Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-03-26

An unusually long session of the pro
bate court is expected Tomorrow because
of several applications for licenses to sell
real estate, a number of wills to be pro-
bated, etc.
One of the foremost jugglers of the day
is John Harry. Mr.. Harry has been en-
gagged for Chas. II. Yale's magnificent pro
duction "The Twelve Temptations" which
will appear at the auditorium next Monday
night.
Sheriff r. K. Gordon took Carl Lind.
strom to the state prison at Windsor Tues
day and George Cox to the house of cor
rection at Rutland Wednesday, Constable
Thomas Harmon went to Rutland with f.
E. Vanderpool.
Scores in the Wheel club tournament
for the week ending last night have been
Billiards-Ayer 80, Wood 40; Knight 80,
Dewitt As; Putnam So Wood 81, Putnam
winning on the handicap; Childs 120, Fos-
ter II. Pool-Perry go, Aver GS, Perry
winning on the handicap; Aver so, Wood
55; Putnam So StOckwel 81, Putnam
winning on the handicap; Pratt So, Wood
80, Pratt winning on the handicap Chess
-Pettee beat Childs, Pettee beat Cud-
worth.
A small fire occurred in Arthur Pigeon S
house on Frost place last Thursday even
ing, when kerosene lamp was acciden-
tally overturned, there being no one in the
room but Pigeons 12-year-old daughter.
The oil ran out and was ignited, and the
little girl screamed for assistance, seized
the lamp and started down stairs with it.
She was obliged to drop it on the stairs.
and the stair carpet and the wood work
took fire just as the mother appeared and
smothered the flames with bed quilts. The
damage amounted to about $50, covered
by insurance.
The Estey Organ company continues to
receive complimentary notices of its poster,
which was recently described in The
Phoenix. The latest is from the March
number of Profitable Advertising of Bos-
ton, which says: Zone of the most artistic
posters ever issued is that now in use by
the Estey Organ company of Brattleboro,
Vt. 1t is one of Wilhelm Hoffman's
Dresden) latest productions by Unger.
The subject is handred in a very strong,
vigorous manner, and in its way is by far
the finest piece of advertising put out by
any similar line of business"
That it is necessary to 90 away from
home to get the news is again emphasized
by the following from the Greencastle, Ind,
Banner-Times of March 10: Henry Blake,
of Manhattan, has shipped two fine coon
dogs to G. w. Pierce of Bratteboro, Vt,
for which he received S25 apiece Mr..
Pierce is said to be millionaire and has a
"whole passed. of coon dogs for which
breed it seems he has decided penchant.
1t is further said that there isn't coon in
a hundred miles of Brattleboro and it is
presumed the millionaire simply wants the
dogs for bowling purposes. If that is the
case we believe a dog excursion could be
arranged from Putnam county, for of howl
ing dogs we have plenthOra.
Bit of Good News.
The Estey Organ company have bought
the organ key manufacturing business of
Milo Whitney of Boston and the removal
of the plant to Brattleboro is now in prog
ress. Mr.. Whitney, who is a brother of
j. ID. Whitney, has been engaged in this
business for long term of years, and has
carried it on successfully and acquired a
competence in large factory owned by him
on West Brookline street, Boston. He
has made all the keys for the Estey Organ
company ever since the company has been
in business, and he has also made keys for
the trade. When running at its best the
factory employed so hands. There are
only two other factories of this kind in the
country who do business of any amount.
The first two carloads of machinery ar
rived from Boston Monday and three or
four more are to follow. The plant is be-
ing set up on the first floor of shop No. /.
This new branch of the Estey business
will require the employment of 10 or 20
additional hands. Only two men will be
brought from the Boston factory. The re-
mainder of the work will be given to Brat
tleboro residents. 1t will be an appre-
ciable addition to Brattleboro's manufac-
turing output, and it is also a welcome in
dication of business improvement.