Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-30
GLOBELETS.

GLOBELETs.
A statue of Cervantes has been erected in
his birthplace, Alcala de Henares.
Murat Halstead is nominated by the steub-
envllle (Ohio) Democrat to succeed Senator
Thurman.
DIR. McCosh will have an article in the forth
coming Princeton Revie,o in answer to Spen-
cers great work on the data of Ethics"
Sara Bernhardt has bought piece of land
near salnte Addressee. France, upon which she D.,
intends to erect cottage to be called LA SOL
itude.''
The school board of Covington, Ky., is try-
ing to stop draw poker among the pupils. but
the public lottery drawings continue without
opposition.
The model of the equestrian statue of Napo-
leon Ill.,, a grand work by the Chevalier Bar
zaglia. to be erected at Milan, will shortly be-
cast in bronze.
The English men of letters are getting to be
very pugnacious. Mr.. John Morley is now in
arms against the AtHenpuna about tart notice
OF his book on Edmund Burke.
The trial of a copyright lawsuit in Washing
ION brings out the fact that one printer has,
within year, furnished thousands of counter
feits of foreign champagne labels to put on
American wine.
MISS Maud Banks, daughter of Gen. Banks.
mas made her debut at Brookline, Mass, as an
actress In an amateur company. She intends
TO 60 on the professional stage. The general
was once an actor.
A Cleveland fire engine, with four men on it.
was driven off an open draw bridge forty feet
into the water. The men were rescued. but
the horses were held to the bottom by the
heavy machine and drowned.
& Tewkesbury abbey, which was erected seven
and half centuries ago by kinsman of vii.
liam the Conquerer, and which is known as one
OF the finest Norman structures in England,
has been restored at a cost of $4,000 and re-
opened.
The Saturday Rcmew says of Cetewayo:
The capture is embarrassing. If strict per-
sonal justice were consistent with the public
interest the prisoner might perhaps be enti-
tied to an ample apology, with full compensa-
ton for his losses.'
A Manchester tradesman of decided Pro-
testant views, has written to interrogate Lord
beaconsheld as to his church principles, having
suspicious that as there is a high church vicar
at Hughenden, the premier is "a supporter and
abettor Of the ritualists.'
The novel engineering feat of building
oridge on shore and then showing it across the
river has been accomplished at Dinard, France,
The structure is sl4 feet long. weighs over 200
tons, and was projected into its place with
| twelve strong windlasses.
brilliant Paris hotelkeeper after HAVING
tried everything to draw people his way, has
just opened large eating establishment, and
his slgn-board outside informs the public that
from the dining-room of this place the firing
OF the artillery cadets can be heard"
1t might be supposed that deaf and dumb
man and wife wyuld not quarrel: but Mr.. and
Mrs. Goodwin, of Greensburg, Ind, deaf mutes,
| lived four years in noiseless disagreement, and
finally had desperate parting fight, in which
he was scalded and her skull was fractured.
The Boston police commissioners, in whom
is vested the power of licensing shows in that
| city, have decided to permit no performances
by Children The case at issue was that of q
juvenile Uncle Toms Cabin company. A
Massachusetts statute authorizes such prohib-
| ition.
Prince Bismarck, according to German pa
per, is blessed at the present time with 40
crosses or decorations of all kinds, the display
OF which, in single row, would cover about
six yards. The only power which is not repre-
sented in the collection seems to be Great
Britain.
Many of the mines on the mountains around
Leadvllle, COL, have suspended work for the
winter, being inaccessible in consequence of
snow. Those that can be worked are carried
on with difficulty, and prospecting is not easy
The ground is covered from two feet to eight
| feet with snow.
The New Orleans mint is working now to the
full capacity of its appliances, and is turning
out each month more and more COIN A strike
of $4OO.O0O during working month was until
lately considered an excellent result, but dur
ing this month of October fully $500, 900 in
coin will be manufactured.
Robert Silman, criminal, was taken from
his house by mob at Georgetown, Ohio, and a
rope placed around his neck: Then somebody
produced jug of whisky and invited the party
to drink before hanging the man. The invita-
| oNNSpCOAs q
ensued, during which Silman escaped.
Tray to boggin is the new rainy day country
house pastime in England. You take a subj
stantial large wooden tray to the top of a
flight of stairs, sit in it, hold on well to the
sides and let yourself go. If you manage well
you slide right down; if you don't, you twist
and are tumbled over. Ladies are said to do il
best.
Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson has been on a Wis
it to Mercersberg for the purpose of purchas-
ing the spot of ground at Cove Gap, three
miles northwest Of that town, which is known
as the birth-p place of her uncle, President Bu-
chanan. Mrs. johnson proposes to erect a
monument to the ex-President's memory at
| that place.
| curious experiment was made with cats re-
Gently in Luttich, Germany. Thirty-seven of
| them were put into bags and taken several
miles into the country, where they were re-
leased. Within three hours the first cat had
| found its way home, and before twenty-four
hours had elapsed, every one of the others had
returned.
The reduction of fifty per cent. made BY the
Duke of Bedford in his rents last year brought
unpopularity upon him among landlords At
the tenants rent dinner of a neighboring gen.
tleman, when the landlords health was pro-
posed, some one proposed instead, 1.-THE Duke,
the farmers real friend" which was drunk
with great enthusiasm.
Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Texas, has gath
cred statistics to prove that there is less crime
in Texas in proportion to the population than
in one-half the other States. He thinks the
next census will open the eyes of the world to
| the fact that before the end of the century