Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-26
MINOR NOTES.

The proprietor of the New York Herald an
nounces that, with or without the action of
Congress or of the public, care will be taken
of the widow and orphan of De Long, and
not of them alone but of every widow and
every orphan OF the men who have sailed
with the Jeanette and have persisted" The
act is one that does Mr.. Bennett great credit
The Postmaster General has recommended
to the House Of Representatives that the post
age on newspapers and magazines be abolish
cd. He states that merchandise is carried in
the mails at a loss to the government, and if
the people are to be taxed for either it should
be on the merchandise rather than on the pa
pers and magazines.
Mrs Garfield has given $500 to the build
ing fund of the Memorial Christian church at
Washington, and has promised as much more
when it is needed. The building is to cost
$40, 900.
The Boston papers say that Gov Long has
informed the friends of some gentlemen who
aspire to succeed him that no will not be q
candidate for reelection TO his present office.
The boom for Mr.. Blaine for Congress in
Maine is being worked up with as much vigor
as possible.
A postal card addressed to President
Arthur was discovered in the New York
post office on Sunday on which was writ
ten ''If you do not recall Minister Low
ell from England and ask for the uncOndi-
tional surrender of all Americans in English
dungeons you shall be shot and killed. This
is no idle boast. We mean business. You
are no American" The incident creates no
alarm, and is believed to be either a silly joke
or the work of a crank.
The charge that Judge Westbrook of New
York was bribed in the Stewart will case is
not sustained upon investigation.
Guiteau has been allowed to publish anoth-
err characteristic letter in which he demands
an unconditional pardon or nothing"
The Attorney General of Massachusetts, has
forbidden j. h. Osgood d Co. of Boston to
complete their proposed new edition Of Walt
Whitmans Leaves of Grass" unless certain
indelicate passages are expurgated. Mr..
Whitman refusing to consent to this, Osgood
& Co. have given up the work.
The Rev. DR.. Newman Smyth has declined
the offer of the Andover trustees TO deliver q
course Of theological lectures at the seminary.
II is said that an entirely new position will
soon be offered him at the seminary.
James Wick, the well-known Rochester, N.
Y, scotsman, is dead at the age Of GA. He
was born in Portsmouth, Eng, and was a
| playmate of Dickens. He set type with
Greeley on the Knickerbocker, and was af-
| LoTMhTuh CullOE VI INC hbueboo HhIultI anu
Horticulturist. 1t is said that his gifts Ia
charitable objects amounted to over 5000
year.
Col Robert G. Ingersoll has accepted an
| invitation TO deliver the grafton in the Acade-
my of Music, New York, on Decoration day.
Gen. Grant will preside.
1t is said that the lockout in the Pennsyl.
Vania iron trade on the first of June will be
one of the largest ever known. In the Pitts
burg district alone forty thousand men will
be idle, with loss of $2,OOO,OOO per month
in wages.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
are words that find new Illustration in the
fact that a council of the Russian Imperial
family, held at the Peterhof palace, It has
been decided TO defer the coronation of the
Gear for year, and the reason given is that
the receipt of alarming information touching
the projects of the Nihilists renders the i'm
perial family fearful of encOuntering the risks
of assassination on the occasion.