Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-10
GLOBELETS.

During the past year 1852 persons died in
London of small pox.
Judge Tourgee's GA FOOLS Errand" proved
a failure in the form of a drama.
The work Of settling the estate of the late
President Garfield, by Gen. Swain is nearly
ended
The burning of the Ring Theater in Vienna
has had the effect of diminishing the attend
ance of all German theaters.
The circus shows of the present year, are
expecting to branch out with the offer of pre-
miums for beautiful women to grace their
street professions.
The brain Of negro lunatic in Virginia
asylum weighed seventy ounces. This is said
to be the largest brain on record except that
Of Oliver Cromwell
Queen Victoria has signiied her intention
of comforting the Victoria cross upon Surgeon
Edmond Baron Hartley, for conspicuous gal.
lantry in attending the wounded under fire in
Basutoland, South Africa.
1t is reported that Gen. Joe johnson denies
that he recently accused Jefferson Davis of
apprO prIating confederate funds to his own
use, but he does admit having said Davis
ought to have accounted for the money.
The daughter President Taylor, recent
Iy received $4,000 from the treasury of the
United States, that being the nmount of salary
that would have been due her father had he
lived till the end of the year in which he died.
When Republican leader on the floor of
the house begins the fifth week of the session
with an attack on the Republican speaker, it
does not look as if the party were to have
happy time all along up to the close of the
session.
According to the Chattanooga Tradcsman
coke is the chief want of the iron business of
the South. The coke famine has seriously
embarrassed the furnace interests and bids fair
to continne embarrassing 1t for some time to
come.
About 5000 acres of coal yet remain in the
| hands of the farmers of Mt. Pleasant town
ship, Westmoreland county, Pa, and it is said
| they will unite to resist the Establishments Of
| the coke operators and develop their coal
| themselves.
There are eighty-five savings banks in the
little state of Connecticut, with 225, S66 depos-
itors and deposits amounting last year to $780,
| 522, 800. Forty-four of the banks, with $751;
100000, or nearly three quarters of the depos-
| its, paid per cent. interest to depostors last
year.
Mr.. Timothy o. Howe meyer could see any
| thing wrong about nepotism when he was in
| the senate, and he mas taken the earliest Op-
portunity of showing that he feels the same
way still. His first act after becoming post
master-general was to appoint his son chief
| clerk of the department.
Princeton college, N. j., is becoming con-
spicuously disgraced by the outrageous and
even criminal conduct of its students, and es-
the part of the faculty. 1t seems that wealthy
| and influential students can conduct themselves
about as they please, UNPUBLISHED.
Miss Lizzie Esthely, young lady of Bev-
erly, Miss, about three years ago lost the fac
ulty of speech. Her general health remained
| good and unaffected. Recently she became
possessed of the idea that she was able to
speak, and made the attempt, when to her sur
prise and qualification, she found she could
articulate with no trouble whatever.
| The Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon left an article
on the Mormons unfinished on the night be-
| fore he died, intending to complete it next
day. He took the ground that the extermina-
ton of polygamy had become imperative, and
the last completed paragraph was a caustic
arraignment of the late Jim Fisk as a social
offender of the same sort, hut IN far less de-
gree than Mormon.
It has been discovered that by law of the
District of Columbia that if Guiteau is con-
vlcted of murder he cannot be hung before
the forepart of May, or early summer. The
reason given for this law is, to give an oppor-
tunity for convicted person to have his case
reviewed and legal points passed on by high
er court. There is fair prospect, after ali
that Guiteau will die of old age.