Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-21
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The Welland canal opened yesterday.
Minister Sargent received his instructions
to-day and started for Berlin.
A daughter of August Lucks OF Janesville.
Wis, fell in Rock river and was drowned yes
terday afternoon.
The steamer Halsted, grain.laden, to Buff
falo, went ashore at Bots Blanc, on Lake
Huron, yesterday.
A German scholar of Little Rock is IT, u.s.
lating Governor Roberts book of Texas into
the German language.
Fourteen hundred immigrants arrived of
Baltimore, Wednesday, from Bremen. They
left for the west yesterday.
Nelson Hubbard, oookkeeper for Talcott &
Co., druggists, of Hartford, Conn, was ar
rested for embezzlement yesterday.
| Bullion in the bank OF England increased
e216, 900 during the past week. Proportion
of reserve to liability, 43 SIC per cent.
! A heavy snow storm occurred at Sheboygan,
Mich, Wednesday night and five inches Of
snow were on the ground yesterday morning.
Hamlin's Grand opera house at Chicago,
| was crowded with the elite of, that city last
night to witness the first performance
their.
The governor of Tennessee yesterday re
spited NJ. w. Rea, to have been hanged at
Pulaski for the murder Of Goodwipg, until
May.
The st. Lawrence engine works and foundry,
at Zorel, Ont. the second largest in the prov
ince, burned yesterday morning. Loss I'M
known.
The treasury department has purchased
4i9, 900 ounces of silver for the San Francisco,
Philadelphia, New Orleans and Carson City
mints.
F. Keep, an employe of the International
,o;l l>;ll led Of Doll
aay, by falling under the train. He was cut
dill to pieces.
Gov. Plaisted, of Maine. yesterday nomina-
ted Nathan Cieves justice OF the supreme
court, in place of Artemus Libby, whose term
expires soon.
The Mississippi is rising with such rapidity
at Keokuk that another overflow Is looked
for, and the people on the low lands are pre-
pairing for the same.
The Cincinnati committee of liquor men
will eneeavor to persuade the saloOnkeepers
to have no music, no card playing nor bands
in their saloons on Sundays.
The governor of Nebraska has called ses-
sion of the legislature 10 redistrict the state,
on Wednesday, May IL. A few other minor
matters will be considered.
A farewell reception was given to Rev. DIR.
Ryder, Universalist, at Chicago last night.
The reception was attended by representatives
mostly of orthodox denominations.
In the trial at New Haven, Conn.,, for the
murder of Jennie Cramer, the ninth juror was
obtained at yesterday IS session of court, and
panel of 10l summoned for to-day.
Capt. Robert Baldwin, probably 1.-THE Oldest
steamboatman in the country, died at his resi-
dence in New Albany, Ind, last night. He
was born four miles below Pittsburg.
Jacob Ruth, of Louisville, KY, German,
aged %, took dose of poison at his boarding
house yesterday morning, and died soon after.
wards. Family troubles was the cause.
John 2. Finley, representative OF the
United States meteorological service, is at Kali
amazoo, Mich, to make. careful study of
the track of the recent Michigan cyclone.
The Democratic state central committee of
Missouri met at Jefferson City last evening
and decided to call state nominating con-
vention to be held at Jefferson City July 70.
w. F. Merrill, lately assistant general SUI
perlntendent of the Wabash system of rail-
ways at Chicago, has been appointed general
superintendent of the Chicago & Alton road.
Adam Dundore, engaged in mercantile bust
biiities and assets not known. The failure
was caused by the elder Dundore's defalcation.
State Senator C. NJ Harwood, of Kentucky,
died at his home, in Shelbyville, KY, yester-
day forenoon, aged IS. The senator was one
of the most prominent lawyers in that Sec
ton.
A brilliant testimonial reception was given
last night at Cleveland, o., in honor of N. E.
Chapman, who retires from the place OF mas.
ter mechanic of the Cleveland & Pittsburg
railway.
The Boston creditors IF Horace Stone, the
boot and shoe dealer of st. Louis, have voted
to put his affairs into the hands of commit
tee. Liabilities are stated to be $65, 5000; &C.
tual value of assets, S27 ,O0o.
The vote yesterday of the trustees Of Dart
mouth college at Hanover, N. H., on the reso'
luton sustaining President Bartlett was six in
affirmative and four in the negative. One
member was absent, whom the opposition
claim would have voted in the negative.
The Grand opera house building at Cincin-
natl, formerly known as Mozart hall or Cath
olc institute, was sold yesterday afternoon to
David Linton for 100000. The purchaser
will entirely remodel and reconstruct the
Opera house partof the building this summer.
Drafts from the Park herd of short horns,
belonging to the Canada West Farm Stock as
ISOLATION (thirty-f five head) and from the Wood
| lawn herd, Waukegan Twelve head) were sold
at Waukegan, ILL.,, yesterday. A fair average
| price was realized. The best price paid for any
animal was $3.50.
Two cars were blown from switch on TO
the main track sixty miles west of Baltimore
yesterday. Thos. J. Walker, fireman OF the
| freight train, anticipating collision, jumped
from the cab and was killed, Joseph Countess,
engineer, was thrown from his post aud Sc
verely injured.
A 9-year. son of A. Acton, living near
the village of Saline, Mich, while playing in
| his fathers barn Wednesday evening, fell from
| a pole and was caught in the month by a large
hook on chain which literally ripped open
| his face, from the mouth to the temple, lay
| ing bare the bone and nasal organs.