Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-11
BRATTLERORO.

The village hack and express teams be-
gan running on wheels Monday.
An attachment was placed on the furni-
ture of Leon Burke Wednesday by Free
man Scott to secure a grocery bill. There
is report that Burke is running restau-
rant in Montreal.
The confidence which one small bow has
in local organization was concsely ex-
pressed one day this week in his remark
to another lad; 'If we get into war with
Spain | guess the Estey Guards will whip
'em out pretty quick"
An agency for the Traders Fire Insur-
ance company of Chicago has been placed
with Sherman e JENNIE, who will begin
work for the company April l. The as
sets of the company are 100000. A.
Anthony, general agent, is in town today.
Protective grange will hold its annual
sugar supper in Grange hall next Monday
evening from $50 to o'clock. A regular
grange supper will be served. C. D. Whit
man will have in charge the cooking of the
sugar. There will be dancing from to II
O'clock.
Hooker, Corser & Mithcell received a
telegram from their Chicago agent yester-
day stating that on Wednesday night fire
occurred in the building where their stock
of goods is kept and that the goods were
badly damaged by water. The goods are
kept in building on Monroe street in the
wholesale district and are valued at about
$4,000. They were insured
A letter has been received from the
chairman of the Windham county commit
tee of the New England Insurance ex.
change acknowledging the receipt of
the request of the Brattleboro citizens
committee for a further revision of insur-
ance rates, and stating that it will be duly
considered at meeting of the Windham
county committee socn to be held. Mr.
Leonard, the chairman of the committee.
expresses in his letter the hope that sat
lstactory adjustment may be reached
George A. Boyden, administrator of the
estate of the late Catherine Driscoll. has
appealed from the decision of G. C. Averill
and o. ID. Esterbrook, commissioners, in
the suit of Mrs. Carrie Lavelle against the
estate. The suit was for $500 for services
and for material which Mrs. Lavelle
claimed to have furnished Miss Driscoll,
and the commissioners awarded Mrs. La
velle $50. The case will be heard at the
September term of court
The Estey Organ company's factories
have just been equipped with a separate
system of long distance telephones of the
latest improved type by the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company. Each
department is now connected with the Of
flee, and from the office the departments
may be connected with each other. Mes
sages may thus be transmitted between the
departments at a considerable saving of
Time The work was Under the super
vision of g. w. Jarvis, an expert from The
electrical department of the telephone com
pany's Boston office.
The dispatches from Washington an
nounced yesterday that John d. Austin
had been appointed deputy collector and
inspector of customs at Newport at a salary
of $40 per annum. The appointee is the
wellknown bookkeeper for o. j. Pratt.
He to- k the civil service examination for
-" position at Burlington last October.
| il understood that he led a large list of
Iurn Examined and was therefore placed
on the eligible list. Mr.. Austin is 28 years
old, son of Martin Austin, and is a grad
uate of the Brattleboro High school in the
class of 'S7. He took high rank in civil
service examination for postal clerks sew
eral years ago, and received an appoint
ment as a substitute, but as he could not
hold himself in readiness to do a substi-
tute's work at all times he did not receive
a regular appointment.