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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The Unity church at Chicago on Monday
night by 1l8 TO 38, instructed its trustees to
inform Rev. DR.. George G. Min, the pastor,
that his connection as pastor of the church
Would cease within three months the time
specified for the termination of his contract.
Prof. Ko Hun Hua, the Chinese profess
sor of Chinese at Harvard University, died on
Tuesday of pneumonia. Professor Ko had
come to be known by many Cambridge
friends as an agreeable, cultivated and schol-
arly gentleman. Much sympathy is felt for
his wife and children, who are strangers in a
strange land.
N. H., celebrated her 10th birthday on
Wednesday. Five generations were present.
The old lady is in good health
"A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred last week
in the Office of the National Republican news
paper in Washington, d. c., in which NOR
tai wound was given to one, and several slight
wounds inflicted upon the others. A. NJ. So
teldo who received the fatal shot, went to
the Office of the newspaper, accompanied by
his brother. for the purpose of forcing the
editor to publish certain statements which
they had brought the editor refused to do
so and thereupon the shooting commenced
The only witness to the affair, except the par
ties themselves, was a gentleman connected
with the business department of the paper
but he knows very little of the affair and evil
IDENTIFY was very much frightened. 1t appears
that the Soteldo brothers were armed, and
they were certainly the provoking parties as
far as their visit was concerned, and the death
of one of them is the finale to dispute aris-
ing from certain charges which the paper had
made against SOteldo, who lately filled the
position of clerk of the Railroad Committee,
but was formerly connected with the National
Republican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

As will be seen, on reference to an article
or report published in our local column to-
day, the Brattleboro library association, at a
meeting held on Monday evening, voted to
unite with the town of Brattleboro in the es-
tablishment of q free public library under
certain very moderate and proper conditions.
These conditions are in short, that the town
shall accept the property of the library as
ISOLATION and provide for its maintenance,
increase, and convenient use as free library
for all the people of the town. Under the
statute of the state any town may in any
year appropriate a sum not exceeding one
dollar for each ratable poll for the establish
ment of public library, and a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty cents per poll each subsequent
year for the maintenance of such library.
The sum called for is very moderate one,
and it should be borne in mind that it is not
assessed directly upon each poll, as some
have supposed, but that it goes in as part
of the regular tax bill of the town to be as
sessed upon all the taxable property.
We sincerely hope that the people of
Brattleboro will approach the consideration
of this subject in right spirit and without
any misunderstanding of what is asked for
or sought to be accomplished. With the Ii
brary now owned by the library association
freely given the town as basis, the small
appropriation provided by the statute will
serve to maintain and build up a library that
will be an honor and blessing to our people.
The benefits of the library will not be con-
fined to any class, but will be free to every
man, woman and child who chooses to avail
himself or herself of them. The institution
is one which, in the true sense, can never
grow old, but, with proper care, will be an
ever new source of instruction, refreshment
and delight to every family and every indi.
vidual within the limits of the town. II
every family will consider what it would be
like to have free access to a well chosen Ii.
brary of the best standard books and current
literature, there need be no doubt as to what
the action of the town will be.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17
MIR. Dave. on Civil service Reform.

In the Senate last Monday Mr. Dawes of
Massachusetts made a powerful speech in
support OF his bill for the reform of the civil
service, and commanded the careful attention
of the Senate during the whole time he
spoke. Mr.. Dawes does not antagonize the
civil-service reform bill introduced and advo-
Gated by Mr.. Pendleton, but claims that his
bill is simpler and more effective, and there
fore better, than Mr.. Pendleton's. Mr..
Dawes said 1.-THE bill now before the Sen
ate, introduced few days since by myself,
and the one already before the Committee on
Civil Service, introduced by the Senator from
Ohio, are both designed to Danish partisan
tests, and the system of political rewards and
punishments from the administration of the
appointing power, and install again in author
| ity the old test, long since laid aside: is he
honest, is he capableP' If either of these
should become law, and be enforced in the
spirit and for the sole purpose which has
prompted its introduction, it would, in my
opinion, within the scope of its application,
work this change. Neither introduces any
new and untried element into the civil SER
vice, nor authorizes any method of admins
tration beyond minor details, not before
known to it. The force of each bill is spent
in making obligatory and compelling by posi-
tive law the adoption throughout the civil
service of methods of administration which
the law has for the last ten years authorized
but not required, and which have been par.
TALLY adopted in some parts of the service,
with hope for improvement more than real
lied by the results"
The principal difference between the bill
introduced by Mr.. Pendleton and that Of
Mr.. Dawes, as has been already noted in oul
columns, is that the former provides for the
appointment of commission of five persons
by the President, of different political par
ties, of whom three shall hold no other off
cial place and two shall be experienced in the
public service, TO superintend the establish
ment and working of the system of competi
tive examinations, which shall apply to al
public offices having fifty or more employees
Senator Dawes bill, on the other hand, pro
vides for conducting the examinations BY
persons already in the service, as is done il
the postoffice and custom house at New York
and extends the system to all offices having
twenty employees.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

AT district school meeting held Monday
evening, the committee having in charge the
building of the new school house resigned and
new committee was chosen consisting of
Messrs. L. F. Clark, john Weatherhead and
F. Curtis
John S. Wood has moved from the east
village back on to his farm.
John L. Howard, from Jamaica, has re-
Gently closed very successful term in this
village as teacher of penmanship, plain and
ornamental His largest class was composed
of pupils belonging to Glenwood Seminary,
but he had also very respectable class out
side of the school 1t is hoped that Mr..
Howard will return early next seminary term,
and we understand he intends to do so. He
is an excellent photographer, and a good teach
er of his art.
The Congregational society held a socia-
BILE on Wednesday evening at the house of
DR.. @. S. Clark.
Mrs, SAbrina Miller has Gala messur-
ing SO inches, having bud which measures
81 inches
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The Lincoln club of New York celebrated
the seventy-third anniversary of Lincolns
birth last Monday night with dinner and
speeches. Gen. Grant was present and made
a speech, in which he said that he never saw
Mr. Lincoln until he came east to take COM
mand of all the armies in March, 1864. From
that time on he saw much of him and knew
him well. Lincoln was full of anecdotes and
always told them to illustrate some point, but
he never heard him tell q story or say a word
that might not be repeated in the presence of
ladies. II will tell you one of those stories"
said the general:
After the surrender at Appomattox, having
given all necessary orders and ordered Gen.
Meade to march the army back to the june
ton of the railways, 1 started back to Wash
ington to stop enlistments and unnecessary
disbursements. l was officially supposed to
be with the army, but in reality was in Wash
ington. The president of the confederacy
and his general government left about the
same time we did. Laughter. When they
found we were not still pursuing them, they
stopped running In Washington l received
despatch from Gen. Meade, stating that he
had received a communication from the gov
ernor of Virginia asking if he would be allow
ed to remove the seat of government to Dan
ville and if not, If he and few friends would
be permitted to leave the country unmolested
TGreat laughter. Afew minutes later hand
ed the despatch to President Lincoln. I'm
Just like Patrick McDougherty of Springfield"
he said. He was greatly given to drinking
whiskey, but the temperance people got hold
of him, and he swore off. He drank soda
water for few days. After standing it as
long as he could, one day he held his bottle
| of soda water behind his back and said Doc
tor can't you put drop of brandy in that,
unbeknownst to me ?
That" remarked Gen. Grant in conclu-
sion twas the only instruction Mr. Lincoln
gave me about the matter under consideration. -
Some things said at this meeting would much
better have been left unsaid, as, for instance,
when Emory Storrs, following Gen. Grant,
made this alusion to the Hayes administra-
| ton
"This nation is made great by stalwart in
| fuences. l had rather have a thousand years
of conflict than four such years of foul, sneak
ing, lying, clustering, nasty hypocrisy as we
have passed through. There will be in the
| history OF this country n trinity of great
names, and the genius of liberty will raise to
the highest niche Washington, Lincoln and
Grant, and will say to them: Stand on these
| glittering eminences far above the crowd OF
men, as the best and greatest of men,"
Mr.. Hayes cannot be hurt by this kind Of
talk and it is to be regretted that any man oil
gathering of men should be willing to dishon-
or Lincons memory by ''stalwart' TRADE
of this sort on an occasion professedly sci
apart in his honor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

In the North American Review for March,
Senator Edmunds has an article on the con-
duct of the Guiteau trial in which, while ad-
hitting that there was much in the trial which
was "derogatory to the due and dignifed adj
ministration of Justice" he holds that there
was, after all, very little that the judge could
do to restrain the criminal in his behavior,
consistently with his rights, beyond keeping
him from acts of personal violence. After
citing precedents and theories at considerable
length Senator Edmunds says that the difficult
ties of the case were very great, and the
more we reflect upon the subject the less dis
posed we shall be to condemn the failure or
omission of the judge presiding at the trial to
cause the prisoner to be either chained,
whipped gagged, or removed from the pres
ence of the jury and witnesses during any
part of the trial" The Senator, however,
thinks it was within the competence of the
court to compel absolute decorum on the part
of spectators by imprisonment for contempt,
or otherwise, and if this had been done ''the
public would have been taught the valuable
lesson that courts of justice are not theatres
where the acting is to be applauded or con-
demned, as it may strike the various tempers
of the beholders." Senator Edmunds' article
rebukes the insulting structures of the English
press on the conduct of the trial by showing
that some of the most aggravated cases of in
decorum at lie gal trials have taken place in
British courts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

born inhabitants of Utah outnumber the for
eign born more than two to one. The pro-
portion by the census of 1880 is 80, 0G0 to 49,
994 Nor have foreigners ever predominated
in Utah at any stage Of the development of
the Mormon community. In 1870 the total
population was Sc, 7s6, and the respective
numbers of American born and foreign born
were 90, OS4 and 80, 7O2. In 1860 the total
was 40, 273 and the respective numbers were
1919 and ~, 754 The bulk of the Ameri-
can born inhabitants also are natives of the
territory. No less than so, S47 of the present
80, 1863 were born upon its own soil, under e1-
clusively federal jurisdiction. Almost all the
Mormons are of Anglo-Saxon descent, the
English comprising the bulk of the foreigners,
and it being an exception to find German or
an Irish Mormon. Another delusion about
Utah which the Herald corrects is that the
women largely outnumber the men. The
poverty of the agricultural settlers of the ter
ritory compels them to practice monogamy,
and the proportion of the sexes shown by the
census of 1880 is 7l,471 males to GO, 436
females
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

Greenwood, an Orange county, N. Y,
town, on the Pennsylvania line, is in state
of insurrection, driving out and maltreating
officers who attempt to collect taxes as well as
persons who attempt to buy lands sold for
arrears of taxes The place is practically in
the hands of Molly Maguires from the Penn
sylvania oil regions. Gov. Cornell has is
sued proclamation commanding obedience
to the laws, and if it is not obeyed the militia
will be sent to compel order.-A later des-
patch says the trouble is about the payment
of the interest on $35, 900 of bonds issued to
aid a railroad, which the court says must be
paid, though the railroad has not yet been
built
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The Reverend Father McCosker, Roman
Catholic priest at Railway, N. j., has found
out to his satisfaction, if not to his sorrow,
that it is no use to fly in the face of the policy
of his church and recommend the parents of
his charge to send their children to the public
schools instead of the parochial school. He
saw that the public schools were far superior
in discipline and training to the parochial
school, where the catechism was chiefly taught
said so from the pulpit, and then tried to
stand by it, but the bishops little finger was
thicker than the thigh of the priest and Faith
er McCosker now humbly eats his own words
and tells the children that they must go back
to the parochial school and the catechism.
The Romish policy in New Jersey is evident
ly not different from what it is in Vermont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17
AnImnor1nnt neci,inn.

A decision was rendered by the Supreme
Court in session at st. Albans last week, in
the case of 2. H. Garfield and others against
Caleb Andrew and others-which is important
to mill-owners and riparian proprietors. The
court decides that mill-owner or manufac-
turer has no right to dump into a stream up
on which his mill is situated, to the injury of
property owners below him, sawdust or any
kind of waste, except what is absolutely and
indispensably necessary in the beneficial en-
joyment of his water privilege. A perpetual
injunction and decree of ascertainment OF
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The sanitary condition of Buffalo, N. Y, is
officially reported to be positively alarming.
Smallpox, typhoid and scarlet fever, diph-
liberia and all forms of zymotic disease are
unusually prevalent, and in the past three
months the death rate has run up to 80 per
1000. One ward of the city is a hot-bed of
disease, with its barns filled with cattle fed
on distillery slops and lying in filth. There
is no adequate sewerage and disease and death
are spread wholesale. The authorities are at
last aroused, but they cannot undo the evil
which their neglect has already allowed to be
done
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The recent decision by the Vermont su-
preme court that no one has right to put
anything into stream that can work detri-
ment to persons resident on its borders or u.s.
ing the water attracts a good deal of atten-
ton outside of the state, and several leading
papers express the hope that it will be the
beginning of a new order of things in the way
of stopping the pollution and obstruction of
Wnter courses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

We hope no one will be deferred from read
ing our abstract of Hon. ]. NJ. Tyler's speech
on the new apportionment because the figures
which it contains look dry and uninteresting.
Mr.. Tyler's statement of the theory and meth
DDS of apportonment is one of the clearest
and most ineligible which we have ever seen,
and we wish our space permitted us to use
the speech entire
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

1t is said the Grand Army Post here now
numbers a few more members than the Post
at Brattleboro
Hon. @, B. Eddy is so that he walks out
and continues to improve, His mother died
at Chester on Monday. If she had lived a
day longer she would have reached the 55th
anniversary of her marriage.
"A. H. Fisher has sold his new house on
Westminster street to John Robertson Of
Putney, but does not give possession till next
September. The price is said to be So, 800.
F. H. Brown will next week move his
stove store and tin works to the store in the
north end of Union block, and the store he
vacates will be occupied by Dan Howard
formerly of the Blue Store, with gentlemen's
furnishing goods trunks, valises, etc. Times
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17
, Local Intelligence,


There will be great auction sale Of real ana per
sonal property at wiamsyille on Thursday Eeo' 20,
consisting Of the grismil and dwelling house belong
ing TO S. W. Bowker's estate. MIL In good condluoh
and doing good business. Six young cows, pair Two
year-old steers. horse kind and sound, yrs olu,
carriages slelghs seds wagons harnesses household
furniture, etc, etc.
Special meeting of Columbian Lodge, No. &c. F..
A A. NJ will be held at Masonic Hall on Tuesday eve
ming, Feb. q at ~ O'Clock. All Master Masons in
good standing arc cordially invited to attend. Work.
"F. G." degree.
BY order Of W. NJ. II. L. TAYLOR secy'
special communication Of Brattleboro Lodge, No.
1O2 r. & A. NJ will be held at Masonic hall neHtMon-
day evening, Feb. 90 at 7i-2 O'Clock. Work; Ihird
degree All Master Mnsons in good standing are cor
daily invited. BY order Of the W. NJ.
J. L. sIMONDS, secy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17
word for che Library.

Mr.. Editor Il trust the project of es-
tablishing free town library may be presen-
ted clearly and fully to the voters of this and
the west town, both before and at our COM
ing town meeting. The object of this brief
communication is not to enter upon any of
the details of the proposed union of our
present library association with any institu-
ton the town may establish, but simply to
assert that the books of our present library
will be offered as a beginning of a free town
library, and that so freely that not TO accept
them on the part of the town must be dis
grace both TO its generosity and intelligence.
There is no public institution so much need
ed among us as this public library which
am sure all large-minded citizens are eager to
establish. This assertion is a truism. Let
us not manifest any of the penny wise and
pound foolish" policy on this matter of a
vital importance to the well-being of our
beautiful town. Let us stay till this business
is reached at our March meeting and then
vote in the right way, viz, to appropriate, as
by law provided, money for the maintenance
of a free town library.
G. E. MARTIN
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The South Carolina Legislature did its best
at its recent session to disfranchise the color
ed voters in that state, and supposed that it
had accomplished that purpose in giving the
state supervisors the full power to say who
shall or shall not vote at elections. But the
federal election laws devolve certain duties
and powers upon the United States super
visors which promise to block the carefully
laid plans of the South Carolina Bourbons,
and the latter will have to resort to other
means than legislation for the election of their
candidates for office.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

In reply to resolution of Congress asking
what appropriation will be required annually
to pay pensions during the next twenty five
years, provided all claims for pensions shall
be adjudicated within the seven years period
ending June 80, 1883, and the Mexican war
survivors and their widows shall then be PEN
stoned at IS per month, Oommissioner-of-
Pensions Dudley presents these figures and
estimates The total amount required to pay
pensions during the year 1881 was 500, 1856,
407. There viii be steady increase until
the year 1887, when it will require $50, 692,-
GAS to pay the pensioners on the roll and ar
rears of pensions. After that year there will
be steady decrease in the drain upon the
treasury, until the year 1906, the expiration
of the twenty-five years limit when the
amount needed will only be 1928, 439, 345.
The total amount required during the twenty.
five years, General Dudley estimates at 81,
347, COL, 593-a sum almost as large as the
present amount of the national debt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

damages were granted against the defendants
in this case. The opinion of the court was
delivered by Chief Justice Royce and causes
much CONSERVATION among owners of wood
working manufactures on mountain streams
Numerous suits for damages are likely to re-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

ABrooklyn, N Y, naturalization medium,
Mrs Crindle- Reynolds, was displayed the 9TH
err evening, by the sudden turning on of the
gas, in the rather embarrassing position OF
wearing one mask on her face and holding
another at arms length from which fell in
airy folds light fabric known as illusion.
She was about to ''materialize" two friendly
spirits meeting after separation. The per
Torrance was not finished.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

The village schools close to-day All WIS.,
itors say that we have had model schools this
winter.
In place of the regular lyceum Monday
evening there will be mock session of the
legislature.
Rev. A. j. Hough of Ludlow delivered
his lecture-poem, "The Country Parson," in
the church Tuesday evening A good-sized
audience was present. D.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

Various worlds fair schemes having been
talked about and given up, the New Workers
are now planning a national exposition to be
held in 1883 under the auspices of the Amer
lean Agricultural Association.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

In a leading article on Popular Decisions
about Utah, the New York Herald, among
other things, eorreets the generally prevalent
impression that the Mormons consist chiefly
of foreigners In point of fact the American
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17
LBeUermont 9Benif,
BRATTLEBORO;
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1882.

The Greenfield (Mass) Gazette reached the
ripe old age of 80 years on Monday. Our
congratulations to Bro. Hall, and may we all
grow old as gracefully (and prosperously)