Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-31
GLOBELETS.

Mr. William n. VanderbiIt's pictures pur-
chased In Europe last summer amounted to
$4,000
castelar, has been made lion in Paris.
where hberalists and royalists alike have done
him honor.
MIR. Ruskin, on the advice ofIhis physicians,
will write no more political economy, but
will devote himself to art.
son of the khedive of Egypt has been en-
tered as student at the Royal Military acad-
envy at Woolwich, England.
Lord Braybrooke, who owns the magnificent
nfteenth century mansion of Audley End in
Cam oridgeshire, has the finest aviary In Europe.
Rhoda Broughton is writing new novel. the
purpose of which is said tn be the holding of
the Pre- Raphelites" and '.Esthetics'' ND to
the ridicule.
DR.. Pussy writes to the archbishop of Canter
bury that for some forty years he has, as his
grace knows, received the confessions Of all
who came to him.
Bismarck says that when it was pro osed to
appoint Count Arnim as ambassador to Eng
land, he WAS objected to there on the ground
that he was notorious liar
A Nashville belle has feet that do not match.
Both are perfect in shape, but one is num-
Der one and the other is number seven. She
always puts her best foot forward
Dumas says that when ne wants to write
comedy ne takes twenty leaves OF paper for
each act, except the last one, for which lie al
lows only seventeen; then he fills them up.
The Porte has asked Herr Magerhofer, in
Vienna. the inventor of voting apparatus, to
so mn no o,,cf, a H.. y
obtaining one for the Ottoman Parliament.
Madame Cazamjou, the eldest sister of
George Sand, has just died in France. The
death is so announced of the Countesse de
SAINT Andrea, the widow of the celebrated
Spontini.
Australians exhibit rare and delicious fruits
at the Paris exposition. and claim to be able to
regularly supply the mother country with
| these southern delicacies Notwithstanding the
great distance.
According to recently published statistics
there are more deaf mutes, idiots and lunatics
In Switzerland, in proportion to the popula-
ton, and fewer of the blind, than in any other
European country.
| Mr. Gladstone, on his arrival in Liverpool
from the Isle of Man, was hes t by such
throng that he could hardly make his way to
the railroad station, after yielding twice to the
clamor for speech.
| Miss Emma Abbott according to the Wash
ington Star, is mot cold-blooded musical
prodigy" but "a charming little lady socially
-warm-hearted, impulsive and full of childish
| abandon and enthusiasm
John Bright IS daughter has just been married
to a son of the late Admiral Curry. The cere-
mony was that used by the Society of Friends
| The bride, being still n mourning for her
mother, wore dress and bonnet of gray satin.
Retail liquor dealers call their places of busi-
ness sample rooms" liquor stores" "sa-
| looms" and sometimes ''bar-rooms" but I'M
uncommon indeed is such sign as swings in
Three Rivers, Mich, Isl Struther's Gin Mill"
The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess
Louise will, landing in Canada, make a
state progress through the dominion, including
Toronto, Kingston Montreal and Quebec, and
will pass week in the survey at each prov
| ince.
MIR. Brumidi the artist who has made the
| fresco decorations in the capitol at Washing
| ton, is over 10 years old. He is said to have
| painted more than an acre of space in tie
capitol, and it will take two years to complete
| the work.
Hepworth Dixon has gone to Cyprus, has
| tumbled off his horse and has broken his collar
bone-and yet there be people in England who
make loud-mouthed affirmation that the annex
alton of the island has been productive Of
nothing but evil.
George Francis Train tells a reporter that
when he years old his father, mother,
three sisters, the family doctor, nurse and half
a dozen servants died Of yellow fever, at New
Ocleans. And George escaped. How inscruta-
bic are the ways of Providence?
The London Daily Ne,Us' correspondent says
it is almost impossible to get men servants in
Paris. Unless French servant can nova
days obtain far better berth than captain
of cavalry or university professor he will not
consent to enter domestic service
AS negro minstrelsy declines in popularity,
it's managers compelled to resort to strong
| measures to draw audiences. In Chicago a
| company containing eight end men, twelve
cios-dancers, twelve song and dance men, and
twelve sentimental vocalists seems to crowd
| large theatre.
| brilliant wedding, to which ''a close rela-
| tive of the Cameron family, of Pennsylvania,
was party, took place at Fort Walla Walla, on
the llth instant. A correspondent says that
the bride, Miss Kate Keefer, daughter of Major
Keefer, u. $. A, is the fairest woman of the far
| Northwest and that Lieut.. Duncan, the happy
man, is very popular in the Twenty first In
fantry, "the fighting regiment
Condor hunters are warmly welcomed by
i nj To nf he a
the birds commit great havoc among the herds.
| Waiting till the mother of calf is at some
distance from her offspring, they will swoop
down and strike the young animal to the
ground, Immediately ripping out its tongue to
prevent it from raising alarm. In few
minutes nothing but the skeleton is left.
Prince Henry of Prussia, the German crown
princes second son, and grandson of Queen
Victoria and the German emperor, is now on
board the German corvette Prince Adalbert,
serving his time as d naval cadet. It is said to
| be his parents and his graudfather's wish that
he shall receive careful training as seaman,
IN order that he may be qualified for the post
of German admiral which he is one day to FILL
Mr.. Samuel N Mitchell, the song writer. is
80 years old, handsome with sparkling hazel
| eyes, and under medium height He has charge
of the sale department of Providence news
paper, and has plenty of leisure for writing
songs. Touch the harp gently, my pretty
Louise" which Mr.. Mitchell wrote early in his
c,reer. coined money in England, where the
publisher sold from 100000 to 100000 copies,
and in this country it source of profit
and very popular for long time.
Indian apolis & Western Railway Sold.