Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-16
GLOBELETS,
The wife of John Bright, the English Liberal.
died on Monday,

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died on Monday.
Lieut.. r. L. Ho1ie, U. s. A., and Miss Winnie
heam, the stone-cutter, will be married a.
Washington on the 2Sth.
Mr.. Moody found New Haven, Conn. impos-
sible to convert. By the way, what place was
it that Mr.. N. did convert:
gravestone fell over and killed little cir,
In New lexington o., the other day. Warned
by this occurrence, we have decided not to be
buried under a gravestone, but to be cremated
and tldlly packed away in an urn.
The soldiers who IS fit into " the war Of 1910
must have been Mormons, if we NAV iudee h.
tue NUMBER OF widows now applying for
pensions. There are now under investigation
S3ooo soldiers and 10000 widows claims.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania and tbo.a
OF Ohio also are dreadfully perplexed about
what they should say or not say in reference to
hayes IN their platforms. You paws YOUR
money and you takes your choice, nv little
dears.
Bishop Gil. Haven will chew soap in the Me-
tropolitan NJ. E. church, in Washington. y,
Sunday next, when Mrs. Chisholm will celebrate
memorial service over her children, who were
killed in Mississippi ut the same time as tbsir
father.
Auere Is In Ceylon huge tortoise who can
carry eight men on his back with ease. having
mole bored In his shell SO he can be prodded
up. he Is huge beast and is said to be ano
years old. His most distinguished rider {. Tho
Prince of Wales
Inc heV. John Jasper holds that ode ann do
move. and quotes the bible az his authority
=. >. ought also to maintain that the earth is
square, Tor IN Revelation vii, /, it is said: "Af
ter these things saw four angels standing on
the four corners of the earth"
Edison writes to friend in Chicapo.-.Tba
many letters that I have received on tn. ,nh-
ject OF an apparatus for the deaf has convinced
me that the demand would be enormous. Sol
have put two of my most skilIful assistants at
work testing my ideas. feel sure that I will
produce practical apparatus within six
| months"
IL Is understood that political pressure ia
being brought to bear on Pirate Sherman to
stop the investigation in Cincinnati, and from
the positive information against the whisky
| manufacturers in Cincinnati it is certain that
II some OF the largest houses are not seized it
will be owing to the fact that John Sherman
mas made up his mind that the investigation.
have gone far enough
Next the Gortschakoff the most ;mnor,.,t
man IN Russia is Ruytan the financial ministe,
OF whom, however, we hear but little. He ;s
from the Baltic provinces, and is. as his mama
indicates, of German descent. In religion he
IS Lutheran he has made finance his study;
ne travelled in this country many years ago, be-
Tore ne came to his present position, and is a
very able and literally educated man.
1t Is understood at Joliet that an investiga
ton will soon be made by the Commissioners
OF the State Penitentiary of the whipping of
the late cenvict Reed, and other cases connected
with the discipline of the institution. which
Wall probably result in thorough oyerhaulinc
OF the punishment record and some interesting
disclosures provided the guard in the .ssoli-
tary, Stephen Reed, tells all he knows abont
the punlshments he has witnessed and admin
lstered during the past two years.
1 An Illinois man makes the following offer ~
bastian and Taylor, the spirit mediuns:" II
will give S10Oto sit in three of their LIGHT
seances with seven-shooter, with the priv
lege OF shooting at some of those spirits like
sunbeam) that go walking about the room,
tlem.
some of their public seances. Bullets cannot
harm spirit, and if Bastian and Taylor can
produce some that are willing to be shot at, tho
public Will have more confidence in MATERIAL
zatlon than they now have"
The women of Handy are considered the most
beautiful in Ceylon, and the different grades of
caste are distinguished by the length of petit
coats Worn by both sexes. Everybody chews
the 1etel-nut, or rather mixture of lime and
nut pared hne and rolled in betel leaf, max
ing large quld, which is vigorously chewed.
1t stains the saliva deep red color like blood,
ana this they e1pectorate over everything. 1t
stains the gums and teeth scarlet, giving tho
chewer most ferocions aspect.
Don Cameron does not allow his attention.
to his new wife to interfere with his political
] manceuverings. He is now in Harrisburg
setting tho wires for the Republican State con-
vention. 1t is understood that he favors tho
, nomination of Colonel Hoyt, of Luzerne coun-
ty, tor Governor, with the agreement that
Hoyt shall use his influence to help Don to be
reelected to the Senate. Hoyt, it is expected,
{ will be able to control the Mollie Mcguire vote
Z and return Republican legislative delegation
from strong Democratic counties.
Morrissey's confidential agent says that he
will be more"than satisfied if the estate paws
the dead mans debts and the legacies to his
sisters, the property being valuable to man
while alive, but difficult to capitalize so as
to yield profit to the heirs. On tho other
hand, the dead mans friends who figure among
his creditors say that he owed them nothing
r whatever. Mrs. Morrissey possesses s25, Zoo
! made over to her years ago, with which she will
remain content unless there is clear surplus
after paying the debts and legacies.