Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-01
GLOBEL ETS.


q fitting lamp at Warrentown, Va.
Montgomery, Ala, expects to run her cotton
receipts next season mp to l5O, 600 bales.
Texas murderer will not risk his life bv
stealing horse to leave the country with.
A pelican visited Mobile the very next day
after quarantine was raised, and perched on the
top of stone.
The report going the rounds of the press that
the Marquis of Lorne is engaged IN a book
about Canada is denied.
A special French representative will be sent
to greet the Emperor William of Germany on
bis approaching visit to Metz.
Verdi, the composer, who now lives at Genoa,
says that his age and infrmit,es have compell-
ed him to relinquish all artistic work.
Colonel William Leighton, brother of An
drew Leighton, the Scotch poet, died at his
home, in Keokuk, lows, the other day.
Pauline Lucca's death has been bruited
abroad at Paris, but only by the Globe, paper
prone to himsy sensations of stupid sort.
San Francisco woman was pronounced in
sane for saying that every place smelt of garlic,
and holding a handkerchief constantly to her
nose.
Leopold I'LL, King of the Belgians, is a mod
est, kindly. timid parsonage, who would blush
to hear his own magnificent titles and distinc-
lions read.
A farmer near Evansville, Ind, buried 48O
trade dollars few months ago to wait fora
rise. A hunter discovered the plant. and
rise took place.
Dr. Schllemann thinks that he may com to
America to reside permanently after he shall
have finished his excavations. His PROPERTY is
Miss Genevieve Ward appeared in q new play
in London recently. and failed completely,
though the authors are said to be much more
to blame than the actress.
Senator Blaine's organ, the Kennebec
Journal has been doing the public printing
for many years, having received from the Sta te
up to this time, $476, 8O8.49. .-ss
James Lawrence, supposed victim of the
Brooklyn Theatre fire in December, 1876, has
lust returned to New York from South America,
to which port he shipped as sailor.
Sir Michael Costa will next year complete
half century of service as conduct II of Italian
opera in London, having succeeded Signor b.
chasa at Her Majesty's Theater in 1881,
Nilsson writes to the London Figaro that
American friends have urged her to appear
again in this country, and that she intends to
do 50, but is engaged elsewhere for all the pres-
ent season.
One Of the last inventions is cartridge
Anot tbo
ducks, and which blows their heads into the
middle of next week the minute they take
hold of it. -
When John Dixon, q Savannah negro, sat up
IN bed in the midst of his own funeral services.
the assembled mourners ran yelling from the
house, some of them getting out through the
windows. s .....-
Miss Fannie Chester. daughter Of Rev. DR..
Chester pastor of the Metropolitan Presbyte-
rian church, Washington, has been elected to
the chair of English literature in Binghamtou
ladies college, New York.
Clarence P. Dixon, brother of the Dixon
who was Dull-dozed, now holds a place in the
treasury department at Washington, he having
been appointed on the strength of letter
wrltted by Gen. Grant in 1866.
1t is announced that the German emperor
has been greatly benefited by his rest at Gas.
teiu: and he is described as sunburt and vigor-
GUS looking. He will begin to review his army
at Konigsburg on September 9Th.
Sir James Elphinstone, NJ. p, has made a
suggestion concerning the exodus of the Israel
ties. He thinks from Pharaoh's haste to get
rid of Thorn huf thou 1.
much like the Irish obstructionists Of the pres
ent day. ....:5 &C.,. -....
The HebrelU Leader stigmatizes as ridiculous
and inv duous such grouping as s'three Irish
men and Jew" were arrested, and urges that
we never read how 1.-TWO Germans and 4 Meth
odist' or a "Frenobman and an Epicopalian''
met such fate.
Queen Victoria's effigy on postage stamps has
never been changed in England, but some of
the colonies have stamps repro senting her ap-
pearance since widowhood. The Emperor of
Brazirs efhgy was altered, few years ago.
from youth to middle age .. lac
MARK Twain's Latest" is the heading placed
by an English manufacturer of kitchen CRYSTALS
over a poetical advertisement of his wares be.
o-NAAAS wv w oASSCASs oC1uO VIII C8Ie, the
ingenious advertiser being unaware that the
or ginal poem was not by Mr.. Clemens.
The London Weekly Register publishes let
ter which shows that the First Napoleon, after
his experience of the military school of Bri-
enne was utterly disgusted with the army, and
retired for some time to the theological SEM
mary at AK, in the hope of joining the priest
hood. . .s+,5... ..-.s..-.. e. -~.
Theco,juriug materials taken from Georgia
negro consisted of goose quilts filled with
broken needles, a vial Of iron rust, the feathers
of various birds, and a snake skin. The ne
groes of his neighborhood had long believed in
and feared his power of working mischief with
charms.
Mary Keesucker, enc of the most enthusiastic
of the converts at camp meeting at Urbana.
Ollo, fell into a trance while praying. Her
friends believed that her condition was the re-
suit of special blessing, and would not permit
physician to do anything for her. She lay un-
conscious for several days, and finally died of
spinal meningitis. s.,.s. .-,.
MIR. Munkaesy, the Hungarian artist, who
has lately been making such extraordinary
leaps towards celebrity is certainly prodigy.
o ,ly few years ago he was carpenter, saw
ing aud nail-driving, and hardly caring
enough for the beautiful even to lay bis hand
with pleasure to tho very farcy work of his
legitimate profession.
Pc veil Page, of Fauquier county, Virginia,
lives in q house that was built by Hessians
Old General Morgan, having charge of q num-
Der of Hessian prisoners who were taken at
Saratoga. determined to make them useful, 50
he set them to work on the house, making them
wheel the stone two miles in hand-barrows,
The place is called Saratoga.
Red snow, which is usually found only in
Arctic ATTITUDES, is seen on a lofty summit near
Mount Stanford in the Sierra Nevadas. For
several acres the vast drifts are of beautiful
pinki.h tint TO the depth of three or four
inches. 1t is a beautiful spectacle. One ex-
PLANTATION Of it is that myriads of minute or
CARNATIONS cover the surface.
Candidate White, whom Kearney proposes to
make Governor of California, once attended q
hanging near Santa Cruz. BY permission of
the sheriff he said q few words to the CON
demned man. just as he finished speaking