Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
MINOR NOTES.

Concerning ex-Presdent Hiyes's children
it il said that Webb is a trunk-maker at Cleve-
land, Burchsrd il practising law at Toledo
Rutherford is ing teller of u little savings
bank at Fremont, and Fannie and Scott are
at school.
1t il said that a ne secret order with the
title, The True Sous Of America, has OBJ
tanned an Extensive membership in Chicago
and that organizers are to be put upon the
road to introduce it throughout the country.
1t is understood that it il patterned someV hat
after the style of the old know nothing organ.
izatior.
The report that Secretary Manning has suf-
fered another relapse is contTadcted His
private secretary says that Mr. Manning is in
as good health now as at any time for six
months before his recent illness, and that,
with the exception of slight lameness, all
the fleets of that attack have disappeared.
President Cleveland is said to have recent
y offered his sister Rose an income of $4,000
per annum if she would quit literary work
for a time and take trip abroad, but she de-
clned preferring the life of independence
she had enjoyed before she went to Wash
ington. In making a contract to take edito-
! rial charge of a Chicago magazine, which she
did last week, she is said to have expressly
stipulated that the publisher should not at
| tempt to make capital out of her late connec-
ton with White House efAirs.
A Chicago exchange, which has an excel
lent opportunity for observing the facts, notes
a great falling off in the popular admiration
of base ball in that city. The audiences at
professional base ball games, it says are now
mostly composed of young people under 20
years of age. Adults attend in much smaller
numbers than they did two or three years
ago This may be a sign that the national
game" has about had its day, and that a reac.
ton in favor of some other athletic sport may
be expected.
At the close OF the war Parson Brownlow,
then governor of Tennessee, drove his pre-
decessor, Isham G.. Harris, out of the coun-
try by offering a reward of $4,000 for his
capture few days ago the same Harris,
now a senator from Tennessee, introduced a
bill for the relief of the widow of Parson
Brownlow, and heartily supports it.
The Christian at Work of last week has an
interesting and somewhat startling article
from the pen of Rev. s. w. Dixie of Royal
ton, on church attendance in this state Mr.
Dixie shows that, calling all who attend church
four or five times year regular attendants,
in AZ representative towns including ~, 1886
people, ~, 252, OF over IL per cent, do moi
attend church. OF the % $50 who call them
selves regular church attendants more thar
one half are regular attendants 30 that the
proportion of our population who actually
represent the church gOers of Vermont is re
mRrkably small.
Judge Fullerton OF New York. who has un
dertaken the task Of securing payment of tn,
rebel debt, argues that because a constitution
al amendment was adopted declaring the deb
to be illegal and void the United States thu
committed a stupendous blunder, relieving
the guilty party from inst liability and wan
{ tonly destroying debt it did not own, ant
with which il had no rightful concern. Thu
the amendment creates a new liability TO
damages against the United States measure
by the value of the property to be destroyed
, Aud Democratic congressman are considering
a bill based upon this claim.
marble bust of the late Hon. George I
Marsh, by an Italian sculptor has been re
ceived from Mira. Marsh and placed in th
4 Marsh room of the Billings library, which
!, is hereafter to permanently adorD.
The Postmaster General discovered that
a lot of western postal clerks had banded ia
gether in an agreement to all stop work il an
one of them was discharged, and all of theI
got the grand bounce at once, as they deser'
ed.
= Congress failed to pass the legislative, 81
=, eeutive and judicial appropriation bill befoT
the beginning of the Fl seal year to which
l. is to apply, and the executive departing nj
opened Thursday morning without funds 70
e the payment Of any of their employee.
IN The Senate has confirmed Jerome W PierC
j, to be postmaster at Springfield this state, au
John Robinson to be United States marsh
70 for Vermont.
/ The Massachusetts legislature reached
7 nal adjournment on Wednesday, the last da
i of June.