Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-30
MINOR NOTES.

President Arthur has cut loose from all the
rivRlrles for the post OF surgeon-general OF
the army by appointing to that place Sur
geon Robert Murray, chief medical officer of
Gen. Hancock's headquarters at New York.
Gen, Murray was appointed assistant surgeon
in the army in 1876, and was brevetted for
faithful and meritOrious service during the
war with rank as colonel.
Governor Butler has received another set
back. He pronounced Mrs Leonard dis
qualified to act on the state board of health,
lunacy and charity because she was not a
''person" in the eye of the law. The su-
preme court, however, now informs his e1-
cellency that o woman is enough of per
son" to hold that office, and points out the
difference between a ''person" and ''citi-
zen"
The Chicago Tribune has a controversy
with an Alabama newspaper as to whether
white man has ever been hanged in the south
for numbering negro. 1t isn't able to quote
a long record, but notes that in the last %
months % blacks and % whites have been
hanged and 103 blacks and 40 whites lynch
ed and not one white for numbering black,
although crimes of the sort are VIGOROUSLY
common.
The strength of the late Mr.. Yale of
New Haven, like SRmson's, lay in his locks
He had accumulated eight million dollars
through their means.
The superintendent of the life-Gaving ser
vice reports that at the close of the year 1874
stations were in operation, 40 being on the
Atlantic coast The disasters within the
scope of the service aggregated 4l6 total
value of property involved, S7,242, 1905 val
ne of property saved, 5,G71, 1000 property
lost, 81, 800, 900 total number of persons
- =
Der lost, 10 total number of shipwrecked
persons succored at stations, Col total num-
Der of days succor afforded, 1879. In add
ton % persons have been rescued who had
fallen from wharves piers, ETC., and would
have persisted without the help Of the life
saving crews. The disasters during the year
exceed by II those of the year preceding.
Col, W. G. Holbrook has compiled and pub
lished a complete roster Of the 9TH Vermont
volunteers, adding thereto reports of the regi-
ment's reunions, the whole forming neRt lit
tie book which every survivor of the regiment
will be glad to own.
Col. Gordon A. Stewart, of the coast sur
yey Office, Washington, d. c., who has been
seriously i'll for several months, died Sunday
night at his residence No. 204 Fourth street
southeast. He had long been a sufferer from
rheumatism contracted while in the army.
Col. stewart mad an excellent army record,
was writer Of considerable ability, and as
good and true man was universally respected
by has official associates and the citizens of
Capitol hill
From the annual report of the surgeon gen
eral of the army it appears that the general
belief that oolored soldiers do not endure mil
itary service 30 well as whites is erroneous.
-Four of the regiments in the army are com
posed of coloTed men. In the whole army IS
whites in each 1000 are constantly on the sick
list, and only 80 colored men. Ten white and
IL colored men in each 100 died during the
year, but Of these six oolored and seven white
men died of disease, and i've colored and
three white died of wounds The colored
men suffered more than the white from dis
eases OF the nervous system but from Rlco,
holism and its consequences they were re.
markably exempt only four per 100 we're ad.
mitted to the hospital for this cause, while OF
white soldiers the admissions were &c per
1000.