Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-09
GLOBELETS.

bounced the lODDy.
The total expenditures of the city govern,
ment of Chicago for last year is $40 911 .09S.2s.
Not all the men who united to steal the Presi-
| dency for Mr.. Hayes in the:New Orleans
| Jail, though they ought to be.
Turkey has had enough of fighting, but she
must wait for the other powers to decide
whether she may up whipped.
| There is very little prospect for Congress
ional library building in Washington. The
library Is too valuable to remain in its present
condition.
| The Davenport Northwestern directors are
said to have concluded to let the question of
extending their road to Cresco lie over till
| times are better.
The trial of Frank Rande began at Gales
| burg, ILL.,, on the 9th inst. The popular feel
ing against the desperate is us bitter now as
| when he was first arrested.
| The extraordinary mild weather of February
| is beneficial to the lake fishermen. They have
already begun their spring fishing, and are
| meeting with great success.
The market price of pauper's body in Chi
| cago Is S25. An old-time medical student says
that was about the price before the war, at
medical colleges all over the country.
Col. l. E. Mcsscrvc formerly of La Crosse,
and we'll known in WISCONSIN, comes to the
front IN his Michigan home as plaintiff in a
libel suit against the publishers of the 4Negan
Jouyna1.
Notice has been sent to the Vatican that tho
new Scotch bishops will be prosecuted under
the civil law if they attempt to assume their
titles exercise ecclesiastical functions in
Scotland.
The trouble at Montreal is because the pro-
vincial government will not bring the North
Shore railroad to Montreal, after the city had
voted 81, 100000 and expended S25OOOO in aid
of the road.
Out of respect to Rutherfords feelings. (tle
!, New York Sun remarks,) they usually omit
when can read my title clear" when the
family at the White House sing hymns toseth-
er on Saturday evenings
| Now that the Car has liberated the Chris
tians of Turkey from Nlusselman persecution
let the Jews of the Christian provinces look
out. There no Turks left to protect them
: from Christian persecution.
o An interesting will contest is promised by
the natural heirs of Mrs. Merritt of New York
: who died at Rome leaving a will donating her
s third of million to Cardinal McCloskey and
CdtnOllc cnarltleS OF New YORK City.
, One of the Investigators at spiritual seance
in Haverhill, Miss, having stationed himself
with revolver in readiness to shoot at the ma
terialiZed spirits, appeared. The condi-
: tions unfavorable the medium said.
q Eleven months ago the fourteenth Duke of
Thorndale sold for SIT 900. At an auction sale
: at Paris, KY, January 25th last, the ami
r NAL sold for s2,335 There isn't much ss4he
r fancy left in the selling value of fancy stock.
J The New Workers who were to make out lists
of Western business men who favor silver re-
= monetization for their future punishment
= haven't yet had time to finish up their list of
> the New York friends of the dollar of the
y fathers.
# The Mississippi Legislature refused To cen
j. sure Senator Lamar for his vote against the
i Matthews silver resolution but it gave a unan-
e imous vote of approval to Senator Bruce, La
y mars colored colleague for his vote in favor of
8: the resolution.
le The Atlanta Constitution says truly: The
IL country is not at all interested in knowing Mf.
.. Burkes private opinion of that representative
- - New Highlander, Nr. w. L. Chandler. The
- question is, will Mr.. Burke give to the public
u the Wormley's Hotel memorandum?
No Ten tons of wire day being run over
j. the New York and Brooklyn suspension bridge
ty Nineteen hundred tons of wire have thus far
h been strung in place. The cables will be ready
lg for the superstructure by August next and in
r. 1880 the bridge will be completed
III Officers OF Gen. Crooks staff are anticpat-
ing an Indian campaign this year which will
dwarf that of 1876 into insignificant proper
tions. They rely upon Sitting Bull taking the
field with about thousand warriors either
with him or cooperating with him.
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, is the Republican
member of the subcommittee of the House
committee expenditures in the State de-
partment which is to examine into the con-
tingcnt expenses of the department. His Dem
ocratic associates are Ncssrs. Springer and
Walber
Prof Newcomb says: $50 small is the earth,
compared with the celestial spaces, that if one
should shut his eyes and fire at random in the
air, the chance of bringing down a bird would
be better than that of comet of any kind
striking the earth" Who's afraid of being hit
by comet?
New York men, those who could afford it.
have been in the habit of escaping from serving
on juries, by paying an established fine of $50
for refusal to serve. The judges are now mott
that those who are called as Jurors must be
made to serve.
The House committc on immigration and la
Mt Dor have unanimously agreed to recommend
C. legislation to limit put stop to Chinese i'm
migration. They start out that, continuing the
oe ratio of the last twenty years, in 1890 the
Chinese in California will exceed the native and
naturalizcd voting population.
,o The national bug Investigators, officially
:, known as the United States chronological com
mission, have recounted to the House commit
tee on appropriations their adventures among
u the grasshoppers last year and have made to the
Wy committe a modest request for S25, 900 to en-.
~ able them to investigate the army worm this
9 coming season.
in The Republicans in Washington, last Sunday
L. who year ago went to New Orleans to encour-
an age Wells, Anderson and Cassanave, had
lg private consultation the question of doing
ce something in behalf of those petty rogues
10 What they concluded to do they did not reveal
al but it is presumable they will, none of them
~ personally venture within reach of the New Or
{" leans sheriff.
,le The best half of the town of Jerseyvillc, H.
es is claimed by Mrs. Nancy Burritt, divorced
he widow of the former owner of the land wbl
a claims that her signature to the conveyance
was forced and that he l1npe1 percop.l CON