Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-24
GLOBELETs.

GLOBELETs.
Eight Der cent. of the habitable houses in
Glasgow are empty.
An Excelsior, Ga, child fell through crack
in the parlor floor recently.
The strength of an elephant il calculated to
be equal to that of 1853 mon.
The Fort Wayne Bridge company have orders
ahead for about one mile of bridges.
A high agricultural authority estimates the
loss on English crops at sl25, 0O0, 900.
The window panes of Des Moines are to be
jeopardized by an archery tournament.
Fire underwriters are lowering premiums,
while fires are said to be on the increase.
Work on the new pulp mill site at South Ho-
Yoke Mass, is being pushed vigorously.
Divorce is q leading subject of discussion in
Paris. Alfred Naquet and Dumas favor it.
Mile. Aimee sailed Wednesday for Franc e,
never to return for another last farewell on
gagement.
Warren J. Woodward, Judge of the Penn
i'll at Hampton, N. Y.
The Countess of Tankerville and her eldest
son, Lord Bennett, are among the latest con-
verts to the Church of Rome
Auubscription has been started at Ottawa
Ont, among the officers and militia for me-
mento to the late prince imperial
The Methodist conference Of southern Illi-
nois refused to admit woman as q member,
although she was pastor of church.
The Presidential campaign is rapidly rolling
down upon us, and the machine is already
being creased by q little Presidential turn
oil. -,
The old house in Islington, near London,
from which Dickens took his description of
Bleak House, was destroyed by fire three weeks
ago. As7s-k gag - ,t...
Monclar, an eminent French agriculturist
proposes to feed cattle, sheep and pigs on prov
ender containing savory herbs, to give flavor to
the flesh. ~ &C.
| There has been great decline in the adul-
teration of food in England since the employ
ment of public analysts. Nearly every county
| now has one.
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death of yet another Glasgow bank victim, a
jeweler, who, falling for $40, 900, emigrated
from Edinburgh.
| 'Ole Bull is going to give another series Of
farewells'' is the statement made in one of the
musical publications. Isn't this the play of
Much Adieu About Nothing set to music.
| Sir Evelyn Wood, after all the adventure and
hardships through which he passed scatheless
in Africa, was SO severely wounded in game
at lawn-tennis that he is confined to the sofa.
It is said that 'sPinafore'' has been intro
duced among the Indians. This will explain
why number of Indians have left their reser-
vations. The nearest rivers should be dragged
for their bodies.
| Cetewayo, as he saw Maj. Marter approach
| ing the kraal, quietly remarked I'm not the
first king to suffer Marter-doom," and if it had
not been for the prompt arrival of the British,
his own soldiers wonld have killed him.
Hard times are in one respect a special provi-
dence for Glasgow. In the week ending Sept
there were only 2S5 charges of drunkenness
against 5S4 in the corresponding week of 1875
The diminution has been going on for months.
Without making bet, and in days when the
value of stakes was Insignificant as compared
| with the mighty aggregate of Lord Falmouth: q
winnings during the last three years, Admiral
Haroourt retired from the turf with a clear
gain of Sl25,o0o.
Sir Rowland Hills tomb in Westminster Ab-
hey is in the north aisle of the chancel in st.
Paurs chapel, just to the west of the grave of
James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine.
No interment has taken place in st. Paups
chapel in modern times.
The Rev. J. s. Anderson's immortality re
suited in his expulsion from pastorate al
Charles City, Iowa. He then opened an office
as physician but the people would not tolerate
him in any professional capacity, and masked
mob drove him out of town.
An inquiry set on foot by the French budget
committee, has brought to light the fact that a
large number of officials have the right Of
sending kilograms free of charge, and that tho
number SO sent reaches the rather high figure
of 50, 0OO or, on an average, over 20 words each
per month-20, 900 words per day.
Elisha Grimes said in prayer meeting at
Little York, Ind, that he was wholly prepared
} to die. George Jones called him out OF d .,.s
few minutes afterward and killed him with
q knife. It is coniectured that Jones thought
Grimes, protesting readiness, might as well die
at once, for no other motive has been dis.
covered.
Marshal Serrano being in England to Civ.
his son an English education, and, it is said, to
place him at Elton, Truth malioiously observes
that the aforesaid is very like the present
King of Spain, as is well known, bears strong
likeness to the Marshal. Marshal serrano is a
kinsman of Miss Yznaga, of New York, nov
} Viscountess Vaudeville
OF Lord Lyons, 20 long the English ministe,
at Washington, and now the English ambassa-
dor at Paris, Truth writes that his excellency
having nothing else to torment him has for
sworn not only wine but tea and coffee also,
permitting himself the one beverage, and nc
other, of milk and soda water Also, he
smokes like chimney.
Bishop, the son of an English clergyman,
who was sentenced by the German government
to imprisonment for bribing an officer to show
him some military documents, is among the
unfortunates to whom pardon was refused or
the occasion of the emperor's golden wedding.
The authorities hold that he got off with very
light sentence, and that he is an old conspira-
tor.
John, second Duke of Montagu, directed hi
tenants and dependents not to work or kill
their disabled horses. but to send them to hi
fine park At Broughton, where anecdotes o.
his kindness are still told. He had q frightful
dog, of which he made great pet, because be
said that no one else would be kind to any thing