Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-09

Wartha and Oder, is being converted into
fortress capable of lbeltering 10000
men. 1t is the main defense OF Berlin
against invasion from Russia.
Gov. Crittsndsn proposes to have the
Sunday laws enforced in st. Louis, and has
notified the city commissioners to eiths,
enforce them or resign. In Chicago an
officer who favors enforcing the Sunday
laws has to resign, if by any oversight such
an one is appointed. They never resign,
| however.
The Old Testament company of revisers
have now completed their last revision
and are making up the appendix contain
ing the unadjusted differences between the
American and English revisers. The re-
vision will be completed probably toward
the close of the present year, and will be
brought out next year by the Oxford and
Cambridge presses.
At Falls City, Neb., lightning struck the
building where the station agent and his
father in-law were sleeping, stunning them
to insensibility and setting the house on
fire. As no one knew Of the circumstance,
the unfortunate men must have persisted
but for the fact that wind suddenly arose
which blew off the roof of the house, and @
food of rain poured in, extinguishing the
fire and reviving the men.
George Whitfield, the famous preacher,
is buried beneath the pulpit of the old
Presbyterian church in Newport, Mass.
Probably none of Mr.. Whitheld's relatives
had ever visited the tomb until last week,
when Mrs. Walsh of Savannah. Ga.,a grand
niece of the distinguished divine, went to
the church, handled reverently the Bible
from which her ancestor preached. and
visited the tomb where the remains lie.
The renowned chief Thakombau, the ex-
king who coded the Fiji Islands to Great
Britain in 1874, died February l., at the
age of seventy. From being a fierce, i'm
perious, impetuous, merciless and idola-
trous prince, he became devoted and con-
sistent Christian, member and Office
bearer of the Wesleyan church, whose
example and influence aided greatly in
the overthrow of heathenism and the
Characterization of those former abodes of
cruelty.
Sitting Bull and four of his hercest
braves have been granted permission to
attend the Des Moines fair. It occurs to
us that Des Moines is getting phenomen-
ally nippy and hobby these days. Emma
Abbott sang IN opera there last Tuesday
and Modjeska is now playing round of
Shakespearean dramas in the new theatre.
The Sitting Bull engagement, it may be
remarked, promises to be the most re.
munerative.
Princess Beatrice, who is at Aix-Ies-
Bains for the benefit of her health, made
an excursion last week to the Abbey of
Hautecombe, an ancient monastery
founded by St. Bernard. The good Bene-
dictine monks gave her royal highness q
hospitable reception and showed her all the
curiosities of the ancient building. The
princess expressed herself much gratifsd
at her reception, and took great interest in
the ancient abbey.
A church scandal of very strange kind
has just disturbed the serenity of parish
in the diocese Of Bath and Wells. The
living had been for many years in seques-
tration, and the vicar had long been alb
sent, his duties being performed by Gu
rate in. charge. About fortnight ago it
was suddenly discovered somehow or other
that the vicar had died in Wales last Sep
TENDER. Neither the bishop nor the
patron (the dean and chapter Of Bristol
nor the sequestrator had been informed of
the Wears deeease, and the latter had con.
tinued to receive the emoluments, divi-
dend having been paid to the creditors as
late as midsummer. Will the next vicar.
or will any one, have a good claim on the
administration of the deceased wears es-
tate for the amount which had been wrong.
fully received during the nine months
which have elapsed since his death?