Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-23
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
Taragona theatre and Gulf ice factory, at
Pensacola, Florida, burned yesterday. Loss,
heavy.
The Byington hotel and block, at Fort Val
ley, Ga, burned Yesterday. Loss, $4,000 ;
we'll insured
The governor of Cuba has discovered false
certificates by which 175 negroes, who ought
to be free, are held in bondage.
The brig Mary Allerton burned at Mobile,
Ala, yesterday, and vessel and cargo are to-
tai loss. Insured in eastern companies.
The Stanton colliery at Pottsville, Pa, will
have to be flooded to extinguish the fire,
throwing the miners out of work until spring.
The grand jury of New York have indicted
Col. j. Howard Wells for writing and sending
annoying and threatening letters to Jay
Gould.
Beginning June 20, music festival will be
held at Philadelphia, lasting week, to which
the musical societies of the country will be
invited.
The health officer of Cincinnati reports an
increase of eight cases, but that the death
rate is increasing on account OF very general
vaccination.
At the auction sale of thoroughbreds in
New York yesterday, ridicuously low prices
were obtained, and some of the animals were
withdrawn.
tai amount of funds for the relief of
the Michigan fire sufferers raised in Chicago
is $4,000, besides large amount of clothing
aud other articles.
At Philadelphia Mrs. Dow, the only ''lady
broker" for want of bail has been sent to Jail.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of her
assistant, Royal La Fouche.
Gabriel Scott, of Chicago, is in Brooklyn
looking for his runaway wife and her CON-
paniOn, who is said to be Rudolph Storck, q
clerk in the employ of Scott.
The New York stock exchange will be
opened the Tuesday after Christmas and New
Years, at II o'clock. The customary Christ
mas jubilee will be dispensed with.
In Chicago the coroner's jury found that
Engineer Wilcox, by disobeying orders of the
Northwestern Railway company, was respOn-
slble for Wednesdays bridge accident.
A. Harman, of Memphis, Tenn, shot and
killed negro yesterday, whom he had caught
in the act of stealing corn from his barn. The
cOroner's jury returned verdict of justifable
homicide.
At Fall River, Mass, two mills have in
formed the spinners that the high price OF
cotton and low price of cloth will prevent the
payment of the 10 per cent. increase of wages
asked for.
Mrs. M. Mcclellan Brown, secretary of the
National Prohibition alliance, has issued q
circular calling a general conference of pro-
hibitionists to be hold in Chicago March 1st
and 2nd, 1882.
]. A. Page, representing syndicate of gen
tlemen from the Manhattan club, New York,
yesterday purchased Booths opera house for
$55C,0OO, The building originally cost Booth
over 81 100000.
The governor of Louisiana has issued q
proclamation cOnvening the legislature in ten
days additional extra session, commencing
Monday next, for completing unfinished busi'
ness of the present extra session.
Smallpox has broken out at Mannheim town,
fourteen miles north of Checoa. Several cases
are reported. This dreaded disease seems to
be spreading rapidly in Illinois. Cases are
being reported from many widely separated
sections.
Three noted bandits, two of whom pass un.
der the same name and were known as Manuel
Asunda, and the third as Lucas Franco, were
captured near Renora, Mexico, Wednesday, and
hanged by Mexican vigilantes who go under
the title of ga Commission
The steamer Henry Edge, from Antwerp,
for Boston, is now thirty-three days out. 1t
is understood that 35 per cent premium was
offered on the cargo ana refused. Among the
cargo is $40 tons of beet sugar, the first con-
signment of the article for this country,
A combat between twenty smugglers and
custom guards, assisted by cavalry, occurred
between Carnage and Mier, in Mexico. Lieut..
Meza, comanding the cavalry, a corporal and
ehss private were killed. The smugglers
escaped with considerable booty, to Texas.
The new Dairyman's association of New
York met at Whitney's Point yesterday. Reso.
lutions were adopted asking congress for such
revision of the tariff as will secure the great
est revenue with the least tax of the people,
and for legislation against adulterations and
frauds.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, asserts
that if the Hannibal & st. Joseph railroad
company default in the payment of the interest
on their bonds, due January 1, he will order
the sale of the road under the law which au.
thorizes the governor to do SO whenever the
interest is defaulted.
The steamship Westphalia arrived at quar-
antine in New York yesterday, with !, ,102 emf
grants on board and 1O6 in the cabins She
had very stormy passage and had been but
a short time at sea when smallpox was dis
covered among the steerage passengers. 1t is
not vet known how many are affected with the
disease.
A Herdic coach, in Boston, containing N.
N. Swift, overseer of Gallops Island, his wife,
and Mrs. j. J.. Crow, of New York, was drag.
ged from the wharf into the river tonight by
runaway horse. The top of the coach prov
identially came of, and the party were rescued
without serious injury. The horse was
drowned.
A meeting OF the manufacturers of Illinois
convened at Chicago yesterday to consider the
evident purpose of the railroad companies op-
lra TIM ho of fn oho 1or ,f lao
railroad commissioner to discontinue all
special rates to manufacturers of the state.
The manufacturers of Rock Island and Moline
constituted the larger part of the convention,
but there were also delegates from Eigin,
Rockford, Sterling, Pera, St. Charles, Peoria,
Dixon and other points.