Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-08
GLOBELETs.

The venerable poet, Longfellow, is said to
be failing fast.
Ex-vice President Wheeler is going to spend
the winter In California.
Hon. A. n. Stephens, though feeble, is as
siduously engaged in literary work.
project is on foot in Canada to purchase
2,0OO, 900 acres OF land to start temperance
colony.
Don Carlos, who has been out of job for
some years, is said to aspire to throne in
Mexico.
Abiah Folger, an aunt, many times removed,
of the rev secretary, was the mother of Ben.
jamin Franklin.
1t is estimated that the recent terrible
storms cost The Yarmouth, England, fishers
$50, 900 in nets alone.
At Catania university, In Sicily, rejected
candidate for degree drew out a revolver and
fired at Prof. Cepolla, but missed.
The pope is now enjoying his one yearly
sport, bird catching, in the Vatican garden.
Half the catch is sent to the hospitals.
1t is said that in one square mile in London
where the poorest people congregate over
S2,oOO,ov0 a year is spent in strong drink.
The pen which Garfield used in writing his
last letter to his mother is now in the pos
session of his devoted nurse, Steward Crump.
The Chicago authorities seem to be wrest-
ling in earnest with the tenem snt house evil.
and are doing their best to prevent the further
spread of smallpox.
The newspapers do not know just how
SO they just put down digit at random and
add ciphers till they get tired.
The one feature lacking to give the case of
Baldwin, the Newark cashier, full romantic
symmetry, is the mysterious and expensive
female. The newspaper fellows are hunting
for her.
The families of President Arthur and of the
present lord mayor of London were intimately
connected in former days. Many relatives of
The two distinguished men are still in County
Antrim, Ireland.
Efforts are being made in New York to se-
cure the release of Harry Genet, county clerk
under the Tweed ring, whose term of impris-
held for fine of $9,604.
Mrs. Howe, the Boston banker, awaits sea-
tence for her fraudulent operations. The
assignee in bankruptcy shows that the de-
positors numbered nearly one Thousand, who
have filed claims for $390,390.
Mrs. Garfield went to Cleveland, on Satur-
day last, with her thrse youngest children,
who will soon be placed in private school.
John Rudolph has been appointed admins
traitor of the presidents estate.
Residents of Iowa and her sister states OF
the West have served notice upon Whitelaw
Reid and Mrs. John j. Astor that they desire
no more street waits from New York. Some
of these Arabs have ripened into train
wreckers.
Joseph Campbell, at Button, Indiana, and
Louisa Kelsey, at Celna, Ohio, were married
by telegraph, there being a minister and
wedding party at each end of the wire. Mr..
and Mrs. Campbell expect to meet some time
next winter.
Moncure D. Conway writes that one of the
notable signs of the present phase Of moral
idealsm which seems to be supplanting theol-
ogy is the increasing value set by scientific
men on Emerson. Tyndall's lectures are full
of texts from Emerson.
In eleven years the managers of the Good
Templars' home, of California, have raised
over $12O, 900 for that institution. Children
of deceased drunkards are received at the age
of years, and allowed to remain until they
are IA years old. The home will accommodate
100 children.
"Few people," says writer, "realize wha
wonderfully delicate creature the ear is" 1t
is remarkable organ, that's fact. Ask
man for the loan of $40, and and the chances
are that his ear won't hear you. Softly whs-
per, "Come and take something" and the ear
manifests an acuteuess that is really marvel
ous.-Norristo1cn Herald.
Until she was IA years old, Victoria
did not know she was heir to the throne. But
on seeing a genealogical table one day she
discovered the fact, and said to her governess:
"There is much splendor, but much respon-
sibility." Then with tears she exclaimed:
Baroness, will be good" She was more
sober and digniied ever after.
L mere Is story CuIIcuJ III Z drio tua1 "uou
s'La Blche au Bois." now SO popular in Paris,
was first produced at the Port st. Martin,
beautiful and popular actress, who was to act
in it, having discussed salary, ETC., with the
manager satisfactorily, said, "Aud now as to
the costumes" "Costumes, Madame" was
his reply, "why there are none."
The Sultan of Zanzibar is liberal where ex-
plorers are concerned. On Mr.. Joseph
Thompson, who is hunting the rivers Of his
dominions for gold, he has settled $4,000 a
year, while paying all the expenses of the ex-
petition. Thompson is a raw young Scotch
man considerably underS0, who only a few
years ago was student of geology in the
University OF Edinburgh.
The sale of seats for the Patti concerts in
New York is not supposed to be the great sue
cess reported by the management, which, it Is
charged, resorted to trick to impress pur-
chasers. The papers say people were hired to
stand in line, buy tickets, and return them, but
the employees struck for their pay in advance,
and the whole scheme was disclosed. The ar
rangement with Spectators was said to be to
hold the price OF choice seats up to $40. These
little tricks should be rebuked by the public as