Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-08
GLOBELETs.

Longfellow has left one unmarried daueh-
Ter.
An effort is being made TO eliminate from
The Iowa constitution the masculine gender.
H is said that-M tss Anna Dickinson ueyer-
reads newspaper under any Giro umstapces.
Don't believe it.
Only three of the -0ld-Amefiean- poets ara -
left, Emerson born in 1905; Whittier In 1907,
and Holmes in 1909. TtN r.
The friends of ex-Vice President SCHUYLER
Colfax, are vigorously urging his nomination
for congress in his old district.
Senator Don Cameron and General Gran
and jingled their boss money over
the flowing bowlin Washington few nights
since. F91
The banquet recently given by George W.
Childs, of Philadelphia, to Gen. Grant,
and other high and mighty dignitaries cost
$780, 900. p NEt-AN oe eI,}ff
The number of building permits granted in
New York city last year was 1859. The esti.
mated cost of the new buildings was $43,-, r
100000.
fPere Hyacinth, when asked why the Prus-
sian soldiers were SO uniformly victorious, re.
piled: Because each one of them carries O.
Bible in his knapsack."
Planters in the flooded region of the South
are repairing damages as rapidly as possible,
and crop prospects ere said to be growing
more encouraging daily. ec 8
< DR.. Hammond, of New York, has found
one disciple who believes with him thai
Guiteau has the reasoning mania,', and
therefore ought to be hung.
A Chicago saloonist has come to grief for
adulterating whisky with burnt sugar, char
coal, ETC., to give 45 per cent. alcohol the ap-
OF cold sour mash"
Only three residents of st. Louis pay taxes
on over 81, 100000 worth of property, but $50
persons are assessed as worth more than
100000 worth of taxable property.
Roscoe Conkling rejected the prefer of
seat on the supreme court bench with lofty
scorn; Senator Edmunds declined it with
| thanks; Judge Blatchford accepted it with
alacrity. sa, a eHa4- tf - or a.
Mr.. Alexander H. Stephens, on retiring
from public life, will devote his remaining
days to the cultivation of literature The re-
suit will probably be something in the form
of political history.
In the fourth congressional district of Vir-
ginia, the colored voters have 1000 majority
over the white voters, and this majority, 1t Is
said is determined to ignore white candidates,
and send colored man to congress.
Mr.. Oscar Wilde was SO struck with the
aesthetic purity and brilliancy of the Ice.
| bridge at Niagara Falls that he has resolved
to occupy his first leisure moments in writing
some ''lines' called poetry about it.
1t is said $40, 900 worth of silk stockings
were imported into the United States from
Europe last year. Was this large importation
| caused by the anticipated visit of that silk
stockinged refinement of art, Oscar Wilde?
Henry Watterson: Conkling has "irrevo-
cably declined" "Irrevocably' Is the word,
and now will some well-developed mule out of
| job please be kind enough to kick Conkling
"irrevocably" into the middle of next week.
| An effort is being made to secure legislation
| at Albany, New York, to compel fresh fish
dealers to clean their fish before putting them
| on the market, for sanitary reasons. Much
| unwholesome fish food is sold to consumers.
The Atlanta Constitution wittlly remarks
Those who are disposed to criticise Mr..
Arthur should bear in mind that he was not
elected to his present Office by the people, and
| is therefore under no obligations to them one
way or the other.
M. Rouzaaud, the husband of Ma dame Nils
son, died, it is said, intestate. That part OF
Madame Missions fortune, therefore, which
| was deposited in the bank in his name will,
according to French law. be divided with her
husbands family. a
The portrait of Edward Everett will not
adorn the executive chamber of the Massa-
chusetts state house, legislative committee
having, curiously enough, reported as 'inex
pedient" the order providing for the purchase
of that work of art.
An exchange says: There is q good deal OF
difference between English and American pol
itics. In England, the people choose Mr..
Bradlaugh and parliament rejects him. In
America, the people repudiate Mr.. Conkling
and the senate confirms him.
n UliI ud'ibS iCCoutly PdooeQ SouSiSoo W
pay small dividend to the depositors In the
Freedmen's bank, and Uncle George Morris of
Natchez, Miss, co1ored man who got caught
to the tune of 81 500, on being informed of the
action taken by Congress, said: "There's more
mills that grinds slow and fine than the mills
of the GODS }9.l ,a44s.
The Chinese laundry men OF Brooklyn have,
| in consideration of Mr.. Beecher's recent speech
against the Chinese bill, pledged themselves
in future TO wash that gentleman's linen free
of cost. This inviting of bankruptcy could
only come from set of heather who do not
understand the immensely of the job they
have undertaken.
A very startling announcement that comes
| from over the sea, is the news OF the reap
pearance in Paris and London of the enor-
nous crinoline hoop skirt. AS it has ap-
peared there, it must of course soon put in an
appearance in this country. Let us all pre-
pare with philosophic patience for the ap-
pearance of magnificent dimensions.
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