Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-19
GLOBELETS.

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Baltimore proposes to celebrate its approach
ing one hundred and fftieth anniversary by an
imposing procession of the trades.
Boston has seven colored lawyers six of
whom are in active practice, one Of them being
graduate of the Harvard law. school.
The task of transforming Rome into
modern city has proved very costly affair, and
the undertaking is now at halt from lack of
further funds.
Some samples of painting on lava were re-
Gently offered for the inspection of st. Peters
burg artists. This lava painting may compete
with mosaic in durability.
Jenny Lind, the once famous prima donna, is
q member of the chorus of the Bach Society
of London, of which Herr Goldschmidt, her
husband, is the conductor.
A lightning stroke went clear through Clark
county, Kentucky, school house, killed grey
hound asleep under the floor, bat left the
twenty-five children unframed.
A Montana stage coach fell into an abyss,
striking the bottom, and killing the driver and
four horses, but the two passengers inside
were not dangerously hurt.
Jackson and Warrington protested q desire TO
fight deadly duel in King William comfy,
Virginia, but took pains to ask a constable to
lend them his pistols, and, of course, he took
measures to prevent meeting.
The Atlanta Constitution admits that shrewd
observers fear that State has lost in population
since 1870. The flow of emigration to the
West, it says, has appeared marvellous to those
who live along the lines of exit.
Longfellow's "Hiawatha," and ''Evange-
line" have been translated into Bohemian,
and second edition of the Bohemian transla-
tion of Shakspeare's ''Othello' and ''The Mer-
chant Of Venice" has appeared.
Forgeries have of late been frequent in
France 100 franc notes, printed by way of pre-
caution in the United States with an English
heading, having been closely initiated, and
couutetfeit coin is now common.
Two men, without any other facilities than
q tin-psn, in FIVE days obtained 800 worth OF
gold in Byrd's creek, ten miles from Christians
burg, Va. They have now hired a number of
hands and gone to work Systematically.
Two negroes in Georgia, after playing game
of se7en-up in which one won all the other e
money, amounting to $l.45, went to bed to-
gether. The winner soon fell asleep, and the
loser best out his brains with club aud fed.
Paris dispatch says: The widow of the
Count De Noe ("Chau," the celebrated carica-
turist), who has been in Responding state
since her husbands death, has thrown herself
from window aud lies in precarious con-
dition.
OF all the nations living under the sceptre of
the car the Jews are the best educated. The
proportion of Jews in Russia is one Jew to
every twenty Russians; while in the colleges the
proportion of students is one Jew to- every six
Russians.
When John Thompson. of Middlebury, VT,
returned to his filthy howell after a prolonged
spree. his eight dogs, almost starved, attacked
him. 1t became necessary to kill all the dogs
before be could be rescued, and then he was
torn from head to feet.
Peter McCarty, though permanently crippled
in both hands by railroad accident in Texas.
has never given up the battle of life, and in
stead of repining and depending on charity,
Peter now drives the mail in Arizona Territory
over sixty-fve mile route.
The car of Russia is afraid of European civ
ilization, aud the sultan of Turkey is afraid of
that of Russia. Lately the Turkish govern
ment has absolutely forbidden the Importation
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STA in the Armenian language.
simultaneously, in the Audubon Qowa)
county clerks Office, one man applied for a
COPY of decree of divorce from his former
wife. and another man for license to marry
her. The former wished the latter joy, but sar-
casm was detected in his tone.
The electric light will be again used at the
French salon this season, although the jury of
painting protest strongly against this mode of
lighting as too unequal and glaring, injuring
almost invariably the effect of painting and
not improving that of sculpture.
Now the puzzle of fifteen is trying the pa
thence and ingenuity of the Russians. The st.
Petersburg manufactory of educational objects
has turned out the puzzle in large quantities,
with the notion that it may serve to develop
the virtue of patience III children.
United States Commissioner Husbands, at
Rochester, has discharged woman who was
brought before him on the charge of opening
her husbrnd's letters, it being held that, while
a husband could make complaint against his
wife, he could not testify against her.
H. -
was felt in Lawrence, Newburyport, and other
towns in eastern Massachusetts, at 7:45 A. NJ.
Wednesday. There was heard a distinct but
dull, rumbling noise, resembling distant thun-
der, and continuing about twelve seconds.
The director of the mint hiss received the
of MIR. Henry s. Foote, superin-
tendent of the New Orleans mint. Mr.. Foote
desires to retire from his oficisl duties on &C
count of i'll health. The resignation will be
referred to tho secretary of the treasury for
action.
The Rev. James White, president of the
Seventh Day Adventists, has resigned on account
Of old age He congratulates the church on
its progress. but incidentally remarks that he
has w.rn himself cut for only 8l2 week in
money, though he expects greater reward
hereafter
man who had been exposed to smallpox in
Boston, ard refused to be vaccinated when
dered by the board of health, was sentenced to
paw fine of SIS and costs-the full extent of
the law. After thinking the matter over, he
concluded to comply with the law, and the Gne
was RENTED.
man in New Orleans has for pets host of
big and little spiders. de first became enam-
ored of them on account of their thrift, cour-
age, industry, and skill. He has at length be-
come SO engrossed with them as pets that he
spends his whole time with them, and does not
care to see visitors.
Lord BeacousieId made Lord Skelmersdale
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