Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-11
GLOBELETs.

farl5lan society.
Vennor predicts heavy snow storms the first
and last weeks of April.
An exchange says George G. Min is "a
teacher OF dogmatic atheisms."
Gov. Cornell OF New York, is bllsily setting
up the pins for denomination.
The Boston Post calls Murat Halstead, of
the Cincinnati Commercial, the political Os-
car Wilde.
Collerton Hpward Of Portsmouth, N. H.,
recently reappointed, is Conkling-Arthur
stalwart-.-Of couIse.
England is to be without monarch for
three weeks, Victoria being about to spend
vacation in Switzerland.
Mrs. Clara M. Bisbee, graduate of the
Harvard Divinity school, has been installed
pastor of church in Boston.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is writing history OF
Gen. Robert E. Lees campaigns, the general
isslmo Of the confederate army.
1t is said Clara Louise Kellogg will not sing
any more after she gets married, but will lee
ture. Query: Curtain lectures?
The noted English skeptlc, Herbert Spencer,
is about to visit the United. 1t is said he is
determined not to lecture while here.
The leaves and bark of the Australian euca-
lyptus tree are said to be perfect preventive
against insects that prey upon fruit trees.
The London Pail Mall Gazette has o vain
glorious article putting up the English oyster
and deriding the American far superior BIZ
valve.
Rev. A. H. Knight, colored Methodist
preacher in Mitchell, Indiana, has been sus-
pended GA a charge of attempting to poison
his wife.
Fox hunting in Ireland has been stopped by
the land league; but the leaguers manage to
hunt the game of the landlords and hunt the
gamekeepers too.
Grant is par excellence, the national mendi-
cant. He asked to be put on the army re-
tired list on big salary. The request is to
be promptly granted.
The Episcopalians in st. Louis, are holding
series of discussions during Lent on the re-
view of the New Testament, able speakers
being arrayed for and against.
Eight of the Presidents of the United States
have been members of the Masonic. fraternity
Washington, jackson, Pierce, Buchanan,
johnson, Garfield and Arthur.
1t is stated that though not delegate to
Chicago, Parson Newman is third-termer,
and for his recent eulogy ON Conkling is to be
presented with bronze medal.
Guiteau is confident the action of the court
in banc will be ia his favor, and is planning
for the future when he gets out of Jail. He
has no idea of hanging, not he.
The wise men of San Francisco have been
agitating the cOnnndrum, fought school
teachers of the female eek to marry?" A neg
alive decision has not been reached yet.
Anna Dickinson continues to draw full
houses in her theatrical tour. In Des Noines,
Iowa, one nights receipts were 1867. In
Omaha two nights receipts were $4,000.
The forms of a third party are still kept up
in Indiana. A convention of Greenbackers was
held in Indianapolis the other day and plat
form adopted and a state ticket put in the
field.
A judge in st. Louis refused to adjourn his
court over Washington's birthday. Some OF
the lawyers attempted to rebel on account of
it's being legal holiday, but Mr.. Judge car
ried his point.
Queen Margaret of Italy now has among
the ladies of her court two American ladies,
both princesses by marriage, and both con-
sp;cuous for the almost fabulous magnihcence
of their jewels.
The ladies' land league of Rosscorberry,
Ireland, have unanimously passed resolution
declaring that they will never marry land
lord, agent, bailifr, landgrabber, or peeler
who is not land Lacquer.
Guiteau asks Ben. Butler and two other
prominent lawyers to appear IN his behalf be.
fore the court in banc, to argue in his behalf
for new trial, and in payment offers his note
for 1000, payable in one year.
Gov. Foster of Ohio is warmly commended
for SO far disregarding partisan usage as
to appoint Hon. Jehn W. Jenner well known
Democrat, to judgeship to fill vacancy. A
commendable sample, this, of civil service re-
form.
Bishop Wigger, of the Roman diocese OF
Newark, N. j., rules that incorrigible drunk
ards shall not receive Christian burial, and
has decided to include within its scope those
who sell liquor to drunkards and contrary to
the laws Of the state.
Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer, puts
the end of the world only fifteen years of
from the comet of 1850, which is to come
back and crop into the sun, making such a
broil that this globe will Immediately
burn up in minute or two.
A Chicago editor says that oscar Wilde
gets 5000 night for being an ass, while we
remain poor,' and a st. Louis ditto retoris,
"Imitations, brother, are often more taking
than the real thing" But the use of the word
.brother" appears to have been inadvertent.
Henry Stevens, AN American residing in Lon
don, holds original papers of Benjamin Frank
lin, supposed to be of great value to our ma
tional archives. Mr.. Stevens will part with
the papers for the sum of s35, 900. Congress
will be asked to make an appropriation to buy
them.
There are now 17,726 locomotives in the
country, of which New England has 1,7OO,
the Middle States 5000, the Western States
1890, the Southern States 1900, the Pacific
States 400. Pennsylvania has 2,7O0. New York
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