Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-17
BRIEF TELEGRAMs.

BRIEF TELEGRAMs.
The French beet crop of this year is very
poor.
Parnell, the Irish sgitator, is to 60 to Paris,
France. this week.
The British cabinet is said to be sharply
| divided on the Irish land question.
John Bright, at Manchester, Monday, sdvo-
| Gated reformation of the Irish land laws.
Two OF the leading organizers of the nihilists
were hanged In the fortress at 81. Petersburg
Tuesday morning.
The New York press club gave brilliant re-
ception Monday evening to Thurlow Weed on
| the occasion of his SD birthday.
Brussels dispatch reports that 5000 rifles.
were bought in Switzerland, by Irish-Americar
to supply the people of Ireland.
The fourth annual national convention of
coffin makers assembled at Indianapolis Tues
day, with large number Of delegates present.
w. A. Smith, painter at indianapolis, was
instantly killed Tuesday by falling from lad
der while at work at the residence of Gov.
Porter.
The schooner e. NJ. Covington, owned by
Loveland Brigham, MiIwau ukee, capsized,
Monday. twenty-five miles southeast Of Mil
waukee.
The British government is reported to be CON.
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portation of cattle cannot be modified without
amending the act of 1873.
w. e. Sheridan opened an engagement ut
the Baldwin theater, San Francisco Monday
night in Louis TX, and scored pronounced
suscess, being recalled after every act.
A French officer has published an interesting
paper comparing the FIRE brigade statistics of
Chicago, New York and Paris. and recommend
ing reform of the Paris seryicel on the Ameri-
can plan.
Two thirds of the buildings in Newport,
Ark, ION the Iron Mountain railroad) were de-
stroyed by FIRE Tuesday evening, making about
2OO families homeless. The property con-
sumed is estimated at 5000, 900.
Robert Samuel Bowden alias Samuel Nc
Garden, an absconding bankrupt, charged
with defrauding creditors to the extent Of
$4,000, was arrested Tuesday on board the
steamboat Anchoria. just arrived az New York
from Glasgow.
The chemical copper works at Phenixvilie,
Pa, were burned Tuesday night Loss s20, 900;
partly insured.
The st. Louis & Southern railroad was sold
under decree Tuesday for %, ,2O0, 600, and was
bought for the Louisville d Nashville railroad
company.
Acyclore and heavy shock of earthquake oc-
CURED at Sitka, Alaska, on the 26th ult.
Rich and numerous gold discoveries have
been made in the interior of Alaska and On the
headwaters of the Yakon river.
From 29O6, ,657 acres Ohio raised this year
81, ,522, 1874 bushels of wheat, an average of
Is. 3 bushels per acre.
An appeal for contributions for assistance of
the new made widows and orphans of Steller-
ton, N. g., and for relief of the 1000 poor peo-
pie there whose means of support is cut off by
the mine disaster, Is published. II is ad-
dressed to all mayors, ETC., of Canada and the
United States.
Kansas is getting too many negroes ana some
of the people of that State are appealing to
the managers of the exodus to take their
negroes somewhere else.
10 Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, visited
Gen. Garfield Tuesday.
The Lake Erie & Western and the Bee line
are out-each refusing to sell tickets over the
others roads.
cago Tuesday evening, ,sgreed to restore passen-
ger rates to Eastern points to the former basis
of $40 to New York.
An attempt of Tuesday in the French cham.
Der of Deputies to pass an anti-ministerial or
der was defeated by only 14S to 1877.
The national convention of boot and shoe
manufacturers was opened at Philadelphia
Tuesday.
The remaining corrupt solicitation" cases
or Pennsylvania have been postponed to Jam
usry. The district attorney desired to enter
nols proseQuis but the court would not enter
tain them.
The eS0, 900 of bullion withdrawn from the
bank of England Monday for the United States,
was shipped from Hayre Tuesday, with an i'm
portant consignment from Paris.
The Mississippi Valley Interstate conven-
tion, for improvement of the commerce and
navigation of the river, met last Tuesday in
New Orleans.
Henry Morrell. Californian 20 years old,
was found dead in his bed in Philadelphia
hotel Tuesday morning. On his person was
found papers showing he has brother in Chi
cago and another in Saginaw; also a list OF
| registered bonds of over 100000 and other
valuables.
Vienna dispatch of Tuesday says: 'The
meeting of Austro-German constitutionalists
here on Sunday last was an imposing demon
stration. Nothing can shake the fact that the
liberal German party in the Reichsrath has
quite nine-tenths of the well-to-do educated
Germans of Austria behind it in any struggle
against federalist attempts
The Milwaukee Sentinel prints the names of
5,63O male persons, residing in that city, most
of whom are voters, who were not, il claims,
| included in the census enumeration.
The inventory shows the property of the
late Mary Shields, of Philadelphia amounts to
~oOt,oVUs nearly all III perSOnAl euects. Eight
| hundred and seventy-ive thousand deilars will
go to Pennsylvania charitable societies.
At Elyton, Ala, Tuesdry a mule stuck to
the railroad track in front of an advancing
train. The mule was wrecked, the engine
went over 200feet embankment and James B.
McFerron (son of Rev. DIR. McFerron of the
Southern Methodist publishing house at
Nashville) was crushed and killed under the
baggage car,
Mammoth City, hamlet sixty miles from
Bodie, CAL, was nearly destroyed by fire Sun
day. Loss s35,000.
Three laborers were killed and ten wounded
by a construction train on the Dalles & Wichi-
tau road breaking through a temporary bridge
Sunday.
The coroner's jury which inquired into the
killing of a Chinaman by Denver mob on the
31st, censures the city authorities for not act
ing promptly and vigorously against the mob.
company was incorporated at Denver. Sat-
urdaY, with capital of 81. .000, 900, for build
ing circle railroad around the city.
Justice Miller has decided that the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas Railroad company can claim
the possession of its road, (which has been in
care of the trustees for six yesrs) ON payment
of the past due coupons upon church bonds.
detachment of 400 British troops has been
sent into county Galway, Ireland, on account
of rumors that arms are being furnished the
people from America.
Dr q n Hahershon senior phva;c;an ,rd