Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-14
GLOBELETs.

GLOBELETs.
Secretary Hunt has been summoned from
Washington to Boston by the sudden illness
of his brother-in.law.
Recently the gift farm near Buffalo, N. Y,
containing 400 acres of land was bought by
the Lehigh Valley railroad at the handsome
price of 100000.
Remarks the Philadelphia Times: Gamer
on, Conkling and Arthur are going to be so
mixed up pretty soon that it will be difficult
to tell which is President.
Ex-senator Evarts is reported to have said
that "Mr. Conklingis great man." Mr..
Conkling once remarked that Mr.. Evarts was
q small kind of a creature.
Secretary Folger of the treasury department,
has dismissed Babcock, who was private Sec
rotary of Mr.. Sherman and was continued in
that position by Secretary Window.
Mrs. Garfield has seen and approved
proof of five cent postage stamp which bears
upon its face and accurate likeness of the pres
ident. The stamps will be issued in few
weeks.
The story that Eli Perkins was suffering
from cancer on his cheek is denied. The
facts are that the cancer came around, and, af-
| ter one look at Eli's cheek, went away and
died of broken heart.
Up to the present time there has been ex-
pended on the Brooklyn, N. Y, bridge $751;
tees says that an additional 100000 will be
required to finish the bridge.
| President Arthur's bedroom in the white
house. was Nellie Grants chamber, and was
occupied by the Prince Of Wales, and Presi-
dent Garfield spent day there during his last
sickness, having been wheeled into 1t.
The Molly Maguires are not extinct yet.
They are still committing murders in Penn
sylvania. Recently in Greensburg two maiden
ladies were murdered and their house robbed,
and the police think the Molly Maguires are
the murderers.
The president is adopting new system as
| to calls at the white house, and is very much
less accessible than other presidents have been.
He is more inclined to think that the presi-
fdent of the United States is entitled to have
time for himself.
The London Telegraph in discussing the
question of Guiteau's madness, says: In such
cases the verdict of mankind at large is more
to be trusted than jury, and the undoubted
general voice demands that GuIteau shall pay
the full penalty of his crime.
A society has been organized in New York,
under the title of the society for the improve
ment of workingmen's homes. The society
proposes to rent, for long term of years
clusters of tenement houses, and rents are to
be kept at the lowest possible figures.
The London Times in an editorial article
discussing the system of allowing prisoners
to testify in their own behalf, says: "The in
cidents of Guitesu's trial ought not to preju-
dice our decision in regard to this important
question. His boisterous vanity would have
insured scenes at his trial under any system"
sThat man Arthur is just at present at
tracing some attention by the length and
breadth, if not depth of communication ad-
dressed to the American people through their
National legislature. The epistle is regarded
as one of national character rather than one
of personal affection for his numerous friends.
The stalwarts are coming in. Grant is
moving the figures on the board. His favor
ties are on the upgrade. Ex-Collector Muir
ply, of New York, is going to have place as
assistant treasurer at Washington. Mr.. Muir
ply won some distinction as collector of the
port of New York under Grant, and it looks
as if we were going to have back all our old
commanders.
w how ixyod anfifvQd
On, Thou Moon;" but we can't print 'em. 1t
is not necessary. It is the business of the
| moon to roll on, and it has been rolling on for
untold Centuries, and it safe to say that it will
continue business at the old stand, without
any poetical urging. A poem called "Stop
Rolling, Thou Resplendent Orb would pos
sess some novelty and might escape the waste
basket.
A U nited States senator on intimate terms
with the administration, one of the stalwarts,
in fact, said verv recently that the president
had stated that it was definitely settled that
ex-senator Howe, of Wisconsin, would be ap-
pointed Secretary of the Interior. Although
the appointment might not be made before
January 1. This is the position which Judge
Howe greatly preferred to any other in the
cabinet.
Lucy Fowler has instituted suit against
William T. Crump, steward at the executive
mansion, for $4,000 damages for SANDER
She was employed as a cook at the white
house in July last, and alleges that she was
discharged because Crump told Mrs. Garfield
she was thief and stole meats and other
things from the executive mansion. She
claims her reputation has been injured to the
extent of the damages claimed.
The Normons are building a grand temple
of worship in the wilderness. 1t is located in
the county of Manti, Utah, on the top of a
high mountain, called the "Mountain of the
Lord" It is being constructed of white lime
stone. Nanti is 125 miles east of south of Sal
Lake City. Brigham Young, in his life time,
projected the building of this temple, and he
intended that it should be the grandest and
most imposing structure erected on the Amer
lean continent, and all indications point to
this being the case.
Mme Iturbide, daughter-in-law Of the late
Emperor Iturbide of Mexico, and her son
Augustine Iturbide, who was adopted by the