Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-24
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The Chinese have abandoned Jamesburg,
New Jersey.
Lord Derby has written letter of sympathy
for Boycott
Five lottery dealers in New York were yes
terday fined $500 each.
A fire at Corsicana, Texas, yesterday, caused
a loss of $4,000. Fully insured
Breslin s. Co., of New York, have leased the
new Southern hotel at st. Louis.
Rev. Theo. Irving, D. D., nephew of Wash
ington Irving, was buried yesterday
A fire was raging at midnight in some ware
houses at the foot of Courtland street, New
York.
A fire at Chebanse, H., yesterday destroyed
the Baptist church and several dwellings, and
stores.
A fire at Providence yesterday caused loss
of $4,000 to the Dyer Land company's build
ing.
In an engagement with Beers in Transvaal
200 British soldiers weee killed and so taken
prisoners.
The Pacific Mutual Marine and Inland In
surance company, of New York, has gone into
liquidation.
A Norwegian vessel unloading arms in Clare
river, Ireland, has been seized by the British
authorities.
Eugene Fairfax Williamson alias Gentleman
Joe, the prosecutor of DR.. Dix, died at Sing
Sing prison yesterday.
The Detroit Free Press job rooms were par
TALLY destroyed by fire last night. The publ.
cation of the paper will not be interfered
with. .
Jones wholesale book and stationery store
at Burlington, Iowa, was DESTROYED by fire
last night. Loss $4,000 Covered by insur-
ance.
The gamblers, after fleeing party at Oar
byville Fla, were ordered to make restitution.
AS they refused fight ensued, during which
one gambler was killed.
Theo. F. Field, commanding the marine
corps at the Brooklyn navy yard, has been
formally charged with scanda1ous conduct,
and his case is now before the navy depart
ment.
A man named Oscar Leaper was murdered
near Newark, O., night before last, by one
Hartman. The quarrel was provoked at a
dance. The murderer escaped and cannot be
found.
The Pacific flour mills, owned by Keeler
Brothers at st. Louis, burned last night; 5000
barrels of flour, 10000 bushels of wheat and
$4,000 worth of new machinery were destroy
ed. Insurance $4,000.
Scouts returned from the Indian Territory
report the country full of squatters who dc
not propose 10 DC driven OuL. MANY OF UneIn
have already laid the foundation of their
houses. They expect that Congress will open
the territory TO white settlements.
st. Louis has sensation in the alleged com.
mission of infanticide by Miss Graves. Her
brother -in-law, Frank w. Langley, has been
arrested as probable father of the child, parti
cops criminis in its death. The parties rank
RS "first Glass; in St. Louis society.
Ex-Secretary Boutwell, denies, on his own
behalf and that of Conkling, Arthur g. Co.,
any wrongful dealings in the case of Phelps
Dodge & Co., which was recently the subject
of correspondence between Senators Bayard
and Conkling. He acquits the firm of inten
tional wrong and himself and his coparceners
of taking advantage of a technical violation
of the laws.
Rev. S. B. Carpenter, Episcopal clergyman
of Toledo, recently was a victim of an auda
| cious robbery on the Lake Shore train last
night. AS the cars were about to stop al
Monroe, Mich, gentlemanly appearing mar
inquired the time AS Mr.. Carpenter took out
his watch it was grabbed by the thief at the
same time that two other confederates seized
the clergyman, bent him back over the seat
hurriedly rifled his pockets, securing $50 and
jumped from the cars, before the remaining
passengers had time to recover from their as
tonishment The watch was worth $3.50.