine. Mazzon awoke
| soon after midnight, reached for glass
of water, but instead took the morphine
drinking nearly the whole of 1t. He died
| a few nous later despite the EFFORTS OF
two physicians. He was native of Italy,
who came to Barre from Burlington a
year ago He leaves a wife and five
small children.
The New York World alleges that the
war departm is making an inquiry in
to the dealings of the Vermont Marble
company of Proctor with the govern
ment II says that Senator Proctor's
SON. Fletcher Proctor has been "A famil-
lar figure around the war department or
business connected with these contracts
! and alleges that the Vermont Marble
: | company was given contracts for years
for headstones for soldiers graves a
prices greatly in excess of the prevailing
| rates. 1t is limited, The World says, tina
: | political influence was used to throw on
- lower bids on flaws real or imaginary
The complaints of other companies be
= | came so strong that all bids were reject
y ed and the contract this year was read
: vertised. The World says: In the secon'
, compe tition the Vermont Marble com
pany dropped its bid to S.4S. The lie
Marble Works of Lee. Mass. secured tn
: contract at $3.50 and at this figure 1t /
s estimated that the government will pa
s $4,000 less for headstones this year tina
ii did last year.