Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-05-27
MINOR NOTES.

Mrs. Garfeld's attending physician an
nounces that the crisis has been passed and
that there is no longer any doubt of her re-
covery
A fellow named Croft, who has recently
been postmaster at Linton, Ohio, has been
arrested for forging postal money orders and
postal cards. He belongs to gang of swim
oilers.
The men who were arrested in New York
for forging the famous Morey letter were all
discharged Thursday, there being no evidence
against them.
Ex-senator Bruce of Mississippi received
the distinguished compliment of confirmation,
unanimously, without reference to committee,
to the important position of Register of the
United States Treasury. His appointment
was not less compliment from the Admins
tration to the colored people. Mr. Bruce had
the universal respect of his colleagues in the
senate, and is entirely competent to fill this
important Office. His confirmation was sup
ported by Senator Lamar in a eulogistic
speech.
There was no presiding officer of the SEN
ate chosen pro tenn before the adjournment
Vice President Arthur holding the position
This is something unusual, but it is not dan
gerous precedent. The theory is that in case
of the death Of the vice president, the pre-
siding officer of the senate becomes vice pres
ident, and, under certain contingencies, pres
ident If Mr.. Arthur should die, there would
be no vice president until the senate met and
elected presiding officer. Mr.. Conkling's
rampage rendered an election uncertain, and
therefore no election took place.
One of the latest discoveries in the star
route business is that of route No. 80, 156 in
Montana. 1t ran across the Indian territory,
where no mails can be delivered because there
are no post-offices; but the postmasters at
the ends of the route kept up business by
sending single circular back and forth for a
long time, and this is about all the mail that
ever went over The route.
The President showed very level head in
disregarding the advice not TO renominate any
of Mr.. Conkling's friends for the New York
offices. The men who advised him to make
clean sweep Of Conkling men were very I'M
wise counselors.
just thirty-seven years ago last Tuesday
Prof. Morse sent the first Geographic mes
sage, "What hath God wrought, " from WASH
ington to Baltimore, over 40 miles of wire.
To-day there are over 400, 600 miles of tele-
graph wire in use in this country, and over
10, 900 offices where telegraphic messages are
sent and received. Add to this the wires
that encircle the world and thread almost
every country on the globe, and Morse's first
message has Significance more wonderful
than its author ever dreamed of.
Before the adjournment of the Senate Gen.
Judson Fitzpatrick was nominated and con-
frmed as minister 10 Chill, position he once
held under Grant, but was compelled to re-
sign, on account Of charges of improper
conduct there. 1t is said that he has been
reinstated through the active efforts of his
wife
Jay Gould was a witness in the telegraph
suit in New York last week. He said that he
gave his "check for five or ten millions-not
certain which," for American Union stock
When a man becomes 30 rich that he cannot
remember little matter of ave millions OF
dollars, he may be considered to be in quite
comfortable circumstances.
The Harpers have got up an edition OF
the revised New Testament which has the
special feature of using the unaccepted sug-
gestlons OF the American Fevisers as foot
notes, instead of in an appendix, as the Eng
lish edition and its other copies print them.
This edition will be a valuable one for Bible
students, many of whom believe that the
changes desired by the American revisers but
rejected by the English were wise and should
have been adopted.
The Philadelphia American makes this ex-
plicit denial for the President "0n one
point especially We wish 10 be emphatic.
Neither in New York nor in Mentor did Mr..
Garfield give pledges to MIR. Oonkling nor to
any one and as regards his cabinet, so far
from offering the cabinet 70 Mr.. Morton dur
ing his August visit to New York, he had not
offered any place to any one but Mr.. Blaine a
month before his Inauguration"
Gen. Francis A. Walker, superintendent OF
the United States census, has been chosen
president of the Massachusetts, institute of
technology, and will enter upon his duties in
October. Gen. Walker was born in Boston
In 1910. and graduated from Amherst In 1860.