Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-13
GLOBELErs.

Bayard Taylor as Minister to Berlin ,sceivas
a salary of 81, 500.
Canada objects to Indian immigration from
the United States.
Queen Victoria has granddaughter married,
She will soon be great great grandmother.
The servants of the Palmer house, Chicago
wear gray uniforms, garnished with light BRAS
buttons.
1t is said that any time the pas. winter
steamer could have gone through the straits Of
Mackinac.
Importation Of coffee from Mexico is IN
creasing at New Orleans, where tho Cordo7a
coffee Of Mexico is preferred by consumers.
The tow-boat Liberty and barges i. en- route
to New Orleans, on the lower river, with 6,6I5
sacks of corn and 62,5OO buchel5 of corn il
bulk.
The steamship Scindia cleared from New Or.
leans Tor Liverpool on the 9th inst, With IT,.
525 bushels of corn and 1912 bushels Of -rs
in bulk.
The amount of United States customs col.
lected at Galena, H., for the year ending Jur.
30, 1877, was S7.99, and at Frenohnans gav
Maine S6,7s.
Manchester Iowa, is all torn MP over high
scandal, involving half dozen Of the most
prominent citizens, church members, and mem.
bers of the temperance society. Adultery and
Legitimate children are thu staples of tbs
! scandal.
A full font of Japanese type conpri..a
$4,000 characters. of which about 5000 are In
constant use. Nevertheless the Japan Daily
Ns,rs OF Toxic, on capital stock of $4,000
paid profit of 80 per cent. in 1876. and 81 psr
cent. in 1877.
Gen. Sheridan has revoked all the licenses
granted to persons in the Indian Territory for
the sale OF liquors on the prescription Of re-
putable physicians, it having hesn discovered
that the licenses have been made the cover for
| the promisouous sale of Eqnor.
| One of tho witnesses in the Vanderbilt will
case testifes that one occasion during tbs
! commodore's last illness, when the old fellow
was unusually profane, nasty and ill-tempered,
| Mrs. Vanderbilt said "The old man must die;
can't stand this hell any longer
| The Inter Ocsan continues to advocate tho
| bellgpuneh saloon tax for the relief of tho oity
treasury of Chicago. 1t would be Just in ons
respect in making tho tax-eaters, who are
among the heavy patrons of saloons, contrib
ute literally to their own support. But it
would not be equal taxation
Mrs. Balm, of Chicago. in preparing some
dye-stuff poured solution of indigo into
bottle containing vitroil, and an explosive gas
! was generated which burst the bottle and scate
tered the mixture over Mrs. Balm, and her two
children, burning them dreadfully, and dis.
| figuring the little ones for life.
! The commissioners Of charities and oorrec-
tons of New York are trying the effect of music
upon the insane and find it TO be beneficial.
They will probably recommend that young
women shall tako their piano practice and
young men their horn blowing and fiddle scrap.
ing in or close about insane asylums.
The returns of temperance reform.rs in Mis-
souri, have been added up by some curious
citizen, and disclose that over two million
Missourians have signed the pledge. Tho won.
der Of that citizen now is, why SO many people
have been omitted from the census returns, and
who it is that's doing all the drinking.
Col. Moulton, of Cincinnati, brothe;-in Jaw
of Secretary Sherman, being interviewed fay9
days on silver question said of the popular
demand for free coinage of silver: ut is an
intelligent demand. The people know exactly
what they want and will require Congress to
put silver just where it etood before 1873"
For the last five years our commerce with
Cuba has averaged over ss9.O000OO year,
which Is considerably more than our commercs
with the German empire, and seven times the
value of our trade with the whole Of tho Rus.
sian empire. 1t also appears that Sc per cent.
OF our Cuban trade is carried on in American
vessels.
At shawneetown. ILL.,, John Akin is being
tried for murder committed fourteen year,
ago and which he ut the time confessed bu,
afterward escaped, being recaptured last sum
mer, tried. convicted and sentenced to be hung
The new trial is given because the jury vordic,
on the first trial was decided by drawing lots
The case has drawn great number of interest
ed parties to the town, besides over one hun,
dred witnesses.