Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-26
Notes and Notions.

SENATOR LAMAR says he would prefe
Bruce in the cabinet to having any whit
republican from Mississippi in the same 20
sition.
VIcKsBuRG Herald: I" Senator Bruce will
retire from the United States senate will
the hearty good wishes Of men of both races
in his own state, and the kind words Of th,
southern press"
| UNITED STATES Senator-elect Miller Of
California lost an eye while commanding a
brigade of Union volunteers at Liberty Gap
Tennessee, during Rosecrans' advance from
Murfreesboro 10 Chattanooga
PETITIONS bearing 10000 signatures from
nearly all the states, are TO be presented TO
the house, praying for the repeal of the two
cent stamp act on bank checks, also the re-
peal of the tax of half per cent on bank
deposits.
TALL, spare and sinewy, Mr.. Whittier
looks no older now than he did ten years
ago. His dark, unquenchable old eyes, says
the Boston correspondent of the Providence
Press, twinkle and glisten with the bright
ness Of youth.
ALAsKA's population of 30,146 contains
but $50 whites, only four of whom are
women. The country supplied sl,000,O 900
worth of seal and 100000 worth of sea otter
skins last year, besides $4,000 worth of
Goldfish and 1000 pounds Of salmon.
LOUISIANA has just got the Southern uni
versity at New Orleans in running order,
with twelve scholars. The state is to de-
vote $4,000 yearly to the institution, which
is meant to be for the colored people what
the state university is for the whites.
IT is stated that the Ohio newspapers
have given no expression to the deep dislike
of Conkling in that state on account of the
Sprague affair. The people feel that the
senator has rutblessly dragged down one of
the fairest names in the western country.
ALBANY Journal: As the republican
party stands to-day no external power can
overthrow it. If it shall ever lose its hold
upon the popular heart and cease to be the
dominant party in the state and nation, it
will only be because of internal dssen-
sions.'
The Tammany committee on organiza-
ton, Tuesday Of last week, elected John
Kelly as chairman. Kelly declared that
Tammany would never again combine with
any party or faction, and their candidates
would be chosen from the best class Of the
democracy.
The late arctic weather in Washington
has been too much for Senator Hamlin. He
has passed many winters there without wear
ing an overcoat, appearing at all hours and
in all weathers in black dress suit, with.
out wraps of any kind. The last cold snap
has, however, laid him up with rheumatism,
The car in which General Garfield will
ride to Washington in March has been made
at Jacksonville, Indiana, at cost OF
$4,000, and everything in it except the car.
pets and some mahogany, holly and ebony
used in decorations, is the product of Indi.
ana, and it is the result of Indiana mechan.
ical skill.
Mrs. HAYES hunted up an old sleigh in
the loft of the White House stables the |
other day and quietly took sleigh-ride in
the shabby old vehicle on the back streets
Of Washington. She loaded up with small
boys before she got home, letting them ride
On the runners and taking some of them |
into the sleigh with herself.