Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-12
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

John 7. Adams, father r-in-law of Secrt tary
Hunt, died Saturday at Milford, Mass.
Charles T. Colt, president of the FIRST Ma.
tonal bank of Buffalo, died yesterday, aged g.
D. Warren Brickel, prominet physician ol
New Orleans, died yesterday morning; aged
81 years.
The last rail on the New Orleans & Pacific
railway, between Shreveport and Cherryville
was laid at 11:3O yesterday.
JEFF Davis telegraphs that circun stances
will prevent his acceptance of the invitation
to visit the Atlanta, Ga. exposition.
The Pope, yesterday, blessed the chapel In
honor OF the newly cannonized saints. His
Holiness continues In a weak condition.
There is great commotion in the offices of the
grand general staff of Germany, owing to the
theft of the plans and papers Of great stategi,
cal Importance.
The official investigation of the recent dis
aster at 81. Charles, Mo, bridge will be com
menced to-day. The state railroad commits
siOners will be present.
The Turkish minister of foreign affairs has
informed the American minister that the man
who murdered Parsons, the American mis-
sionary, died over year ago.
The elections yesterday in Paris municipal
councillors, twelve members of the Republi
can union and two Socialists were retained
Two second ballots are necessary.
The indignation at the laundering OF all
concerned in the fire is greatly on the increase
Subscriptions are coming in very rapidly
Relief funds were opened In Paris, Rome anG
Berlin.
The fire which broke out Sunday In the ex
change near the Ring theatre was soon extin-
guished. Troups were confined to their bar
q Sr1n f1,ap
ening letters.
The steam box factory of Becker Bros. &
Sons, North Fredaricks street, Baltimore
$4,000. The Union Oyster company had 49,
600 boxes in the building.
The new United States assay office which
has been fitted up in the old custom house
building at st. Louis, is ready for business and
operations will begin as soon as orders are re.
ceived from Washington.
T. Shaffner, one of the most prominent Odd
Fellows of Kentucky, is dead, dying at Troy
N. Y. Deceased was known wherever the or
der exists as q well informed and hard worker
in behalf of Odd Fellowship.
+ The French delegation to the York
town centennial celebration ar
rived at st. Louis last night from
the West and are quartered at the Lin
dell hotel. They will remain in the city two
days.
Saturday might, while the fast train from
the north was passing Rocky Mountain sta
tion, Va, the Wilmington & Weldon railroad
passenger coach with the baggage apartment
took fire from the stove and was consumed
Passengers asleep escaped uninjured.
On the Cincinnati Southern railway, two
miles from Kisinet, Tenn, yesterday, the sec
ond section of a freight train ran into the first
section, killing Engineer Royce, his fireman
and brakemen, tearing up the track, demol-
ishing the engine and damaging several csrs.
The four. story building on South Meridian
street, Indianapolis. occupied by F, Stone &
Son, Wholesale grocers, fell in yesterday
morning. It Is supposed to have been caused
by the heavy weight on the upper stories. The
building is a total loss and the goods are con-
siderably damaged. It being Sunday morning
there was no one at the store when the
accident occurred.