Daily globe., 1878-05-31
GLOBELETS,

the Royal Geographical society Of London.
1t is said that JEFF Davis is SO poor be haa to
smoke plug tobacco. Perhaps he prefers it,
Chicago's base ball nine has 'one thing in
common with its business men--it frequently
fails.
Gen. Belknap is as robust as ever, but his
golden moustache is clipped little shorter
than it used to be.
The Graphic: The hymn sung at the Women's
Hotel: Il want mani want mani want
a mansion in the Skies
The Russian government is reported to have
purchased the iron steamer Saratoga of tho
New York and Havana line
Mrs. Vosburgh, it seems. has had quick
ened conscience too. She swears On the stand
that her husband did not poison her.
twas the departing college graduate who
heaved psi, says the Louisville Cottrier-Jou1.-
nal. He hadn't learned his alpha-beta.
Bessie Turner is playing in "a Celebrated
| Case" at Brooklyn. 1t is not the first time
Bessie has acted in the same role in that city.
Boucicault is to have 100000 Yacht. Tho
| Chicago Tribune wants to know if it is adapted
from the French No; it is adapted for the
| sea.
| Mrs. Butler. nee Miss Thompson, the cels-
brated artist of war scenes, has produced what
is regarded her finest artistic effort. It's
| boy,
The Washington Star says that any effort
toward reconciliation between Messrs. Conk-
ling and Hayes would have to come from tho
former.
The wheat crop in the northern part of Cali
fornia will not exceed the average but in the
south the probable yield is reported as unpre-
cedented.
By anserror of the press, the London Eloctic
Reue,o was advertised the other day as the
| E,loileptic Re,icar. Such things will occur by
fits and starts.
Chicago man has been confronted in the
police court with three living wives. They
were all of one nlind-to punish him severely
for his perfdy.
Chicago received over million bushels of
grain in one day this week. The dealers in
produce have quit making wry faces, and havo
crowned corn king.
| Chicago chap advertises for several steady
girls to help on pantaloons. And envious
scribe says that fellow who can't help on his
own pantaloons ought to be ashamed to want
girls to do it.
John Bright recently sneered at Lord Bsa-
consfeld for his Jewish descent, but Mr.. Bright
himself has Jewish blood in his veins; his
great grandfather married a pretty Jewess
named Martha Jacobs.
An exceedingly improbable London rumor
declares that only with great difficulty has tho
Queen been persuaded from bringing the Duke
of Edinburgh to court martial for entertain
ing Russian officers on board his ship.
Some young people of Fond du Lac, Wis.
INDUCED in picnic in the cemetery there the
other day. They very grave for several
days afterwards, as the sheriff got after them
for desecrating the resting place of the dead.
Monday was a field day on Change in Mil
waukee, and many lame ducks arc reported.
Wheat declined three cents bushel, owing to
unfavorable advices faom abroad, and several
failures have taken place. 1t was busy day
among the dealers in margins,
A Baltimore pickpocket defeated an attempt
to take his photograph for the rogues' gallery
by making wry faces. Ttereupon the police
labelled him ''Thief,'' and marched him up
and down crowded street until he promised
| TO SIT quietly before tue camera.
BE honest, pay your debts, keep your tenn
per, and avoid strong drink was Evangelist
Moodys farewell advice to his New Haven
congregation. One of the deacons bank
cashier, started for Canada the next morning
with the funds Of the institution.
All now we know the reason. The Philadel-
pbia Bulletin says the Czar is afraid to take
Turkey, for fear it may belong to Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines. And who knows but that she
has some old parchment signed by Pharaoh
deciding Egypt to one of her ancestors.
On some English railroad lines boys attend
the express trains, carrying neat little lunch
con of cold fowl, salad, elaret, bread, knives
and forks, &C., which can, for very moderate
price, be purchased, and the basket, &C., be
left at the next station; but the arrangement
has not met with the encouragement it most
certainly deserved.
IF gentleman on the stage is good-]ooking
as well single says Manager Stetson, of
Boston, "the public take much more interest
in him; and so with lady. 1 knew of an in
stance in this city, not long ago, when a lady
receiving $75 per week had her salary reduced
to $50 by a manager because she got married,
simply, as he said, because the public would
not take SO much interest in her.
Gen. Trepof, the head of the Russian police.
was in Poland thirty years ago. when the Grand
Duke Constantine received from man in the
street a box on the ear. The man fed and
could not be found, but the rumor spread rap
idly. Trepof went to the palace and proposed
to publicly announce that he, and not tho
Grand Duke, had been struck. The offer was
accepted and Trepoff created a lieutenant.
That began his career
Every day after the Russian imperial family
have dined it is, it seems, the custom for tho
ministers to arrive at the palace, each bearing
a number of newspaper extracts pasted on
cardboard. These are handed to the Car, and
after his majesty has looked them over, Minis
ter Vanouisw carries them to the apartments of
the empress and there reads them over COM
menting as he goes along.
The day after the papers had averred that tho
damage done to Mr. Glcdstone's windows,
had been assessed at f3 los, he received bad
! y written letter from workingman enclosing
the exac. sum. The writer said that he and his
family had felt so ashamed of the right honor
able gentleman's windows having been broken
by any one calling himself workingnan, that
! they had scraped together the sum to pay fo.
, the damage.
The Millers' Convention.
1 INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.-The delegates to