Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-02-12
MINOR NOTEB.

J. j. Waters. postmaster at Quincy, a
small settlement in Newtown county, Ark,
has been driven away by his neighbors on
account of the dislike or his manner OF treat
| ing people having business at that office. At
last accounts Waters and his wife we're at
! Jasper, the county seat, and his son-in-law
and few friends in his house, which
was besieged, shots being occasionally ex-
changed between the parties.
Postmaster General Villas, since the senate
has been in session, has had a postmaster
nominated and commissioned for Laporte,
Ind, and he has taken possession OF the Of
fce-an act in violation of the law which re-
| quires nominees to be confirmed when the
senate is in session before they are commits
| stoned. Ths Postmaster General has sd-
mitted his mistake, but his man still holds
the post office.
person recently arrived in Philadelphia
| from the coal regions speaking on the old
but always interesting subject of the Molly
Msguires, said to Philadelphia Press writer
Il think that Molly Maguireism has not been
extermiuated, aud that at some time in the
] course of the next 10 years it will break out
again. 1t is noteworthy that men who were
| prominently identified with the Molly Ma
guires, but left the country during the time
that members of the organization were being
prosecuted, are gradually reappearing in the
coal country"
Referring to Mr.. Gadstoue's speech on
! the Queens address to Parliament the Liver
pool Mercury's correspondent remarks: 1t
was painful to notice that the years are telling
upon his uttersnoe. Ha still speaks clearly
and distinctly. Every word can be heard,
but at the same time he speaks like an old man.
His attempts to recover the old ringing bell
like tones we're not successful, but his power
| oua hia audianna VA "a 40
1t is stated that Mrs. Grant has surrendered
her dover right to the property made over
for the purpose of paying the debt to Mr..
Vanderbilt aud it is about being converted
into money 1t is sufficient to pay only two
thirds of the amount borrowed by the Gsner-
al, and she will pay the other $4,000 from
sales of the book.
One of the reasons why quinine is so cheap
now lies in the fact that the einohons trees
are no 1onger destroyed in the harvesting.
The old plan was to cut them down and strip
of the bark when they we're 10 years old.
Then the idea was adopted of tearing off long
strips and filling the bare places with moss.
| The present method is to scrape of the outer
layer of bark the part richest in quinine,
and this does not interfere with the growth
OF the tree. The bark is scraped half round
the tree at one operation, the other half be-
ing scraped six months afterward. The pro.
cess may be repeated year after year.
The Canadian Pacific railway company
has decided to adopt the "a hour time on itG
western division.
diamond worth $500, 900 is being cut
in Amsterdam, it is said, to be given to Queen
Victoria on the 5Olh anniversary of her as
cension 10 the throne.
The Atlanta Constitution finds a bright
side to the January cold snap which swep
over the South and gives list Of the bene
fits flowing from it. 1t says the families oi
cut worms have been killed or chilled, and
ground which had been impaoted severa
years was loosened by the frost and mad,
ready for unusual productiveness.
THE jury has seen ft to acquit you, bu
don't ever do it again." exclaimed Justice
Martin to Mrs Carrie O, Howard at Morris
vile, N Y, last week, at the end of a mur
der trial in which her guilt was proved to ev
cry body but the jury. The justice said il
his indignation that he was ready to get ou
of Madison county as soon as possible.