Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24
GLOBELETS.


The California market is overstocked with
| oil from the wells OF Los Angeles.
Gov. Fairchild, late United States minister
| to Spain, has returned to this country.
An organized band of youthful highway
men has just been broken up at Racine, Wis.
Pittsburg and Allegheny cities are at pre-
sent in a great ferment over discovered swill
milk swindle.
The English Pathological Society's Lexicon
is to be four times as large as Websters Una
bridged dictionary.
| 1t is said that the oil belts OF California
from present indications alone may be counted
the richest in the world.
The house committee on civil service have
reported adversely on the proposition to re-
duce the presidents salary.
From Texas and Florida, the mayor of Phiia-
delphia has received offers of land for the
Jewish refugees from Russia
Mrs. Langtry, the English beauty, has been
engaged by the management OF the Haymarket
theater for the whole of next season.
Rhode Island pays its legislators 81 day,
and gives them each newspaper. But then
Rhode Island is big state, and can afford it.
New York Sun: There is no objection to
Efigy Sargent as cabinet officer outside Of
the cabinet Let him remain secretary of the
exterior.
The city council of Adrian, Mich, refused
to offer reward for their swlndling run away
Mayor. They evidently want him TO keep
running.
The Tilden democrats in the New York leg
islature console themselves with the reflection
that they didn't sell out. That italic word
has significance.
The other day Senator Pendleton presented
in the senate petitions from eleven states pray
ing for appointments to office by competitive
examination.
The "evils and atrocities" of vaccination
are attracting some attention. A meeting
was held in the city of New York recently to
consider the subject.
Surgeon Woodward's health was shattered
by his long season of night watches at the
bedside of President Garfield, and he will go
abb Dad on leave, to recuperate.
The wife OF Gov. Long, of Massachusetts,,
died at their residence in Boston last week. On
receiving the news the Legislature Immediately
adjourned, first passing a resolution of condo
lence,
Two important Items of news have just
popped out: A sea serpent has been seen at
Long Branch, and Gen. Butler is to be the
Democratic candidate for governor of Massa-
chusetts.
The abolition of slavery is determined ~pon
in Egypt, but the polygamous women of
Utah arc still held 10 worse than slavish bond
age. Henceforth Egyptian should read Utah
darkness
1 Two Colorado miners have struck the rich
est gold mine yet found. The claim is located
on Mount Sharon and yields $1,000 to the ton
in pure gold. The miners thereaway are wild
with excitement.
Boston Post: New Haven saw a pretty
sight when it saw the 200 Yale students EN-.
gagged in a free fight in Chapel street. 1t is a
pity that so many of our college boys are
making ruffians of themselves.
Evening Wisconsin,: One man in illinois,
in four days killed 800 pounds Of mallard
ducks in the Vermillion swamp, according to
dispatch. The season for lying is apparently
not as backward as it might be.
By breathing as rapidly as possible, DR.. Yates
was enabled to endure a surgical operation
He says: 81 heard the knife rip through the
flesh, like the sound produced in cutting
leather, but did not feel the pain"
A telegram from Berne, Switzerland, says
the proposal for a federal council to conclude
the international treaty fixing standard foI
gold and silver coinage has been refused by
England, Germany, France, Italy, and other
ipowers.
Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, has been long
afflicted with a cancerous affection. He has
been detained from senatorial duties. He is
reported better, and his physicians express the
belief that he is now free from any cancerous
affection.
The idea of establishing the whipping post,
to pun sh wife-beaters, is being favorably en-
tertalned in Tennessee. If that mode of pun.
ishment is admissible in any case, it certainly
would be in the case of the brute who beats
his wife.
The other day closely yelled woman with
baby entered the cars at Hastings, Mich,
and asked lady to hold her baby for mo-
ment while she looked after her baggage, and
then skipped for parts unknown leaving the
baby in the lady's arms.
Lieutenant Hayes, who lost his life with
General Custer at the tune of that fearful
massacre, left two orphan sisters, who are
now in Washington in destitute circumstances
They have ben making undelclothes for 10
cents a piece in order to buy bread.
Ex-senator Thurman, of Ohio, has been in
New York recently. He says he has retired
from politics and is industriously attending to
his law practice. He says he cannot guess
who will be the next Democratic candidate for
the Presidency. He says he is not candi
date.
An old soldier in Lafayette, Ind, at the
point of death, was recently married to the
woman with whom he boarded. She had been
kind to him, and knowing that he was about
to die he made her his wife In order that she
might draw his pension. He died the day
after his marriage.
Complaint is made of Postmaster General
| Howe for resorting to undue espionage in re-
gard to private correspondence, and an appeal
will be made to coHEress to curb the alleged
and assumed discretionary" power of this
old croaking jackdaw, this octogenarian, stall
wart "Peeping Tom"
Bost Post: A correspondent of the Watch.
man thinks there has been tendency to take
little interest in religion 'since the giving up
of the Calvinistic doctrine of hell,' and adj
vocates the formation of laymen's clubs to set
the people right. He probably thinks the
word "hades'' isn't harsh enough.