Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-07
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Don Carlos drives daily in Paris in n phaeton
drawn by four mules.
Wade Hampton wants a reunion of soldiers
of the two armies of the late war.
The Princess of Wales, who is slightly deaf
has ordered an American audiphone.
Secretary Evarts receives informally the
diplomatic corps every Saturday evening.
Any man pays. too much for his whistle when
he has wet it fifteen or twenty times a day.
1t ia now stated in Rome that the trouble of
Queen Marguerite is not bodily as much "a y
mental ailment.
The Earl of Kintore is the only noblemar
belonging to the Free church of Scotland. He
frequently breaches.
Gen. Joe Hawley has Presidential boorn-a
little one at present. convenient for tho vest
pocket, but it may grow.
The society ladies at Washington are calling
on Kate Chase Sprague in order to show their
respect and confidence.
Santa Claus tried to get prize pumpkin
into Mr.. Hayes sock, but it wouldn't 90 in
and he had to put it in his shoe.
The new railroad lines projected for 1850
will reach nearly 5000 miles, as against 8, 100
miles Of new road opened the past year
There were l,753 marriage licenses issued in
Washington ID. c. during the past year, and
IS divorce suits of which only % were granted.
The money spent on George w. Childs' din
ner to Grant would have bought pair of arc
tics for every widow in the State of Pennsyl-
vania.
Charles L. Brush, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
sold his English patents for electric lighting
apparatus to large incorporated company in
London for Sl50,OO0.
Bancroft, the historian, without whining
about it, is now looking forward to his death,
calmly and philosophically accepting what ha
deems the inevitable.
The wife of Governor Van Zandt of Rioi.
Island, is daughter of Albert G. Greene.
whose name is widely known as the author of
"Old Grimes is Dead
1t is to be inferred, from the election of Few
directors, that the Keely Motor company is
still alive; but it doesn't take much to be COM
paratively alive in Philadelphia.
Gen. Grant has ordered his Ethan Allen
colt, now on the farm of Gen. Beale, near
Washington. to be sent by the next steamer as
present to the NIikado of Japan.
Now that Glasgow chemist has produced
crystalized carbons which are veritable dia-
monds there is chance of a coal-heaver be-
coming as big man as hotel clerk.
To pass him las they would tree were
the instructions given the laborers AMI ten
ants on the late Duke of Portland's estates if
they should at any time meet the duke.
In upper Alsace the cold has made wolves
and bears issue from their coverts. The former
are providing round the villages near Eiulhouse
and several boa-s have been run over by rail
way trains.
A man who had S65 stolen from him re-
ceived note with S25, saying: 81 stoled your
money. Remors naws at my conshens, and
send some of it back. When remors naws
agin I'll send you sum more"
Over 10000 children in New York city were
either dependent on charity for their Chris;
mas dinner and presents, or had none at all. II
is very likely that even in New York there was
not enough charity to go around.
Houston, Texas, rang % 074 alcoholic drinks
and "a $50 beers on the bell punch in October.
but only It'll strong drinks and 1880 beers
during November. A single big saloon nomi-
nally fell off from 2, 500 to 300 beers
If it were not for Senator Hamlins claw
hammer coat there would undoubtedly have
been war in Maine long before this. The sena-
tors friends have been enabled to hold that
warlike man back only by the tails of that coat.
Ex-Comptroler Connolly, of New York, one
of the Tweed crowd, now fugitive from JUS
tice, has recently made three millions in New
York speculations. His son-in-law conducted
the business. This If not generally the WAY Of
the transgressor.
After the recent floods in the Tiber at Rome
an unusual number of fish were caught in the
river, and were devoured by the furnished poor
of the city at a cost of two cents per pound.
The floods in the Tiber always yield such I,
benefit to the poor.
A project is reported of railway to be car
ried scross Paris, partly underground and part
ly on the elevated principle, connecting all
the railway termini. The plans have ben
laid before M. Grevy, who expresses great in
terest in the scheme.
John Wesley's chapel in Finsbury square
London, built by him in ut. was burnt dcHn
on Dec. Z. 1t regarded by 1.-The conneo-
ton" in all parts of the world almost as
shrine, and visited by hundreds from Australia
and the United States.
Some Norwich drunkards got hold of
former companion who, for eight months, had
kept pledge of total abstinence, induced him
to drink, and when he was helplessly intoxi
Gated paraded him through the streets labeled,
"a horrible example,"
The snow and the cold have been daily topics
with the chrOniclers of the Paris press this
winter, who are pleased to cite the streets of
New York as being always cleaned of snow in
a twinkling. And this is the way history Is
written in the nineteenth century.
Venice is to be made accessible to carriages
by bridge from the main land. The city ia
at present not only frozen up, but is threatened
with want of drinking water, the Tusina and
Brenta canals being covered with two and one
half inches of ice. In Sicily the ground is COW
cred with snow.
Thousands of men are engaged in repairing
the embankments of the river Arad, in Hon
gary. The waters falling but the country
is a sheet of ice. At Glagovacs eighty, and