Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-19
GLOBELETS.

The bodies Of two women who died some
years ago have been creamated in Eng
land.
The khedive gave eighty beds from Ara
bis house to furnish hospital for the
wounded.
The English channel tunnel project has
been practically killed by an adverse gov
eminent report.
A Philadelphia paper says: "One thing,
at least, is now certain, viz: 1t will not be
Blaine and Foster in 1884,"
Successful experiments have been made
by the Pennsylvania Railroad company
with cars lighted by electricity.
The people of Woodbridge, Connectl-
cut, last week celebrated the ''thousandth
anniversary of their famous oak tree.
German farmers are asking the govern
ment for increase Of duties On cereals and
cattle to check competition from Italy.
Upwards of 5000 persons have lodged
claims amounting to e6,OOO,00O, for losses
sustained after the bombardment of Alex
andria.
The khedive told delegation from the
National Grand lodge of Freemasons that
he could not be sufficiently grateful for
England's assistance.
At Toronto, John Albert, a constable,
who shot boy he was pursuing, has been
found guilty Of murder, and sentenced to
be hung on Friday, Nov. 10.
The Delaware State Temperance Ali
ance has addressed letters to the Legislative
candidates of both parties asking them If
they will advocate local option if elected.
The American Exchange bank, New
York; has brought suit against the Ger
man National bank, of Denver, to recover
$500 on draft that had been raised from
SIS.
Brick Pomeroy, who is now editing
weekly paper in Denver, is building very
large house near the city. The parlor is to
be 4Ox5O feet. and is to be put next the
roof.
OF sixty-nine provinces of Italy, only six
are exempt from malaria. To abolish it
100000 plants of the eucalyptus have been
lately set out by railroad companies and
private individuals all over Italy.
The hay crop in Iceland has been nearly
destroyed, rendering the wholesale slaugh-
ter Of cattle unavoidable. Some -four is
wanting lin many districts. The popula-
ton are unprepareG to meet the winter.
The revised census gives the population
of Scotland at 3,735,573, an increase of II
per cent. since 1871, rate of progress
not exceeded in the third decade of the
present century. In 1900 the population
was 100000.
Of the 123,O0O square miles which Nor
way contains. only $500 are pasturage
and only $50 are under the pillow. The
consequence is that not only corn, but al
SO butter and meat, have to be imported
in large quantities.
Mr.. Parnell has cabled to the United
States an outline of the policy he will adj
wise the coming Irish national conference
to adopt. The priests in the diocese of
Tuam have been instructed not to take
part in the conference.
Some nurserymen are so much impressed
adopted at convention of undertakers,
who resolved to call themselves henceforth
funeral directors" that they propose to
assume the designation of "arboreal
manipulators."
A crank resembling the late Charles j.
Guiteau, and claiming to be Prof. Jones,
once editor of the Boston Herald, is en-
tertaining the people of Erie. Pa, by daily
discourses upon religious topics. This
rascally crank never was editor of the
Boston Herald.
Land ICommissioner Mcfarland, in his
annual report, calls attention to the failure
by congress to take action in the case of
early action at the coming session. Over
100000 acres of public lands were dis
posed of last year.
The Mormon convention at Salt Lake
City nominated John F. Caine, a mona
gamist, for the forty-eighth congress, and
also to fill the unexpired term of Cannon.
The platform claims that, the Mormons
are struggling for the supremacy of con-
stitutional law and the sacred principles of
local self-government.
Lord Northbrook, speaking in Liverpool
of affairs in the East, said that the govern
ment had no desire to annex or govern
Egypt, and that the powers are satisfied
that England sought only to prevent an
archy and the closing of the canal in peace
or war. Mr.. Courtney. another member of
the government, speaking at Torpoint,
said that the cost of the war should be de-
frayed by Egypt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scoville are besieging the
courts at Chicago with various bills, cross
bills, ETC., directed against each other and
offending the public with the most scanda-
lous counter charges. Scarcely a day
passes without one or the other appearing
in some new phase in the courts. Their
bills are generally Of the least possible in
terest. and their quarrels are actively pro-
NOTED by oficious outsiders.
Jim Malone, noted race horse in the
years 1880 and 1881, who beat such good
ones as Gen. Phillips, Bucktie, Aurora's
Baby and the great Himyar, was the prop
erty of Frank James, the outlaw, who has
L L., knk1 of