Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-08
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The icecutters at Peeksll. n. Y, are on
strike.
There is no change in the deadlock in the
Indiana Senate.
A son and namesake of Rev. DIR. Talmagc,
aged %, died yesterday.
The inaugural message of Gov. jerome, of
Michigan, was delivered OH Friday.
The cabinet meeting yesterday was unim-
pOrtant. The new secretary of the navy was
present.
The new treaty with China is said by cabinet
officers to be entirely satisfactory to this gov
ernment.
The distribution of silver dollars the last six
months at the New Orleans mint amounted to
IS, 5,597 900.
Nine deaths have resulted from the boiler
explosion in the rolling mills at Allenstown,
Pennsylvania.
Seven persons perished in a fire by which a
cigar factory in Havana, Cuba, was DESTROYED
Thursday night.
The Dutch (Holland) press indicate the rising
in Transvaal, Africa, as legitimate assertion
of independence.
The Russian government has decided to fur
nish seed instead of money in districts where
the crops have failed.
A dispatch from Durham says it is reported
the British camp at Potchefstroom has been
surrounded by the Beers.
c. B. Wilkinson, we'll known editor late of
the Denver Republican, died suddenly in Den
yer Friday night of heart disease.
Col. VIM. M. o. Anderson, brother of Maj
Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, died
on Friday, at Circleyille, o., aged IS.
The total amount of the cotton crop of
1880 handled is 3,736,5 bales, an increase of
255, 712 bales over the preceding year.
An engineer and baggageman were injured
of arIo hv, fhn
going off the track on account Of misplaced
switch.
A considerable rise has occurred in the Ohio
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, the ice is
breaking up, and much damage to river craft
is feared.
The State of Illinois has called in and is paw
ing the last of its Indebtedness. The bonds
now being paid were negotiated for seventeen
cents on the dollar.
Peter Dalger, at whose brewery four men
met death by an explosion of varnish, was YES
terday held by the coroner in $4,000 bail
pending the inquest
H. W. Good, formerly of the firm of Rawson,
Good Il Todd, Louisville, fell on sidewalk,
Friday afternoon, fracturing his skull. He
died in one hour, aged 6S years.
DR.. Chas McDermont, former surgeon gen
eral of Ohio, and one of the most prominent
surgeons in the army during the war, died in
Dayton, O., Friday, from. rheumatic troubles
contracted during the war
The breaking of mill canal, at Passaie, n.
j., Thursday, caused losses of about $4,000.
Insurance to first hands $4,000; to second
hands, the preferred creditors. Hundreds of
workmen were thrown out of employment at
time of the fire.
A Louisville cooking main, between Ohio
and Kentucky, terminated Friday night with
five fights; three of which were won by the
latter State. giving Kentucky the victory in
the series of battles. The total score stands,
Kentucky five, Ohio four.
1t is stated on credible authority that the
Wabash road will shortly abandon its claim
for different rate, which would at once re-
suit in restoration of prices to something like
IS rate between Chicago and st. Louis. The
Wabash would then run into the Twelfth
street depot at Chicago.