Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-23
GLOBELETS.

Opdlu mas Dc6A I'd PeAAOO'
Lady Florence Dixie has arranged for a
hunting expedition in the Rocky noun
tains.
The works of the channel tunnel are said
to have extended on the French side three
and half miles.
The pope is announced to deliver an i'm
portant speech at a consistory to be held
early in December.
The Rev. Charles Spurgeon, of England,
still fingers in this country. He preached
in New York last Sabbath.
It has been rumored for some time that
war was impending between Austria and
Russia. The rumor is not confirmed.
The Congregational church built at Rich
mond, Berkshire county. Mass, more than
hundred years ago, has been destroyed
by fire.
The king of Spain is reported to have
relieved his mothers heavy endorsements
only on condition that she will not return
to Paris.
Il lately came to light that in the last
ten years the solicitor of the London
school board has received $550,000 in sal
airy and commission on the purchase of
sites for schools.
Mr.. Beecher thinks the most potent fac
tors in political action are the grog shops,
and that no man can get into public Off
cial place, without going through, or bow
| ing down to them.
has fo1-o
by M. Petit for a substance called dynam-
ogene, intended to replace dynamite. Its
manufacture and management are stated
to involve 10 danger. and the cost is 40 per
cent. less than gunpowdsr.
= The next Paris salon is not, it is said.
likely to be made attractive by pictures
by NM. E. Detaille, and D. Melville, who
are both occupied in painting panorama
for Vienna representing the great fight in
the neighborhood of Metz, at Rezonviile.
A large number Of farmers in county
Cork have given notice of their intention
to prevent hunting over their lands this
year, while IN some districts the farmers are
themselves organizing into hunting clubs,
w. ti0 SASluS.CAA O1 tilNSO cSAAC>tset AL CAiSt0
ence under landlord auspices.
The daughter of Adelbert 2. Rich, of
Cato. Cayuga county, has eleven grand
parents living. viz: grandparents, Mr..
ana Mrs. Frank Rich, and Mr.. and Mrs. S.
j. Chase; great-grandparents, Mr.. Joshua
Chase, Mrs. Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs. o. G.
Petty; neutrality-suspicious., Mrs.
Wood.
Henri, Comte &c Fitz James, of the
French army, claiming TO be direct de-
scendant of James the Second, and said
to be hunting the buffalo and grizzly bear
in the Far West, declares that America is
''the best place in the world to make
money, the most charming place i'll the
world fol the tourist, and the most admi-
rable place in the world for the sports
man.
It would seem as if the cotton plant will
never have done yielding up its long-con-
cealed elements, capable of being trans
muted into articles of prime value. For
long time only the lint was thought wor-
thy Of special attention; then the seed re-
NOd1OO Aeo uAItOAO WCd1Cll, anu AAOW tuC
stalk is beginning to be sought after for
the making of a cloth, Or bagging, which is
said to far excel that manufactured from
jute.
Three hundred dollars was the sum paid
by Philadelphia lady for life-size por-
trait of Flossie, her Yorkshire terrier. An
other devoted mistress who returned from
Europe the other day, bringing some
costly membranes to each of her friends,
brought his dogship ia platter of ham
mered silver, in the center of which was
the lucky dogs counterfeit presentment,
done in enamel. Now the pet crunches
his bones off plate fit to grace the table
Of royalty.
The unworldliress of the duke of Gal
lier, who resigned every cent of his fortune
of $l2000,OO0 to his mother, and works
hard AS teacher, finds counterpart in
the devotion of the heir to an English
nlarquisate. Some years ago the young
earl of Mulgrave took orders, and in due
time his brother-in-law. the earl of E!les-
mere, presented him with a living; but so
Lax ILClA 1OdSOo duO 1ASuCo OCC1cSidotlCdl
proving any allurement to him, no sooner
is his fathers mother, to whom he minis
tered at the close of her life, in her grave,
than he announces his intention of pro-
ceeding to British Columbia as mission
airy. His father is at present governor of
New South Wales.
Another disappearing Englishman
has turned up. Mr.. James Bryre, after
spending four months in this country, re-
turned to his home in England, and wrote
to the Fortnightly Reuiea0 his impressions
of America, among other things saying:
''Last autumn during a stay of four months
in America, in which had constant oppor-
tunities Of mixing with all sorts of people.
I never heard political subject mentioned
unless when I had introduced it myself.
In fact it makes no difference to the ordi-
nary American citizen how the fed eral
government is carried en- Every
reader will know how truly this.
''blarsted Englishman" speaks when he
says chat the ordinary American citizen
cares nothing how the federal government
is carried on, Mr.. Bryre had better come