Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-02
MINOR NOTES.

Post offices all over the country are now
working of the supply of old two-cent stamps.
At first everybody insisted on having the new
issue, but as soon as the novelty wore of one
was taken as readily as the other.
The published pension list shows that sew
eral persons who have been dead for years
are drawing their pensions regularly.
A good many Americans are travelling
abroad this year, Henry F. Gillig, head OF
the American exchange in Europe, placing
the number at 1870, 900. The East, particu-
larry New York has the largest representa-.
tion and the South the smallest.
The Penn cottage" which had been
moved to Paramount park and repaired, was
formally presented to the city of Philadel-
phia the other day. 1t was built by Penn in
1862 and occupied by him during great part
OF his first visit, Rfterward used as state
house, and is supposed to be the first brick
house erected in the city.
1t is noted as curious fact that the census
shows 50 periodicals to be published in Yer
mont, but only counted up 40 journalists.
The new revision of the Old Testament
will come out next spring Both the British
and American companies will be through in
January, The American company finished
their third revision of the minor prophets
last Friday, and sent their notes over to Eng
land.
Matthew Arnold delivered his first lecture
in this country to great audience at New
York on Tuesday night His subject was
Numbers The lecture itself was an able
and thoughtful production, but as a public
speaker Mr. Arnold evidently is not a success
Senator Edmunds and his family left Bur
lington for Washington on Monday. Mrs.
Edmunds and Miss Edmunds will probably
spend the cold months at Nassau.
Anna Dickinson's annual collapse in the
show business comes little early in the sea-
son this year. Her company collapsed and
were obliged to disband at Detroit
In Iowa, Shermans majority for governor
over his Democratic rival is more than %,
600.
Gen. Butler was once engaged as counsel
for the defendant in a case where the prison
er was accused of mRnslaughter, and in the
course of his argument, based on the assump-
ton of self-defenoe, he informed the Jury
that I'VE have it on the highest authority
that all man hath he will give for his life.
Judge HoRr counsel on the other side, rose
and demolished his opponents argument by
quickly saying that he had "long wondered
what Gen. Butler considered the highest au.
thority, and was very glad TO have the ques-
ton settled, and proceeded to read to the
court from the book of Job "And Satan an
swered the Lord and said, All that a man hath
will he give for his life"
Superintendent Wallng of the New York
police force who knows all the facts about
the Charlie Ross abduction, says that all the
yarns about the case which have recently been
printed are the merest fairy tales" The
story told by the young man in Portland, Me-,
is sheer nonsense he says, for he admits that
he is Is, whereas if Charlie is living he is only
in his 18th year. The body found in New
York bay, about which there has lately been
so much talk, was that of a child only two
years old Charlie was nearly at the time.
The meanest story comes from the west 1t
narrates the lynehing of Henry Mosher, broth
er Of William Mosher, one of the abductors.
William Mosher had three brothers, "Al,"
John and Gil" William died in his boots
the others are dead, and "tney went out of
the world peacefully"
The Virginia campaign has caused an 'un.
Preeedented sale of pistols" in the state.