Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-24
MINOR NOTES.

"a large and enthusiastic meeting one
evening last week, and formed Lincoln
club all ready for the campaign of 1883.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonian feels par
donabe pride in It's well filled, cleanly print
ed advertising columns free from cuts and
other disligurcments. The Caledonan is Il
public educator in this respect. We always
liked the paper, and we like still better the
courage and independence Of its owner.
The test on the Morrison tariff bill came
last Saturday, when the House, by vote
of ljl to liS, defeated Mr. Morrison's mo
ton that the House resolve itself into the
committee Of the whole ON the state Of the
Union for the purpose of considering reve-
nue. bills. The majority against consider
ing last year was H. The only Republican
members who voted in the affirmative were
Hayden and Stone of Massachusetts, and
four Of the Minnesota delegation Darwin
X. James of New York, who was the only
Republican to favor consideration year
ago, was with the majority of his party this
year.
ExAlderman McQuade, convicted of brib-
cry in the Broadway case, was sentenced at
New York ON Monday to pay a fine of 5000
and to seven years in states prison. Re
corder Smythe made his sentence seven
years instead of 10, as in Jaehne's case, be
cause of his previous good character aud
because he thought his wife and children
would suffer more than he would
Congressman Ryan of Arkansas has in
troduced a bill appropriating S100, 600 for
the erection of monument to the negro
soldiers and sailors of the war
Mayor Woodbury. has bought c. S. Kins-
ley's interest in the Burlington Clipper, and
is now half owner of the paper with John
+. Harris. Mr. Harris assumes the edito-
rial and business management
| Mr.. j. w. Johnson, proprietor of the
| Quincy house in Boston and extensively
known in Vermont and New Hampshire,
died last Saturday after an illness of three
days, aged 60
Forbes says in the Boston journal that
the next muster of the National Guard Of
Vermont will probably be held at Benning
ton the week of the battle anniversary, Au-
gust l6, with the expectation that the cor
ner stone of the monument will be laid at
that time.
The Congregational club of Boston cele-
brated Forefathers' Day ON Tuesday with n
meeting in Music hail. when speeches were
made by Gov. Robinson and other distin-
guished guests of the club. Mr.. Blaine
made the principal speech of the occasion
l..
important circular to Knights of Labor in
Chicago, instructing them to abstain from
collecting money to aid the anarchists
Cattle are dying rapidly in Iowa from
pleuro pneumonia
Heavy snow storms in central Germany
have blocked the railways in some localities
; Every house in Vitonia, Ark, was stimuli
taneously set ON fire early Sunday morning
and burned. II is small country town
and the total losses will reach only about
$1,000 The authors or the reasons Of
the outrage are alike unknown.
One of the oldest and bloodiest feuds thai
: ever existed in the Cherokee nation WA,
t ended at IA dance near Foremans ranch il
, the Indian territory Saturday night Ben
Foreman and Sam Starr were about tn,
last survivors of families that had beer
: killing each others members for 80 years
5 and happened to meet at this dance and i'm
t mediately opened fire. Starr was pierce,
( through the heart by the first bullet, but "a
he fell his revolver was discharged and boil
men dropped dead.
The corporation of Sratford ON Avon
has voted the heartiest thanks of the tow
to George W. Chds of Philadelphia for hi
o gift of "A drinking fountain to the place
h In his letter presenting the gift Mr.. Child
, expresses a hope that the fountain vii
/ prove an evidence of good will between tn
Il two nations having the fame and works q
Shakspere a common heritage.
= The Rutland Herald says that Hon Jane
It Barrett has prepared i'll the form of POP
V ular lecture, paper ON Senator Morrill,
/, giving an account of his life from his brit
-. until he became Member of Congress.
=, Judge Barrett and the Senator were brough
II up III the same town. and what is said wi
not only have the merit of historic accuracy
Il but of personal recollection of the many in
d cidents which 90 to make up life and char
= acter Mr. Morrill, was a clerk and mel
chant in an ordinary country store in
= small Vermont village. From this he ha
d risen to national eminence Judge Barrett
B. interesting paper points out the element
l. and methods of this success, and he prom
ises to read it this winter before an audienc
. of his Rutland townsmen.
A lad named Patterson of Sands River
! n. S., is down on the rolls as IA smart on,
s. He, with two men, was on the schoone
r Emily White bound for New York The
V intended to put into near by port to shi
# "A crew; but when at sea, one man WI
- knocked overheard by the boom, and I'll
'o other went in a boat to the rescue Fai
ing to find him he turned to go back TO tn
II schooner, but that had disappeared. For
5, day and n night the boy stood by the whe
90 and finally with great difficulty brought I'll
, vessel into the port of St John
a The formal report of the earthquake r.
- lief committee to the Charleston comma
N council in which about $640, 900 is accoun
s. ed for, affords a good illustration of no
much smaller and more friendly the wor
III has been made with the perfecting of mod
-. of communication. When, for instanc
- Vermont heard of the Charleston cart
III quake she forwarded $500, and when at Il
same time the sad news reached Shangh
e. by cable that oriental city forwarded iii
t. amount. Canada and Nebraska sent sim
90 lar amounts so did England and Georgi
% -$15,000 The state of New York stan,
+ at the head of the list with a total contrib
g ton of $780, 000 which is considerably mo-
s than the Grant monument fund and snl
k little Massachusetts stands next with 500
i, 800 for the sufferers. Next comes Pennsl
vania with $50, 600, Maryland with $50, 90
~ California with $50, 600 and South Carolil
IL with SlS, 900, There will be about 800, N
tn left in the hands of the relief committe
and it is the purpose of the city to use it
rebuilding the city hospitals and almshous