Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-10
MINOR NOTES.


munds indicates that he proposes to be his
own Burchard hereafter"
Mr. Powderly's assessment of % cents per
member on the Knights of Labor is being
ignored by many assemblies of the order,
particularly at the West.
New York, as well as Boston, is under
going a revival of the Sunday laws, the re
suit of a communication addressed to Mayor
Grace by the central labor union of New
York city. The commissioners Of police
have been instructed to enforce the code
prohibiting all manner of public selling on
Sunday, with the exception of articles Of
food, which may be sold and supplied be
fore ten o'clock in the morning.
VIM. Wilson, a brother of Doe Wilson
of notoriety in the Wilson Moen blackmail
case, says there isn't word of truth in his
| brothers claim to be Moen's son, and thinks
he made up the story for a sensation. Viii
liam was nine years old when Levi e Doc'D
was born and remembers all about it,
Doe" Wilson'S mother who lives at East
Thompson, Ct, says emphatically that LIE
vi is her own son and also the son of Jonas
Wilson, her first husband. Docs sisters,
Mrs George Rice at Uxbridge, and Mrs.
jeremiah Young at Danielsonville, Ct, also
make statements similar to those of the
brother at Rockville
The latest outrage on the Chinese was
perpetrated in Texas. A few days ago
gang of 80 masked men took possession of
a station on the Texas and Pacific road in
habited by Cinnamon. The Cinnamon were
hanged by their cues in order to make them
give up their money and after they had
delivered what they thought would secure
their release one of them was tortured by
being held ON hot stove until the rest re
vealed the hiding place of the money which
remained
The French republic presents a strong
contrast To our own in its increasing debt
and expenditure The government feels
every year the increased pressure of the
interest charge and of the ordinary expend-
ture, and yet is frequently betrayed into
foolish and expensive ventures like those i'll
Tonqun and Madagascar. From these and
other causes, it happens that France now
has total debt of about 81, 200 900, 600, OIL
twice as large as that of the United States
at the close of the war and six times a
large as our present interest bearing debt
The French debt is nearly 5000 per head OF
her population, while that of the United
States is less than $50 per head There is
| an interest charge Of $4,000 600 a year
besides annuities and other burdens moi
IN, u
more. The annual revenue wrung from
the people is $3.50, 600, 600, and yet that il
= insufficient 10 meet the necessities of the
4 government The foundation trouble is thu
/ immense military establishment which tn,
j country must keep up to hold itself ON al
+ equal footing with other European powers
o The fellow who attempted suicide b,
D., jumping from the Brooklyn bridge, an,
4 failed to do more than hurt himself un
, pleasantly. has done the public IA service b,
demonstrating the insignIfcance of the fea
of those who jumped for fame.-EreHiH
I Record.
I Very true But the sad fact remains tina
z still another foolish fellow, this time "a com
+ mon laborer, jumped off last Saturday o
- wager of S25, struck the water like
y stick and came out all right.
/ Concerning ex-Vice President Wheele
the Malone Palladium says THE make
truth concerning Mr. William A. Wheele
is that he is sick man-more grievousl
so than even most of his neighbors realiz,
e and vet his condition is not such as to pro'
he trate him except occasionally. He is ofte
m upon our streets and attends divine service
with regularity He was at church ON Sur
III L.. De h., g,,fT. ri .4lase "a
the time from IA malady than which few al
n more irritating and nerve-trying, and whic
)e deters him from an activity and social r.
al lations which would otherwise be delightfl
I'd to him. But in the quiet of his home h
~ friends are always welcome, and never ia
nj to find his greeting as cordial as of old, IL
II grasp of his hand as hearty, his convers
no ton possessed of all the charming quallti'
a of younger days, and his intellectual acl
he men and his interest in public affairs III
IN changed and undated"
to The new system adopted by the Briti'
IL postmaster-genera for transportation
mails to the United States went into etfe
Is on the LIST inst. As each mail, when read
on will be given TO the fastest steamship pr
Ia pared to sail at the time, there will be
. great rivalry between the companies, al
- extra efforts to make quick voyages will
rs says that the plan which Great Britain h
ir- adopted has long been used by the Unit
a States and found TO work to the advanta
r,l of the government and the public at larg
m. Secretary Bayard in spite of his yea
and Affections, still cherishes an interest
equestrian feats and is said to clear a fly
rail fence on the horse as easily as in
youth.
-. Chief Justice Waite has reached his seve
Iae tieth birthday, and is the fourth memb
ne of the present supreme bench eligible
ton retirement ON full pay. The others a
MS Justices Miller, Field and Bradley,
IL. The land reform" that Mr.. Henry Geor
bo talks about prevails in Japan The g
NJ eminent owns all the land, and leases it
nd the inhabitants yet the Japs find the 5!
Mt TEN a regular thumb-screw The farm
,nt can scarcely realize enough to pay his rel
mo- In fact, in the matter of rents, Japan
a3 worse off than Ireland. -Rutidnd HerdtC
his The new two-cent postage stamp viii
IN is to be put in circulation in January is We
Isl swell 1t was designed by Tiffany, "A
vas represents q, Washington in profile upoI
blue tinted background. 1t will come j
in time to make it a positive delight to m
IN. a check to your tailor and to the other
H. lows who always write about the beginni