Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-27
GLOBELETs.

GLOBELETS.
The Boston Post says that Beecher eats with
his knife.
The Governor of Iowa has appointed a
woman to act chaplain of the Anamosa peni-
Tertiary.
Prof. Baird says an average Goldfish will fur
nish l. 100000 eggs. Come now, amt YOU cod
ding US.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands and the
Princess Mary Of Prussia will be married on
the I'D of August, at Potsdam.
Proposals for marriage in Nevada are written
on postal cards, and the answer comes bv re-
turn mall Come on with your preacher"
They say that the voice of Alex Stephens is
SO weak that it is in danger of being taken for
| the photographic copy of somebody else's.
An Iowa woman lost her clothes line. THAT
explains it, !" she exclaimed, when she found it
| IN the stable with her husband dangling at the
| end of it.
The dead Queen of Spain left behind her
forty-eght different sets of earrings and thirty
different shawls. She regretted having to leays
| them behind
Brazil, it seems, has tribe Of cannibal In.
dams, who rejoice in the title of the Aponi-
anas. Why can't we send few of our Indian
agents there?
4 One does not hear much NOWADAYS abont
Saratoga fried potatoes, but let it be known
that they are to be had as usual, only this year
they are stewed.
The perfect imprint of tree may be seen
upon the breast of Thomas Briggs, of Wells
burg West Virginia, who was struck by light
ming on July 4.
According to statistics the sum of $500, 0OO,
QUO was spent last year for Intoxicating drinks
| Ia the United States. Who spent the other
ninety six millions?
When the English plenipotentiaries were
| about to start for Berlin there was found In
the Foreign Office only one man who could
read or speak Russian.
The widow of Henry Timrod, wax poet Of
South Carolina, has been warmly recommended
for an Office in the Postal Department by Gov
ernor Wade Hampton. Timrod's ballads vera
very popular in the South
clergyman of Bath created CONSERVATION
at funeral by praying earnestly in behalf of
"the bereaved husband and the one to come
who shall fill the place made vacant by the
death of our deceased sister,
/ A German paper announces the arrival al
Ems of the Empress Eugene. She is accom-
panied only by the Duchess de Monchy, and
occupies, under an assumed name u villa hired
for her and called Petit Elysee''
red headed, freckled stage driver, named
Edward Griffin, distanced all the heroes of fic-
ton the other day by clipping with and marry
ing Brooklyn heiress worth 800, 600 Or sol.
she possessing good looks as we'll as cash.
Neither Nj. Theirs nor NJ. Guizot eve,
smoked. In England the late Lord Clarendon
was the first minister who was a great habitua
smoker. But his example has not been follow
ed by Lord Beaconsfed or Mr.. Gladstone
The cotton crop of the present year will be
the largest since the war, and is estimated a.
4700,000 bales. In I859-'6O the crop amounted
to 4,S61,000 bales; 1S70-'71, 4437, OGO bales
1856, 4,632,OOO bales; 1867, 4,474 ,ooC
bales.
The Cologne Gazette says that the Prince I'm.
perial of Germany's eldest son, now studen,
at Bonn, every evening on the Rhine in a
handsome two-oared boat. a present from
Grandmamma Victoria, with fellow student
a native of Hamburg.
1t is getting to be pretty serious thing FOL
a man to drive a wagon through the streets OF
Cincinnati or Columbus. The active police
man isn't happy unless he can discover a dead
body-a stiff for short-every other day, des-
tined for some medical college.
Fireworks and fire signals were in use III
Japan and China centuries ago, and Yokohama
has pyrotechnist to-day in the person of
Hirayama Ginta who is likely to become
world-famous. Its pity the Japs and Chinese
do not enjoy monopoly of the trade nova
days.
The Maharajah of Mysore is reported to have
sent messengers all over India to bring together
as many native astrologers as can be found, to
read the omens of the stars on the occasion OF
his marriage. If they should by chance see a
witch riding broomstick, would it have any
bearing on his matrimonial felicity.
Tappan, the Boston defaulter is man of
medium size, fine address and pleasant spoken.
Though his seventy years make him very gray
and cancerous affection of the stomach has
often Frustrated him of late, he yet shows Wig
orous manhood, and a good deal of vigor, too
in getting away with other peoples money.
In many parts of rural England there pre-
walls curious notion that bread filled with
quicksilver and thrown into water will indicate
the spot where body is lying. The dnanual
Register for 1867, records case whore loaf
thus filled, suddenly tackled about and SWAN
across the river" where the body was found
The Rev. Mr.. Milburn well-known as - the
Blind Preacher" has just returned to this
country after sojurn of two years and a half
in the United Kingdom. During this time he
has traversed almost every portion of England.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales, travelling about
$4,000 miles, and preaching and lecturins
everywhere.
Senior Malta, the newly appointed Mexican
minister Of foreign affairs, is black-haired
black-eyed and black-bearded little fellow.
well oiled at the joints of the knee. But, VIVA.
is of more Importance, he is good friend to
this country, seeing that we could swallow the
land of the Montezumas at gulp. and wants
peace on the Rio Grande.
4 S'NT1 r WAIVED MEIJTSt