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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
With the Travelers,
panic, and the people are crying revolution
and all that sort of tommy rot. Why,
one delegate from Montana said, 'I am a
silver man, but what the 'ell is all this six-
teen to one about?'
Yes, bring fresh mint, waiter, and have
the ice cracked a little finer."
And the afternoon wore on.
Geo. P. Bent is Safe.
HE startling information was cabled
across the Atlantic last Tuesday even-
ing that the Allan Line steamer, on which
the celebrated "Crown" maker of Chicago,
Geo P. Bent, took passage, refused to
answer to her helm while ascending the
Clyde to Glasgow, and collided with one of
Her Majesty's war ships, resulting in some
damage to both steamers. It is satisfactory
to learn that the illustrious Geo. P. Bent
and his fellow passengers escaped with a
slight shaking up.
H. I. SHANK is to have charge of the
Harrisburg, Pa., warerooms of the Weaver
Organ and Piano Co., which were opened
at 1319 North Sixth street, last Saturday.
Mr. Shank will handle, in addition to the
Weaver instruments, those manufactured
by Blasius and Bush & Gerts.
fledal for Hal let & Davis.
AN amendment decreasing its capital
stock from $200,000 to $40,000 was filed
with the Secretary of State of Wisconsin
this week, by the Strascino Piano Co., of
Fond du Lac.
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**C* AY, but what a jolly row they're hav-
^ 3 i n g * n Chicago this week," said
Tommy Atkins, as THE REVIEW ran across
him; and continued Tommy, "a regular
circus, with 'Silver Dick' and 'Uncle
Horace' the stars; great show, great heat
and an easy march."
"Yes, until they began to walk over the
Hill."
"Then they found David was not easy,
those one-gallus fellows, that's sure. But,
say, will we liquefy ? the day is warm; a
little cracked ice, some fresh mint, a little
dash of old Glen
"
"Agreed."
Shortly after the cracked ice and the
freshly bruised mint had been flanked with
the necessary vintage, Tommy, while care-
fully twisting the mint with his spoon, be-
gan:
"Speaking of riots and things, you recol-
lect the riots of some time since in JPhila.
delphia? Now, I want to tell how one of
the 'desperate' riots on Market street really
broke out. I was there and saw it all. The
papers contained long accounts of how the
mounted police on one of the early days of
the strike charged upon a crowd at Ninth
and Market streets, and used up several
people pretty badly. Well, this is the way
the thing began. I "was standing on the
curbstone at that point, and just in front
of me was a sleepy individual, who wasn't
saying a word. He was spotted by a ner-
vous policeman, who suddenly pounced
upon him, yelling: 'Move on there!' The
sleepy man jumped back and trod on my
corns. Naturally, I yelled and swore at
him a bit, pushing him against the police-
man. Two men in the crowd pushed for-
ward to see what was the matter with me,
and four more elbowed their way to see
what the first two were looking at and so it
went ad infinitum. The nervous police-
man tried to push the crowd back, and,
failing, called a brother officer. The two
of them found the crowd too much for
them. 'Good Lord, this is awful! groaned
one of the cops. He sounded his whistle
and the mounted men dashed up and
charged the crowd. That's the true story
of it, and I tell you that is the trouble with
the Silverites—someone has trod on their
corns, they are riotous, have created a
THE Vose & Sons Piano Co., Boston,
have brought attachment proceedings
against Adolph Meyer, Omaha, Neb., to
recover $460 claimed to be due on two
promissory notes.
LAST CHICAGO EXPOSITION PIANO AWARD NOW
ON EXHIBITION AT THE WAREROOMS.
T H E Hallet & Davis Piano Manufactur-
1
ing Co., of Boston, have received
their award and medal for their latest vic-
tory at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago,
1893, where they received an award and
diploma and special mention for "specific
advancement in the art," and the diploma
and medal are now on exhibition in the
window of their Boston warerooms, 179
Tremont street.
This firm, one of the oldest and best
known piano companies in the United
States, was established in 1839, and began
almost immediately with exhibiting its
pianos at well-known exhibitions and fairs,
and has always been victorious. Among
its first awards, diplomas and medals was
one from the Massachusetts Chari;able
Mechanics' Association in 1847.
Then, by the same association, in 1853,
the different makes of pianos were tested
for quality of tone by competent musi-
cians, with the key-board and name of
maker covered, and the Hallet & Davis was
awarded the highest honors. The princi-
pal judge on this occasion was Jonas Chick-
ering, of the Chickering & Sons Piano Co.
Hardly a year goes by but what they are
victorious at some exposition.—Boston
Herald.
Suit Over a Piano.
A
NEWBY & EVANS upright piano
belonging to the estate of Henry
Robbins, insane, is the subject of a con-
troversy in the Superior Court. The in-
strument is claimed by Birtha L. Moore,
who last week began an action against J.
C. Nixon, guardian, to recover its posses-
sion, and who executed a $400 bond for
that purpose. The guardian claims to be
rightfully entitled to the piano, and asks
for judgment accordingly, together with
$50 damages. — Post-Intelligence, Seattle,
Wash.
WILLIAN MCLAUGHLIN, of Roslindale,
West Roxbury, Mass., has accepted a
position with the Stieff Piano Co., Balti-
more, Md. His family will join him early
in September.
ATTORNEY DONOVAN, of New Haven,
Conn., returned this week from a business
trip West in which he appeared as attorney
for M. Steinert & Sons in the assignment
of the Smith & Nixon Co., of Cincinnati.
EFFORTS to secure a settlement for the
Smith & Nixon creditors have failed, says
the Cincinnati "Post." The matter, it now
seems, will take its weary course of several
years in the courts.
THE rainfall in this city last Monday
evening was so heavy that the sewers in
the neighborhood of Olympia Square,
which were built to meet the demands for
the ordinary every-day rain and not a
young cloud-burst, could not carry off the
water, hence the houses in that locality
were flooded. Among those who suffered"
were Peek & Son, whose cellar contained
almost a foot of water. The damage, how-
ever, was not serious.
TALK about the depression in trade. It
can't be so very bad when it is announced
that the Davenport & Treacy Co. turned
out thirty thousand piano plates during
the past year. Mind you, not only turned
them out, but sold them. This certainly
looks like business.
R. C. HULL, secretary and treasurer of
the Brockport Piano Manufacturing Co.,
Brockport, N. Y., is visiting the trade in
the West for the purpose of establishing
agencies. Mr. Hull believes, and very
wisely, in making early preparations for the
good times which will soon come our way.
F. A. PELTON, dealer, of Boston, who
handles the Kroeger piano, paid a visit to
the Kroeger Piano Co. 's factory during
last week. Mr. Pelton|was not feeling des-
pondent with the trade outlook, and ex-
pressed himself as being highly gratified
with the success he had achieved with the
Kroeger pianos, speaking in warm praise
of that instrument.