Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-24
GLOBELETs.

The Boston Post says Morton, Chandler
ana stoughton are dead, but the man they
helped count out (Tilden) still lives.'
Almena, the daughter of the lchief of the
Algerian revolt, is the great beauty of the
Arab tribes. She is poetess and of undoubt-
ed courage.
Patti receives about 49, $50 an hour for sing.
ing in Cincinnati. The editor of the Boston
Post "wouldn't care to sing in Cincinnati for
less than that
Professor Williams of Yale college, says the
story of beheading Chin Chin Chan, on his re-
turn to China, because he loved an American
girl, is senseless and untrue.
The sulphur mines in Smolnitz, Hungary,
are on fire, and fears are entertained that the
flames cannot be extinguished. The loss of
many millions of forms must result.
The governor of New York issued no par
dons to penitentiary convicts during the last
year. Undoubtedly an exceptional abstinence
in the too much abuseive use of the pardoning
power.
A Tennessee man had dog that he would
gladly have sold for fifteen cents. And yet he
the dog, and swore if it was to happen over
he ID do it again.
The state treasurers office in Virginia is
nine years behind in it's work of posting &C
counts. The books are badly mixed 1t is
impossible to find who stole SOL 900 in cou.
pons from the office.
The Boston Herald says, "the administra-
ton of President Hsyes was the purest and
most beneficial we have had for years." and
yet the star route steal fourisbed under it,
and jobbing of various kinds to an unlimited
extent.
Fox hunting has been prosecuted vigor-
ously this winter in the western counties of
Massachusetts,, Franklin and Berkshire. The
mild weather has been excellent for the
chase, and foxes have appeared freely among
the mountains.
Hens scratched up woman's garden at
Pautucket, and she poisoned them. To her
horror, she saw the owner plucking them
next day for the market, and her conscience
gave her no peace till she had bought the lot
at price far above the butchers offer.
A New Jersey editorial lunatic advocates the
abolition of the Presidential office, and wants
the country governed on the plan of Switzer-
land, whose government is composed of a diet
and federal directory-a board Of several
presidents, instead of one executive head.
Daniel Webster's Tooth birthday was re-
Gently celebrated. Will there be similar
apotheosis for old Tom Benton, and j. C.
Calhoun, contemporaries of the "godlike?"
Benton was born March 18th, 1852, and Cal
houn was born March 18th of the same year.
Gen. Hancock recently presided at an even
ing meeting in New York, of life members of
the National Rifle association. He advocated
more practice in shooting, saying shooting
matches are of national Importance as the only
school in which the militia can gain profci-
ency.
movement is being made in England to
raise fund for the relief of homeless Jewish
antilles throughout Russia, and to facilitate
their emigration. A prominent Israelite pro-
poses to head the subscription with 1000. 1t
is considered that e., 900 900, will be necessary
to carry out the project.
A delegation from Kentucky lately called on
the president urging the appointment of Gen.
Burbridge to a foreign mission. This Bur-
bridge has lately been engaged in a belligerent
correspondence with Blackburn, Kentucky
member of congress, evidently wishing to get
duelling shot at his antagonist
The Sir Richard Malins whose death was
somewhat vaguely noticed in recent London
correspondence, was distinguished English
lawyer, who was born in 1906 and called to the
bar in 1880. He served in parliament in the
conservative interest for thirteen years, was
appointed war chancellor in 1866, and knighted
in 1867.
Judah P. Benjamin., ex-confederate, who has
an enormous income from his law practice in
London, spends the greater part of it upon his
wife, whose mpatability of temper keeps
her in Paris, where she lives in magnificent
fashion. Mr.. Benjamin is the most frugal of
men in sll that concerns himself, but he gives
great deal in charity.
Upon whom will the mantle of our departed
nddeparting poets, Bryant, Holmes, Long :
fellow and Whittier fall? Before his death
Holmes wrote congratulatory letter to Eu-
genet. Hall young poet of Chicago. Whittier
has written similar letter to Mr.. Hall. The last
generation presented a brilliant poetic galaxy.
Will Mr.. Hall be enabled to sustain the poetic
hOnors of the new?
A prominent attorney of Montgomery, Ala,
volunteersthe statement that many contract
ors who hire county convicts retain them in
involuntary servltude indefinitely after the
terms for which they were sentenced have ex-
PRED. AS there is no provision of the law
requiring any county officer to look after this
matter, the question will be presented to the
legislature next year to afford remedy.
1t is explained that the claim of Thomas J.
Majors to seat in congress as contingent
congressman from Nebraska is not, as previ-
ously stated, based on the increase of Nebras-
ka's population since the census of 1870, but
upon an alleged error in that census whereby
Nebraska's population was set down at $4,000
less than it actually was, and the state was in
consequence cheated out of one congressman.
DR.. William E. Butler, staff officer of
General Jackson in the war of 1912, died at
jackson, Tenn, few days ago, aged 90 years.
Once he was defeated by Davy Crockett for the
Tennessee legislature. He owed his defeat to
the fact that he had a carpe. on his floor.