Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-03

GLOBELETS.

LAST week Tor granddaughter.
A railroad war in Cincinnati has brought
down the fare to New York to twelve dollars.
The Chorpenning claims, which have been 80
often defeated have revived again, and are
once more before Congress-
The sale of real estate in Chicago Last week
amounted to S431, 044, handsome increase
over any similar period for some time past.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin remarks: IF
Europe is one-half as excited as are our specu-
lators in wheat, there's trouble around. sure"
The rumored shooting at Plevna of the Com
munlst General Cluseret is denied. He lives.
and has abandoned warfare for war corresnond-
ence,
good substitute for gutta percha has been
discovered 1t is called ratata, and is the hard
ened rosln of tree growing on the banks of
the Amazon.
The National party set down on Brick
Pomeroy at Toledo and Springfield, and now
Pomeroy refuses to ''set'' down on the plat
FORM and is rooster at large.
The French government will not exhibit IL
SELF nor allow to be displayed at the coming
exposition, any war material or inventions
which it has lately adopted, or which it thinks
of adopting for the army or navy
The Germans are the healthiest class of New
Workers. Vital statistics show that the rate of
mortality among them is nearly thirty-eight
per cent. less than that of other citizens, while
their increase by births is larger.
Iennyson is writing new historical drama.
1t has been rejected by all the magazines to
which 1t was sent signed 'Peter Smith, so he
feels confident that when it comes our over his
own name it will prove an immense success.
Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild has lust paid
their weight in gold for two works of art found
In Venice. attributed to Michael Angelo. The
amount was $4,000, gold. Each represents a
panther. on which is leaning either fawu or a
satyr.
Wood, Kelly, Garfield, Banks, Sayler, and
Phelps, of the ways and means committee are
opposed to a re-imposition of the income tax.
The Southern members of the committee
Tucker, Robbins, Harris, Gibson and Blanchard
favor it.
The pieces of silver for each new dollar in
the Philadelphia mint are weighed by women.
on account of the delicacy of touch and sight
required. The scales on which this weighing
is done will note the sixty-fourth part of a
grain.
Active preparations are going on for the
spring meeting of the Louisiana Jockey club
which commences April 20. Forty-two horses
are already at New Orleans. 1t is believed
there will be hundred horses in the club
stable by the Goth.
The anti-rent troubles, which date from he
fore the revolution, are not yet over. Peter
Finkle, of anti rent notoriety, had commenced
proceedings in the United States court to dis
possess Col. W. S. Church, of Albany. and
other of all lands held under the Rensselaer,
leases.
Gen. Silas A. Stri ckland died at Omaha on
Sunday, aged Al. He prominent brigade
commander from Ohio during the rebellion
| was Grants presidential elector from Nebraska
| subsequently was district attorney and once
had the governorship of Utah offered him by
| Grant.
Mr.. j. B. Knight, of the Franklin Institute
IN Philadelphia, scientific engineer, has made
thorough examination of the Kelly motor
during period of five months, and reports
| that 1t is fraud, and that the varied parts of
its apparatus have been constructed with in
| tent to deceive.
l.. $. Williams, farmer, while blowing the
| other day near Beloit, Wis. saw a wolf to
which he gave chase, following the one till he
| came upon the pack, eight in number He
| killed all of them, and next day was paid the
State and county bounty for their scalps
| amounting to $160,
The San Antonio Express estimates the Texas
spring cattle drive, in round numbers, at two
hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hun
| dred head. This, at the estimate of 80 head,
| would give nearly Ss,0OOO0O for cattle alone,
| driven to Kansas, not computing those shipped
out by rail and steamphip.
| On one side of the river Weser low Dutch is
the vernacular, and on the other side high
Dutch. Those who speak the latter claim to be
the purest of Germans, and to this day Sc
| riously object to being called Dutch in a
Hollandese sense, although enthusiastically IA
! voring the annexation of Holland to the empire
| of Wilhelm l.
Says the New York Herald of Saturday: Con-
| gressmen Muller, of New York; Stewart, of
Minnesota; Ward, of Pennsylvania; Turner, of
Kentucky, and Calkins, of Indiana and Mr,
| Robert Llddell, mayor Of Pittsburgh, Pa. we're
| among the callers upon Mayor Ely Yesterday.
The Congressman came to the city as com
mittee to receive the remains of Ex-Judge
Leonard.
Massachusetts, wheels into line with bar
room bell punch bill before her Legislature.
Five other States-Louisiana Kentucky, Penn
sylvania, New York, and New Jersey-have the
| same subject under consideration, while yir
GINA has already tried the experiment. New
Jersey proposes little different method, but
seeks the same result, which is to tax both the
seller and consumer of liquor.
The Charleston Is. c. Ners ami Courier
says: ut is settled fact that the sea island
cotton and rice cannot be produced with profit
| at present prices, with our present system of
labor. An exceptionally good planter, here
and there, may continue to succeed; but the
fact that three-fourths of the sea island cotton
lands and one-half of the rice lands under cul-
tivation in 1860 are now thrown out, proves
That the average planter cannot make money
The last act of George Cruikshank was kind
one. A memorial addressed to Lord Beacops
field, praying for pension in behalf of liter
airy lady now in reduced circumstances, was
sent to Cruikshank just before he was stricken
with his last illness. For several days he was
unable even to think of it, but just before his
death he remembered it, and earnestly begged
that it might be brought to him for signature.
The last touch of the weak hand was in this act
of Sympathy and kindness
Kate Field, at a recent fancy dress ball in
London, appeared as Young America" and
attracted much attention. She wore blue satin
boots, with silver buttons, and short white
satin skirt. over which gracefully draped
silk American flag caught up at one side bva
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