Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-08
GLOBELETS.

uOOQS.
Senator Bowen-elect, of Colorado, is
worth $5,OOO,oOO
White Shield, the celebrated chief of the
Jheyennes, is dead.
In the st. Louis courts last year 263 di-
vorces were granted.
Mark Twain has new book IN the
hands of his publishers.
Anthony Trollope's autobiography IS to
be published by his son.
The bridge over the Mississippi river at
st. Louis cost $6,536,129.
Nine princes and two Princesses hold
commissions in the German army.
Oscar Wilde is Iecturing in England.tell-
mo what he knows about America.
The Buenos Ayres Herald says Gen.
Batter is, by all odds, the ablest American
Of the day.
Louis Blanc left 10000 francs to Paris.
ian children who have been forsaken by
both parents.
a California paper suggests the name of
James Russell Lowell for president in
1884. Next.
Ogden, Utah, is called the ''Rocky Noun
tain Chicago" on account of the number
of its footballs and robbers.
CAPTAIN Hansen of the steamship CIm-
bria stood on the bridge of the ship until
she went down, and died hero's death.
The New York Sun gives figures to prove
that poor people pay 40 to so per cent.
more for commodities than the well-to-do.
The factory operatives in New England
are loudly asking for weekly, instead of
monthly payments. The employers resist.
Utah Commissioner Pettigrew thinks
that polygamy will die a natural death.
So will the commissioners, but they will
die first.
Is Scotland "a nation of drunkards?"
It is estimated that $4,000 people go to bed
drunk in Glasgow, Scotland, every Satur-
day night.
A learned demagogue declares woman's
right in the ballot is ''inalienable." But
how can right be inaienable that is
never possessed.
Sensible landlords now print their bills
of fare in plain English, instead of the
outIandish gibberish that is thought to be
very high-toned
When the sultan goes to the mosque for
daily prayers, the streets are lined with
rifemen and police to protect him,so fear
full is he of assassination.
Fashionable women still continue to
waste their pity on convicted murderers, |
making them feel like injured angels, in
stead of the fends they are.
The French government has seized Plon
Plon's prince Napoleon's) trunk and is
industriously overhauling his dirty linen,
to find evidences of conspiracy.
A Lowell (Mass.) mill girl has been
awarded the first prize offered by the Bos-
ton musical society for the best criticism
of vocal and instrumental music.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, the millionairess of
San Fancisco, gave her niece who recently
married her adopted son, the trife of
100000 as wedding gift. Well done,
Mrs. Mark!
Lieutenant Flipper, who was turned out |
of West Point, on account of his color, on |
a trumped up charge for the purpose, |
turned his back on his country, entered
the Mexican army, and has reached the
distinction of brigadier general.
It is said General Grant thinks the old
Mexican war in which he was bibulous
lieutenant, was unjust. 1t is of little con-
sequence what he thinks about that or any
thing else. If there is played out lobby
ist or political shyster, he is one.
The English postmaster general is totally
blind, and Mr.. George Richardson, who
has just been appointed receiver and &C
countant general to the postofice, is to-
tally deaf. But in the admiralty there is an
official who is both deaf and dumb.
O'DOnovan Rosa says that in a few days
ne will have $4,000 with which to ''strike
England in five or six different places on
the same night" He won't tell when the
event is to come off, but intimates that
dynamite will be the agent of destruction.
An anonymous senator of the United
States tells Gath that Blaine is secretly as
much of candidate for president as he
ever was; that Frye, of Maine, is Blaine's
bitter enemy, and that Window, of Mime
sofa, has nightly dreams of the White
house.
1t is said by very level-headed people in
Washington that not only will there be an
extra session, but that the Republicans
will vote for Senator Anthony for presi-
dent of the senate, and the Democrats
for Senator Bayard, as sure as the sun
shines.
Since the Milwaukee fire, patents for
nineteen new life saving inventions for use
at hotel fires have been applied for at
Washington. Most of them are novel,
many ingenious, and few, possibly, will
prove useful. What is really needed is
hotel that will protect itself against
fire.
Some years ago few hogs were brought
by Chinese laborers to Mount Zion, near
Portland, Oregon, and turned out loose.
Since then they have greatly increased,
and spend their time in foraging on the
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