Daily globe., 1879-03-17
GLOBLETs.

prohibition bill.
At Pensacola. Fla, turtles weighing $50
pounds are caught.
Inc Indianapolis base ball park has been
converted into lumber yard.
The receipts of the New York charity ball,
less all expenses, were $6,254.O6.
ONO Is the third State in the Union, but
nrst In the offices of her countrymen.
Inc English court mourning for the Princess
0iico Will continue until December I'd.
wisconsin is agitating the question of an ed
! uoa'ional qualification for the right of auf
frage. " ''
rive remarrlages of divorced oounles have
been reported in Kentucky within the last two
months. Wv -''' wv"
ana no" the washerwomen have an orpan-
the National Laundry Jou,nol-iust started in
Chicago.
More lumber was put upon the banks Of the
upper Delaware last winter than at anv nre-
| vious season.
inere was negro born in Kentucky some
years since whose tongue was covered with
natural coat of hair
ine seven hundred house owners at Ocean
Grove have determined to procure moro fir. an.
paratus and engines.
Diamonds, in large quantities, it is said and
very valuable, have been dug up recently on A
South Bend, Indiana farm.
! congregational Methodism" is one Of the
important sects in Georgia. The organization
supports its own newspaper.
| The English government intends this ses-
sion to bring forward bill for the anpoint.
ment OF public prosecutor.
young gambler of Pensacola has agreed to
eau l'ooo eggs in 1000 quarter hours. and
says anyone furnishing the eggs can safely
back him. 'o''
Jefferson Davis is on trial at Norristown. Pa.
as nuisance. He is a rock-bla.ter and v.s
arrested for scattering the stones ton ;nd;.-
criminately.
careless bank teller in Cincinnati gave two
Cinnamon $4OO in gold for $3.50 in silver and
greenbacks, and those Cinnamon did not wait
to be told to co.
MALICIOUS persons cut off the name and tail
OF morse owned by clergyman in Union
olty' Fenn., who had taken part in the prose-
cutlon of some liquor sellers.
In Berlin the silk trade has nearly died ont
py reason of French competition. while at
Lyons 1t is exceedingly depressed by reason of
the greatly reduced demand from this conntrv
An East Earl Qnd.) young woman has spok-
On 70 no one but her mother and two sisters in
sixteen years. She is keeping VOW she made
"nen cniid, because her father had whipped
| her.
VIM. Hague, of Elkhardt, Ind, neglected the
nall IN his boot and gangrene got into the sore
II made, compelling the amputation of the
toot' with the probability that his life will nav
the penalty.
Palestine is looking up commerciallv. Be-
sldes asphaltum, Ignite has been found in
Quantities which will enable fuel trade to be
| done with Egypt and Syria, which now pays
| $l2 ton for coal
Ss' Louis lawyers tell their clients that the
rates Tor legal advertising in that city are too
| nlgh' but hrst-class newspapers respond that
| tne rates ars now SO low that they do not want
the advertisements.
James Burnison and James Sorgan, two GEN.
tlemen of Kenton, Ohio, became so overheated
IN debate at a literary meeting on Thursday
night, that the former, who is school teacher.
shot Sorgan through the head
Ralph Waldo Emerson's address at Concord
| the other evening was not reported because he
requested that it should not be. He is de-
scrlbed as having spoken in more vigorous,
hearty tones than for several years.
1t was formerly believed that the fern bios.
sohed and seeded only on a midsummer night.
and 1t was thought that the seed must be
caught on twelve pewter plates, through eleven
|
twelfth.
Ihe estimated cost Of the proposed inter-
oceanic canal across the American isthmus.
Nicaragua route, is 1858, 900, 900; but it is con-
sldered wise to regard the actual cost, ipclud
ing the interest on dormant capital. at double
| that sum.
On the queens birthday this season will be
| neld the largest muster of troops that has vet
peen held IN Montreal, and all branches of the
service will take part in the feld-day. The
governor general and her royal highness the
princess will grace the occasion with their
presence.
In 1870 France could only concentrate ESQ. .OcO
men in the course of month, while her re-
serve and garrisons numbered 100000 men.
Now she can place 10 corps of $50, 900 men in
the field, and the battalions, squadrons and
batteries of the active army would leave be-
hind them $4,000.
| schoel-teacher at Parkhill, Canada, has
! been summoned to answer several charges of
gross cruelty to pupils. Among the punish
ments inflicted has been to draw circle on q
| blackboard, inside of which the pupil is made
to place his nose. The effect is to strain the
eyes In fearful degree and cause stra-bismus.
Matthew Crooks, the San Francisco million.
aire, died few days ago. He leaves an i'm
mense estate, including the new Chinese The
atre and Joss House. On his death-bed he ex-
pressed the desire to witness the nuptials of
| his daughter, Anne, and Edward Barron, which
had been set for some future time, The mar
riage took place in the chamber of the diving
man.
Ben Clark, a Fort Reno scout, has sent Gen.
Sheridan trophy that is much admired in
Chlcago 1t is IN the shape Of a bow, arrows
and culver, the latter being unique specimen
OF Indian art. A beautiful panther skin,
whole and soft though it were warm, is
drawn by withes into the form of bag, the
huge claws being preserved at the bottom of
the bow case.
In South Carolina negro was on trial for
burglary, but it was proven that he crawled
into the mill through hole in the WALL un-
fastened the door, set the hou, out, fastened
the door again and crawled out through the
same hole. The jury was instructed to acouit.
t. as theFe wa" no breaking, SO they brought IN
the verdict: I'VE find for the defendant
though we believe he stole the -four.
colored Baptist preacher in Andersen