Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

suggestions. well, MISS cooper, ana tne
Captain and Mrs. Cooper, have been abroad
for some time, the captain being United
States consul at Cardiz. On the occasion of
recent visit of the family to Paris Miss Cooper
got married-eloping with Scotchman, who
is respectable and well to do. There was no
occasion for the co uple running away; but the
bride is very romantic and insisted on this
point.
MARY E. LAUrEN, of New York, resists the
suit of her husband for divorce. She admits
having committed an objectionable offense
with one Jansen, but insists that it was with
the knowledge and consent of her husband, and
submitted the following documents, the au-
thenticity of which is unquestioned, in proof
of the fact:
MOUNT VERNON, June 8, 1S81.-I, Mary
Lauten, of this place, heretofore the wife of
Edward A. Lauten, consent to be sold to F.
Jansen for the consideration of 81 legal money.
MARY E. LAUTEN.
Received of F. Jansen 81 consideration
money, for which transfer all my rights to
to said Mary E. Lauten.
EDWARD 4. LAUTEN.
THERE are many curious and interesting
things about MormOnism beside polygamy.
The SO called religion is barbarous in more
ways than one. Not all the male Norm ons
take plurality of wives, for the majority of
them find themselves well taxed to support
one. But all who can afford to do so, enter
the polygamic state; for according TO the
creed mans standing in heaven is affected
by the number of his temporal wives. In the
celestial realm the polygamic Mormon be-
comes little god himself and has little
kingdom to reign over; while the monogamic
Mormon becomes mere common angel. A
Mormon wife who opposes her husbands
polygamic propensities is utterly destroyed
in hell. The first polygamic marriage of
Mormondom was celebrated at Nauvoo, ILL.,,
by Joe Smith, who married second wife to
one of his followers named Noble. Mobiles
first wife died soon afterwards of a broken
heart. Noble in turn married Smith to his
second wife. The first Mrs. Smith chung to her
husband till the mob killed him Then she mar
ried gentle and is still living with him. The
original manuscript of the Mormon bible is
now in the hands of Mr.. David Withmer, of
Richmond, Mo-, who has been offered large
sums for it by the Mormon church authori-
ties, bnt has decided not to part with it on
any terms Mr.. Witbmer is staunch Nor
mon, though not polygamist, and will die
in the faith.
THE theatre actresses are having fine sue
cesses this season smashing hearts and rails
ing social scandals. Philadelphia is agitated
| and wealthy John McDonough to Miss Lizzie
Price, or rather Mrs. Charles Fechter-as she
was once married to that eminent actor. She
| is an ordinary stock actress, aged 30. 1t is
believed by some that the marriage has not
taken place, but that the engagement was
broken off through the efforts of a son OF Mr..
McDonough. At any rate Miss Price has quit
the theatre In New York there are tears and
curses in several first-class families. Howell
son of George Osborne, a wealthy banker, has
married Alice Burnille, an English Jewess
| who originally came over with Lydia Thomp-
sons burlesque opera troupe. Young How
ell is nice boy but is heir to millions, be-
sides what his father may leave him. Anoth-
err New York victim of the wiles of the dance
is young Mr.. Yard, not yet 90. The young
| fellow some time ago formed a liassom with a
rather notorious ctress named Pearl Etynge
His people heard of it and shipped him off to
Europe. He went willingly enough, but i t
was discovered after his departure that his in
amorata was with him. She came back Mrs.
Yard. A very youthful sci on of the
aristocratic Hainer family has been
caught. This moth was attracted
| by the dazzling splendor (ard scanty drapery)
of commonplace actress named Carlotta
Evelyn. In all of these New York cases the
wives are older than the husbands, but not
| withstanding their checkered careers they are
the moral equals if not the superiors of the
chaps whose names they have taken. 1t is 10
be hoped they will first reform themselves and
then their husbands.
THE land system of Great Britain must al.
ways prove source of trouble to the empire
until it is materially changed. In proportion
as estates become fewer and holdings nec;s-
sarily larger, does the serfdom of the people
become more abject. Leaving out London,
4 800 men own 100000 acres of land in
England and Wales. Twenty-six persons own
half of Northumberland county, or 100000
acres. IL Scotland the situation is worse.
One owner alone has 1 $4,000 acres and also
81, 600 acres in England. Twelve owNers have
4,339,722 acres, or nearly quarter of Scot
land Nine tenths of the whole of Scotland
belongs to 1,70O persons. In Ireland, as al
the world knows, the worst evils of landlord
ism are exemplifed. OF the total area Of
2O,159,678 acres, IA persons hold
9,6l2,72S. One-thIrd of the island is
held by 292 people, and single in
dividual owns 100000 acres; three persons own
each more than 900 acres; fourteen persons
own each more than $4,000 acres; ninety per-
sons own each more than 10000 acres; 152 per-
sons own each more than 10000 acres; 452 per-
sons own each more than 5000 acres. Two
thirds of England and Wales is held by 10000
persons; two-thirds a Scotland by $50, and
two-thirds of Ireland by 1912. Land-holdin gs
and peasant proprietorships are more common
all over Europe than in Great Britain. The
struggle in Ireland is against the most barbar
GUS feudalism of modern times. It may be
long deferred or it may come soon, but the end