Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-15
GLOBELETS.

II.
of the Pioneer. Press.
Who will be the next Pope? Cardinal Biio
or Pecci, or the Unknown?
The German language is being studied in
Chicago by 2,l52 American pupils.
new, elegant lecture hall in Boston has
been named Hawthorne Rooms
By the way, does anybody know exactly what
are the british interests in the Bosphorus?
| Wagner's latest work, the opera of ''Parsi-
fal, gives new and striking version of the
| legend of the Holy Grail
| In digging cellar at ST. Laurent British
| Northwest Territory, gold nugget weighing
| fifteen pounds uncovered.
| There is a young woman in Belfast Me-, who
has "a passion for killing cats. She could have
lots of amusement out this way.
| Virginia's beIl-pnnch tax on drinks for pay
ig the State debt, suggests the popular form
of invitation, Lets iquidate.'
The Governor of Kentucky furnishes free
| lunch daily to the members of the Legislature.
They'll never pass that whipping-post bill over
his veto.
A separate cup, and pewter one at that, Is
passed, at communion time. to the colored
} brethren and sisters of the Rutland, Vt, Con-
gregationa church.
The Chicago Times desgnatcs the bill to do
away with distinction of color in enlisting for
the ranks of the army IA scheme for The Afri-
canization of the amry.'
!. The Hartford Post Rep.) has a new name for
! the advocates of silver reconciliation. 1t calls
them the bowling dervishcs from the Wabash
t and Ohio" Who's bowling?
Lieutenant Flippcr, the only colorcd gradu
: ate of West Point, is To BE- appointed military
C instructor of the colorci branch of the agricu-
G tural and military college of Texas.
f An American draushtsman has taken draw
C inSs at the Royal Arsenal, London. of the latest
Improvements in the manufacture of war pro-
II jectilcs. He employed by the American
= minister.
,c Ftchburg, Mass, is troubled by pious tramps
g who enter unlimited, ask if the people love the
10 Lord distribute Few tracts, and make them
~ selves at home for an indefinite period. They
r are not order of tramps.
le Settlers along the Niobrasa river in no,thcrn
p Nebraska, are becoming somewhat alarmed at
/ the neighborhood of Spotted Tail Sioux, dis
n posed to depredatc on the possessions of the
whites, many of whom are quick to retaliate
e. The Chicago board of trade in view of the
I'd recent advance of rates by the Western Union
nc telegraph company, has resolved that it will en-
courage the building OF any new lines of tcc-
a. graph and will do all i'll its power to sustain
IS them.
II The Count Johannes George W. Jonc. and
~ and 'thc pupil of his eye" Miss Avonia Fair
r. banks, drawing crowded houses AT the Lycc-
it um theatre, New York. 1t is said one night
d will cure the worst case of dyspepsia ever
Us known.
u Mrs. Jane Pittman wife of the celebrated
IS, photographer of Cincinnati, died on Monday
'e- last. Her body embalmed, and, according
or to request in her will, is to be crcmatcd next
us Friday, at Washington, Pa, by her friend, Dr.
,rt LcMoyne.
farmer near Bellevue Ohio. loaded a stick
of wood with gunpowdcr. The explosion
CURED in the Congregational church of Belle
yue, fortunately with no serious results. The
farmer is in perplexing doubt as to who stole
nd his wood.
ed The lrlsh-born residents Of st. Louis have pc
tv. titioncd the school board to discontinue the
of free study of German in the public schools or
nm make provision for the teaching of French
"a Celtic Italian, any other language the parent
of pupil may desire.
N The arrested at Milwaukee under the
name of Howard Pinkerton, for operating the
1io ''secret detective fraud proves to be j. Ii. Til
he ton, graduate of Bclot college, and for NJ il
NE waukee, a talented Young newspaper man. He
lily denies anyi intent to defrand.
hS Winnipeg is supplied with aqua by nine
watermcn, but it takes more than double that
em number to serve it with the other fluids Prob
-, ably if the expenditures in any city for water
were compared with what is paid for ntox cst-
rtv ting liquors, the difference would De still
NO greater.
nd The Continental bank note company of New
gh York, when its contract with the government
he for furnishing adhesive stamps expired had
1863, 100000 stamps on hand, for which, claims
III 1000 on the plea that it was obliged to keep
a. constantly oKhand supply sufficient for three
: months.
Silver subsidiary coin is unobicction-
I able says the Republican Buffalo Erp,rss.
That's because the subsidiary coin is dcbased
from the dollar standard and being a limited
legal tender, goes into the possession Of poor
men who have to pay the discount on it over
and over again perpetualy
Information is said to be received at Gen
hts Sheridan's headquarters confirming the reports
led OF Sitting Bull having sent emmissarics to the
nd Missouri river agencies. They have induced
err several large bands to steal away and arc con-
ng niving for general stampede under the
,ht chiefs Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
ii' In the Merrill will contest at New YoIk let
nal tiers from Paris, written by Mrs Merrill were
ere read Saturday, which make mention OF the
it's American minister being in debt and only saved
of from arrest by his official position As the let
,rn tiers are not dated, there is room for doubt
whether she refers to the late Mr.. DAYTON or
Gen. Dix, or Elihu Washburnc.
Mrs. Julia Whistler, widow of Col W. A.
of Whistler, and mother of Gen. n j. c. Whist
Ter, q. S. A., died at Newport, Ky, Tuesday af-
ternoon, aged so years she was the grand
81 aunt of Mr.. and Mrs. Gen Phil Sheridan. She
tv was at Chicago with her husband in 1903,
49, and had slxty-two years experience in the
army. She leaves one son, four daughters and
:u' thirty seven grandchildren.
cal large bridge over the Schuylhill at Phila-
It'll delphla which was reported unsafe last Deccr1-
20, Der, was closed to travel last SATURDAY. and
cry Sunday one of the arcleA fell Seeing that the
,ed authorities took two months to consider the
nd question of closing the bridge, which was daily
ra- crowded. it is fortunate that their decision was
~ not delayed any longer. The bridge cost So
100000 and only opened to travel tw o
years ago.
ct 1t is said that monks, nuns and popcs take
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