Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-05

looking after his uncertain term of Office,
some favorite stalwart being in pursuit Of his
place.
The World announces q very marked in
crease of cases of smallpox in the city of
New York, and attributes it to official care
lessness.
1t is expected that Lamar will be reelected
to the United States Senate by the Mississippi
legislature without opposition from any
Democrat.
Secretary Kirkwood, of the interior, and
Secretary Hunt of the navy, must 60. Acting
President Arthur wants their places for his
stalwart friends.
The burning of the village of Durand, in
| Wisconsin, which was at first attributed to in
cendiaries, is now said to have been started
from defective chimney.
The impression seems to be gaming ground
that the present congress is to be chiefly noted
for jobbery and corruption. All signs are
believed to point that way.
A Vermont deacon has recently eloped with
a beguiling charmer of sweet seventeen, but the
charitably disposed do not entirely give up the
Green Mountain state yet.
The Empress Eugene is in very bad health.
The greatest comfort she has left is derived
from the constant visits of the royal family of
England, in her lonely exile.
The New York Times opposes putting Sar-
geant, of California, into the cabinet. The
Times has been ventilating his character and
record and the exhibit is decidedly unwhole-
some.
i The Utica Observer irreverently remarks:
''It is now fixed SO that Don Cameron, Ma
| hone and Secor Robson constitute quorum
of the Republican party. This simplifies
matters greatly"
1t is reported that many important changes
| in departmental incumbents will soon take
place in Washington, SO steadily and surely
is the stalwart influence leavening the whole
administration lump.
The wearing of costly jewelry, it is said is
| likely to go out of fashion in London, it is
SO unsafe for people to keep it in their houses.
| Thus expert burglars are regulating the fash.
ions in an important particular.
Surgeon General Barnes, for his faithful
services during the sickness of President Gar
field, is to be promoted to Major Generalship
and retired. Surgeon Woodward is to have
the rank and pay of Lieutenant Colonel.
The building boom of the country has been
of unprecedented magnitude the past year.
| Fifty thousand buildings were started in
Chicago. New Orleans city has added $780,
100000 worth of new buildings within the
| year.
The testimony of experts introduced by the
president in the trial OF the assassin, Guiteau,
makes itlook very dark for the fendish monster
Tine cross examination, by the lawyers for the
defense, of the experts, has tended to damage
| their cause.
| Acting President Arthur, the polished in
cumbent of the executive chair, has abolished
| hand shaking with the callers at the white
| house. OF course he abandons all thought
| of succeeding himself. Who will he select as
| his successor?
| The body of Jacob Castle, of Syracuse, N.
Y, was recently found in the Oswego canal
The body was found from the fact of his faith
full dog sitting persistently on the bank where
he fell in. II is supposed he accidentally fell
in, in the darkness of the night.
| The other night in New York city burglar
| shot Louis Hiner in his own house. What
more terrible and sad than his staggering into
his bedroom wounded, and falling on the floor
dying, with his wife and seven children, sud-
denly aroused from sleep, gathering about
| him.
L 1o1x try6a h,c nhi tn he
| revision of the New Testament writes to the
London Truth to say that the phrase "purple
and fine linen" conveys no idea Of luxury to
her mind, and she suggests as an improve
ment "sealskin and black velvet"
| Dentists sometimes pull the wrong tooth.
Recently two women in Maine met in a dem
fist Office, tie one to have all her teeth ex-
tracted, the other only three. By mistake the
dentist put the latter under the influence of
ether and took out all her teeth. A law suit
will adjust the damages.
It is said that Robertson, the half
breed collector of the port of New York,
whose appointment by President Garfield
caused Conkling's resignation, has made his
peace with Arthur, his love of office being
stronger than his love of his faction. This
is notable case where thrift follows fawning.
Boston Post: ssSt. Paul and Minneapolis are
fast becoming acquainted with the luxuries of
our eastern civilization. In those cities it is
now possible to find fresh oysters, Goldfish,
mackerel, halibut, cells, smells, salmon and
lobsters.'' Not "beginning long
| ago-are in fact "feelng'' to the manor
| bOrn.''
The London Truth charges that Moody and
Sankey are receiving at the rate of $500 per
week for preaching and singing about Eng
land. II says that Moody's preaching is no
better than that of many a man who holds
forth every Sunday on an inverted washtub,
| and thai. Sankey's singing is hardly as good as
the ordinary minstrels melodies.
Prof Perry, of Williams college, delivered
lecture recently before the Brooklyn revenue
reform club in favor of free trade. In conf.
menting on the lecture. the Boston Post says:
| ''To establish free trade in America within a
year as the economic principle would, without
doubt, have disastrous effect upon the in
dustry and commerce of this country"
tits noticed by the London Truth that Car
dinal Manning, as well as all the English,
Irish and Scotch Catholic bishops, oppose any
diplomatic intercourse between the British
government and the Vatican, some OF them
going so far as to declare that if papal
nuncio should be received at the court OF st.
James they would resign their present posi-
tions.
1t is as noteworthy, says contemporary,
that Judge Cox never interrupts the foulest
utterances of Guiteau as that he almost never
let's slip an opportunity OF snubbing the coun-
sci for the government. But let it be remem-
bered that Cox himself was once counsel for
the defence in a noted case of assassination
and his sYmpathies probably run in that di-