Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-05-25
MINOR NOTES.

lican nominee for Governor in Ohio.
The Illinois Legislature has passed a bill
approprialing $4,000 TO complete the mon
ument to Stephen A. Douglass, and the
Governor has signed the bill.
1t is said that ex-President Grant will oc-
cupy the residence of the American Consul
General in London, Gen. Adam Badeau,
while in that city, but he has made 1t an
express condition that he will pay his own
expenses while occupying the house.
After all the noise which has been made
about the Iowa Republicans opposition to
the Presidents policy, it is predicted that
no resolution will he offered in the State
convention denouncing II.
In a school district election in Mankato,
Minnesota, a few days since, TO elect MEM
Der of the school board, Miss Pierson was
reelected, receiving lO1 Of 104 votes, 90 Of
which were cast by women under the new
law.
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain Of South Carolina
was sworn in Friday by Chief Justice Da-
Wis as attorney and counselor at the New
York bar.
Secretary Thompson will not employ
men in the navy yards on account Of their
politics nor at the request Of politicians.
He wants workmen, not politicians, to
work up his shiP-tmber.
The question having arisen in the con
struction Of some law as to the time when
the rebellion dated from, the Solicitor of
the Treasury has decided that it was at the
time States held conventions and passed
the ordinance of secession.
The government has just paid claim
which has been pending within two days
of a century. 1t was based on some sup
plies furnished the revolutionary army in
1879, and was for only about $1,000, but the
accumulated interest, which the supreme
court ordered should also be paid, ran up
the bill 10 over s5l 900, which goes to the
grandson Of the original claimant
Mr.. Eyarts has finally recognized the i'm
propriely of being advocate and secretary
at the same time, and it is announced that
he has made his last appearance in court
while be remains at the head of the state
department.
Elk Treasurer Spinner is the most sue
cessful fisherman in Florida. The secret
of his success is said to lie in the fact that
he uses his autograph for bait, and the fish
| imagine 1t new kind of worm.
Gen. Grant was mustered in as a COM
rade Of George G. Meade post of the Grand
| Ar my at Philadelphia last week Wednes-
! day. About 1900 veteran soldiers and sail
ors attended reception, which the general
gave Wednesday at Independence hall,
and in the evening they serenaded him at
! the residence of George W. Childs.
AT the present time, fifteen States Of the
| Union have Republican and twenty-ihiee
Democratic Governors, while in eighteen
Of the Legislatures The Republicans have a
majority, nineteen are controlled by the
d emocrats, and one by the Independents.
| Postmaster General Key thinks that the
revenue of his department will be at least
S2j 0,00O less This year than last, and he
holds the postal cards chiefly responsible.
They are now used in muliitudes Of cases
where letters were before, and the differ
ence between one cent and three naturally
tells upon the postal revenue receipts.
A Iumor is abroad that Gen. Grant has
not 2iN en- up the third term idea, and that
the marked attention paid him in Philadel-
phia was pant Of a scheme 10 make him The
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present dull season the story may serve in
stead OF something better.
The ST. Louis Times, a Democratic pa
per, speaking of the butchery of the CHS
ohm family, says: 1.-The plain truth is that
not only the State of Mississippi, but the
Democracy OF the Union, is on trial in II is
matter" And further: "Tbat Stale and
that party cannot afford to lie under the
imputstion Of having aided or permitted
those outrages, or Of having suffered them
to 20 unavenged."
Some OF the Republican papers are in
sisting that Grant must share the praise or
the blame, whichever it may be, which
shall attach to The southern policy of the
Administration. They point ont that in
January Grant replied to appeals from
Packard and the Republicans Of South Car
olina, that unless actual violence broke out
he could not interfere. The troops were
instructed simply to maintain the peace.
Now peace seems able to maintain itself,
aud those vino are dissatisfied might as
well blame Grant as Hayes. One will do
as much good as the other.
A special election was held in Fairfield
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two members Of the House of Representa-
tives in place of two republicans who re-
fused 10 apologize for remaining in the re-
publican House during the Winter and
were consequently denied seats in the
Hampton House. The democrats elected
their candidates by 1900 majority, against
573 republican majority last fall. Some Of
the negroes voted with the democrats, but
most of the colored voters did not 60 TO the
polls at all.
The money question already promises to
become the leading one in the Ohio cam
vass. The Columbus State journal saye
that "a number Of the Democrats promi-
nently mentioned in connection with The
nomination for Governor have been noti-
he'd by the extreme 2reenback element
that they are all right on other points, but
not soft enough on the money question"
1t seems 10 be President Hayes's ambi.
ton 10 thoroughly unite the North and
, South in a lasting union during his term o
, office. He IS reported as saying that, in
, addition to his policy of nOn-intervenlion
he would recommend that the test oath ad
minstered to members OF Congress be
abolished as a useless and Irritating re-
, minder of an unfortunate period in The ma
2 tion's history. He would encourage tn,
f development Of the resources and promo
ton of the industries of the South as far a,
, that lies within the power of the Natons
5 Government, and believes that the remov
4 al OF causes of political agitation of purely
sectional issues and the return Of maleria
prosperity will tend to awaken a natona
| FAILING In The Snnlh and nnen Nm a mranI