Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-17
GLOBELETS.

The city of Paris gets $50, 900 a year for the
rent of its hower-stalls.
Head, of New hampshire, insists on having
his name spelled Matt" not s'Gnat"
The San Francisco Bulletin says S25, 100000
Oh gold coin are in circulation in California.
There were two deaths in Tallahassee, Fla,
last month, and those were of negro babies that
died in teething.
Forty-two Old Defenders, who made the 18th
| of September memorable day for Baltimore
are still living.
! DR.. Redfeld, of the Cincinnati Commercial
has purchased house in Washington to be-
near his political patients.
| Beverly Douglas accepts defeat like philos-
opher, and is stumping his district for the man
nominated to succeed him.
| Verdi. the eminent composer, has completed
| his new hve-act opera, entitled 'sMontezuma"
which IS to be first produced in Milan
Theodore Thomas made good thing out of
his benefit testimonial on Wednesday night.
The clear profits amounted to 81, 476, 49,
Canon Bagot, rector of Athy, we'll known
English agriculturaist is doing hts harvesting
this year by the aid of the electric light
| William ohakespeareis running for constable
in Michigan village. Yet this is the man who
| said: Fling away ambition; by that sin fell
| the angels
English steel pens are almost entirely made
by women. Now please don't anybody say
they are probably handmade -Boson Post.
Or that the girls pensive.
People whose dresses are not of the freshest
are by means loud in praise of the practice
now coming into vogue in France of lighting
| bathrooms with electric light.
A girl says that when she dies she desires to
have tobacco planted over her grave, that the
weed nourished by her dust may be chewed by
her bereaved lover. There is poetry in the
| idea.
Daniel j. Morrell was in Amsterdam on the
Gath of last month"; and from that city wrote to
Altoona that he will inspect the iron industries
of Holland Belgium and England before his
return
The managers of London place of amuse-
ment announce that they reserve the right of
expelhng or excluding any one they think
proper Only people of approved improperly
admitted.
} The captain of London excursion steamer,
the Rhine, was recently brought up for carry
ing 629 passengers on Saturday, August 3, when
the boat was only licensed for 1863. Sir Benja-
min Phillips fined him S262
Several negroes at Raleigh N. c., are declared
to be gradually losing their black color and
this curious phenomenon is attributed to the
peculiarities of the drinking-water in well in
the yard of Mr.. j. p. Prairie
lieutenant Governor Knight and Senator
| nnrn
letters to the Holland club at Sunderland
! commencing the club for their work of de-
corous tribute to Dr. Holland
1t cost the English government 1926, 900 last
year for the coolies who pull punkahs in the
Indian hospitals and barracks Two officers
have devised machine for doing this work at
an immense saving of expense by compressed
air.
The Turkish council of state has referred
all the Asiatic railway projects back to the
Grand Vizier as not worthy of consideration.
The Duke of Sutherland's Euphrates Valley
plan is still under examinations but has not
, been adopted.
, Lleutenant-G Governor Cauchon, of Manitoba,
t charged his coachman with stealing coat, ar
rested him, bundled him into the COACH and
, to the police station. The prisoner was how
ever, acquitted
The Nlikado having decreed that all his sub
jects holding official situations shall dress q
tEurOpeelte, the japanese miliners have sent a
large portion of their stock of dresses to Paris,
where they have been converted into very pretty
| dressing gowns.
; In London recently girl of thirteen and a
boy of eight were brought up by the school
authorities. Their parents would not send
them to school because by sending them round
to look mournful and sing sympathetic songs
they were making 81 to 1925 day.
London police magistrate has sent pre-
fessional dog thief up for three months at hard
labor, and recited the case Of a lady of his ac-
quaintance whose valuable dog often
; stolen that, between rewards and ADVERTISE
ments, the cost of the animal was nearly $3.50.
!, The first weeping willow in England is said
\ to have been planted by Alexander Pope He
received present of figs from Turkey, and
. observing twig in the basket ready to bud
g planted it. From his stock all the millions in
England and America are believed to have
y sprung.
OF Longfellows five children, Onslow, tho
. oldest, is married and in business in Boston
Ernest is a rising young painter studying in
Europe; Alice the eldest daughter, is pleas
, ing writer; Edith is now Mrs. Richard Ii. DIna
the third, and Anna is decidedly literary in her
' inclinations.
The Rev. Pierre Paris Irving tho nephew
and biographer of Washington Irving, died
at New Brighton. Staten Island, on Tuesday,
in his I'D year. For twenty years prior to
9 ing iniirmities he was rector of Christ Church
, New Brighton.
i AS General Butler was walking down Som
a erset street, Boston, the other day, horney-
. handed son of toll SLAPPED him resoundingly on
> the shoulder and cried. 'How re ye guvner?'
: familiarity by hitting the lick with his
6 bloated cane.
The L0Dabdydia states that the want of money
- which exists at the Vatican fills the Pope and
cardinals with anxiety, and that it is proposed
to address circular to all the bishops of the
I church in order to obtain assistance. Some re-
t lief is hoped also from the expected pilgrim
$ ages from Spain and Germany.
= = Boston Post: Queen Victoria has appeared
: by counsel in United States circuit court in
] street broker account of some of the latter
+ | Canada transactions. We trust Her Majesty
4 will not feel at all excited. Her interests are
il sure to be as carefully looked after as though
S she attended to the matter personally.