Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-19
GLOBELETs.


The Sound steamers appear to have an un-
sound management.
James A. Garfield was good boy. When he
had an orange he never refused his little
brother a suck.
Speaking of the people who call themselves
"the upper crust" the Boston Transcript finds
that they are very light.
The university of the city of Pesth celebrat-
ed its hundredth anniversary In presence of the
emperor on the 18th inst.
In the vicinity of Milan pile-dwellings have
been discovered in peat moor, and the foun-
dation of a Roman theater in the city itself.
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Sir Ed
ward and Miss Thornton are to be entertained
at Newport by M. Outrey, the French minister.
Archduke Charles Stephen, of Austria,
brother of the queen of Spain, is cadet on
board an Austrian corvette now in New York
harbor.
On April Society for Zoology was
formed at Berlin, with a view of furthering
geological science and geological research in all
its branches.
Dean Stanley denies that he will preside at a
public meeting ''to consider the project for
the purchase of Palestine from the Turkish
government"
Lager is said to be an antidote for mad dogs.
And the best of it is that the beer is to be
given to the man, and not the dog, and to be
taken internally.
General j. d. Imboden has taken up bis
residence in Scott county, Virginin, where he
is at the head of the management of extern
sive iron work and colleries.
Mime. Louisa Kossuth Ruttksy, the only sur
viving sister of Louis Kossuth, who presides
over his home in Italy, is the guest of Miss
Charlotte w. Halves. of Boston.
In the Methodist Episcopal church in this
country there are forty-two Swedish pastors,
four thousand five hundred and ninety COM
municants, and ffty-three churches.
1t is reported that Prof. George L. Vose, of
Bowdoin college, who is regarded as an author
ity upon such subjects, says that 200 railroad
bridges have fallen within the past ten years.
Judah P. Benjamin has become counsel for
the claimant vice Kenealy, dead. The hearing
in the appeal of the Tichborne case has been
postponed on account of Mr.. Benjamin's i'll
ness.
The Karens, of Burmah, raised last year for
mission work upward of S91, 900, and expect to
raise more than $25, 600 the current year. This
is the field of the American Baptist Missionary
union.
| The late United States Christian commission
will hold reunion at Chautauqus Lake on
| Aug. z. This will be the first reunion since
the war, in which 5000 persons served the COM
| mission.
There are over 10000 houses and barns in
New Haven, which, with personal property, are
estimated to be worth over $50, 100000. Of
this $27, 0OO, 900 is covered by $1S,O0O,000 in
| surance.
strange blight has affected the oat crop in
| portions of Addison county, Vermont, the ends
of the growing grain for several inches looking
as If killed by frost, while corn growing near
| by shows no evidence of frost.
In gravel pit near the town of Posen
mammoth-skun has been discovered, but IN
| fortunately in pieces. Most of the pieces,
however, are well preserved-the facial bones
alone weigh twenty-eight pounds.
Mr.. Spurgeon has received from q daughter
| of DR.. Livingston one of his sermons which
was found among her fathers possessions,
bearing upon it some words of commendation
in the handwriting of the great explorer.
Lady Dufferin has writtena letter in which
she mentions the falsity of the recently pub
lished story concerning her danger in bear
hunt. She says the poor bear was killed at
the first shot and nobody was in any danger.
No less than thirty divers in the Persian gulf
fell victims to the sharks during the last year.
The fact that some eS0O, 900 worth of pearls were
found in 1879 explains how it is that men can
be found to engage in this perilous occupa-
| ton.
Mrs. Ari Hooper, of Ventura, is the Califor-
MIA Diana. While hunting with her husband,
few days ago, she came upon a large grizzly
| bear and performed the rare feat of killing him
| at the first shot. She killed a large buck last
| summer.
large bear is making his presence felt in
| Skowhegan, Me. June 2, he appeared on Peter
Maibons farm and killed a sheep and colt.
| He took fore quarter out of the sheep for
lunch, and the next night returned Ito eat up
| the colt.
The late DR.. Kenealy devided his library.
| which is one of the richest private libraries IN
| the country, and includes many valuable and
rare works in classics and Oriental literature,
between the British masum and st. Johns
college, Dublin.
The total value of life animals, dead meat,
breadstuffs, dairy produce, and eggs imported
into England during the first four months of
the present year amounted to leS2. 1868. For
the corresponding period Of last year the total
was only s26, 7sS, $50.
dog at Hartford Conn, has acquired the
old trick, when wanting bone, of taking a
piece of paper in his mouth and offering it to
| any one of the market hands. He seems to re-
gard this in the nature of draft on the meat
bench, and it is seldom dishonored.
The Irish population at the end of May was
| 5,363,59, having been reduced again the last
three months by emigration. This brings it
back almost to the number of 1905, 216, 1873,
since which time it had continued to increase.
The lowest recorded total, however, was in 1875,
or 5,S09, 494.
manatee or sea COW has been received in