Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-08-12
MINOR NOTE6.

Women physicians have been excluded
from the international medical congress, now
IL session IN London through the influence
Of Queen Victoria.
President Garfeld's administration has
saved SIS, Al, lG2 IL annual interest by its
refunding operations. This sum would have
met all the bills during Washington's first ad-
ministration and left almost enough over for
the first year Of mis- second administration.
The perverse fate that seems 10 rule our
connection with Indian affairs was manifest
ed last Friday when Spotted Tail, by all odds
the nohlesi Sioux among them all was muir
dered by Grow Dog The policy of putting
Indians on police duty seemed q good one,
but its first fruit has been sOrrowful.
The recent attempts on the lives OF rulers
has given the Pope an opportunity TO write
an Encyclcal. which attributes the evils Of
society 10 & disregard of the authority and
teaching of the church OF Rome, and he de
clares that the church is the true and ehectu-
al remedy for all existing disorders He
speaks Of Socialism and Nihilism as the out
come of the Reformation
Despite the editorial assurance of the Gin
cinnati Gazette that such Is not the case, it If
asserted that the reform" Democratic mayor
Is proceeding to convert the police into tool
of the Democratic party His dismiEEals have
were Republicans, and to their places men OF
VIGOROUSLY bad character, the worst of politi-
cal bummers, are being appointed. The Re-
publicans have little 10 fear from H. for aflRlrE
have taken q shape in Ohio that insureg the
election OF the entire Republican ticket by 8
handsome majority.
Grove, Of Peoria is pronounced an arrant
humbug with an intOlerable itch for nOtOrie-
ty. He has had nothing TO do with the man.
ufacture Of any internal machines, viii not
have, and viii not be arrested by the govern
ment He is described AZ an insignificant
looking individual and the last one in the
world 10 be the prime mover of any revolu-
tionary scheme. he is now IN Chicago.
The recent appointment Of four eolored
policemen, by Mayor King of Philadelphia,
emphasizes the progress which is being made
toward breaking down the remnants Of the
''color line" in the North.
A counterfeit of the silver dollar, which
experts pronounce the most perfect ever
made, is said to be in circulation. II is sill
yer plated TO resist the action of acids, is Of
good weight, % per cent of genuine, and has
a good coin ring. II so clearly resembles q
genuine coin that not one in hundred viii
be able to detect it in ordinary trade
Il is now stated that the forty three post
masters who were said not 10 have made
quarterly returns in season neglected 10 paste
green label on the envelopes, which caused
them TO be placed among department matter,
the examination of which is deferred 10 the
end of the month.
The verdict IN the Whitaker court-martial
case has not been officially promulgated, but
il is understood that the decision win Roquiesce
in that Of the court that the oolored youth
mutilated himself The public lost interest in
the case long ago, and the only fact that calls
out any feeling is that the poor fellow was
most shamefully treated by those who as
sumo 10 avoid all conduct ''unbeo0ming an
officer and a gentleman.