Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-03
GLOBELETs.

Minister Lowell is at Bramita with his wife,
who is much better.
There are 800 cases of typhoid fever in bad
ly drained part of Pittsburgh.
Russian lady is translating Poes poems
and tales into her native tongue.
Dnring the month of March IA white per-
sons left North Carolina for Western States.
A sparrow attacked an oriole on a woman's
bonnet in Hornellsville, N. Y, few days ago.
Profestor Nordenskjold has been appointed a
commander of the order of the Legion of Honor
ut Paris.
The ear of Louise, which was injured in the
runaway accident, is almost we'll enough to
walk of now.
Mrs. Langtry's chief charm is said to be in
her soft, timid eyes, to which no mere picture
can do justice.
Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, intends, it is
said, to become lecturer when his Congress
siOnal term expires.
Rev. DIR. Crayon, of the Methodist Episcopal
North Carolina town.
Two women, formerly connected with the
May Fisk show, were fined $50 each for fast
driving in Nashville.
According to an estimate of the Financial
Chronicle, of New York, Jay Gould controls
1884 miles of railroad.
81. Victor Newcomb has made an individual
contribution of $3.50 to the Jackson equestrian
statue fund at Nashville.
Jim Keene goes to Europe in June to person
ally superintend the races in which his stable
of flyers have been entered.
There is great rush in Europe for Bis
marck's autographs, but they are becoming
rare and more difficult to obtain.
The Rev. William NJ. Baker is writing short
story, in which the principal characters in his
novel. "His Majesty, Myself, are introduced.
Twenty-Five bushels of corn, received at
Concho Texas, on Wednesday, was sold at
81 rs per bushel as fast as it could be meas
ured.
mansard roof is being placed on the tower
of the First Oolored Baptist church at Nash
vile, in place of the spire blown down by the
tornado not long since.
The Jews of San Francisco have put David on
trial in mock court, rabbis, lawyers and other
professional speakers arguing for and against
the morals of the great Jewish king. The dis
cussions are held in alarge hall before crowded
audiences.
Vicar General Doane, of Newark has been
raised to the dignity of prelate of the Papal
household, which carries with it the dignity of
Right Rev. Monsignor. He is the first Ameri-
can priest who has been thus honored at the
Roman court.
Maj. Gen. Hancock has farm of 46O acres
of fine land near Windsor, Mo-, which he looks
upon as his homestead, where he means to
pass the latter years of his life. Before going
into the army he was citizen of Missouri,
and married in that State.
Mr. Fletcher, the father of the clever young
author of 'Kismet" and Mirage is quoted as
saying: 81 would rather see my daughter mar
ried to an American blacksmith, possessing the
attributes of a true man, than any scion of the
British nobility lacking them"
The Hon. Mr.. Bagot, aide-de-camp to the
Marquis of Lorne, and Mr.. Madden, the groom
who rendeted valuable services at the time of
the accident to Princess Louise, have received
gold watches, sent by Queen Victoria. The
gifts were presented by Princess Louise.
Mrs. spen Ger, of Burleigh, Canada, gave
birth to triplets and lost no time in asking for
the $25 that Queen Victoria has been accus-
toned to give in similar cases. She has re-
ceived from the under secretary of state the re-
IL kLok4 = o1. hao
cept in Great Britain itself.
In Charleston, s. c., while man named
Bresnaham, was walking on the street after
dark, he was accosted by two men, John Hogan
and Billy Redman, who asked him to treat.
Refusing to treat them he was set upon by the
pair and badly beaten, his leg having been
broken and his body badly bruised in other
places.
new edition of Victor Hugo's works is
about to appear, all but two of which, Han
d'Islande' and "Amy Bobsart, - will be printed
from the original manuscripts, fetched from
Guernsey for that purpose. Many cancelled
passages will be reinserted in the text or az
notes. among these being whole act in 'An-
gelo."
General Leslie Combs, of Kentucky, says he
wouldn't vote for Tilden to save the latter's
life. He thinks Hancock the most avail liable
man. His argument runs that if the Republi-
cans shonld nominate Grant the Democrats can
afford to throw New York away, for they could
carry boah Pennsylvania and Ohio by nominal
ing Hancock.
The German Publishers Journal has issued
statistics concerning the number of periodical
publications published in the world. Accord
ing to them the total number is about 90, 900,
of which Germany boasts 8, IT'S; England, 2, 300;
France, 1000: Italy, 1,226; Austria, 1,2OO; Rus
STA, 500. Asia produces 3S7; Africa, so; Ameri-
ca, 9,129, and Australia, 100.
The policeman's life is not happy one in
Japan, especially if he happens in the dis
charge of his duty to arrest q law-breaking
prince in disguise. To the average American
it seems hard lines that the Japanese police
man who arrested Prince Henry, Kaiser Will
helms grandson, while he was violating pro-
prietory rights incOgnito, should be dismissed
the service and fined.
The Australian papers report the perfor-
nance of remarkable journey across the con-
tinent from north to south. Three Europeans
started from Burketown, on the Gulf of Car
TARA, with two hundred head of cattle, and
have been successful in bringing them to AIDE