Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-29

Ralph Lee a Burlington boy, had one leg
broken in three places and the other leg
crushed in a runaway accident Tuesday
night. His condition was so serious that
the surgeons dared not operate on him and
his recovery is not expected. His mother
is In the hospital at the point of death
after an operation.
Charles Hickey, 20, Of Burlington was
so badly injured June 20 that he died |
few hours later. He was working at !
saw in the plant of the Shepard & Morse |
Lumber company and a board flying from |
| the saw struck him in the groin and |
caused hemorrhages from the stomach.
Col. Stephen Joceyn. recently promoted |
| to the rank of brigadier-general in the |
regular army, is succeeded in command
of the 14th infantry by Lieut-Col H. S.
Foster, promoted to a colonelcy from the
| 18th infantry. Both are Vermonters
Jocelyn formerly of Barton and Foster of
Calais.
Senator Redfeld Proctor Is one of the
! associates with Sir William Van Horne
of the Canadian Pacific railroad in the
project to develop the water power of the
st. Johns river at Grand Falls N. B.
The company is capitalized at 100000,
with authority to increase the amount
to $40, 0O0,0 900.
The bill on public buildings introduced
into the House at Washington Monday
contained a provision for 100000 to be
expended in charging the government
building in Burlington; $50 900 for a new
building and site in Barre and 100000
for new building and site in North
Adams Mass.
The 15-year-old daughter of Joe
Chalifou of Williamstown was accident
ally shot recently by her brother eight
years old. The bullet from a 22-calibre
rifle entered her neck, barely missing the
jugular vein. The physicians were unable
to remove the bullet The girl was taken
to the Heaton hospital in Montpelier.
The annual reunion of the 18th Yer
mont regiment will be held in Colchester
July 8. A tablet will be placed on the
monument to Lieut. Col. w. D. Munson,
a graduate of Norwich university in 1854
and an officer of the regiment. The ex
ercises will include an address by Col.
Albert Clarke of Boston, president of the
regimental association.
w. E. Perkins's general store in Gays
e vile was burned Friday night Several
: explosions were heard before the flames
e broke out, but there were no explosives in
v the store except few firecraclVers in the
< opposite end from where the fire started
|, The books were saved but no goods were
. taken out. The loss is estimated at
= $4,000 with $4,000 insurance.
John Roberts and Peter Tirik, both
single, were instantly killed and Robert
Jones and two Hungarians were injured
E by the caving in Of about 300 tons OF
stone on the east side OF the quarry of
e the Beecher Slate company near West
: Pawlet Friday. Jones, who has broken
j. leg, was taken to the Albany, N. Y.
hospital.
Merle and Grover Cleveland, aged q
and IA years respectively, who have been
in Jail at Bennington a number OF days
. awaiting sentence for five burglaries, were
e arraigned before Municipal Judge E. L.
II Bates Thursday. Merle was sentenced ia
:. not more than one year or less than II
~ months in the state prison at Windsor
e for each offence. His brother viii go &c
~ the industrial school at Vergennes fol
!; not more than six or less than five months
y for each offence.
is Miss Mabel Louise Southwick, daughter
"A of Managing Editor J. L. Southwick of the
= Burlington Free Press, received the degree
master of arts at Radcliffe college, Har'
10 ward, this week and won the additions
=, distinction of honorable mention from
as Prof. ]. H. Wright, head of the depart
~ ment of Greek at Harvard, and dean o
q the graduate school. Miss Southwici
70 graduated from the classical department
Of the University Of Vermont in 1905.
s. Asa Larrabee of Berkshire started t.
L. drive to Enosburg Falls Saturday, but hi
of horse became frightened and ran away
to Mr.. Larrabee was thrown from the wagol
IT, and one arm broken and HIS head bruised
,h His son, Lawrence, harnessed the hors
re to another wagon and started over tn
or same course taken by his father but tn
n horse ran away a second time and tn
rs young man was thrown out within 20 fee
of the spot where his father fell. He sus
tanned a broken leg.
. A stranger who arrived in Randolp
. Thursday afternoon went directly to III
in home of Mrs. Ella SmaIley, where he LEI
s- | two children, a boy two years old and
r- baby girl The man disappeared and tn
E. officers who were called were unable I
or find him. The little waits are Mrs.
tt, Smalley's grandchildren, the children {
as her son, Roy Smalley and wife. 1t is sus
a pected that the man who brought IN
IL children to Randolph was Mrs. Roy Sma
a ley's step-father. Roy Smalley deserte
RS, his family few months ago.
he Heary G.. Mullings, an alleged forge
en- who disappeared from Bristol Sept
OF 1903 was found in Alabama recently an
on brought to Addison county. 1t is allege
IRIS that he presented notes to the amour
18th of $500 to the Vergennes National ban
he purporting to be signed by Bristol me-
lid He was an agent Of the National Lii
ne Insurance company at Bristol and whe
81 he left he deserted his wife and thr'
lg- children. He was held for trial in II
sum of $500 and being unable to furnis
bail was lodged in the county jail
ZEN F. w. Pierces barn in Fairlee wi
struck by lightning and burned Frida
night. The loss is $4,000. partially covert
ice by insurance. During the same storm
Doll SIruck NIOuQdTu seminary III DAFT
US but did only slight damage. Lightnir
ing caused the destruction at the same tin
am of the town hall in Lisbon, N. H., value
ill at $4,000 and the Phillips House,
nee summer hotel on Sugar hill, few mil
as from Lisbon. Only a few people were
zen the hotel at the time and no one was II
ri jured The loss is estimated at $4,000
md $500
our Windsor county court adjourned We
zen nesday. Twenty divorces were grant
est, and seven applications for divorce we
dismissed. In the case OF Ellis VS.. Du
kee an action regarding California
company stock, the plaintiff was award
!. $500 damages with interest. Charl
out Batchelder announced Wednesday
the resignation as states attorney. The cou
en- will probably appoint no successor un
as after the Republican county conventio
gro to be held next Friday. it is expect
pst that the appointment will go to the non
ON. nee of that convention.
in Reginald, 13-months-old son of Mr. a.
My Mrs. B. p Carr Of Rutland, is hale al
be- hearty and a puzzle to the doctors, aft
ble having lived 2h weeks with bra
xull breast pin open" in his throat T
to child swallowed the pin while playi
with 1t but no bad effects resulted. PLY
icians predicted immediate trouble unle
the pin passed through the natural cha
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