Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-12

Many of the people of Afghanistan are as
fair as Englishmcn. TIE boys are noted as be-
ing particularly handsome.
John I. Brown, Esq, the oldest apottecarv
in Boston, now in his Goth year. ha. voted the
State ticket every year since 1912.
Sara Bernhardt, the actress-ar:ist, has been
very i'll, aud though her health is now i'm
proved, she has not yet recovered.
Ten thousand salmon fry from San Francisce
have been put into the Meuse at Blorick, Hol-
land, and 2O, 600 more are expected.
During October over 81, O0O, 900 postal cards
were sent from the Holyoke factory. The
largest months business ever done.
A London physician lately advertised in the
Times for a lady housekeeper, offering liberal
terms and received 1000 applications.
Frederick Nickerson, of Chathamport, Mass,
has caught goldfish around whose body was
found piece Of rattan wound twice and &C.
curely tied.
Mrs. Willis of Batavia, Ohio. had last week
serious difficulty with her daughter as to the
hauling of some wood, which the latter settled
by knocking her dead with a club.
General Butler, it Is said, intends to retire to
private life. He will probably pass the winter
i'll Cuba. going thitier on his yacht America,
which is ready to sail at twelve hours notice.
| Some French newspapers give 1umors of
projected matrimonial alliance between Prince
Thomas CT Savoy, brother of the Queen of
Italy, and the daughter of the crown prince of
Germany.
Six hundred Bulgarian orphans, who lost
their parents during the last Turko-Russian
war, were taken to Russia, where they were in
! structed gratuitously at the expense of the
government.
| Sir Evelyn Wood, the zululand hero, com
| bires two professions. He was called to the
bar in 1875, and now the bar is going to give
| him banquet, at which the lord chancellor
will preside.
The Prince of Roumania has conferred upon
| Archibald Forbes, the famous newspaper war
correspondent, the order Of the ''star Of Rou-
mania" for his participation in the Ruerio-
| Turkish campaign.
The widow of James Fisk, Jr., boards Rt
South Deerfeld, Mass, with couple who for
merly were her coachman and cook. This is
| not from economical motives, however. for she
has handsome competence.
| Wild ducks are more numerous at Havre-de-
Grace Md, than for fifteen years before. This
| is attributed to the Canadian game laws. which
prohibit the gathering of the eggs of the bird,
| Canada being their breeding ground.
| Cetywayo says there were only ten of hi.
| men present when the Prince Imperial waa
killed. A bold stand would have saved his life
| if the Zulu King is to be believed, and the fate
of an empire might have been changed.
George W. Childs. Of the Philadelphia LcdG-
| er. has contributed $500 to the fund for the
support of the children Of the confederate
Gen. Hood. Mr.. A. s. Abel. of the Baltimore
Sum- has subscribed like amount for the same
purpose.
Mr.. Writ Skies, United States consul at Car
| diff, Wales, has just published through Samp-
| son, Low Co.. London. a volume entitled
British Gobbiins," a treatise on Welsh folk.
lore. 1t is spoken of very highly by English
scholars.
The German papers announce that a rich
childless merchant of Tamboy, by name Ivan
Stephanovitch Karpoff, has bequeathed his
whole fortune amounting to 600 roubles,
to Vera Zassulitch, well known for her attack
on Gen. Trepof.
The Rev. Sir Henry G unning, baronist aged
50, has just married Mary, daughter of the
Hon. and Rev. W. 81. Spencer, son of Francis.
first Lord Churchill. The bride is 81. Sir
Henry buried his first wife two years ago, after
a welded life of half q century.
Nearly all the negroes in and near Darling
ton, s. c., now own horses and COWS, and many
49, at
with their own money. There is less stealing
than formerly, churches are numerous and
well supported, and newspapers are in demand.
Mrs. Smith, of Westmoreland county, Va,
who weighed 6l0 pounds, was buried few days
ago. Before the coffin was delivered, two ordi-
nary sized men lay in it side by sido. At the
funeral it was necessary to carry the corpse out
of the house and place it in the coffin on the
sidewalk.
says that Prince Bismarck, now intent on get
ting all railroads into the hands of the State
contemplates that as soon as possible the State
shall become grand insurer-life, fire, and ma
rine. He has directed minute inquiries into
the business.
While gargling fox a severe catarrhal affec-
ton the other day, Mrs. Anna Thomas, Of
Petersburg Va, felt bone slipping down her
throat. Upon examination it was found that
Mrs. Thomas had swallowed the bone of her
nasal Organ the bone having in some way be-
come detached.
Speaking at Plymouth, England, lately. the
Earl of Morley. q very able young liberal peer,
said he did not look upon the enormous i'm
portations from the United States with regret,
for prior to the abolition of the corn laws the
agricultural condition of the country was
worse even than at the present time.
The employment of women in the telegraphic
service in France on a large scale has now be-
gun at Paris, where 240 girls are undergoing an
apprenticeship of three months on trial They
are cheaper than men, getting only 5000 year,
whereas men get $500 and 9400. The girls sre
not expected to do night work.
The disproportion Of women to men in
criminal records is strikingly exemplifed in
some statistics published by the Italian gov
eminent. During the past year the courts SEN
fenced 4l,565 persons, of whom 1899 were
men and only 1856 women and the police az
sizes condemned 1854 men and only 383 wo-
men.
Railroad Consolidation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE announcement ia
made of the consolidation of the Omaha 4