Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-08
GLOBELETs.

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Of fish for food.
October 1878 was a dry month, but October
1879 was dryer. -.
San Antonio, Texas, spends $35 900 year
on st. Louis beer
An Idaho woman has killed three Indiana
with pitchfork. .....
long season Of activity in mining stocks is
expected in San Francisco.
Skunk Horse, the Indian chief Is good look
ing, intelligent and brave.
Nine million dollars are spent annually in
this country on false cuffs
Boston firm has sold 25O, 600 paper napkins
since they came into fashion.
Archibald Forbes objects to having newspa-
pers publish his lectures in full.
1t is estimated that Miss Astor's wedding
presents were worth half million.
The Governor of Arizona offers $500 to any
person who shall kill highway ,obber.
There is an astonishing amount of progress
IN orange-tree culture around Tampa, Fla.
California wheat shippers have for some in
explicable cause withdrawn entirely from the
market. -,.:.s-...
Fifty-three cotton mills in operation IN
North Carolina consumed last year IS, 484 bales
of cotton.
The leading club of New Orleans permits
members to introduce at any time the ladies of
their families.
A feature of the fair at Washington will be
president" Hayes and Bonner in buggy be-
hind Rarus and Dexter.
There are more watches worn in the United
States than in any country. OF course, the
people have better time.
Score one for tobacco. An old Scotch lady
has just died at the age of 107, who has smoked
a clay pipe ''all her days.
The Hartford Courant has Just completed its
10th birthday. Has smoked, chewed, snuffed
and drank liquor all it's life.
There are 10000 deaf mutes in the United
States, and fifty places where services are con-
Quoted in the sign language
Bismarck's tariff is said to be one of the
stiffest pieces of protectionism that has been
seen in Europe for many years.
Duluth has three churches which can be
turned into grain elevators with but little ex-
pense. She built 'em that way on purpose
spurgeon's son, Thomas is going to Aus
tralia as an evangelist. His health is poor,
and the change is expected to benefit him.
The Buston Transcript thinks that one of
the greatest Affections that can overtake man
is to be left an orphan by life Insurance COM
pany.
Currie, the murderer of Ben Porter, the ac-
tor, has engineered :his case SO skillfully that
the Texans are said to be about to let him 90
free.
The grand jury at Salt Lake is at work onthe
polygamy cases. 1t is reported they will have
large number of indictments for the next
court.
the groin by pistol ball, but escaped in
jury from having a silver dollar in his breeches
pocket.
At the recent competitive examination in
the New York custom house for $4,000 posi-
tions but one of the candidates received marks
above IS.
There is gloom in the poker rooms," says
the Eureka (Col.) Record, ''because the best
players have joined the chuach and given up
the game.'
An English fashion is to give parties at
which the guests appear as some flower or fruit.
Few ladies are willing, however, to appear as
wall flowers.
Joseph r. Wilder, prominent Savannah
merchant, was found dead in his bed at Mari
eta, Ca, Saturday morning. The day before
he was apparently in good health.
Some years ago the Russian government ex
empted Siberian gold diggers from taxation,
hoping to encourage such ventures, but failed
to do so; anyhow they are to pay again.
Two hundred and fifty gallons of milk. en-
route to New York city to feed little babies,
was found to contain seventy-fve gallons of
water and twenty-eight pounds of chalk.
Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, has been in
office about two months and has pardoned two
hundred and ten convicts, or four for every
weekday that he has been at the head of the
State government
The mills at Providence, R. l., are all busy
with more orders than can be read lily filled.
and the operatives, with the example of their
Fall River brethren before their eyes, have de-
termined to steer clear of strikes.
Milwaukee is growing city, the precentage
of her business gain for the third week in o.
tober, as shown by her clearing house returns,
being 95.4 per cent.-a much larger gain than
was exhibited by any other commercial point
in the country.
Mr.. William Jerrold Dixon, eldest son of MIR.
Hepworth Dixon, was found dead in his bed
recently in Belgrave Square, Dublin. He had
just concluded his labors secretary to the
Royal sanitary commission, which had been
sitting in Dublin.
The wool transactions in Connecticut this
year have been larger than for any precedin e
year for decade back, the sales for one week
IN Hartford recently amounting to 1900, GOO
pounds. The price has advanced fully Is per
cent. since last April.
Another national monument is to be erected
in Germany-a statue of victorious German ia
of colossal size. Competent critics. speaking
critically, pronounce the execution of thit
work the finest performance of the kind tina
has been seen for many years.
Gen. John G. Walker has gone to Mexico,
as the Dallas Herald explains, s'to investigate
the Mojado mines in the interest of leading
Philadelphia capitalists. Upon his report will
depend whether the Philadelphians will engage
in the mining enterpri Use or not.''
Miss Meeker says one of the favorite amuse-
ments of the party of Utes who carried her off
was to put on negro soldiers cap, short
coat and blue pantaloons, and initiate the ne
groes in speech and walk, and their persona
lions were SO accurate to be very laugha-
BILE.
George Francis Train has relinquished for
years the use of meat, tea and coffee and