Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-21
GLoBRLETs.

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| ruary Is.
Texas, during the last week, was deluged
with rain.
Mrs. Swisshelm savagely criticises Anna
Dickinson and her male costume.
Mexico derives two. thirds Of her present
total public revenue from custom duties.
Oscar Wilde is not fool, after all. He has
already found out that American cigarettes
are not fit to smoke! M
Too much cotton at too high prices, pro
duced pressure which has caused several
failures in Atlanta, Ga.
John Z. New, of Indiana, just appointed as
sistant secretary of the treasury, like Guiteau,
is "a stalwart of the stalwarts."
The force of employees necessary to look
after the emigrants at Castle Garden, New
York, costs 5000, 900 per annum.
A company to build railroad from Bis
marck 100 miles towards Manitoba has been
formed with capital of $2,OOO,0OO.
Daniel Slote, wealthy blank book manu-
facturer, died recently in the city of New
York. He was the "Dan' of Mark Twain's
"Innocents Abroad"
A petition, having on it $50 names, against
church taxation, was recently presented to the
Wisconsin legislature. It was ascertained that
all but three were bogus.
Weak imitators of those who in other days
| delighted to speak of John Van Buren, as
"Prince john" are guilty of styling the act
| ing-president's schoolboy son "Prince Ar
| thur"
New South Wales, with revenue of over
$4,000, 900, has surplus of 100000 for
last year, and the treasurer announces that no
further foreign loans will be needed for N any
years.
The Milwaukee Sentinel states that the le-
gal warfare that has been waged against it has
not injured It's business, and that the estab-
lishment was never more prosperous than at
the present time.
Mrs. Judith Twombly died Wednesday at
Lowell, Mass, aged 103. Nearly fifty years
ago she took razor and removed from her
side cancer which extended to the bone and
weighed twelve pounds.
Late advices from Washington state that in
teligent friends of President Arthur are
beginning to look upon the present manage
ment of the state department as the foremost
defeat of his administration.
In 1881 but little short of $4S,OOO,OOO were
expended in erecting buildings in the city of
New York. Never before IN the history of the
city was building SO active. or 30 much ex-
pended in building in any one year.
Ex-Minster Christiancy has sent letter of
apology to ex-Secretary Blaine, for his hot
and angry complaint that the ex-secretary had
published private letter of his. 1t turns
out that the letter was on an official letter.
head, and thus became public document.
The veteran ex-editor, James Watson Webb,
over fifty years ago prominent as the editor of
the New York Courier and Enquirer, cele-
brated his 80th birthday. A large number of
| friends congratulated him, to whom he gave
| interesting "reminiscences of his remarkable
career.
It is reported from Washington that Presi-
dent Arthur is likely to appoint as associate
justice to the United States supreme bench, as
successor to Judge Hunt, retired, either
Clarence A. Seward or Judge Blatchford, both
of the state of New York, with probabilities
in favor of the latter.
1t is announced that no order of knighthood
will be conferred by the Canadian government
on the queens birthday. The Kanucks are
less fortunate than their American
cousins. Here we have a new
and gorgeous order of knighthood, the knights
of the brass collar-306!
Ex-Gov. Banks, of Massachusetts, has got a
CROCHET in his head, and though he has got
but one eye, he is looking a great ways
ahead, to the time when America and Russia
| will divide the government of the world
civilization and barbarism to be equal in the
proprietorship of this mundane sphere. A
particularly bright outlook!
"Gath" has interviewed Mr.. Kinsello, editor
of the Brooklyn Eagle, and published the in
teruew in the Cincinnati Enquirer, Kin
| sello does not regard Mr.. Tilden as possible
presidential quantity. He thinks the next
candidates of both parties will come from the
west, and that no New Yorker will have the
| faintest show of being selected.
A Wisconsin woman is alleged to have CON.
| mitted perjury in order to gain pension, and
that she is put on the pension roll and has
received large arrears of pen
| sion. She swore that she was
widow who lost her husband and only
son in the wa. 1t is now alleged that she
has three sons and drunken wreck Of hus-
band in Chicago. Enterprising women.
| A father and son could not get along well
| together on the same farm, at Guthrie, Miss,
and it was settled, after much pickering, that
the son should leave. He paid all his debts, gave
away his remaining property, and appointed
a day for departure. When the time came, he
shook hands with the family, including the
father, who asked, "Where are you going?"
| "To the devil" the young man replied,
drawing pistol and instantly killing him
self.
A crisis is at hand Fin Egypt. One of the
most perplexing problems with which En-:
gland has ever had to deal Is pressed upon her
present ministry by the state of things in
Egypt. The precise event has occurred which
Lord Granville, three months ago, admitted
| might necessitate an armed Intervention on
the part of the two western powers. Yet the
| more closely the consequence of such course
! are scrutinized, the more serious appear the
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