Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IIEMS SE AN HI kAGAS
Jenny Lind, who left the stage in
1860, is still hale and hearty. AS
Madame Otto Goldsmith she is q
healthy looking and somewhat stout
lady, with white hair.
During the past fifty years thirty
nine men have been executed i'll New
York city. Among the list arc eight
negroes. The only Italian was Balbo,
the wife murderer.
A Cincinnati Clergyman recently
paid his aflectionate respects to the
class of mon that will spend 500 tor
carriage hire at Wife's funeral, and
never spend 81 for riding while the
Door woman is alive.
The weak, cracked voice of the lit
SIC old maid up in the gallery is just
Us sweet to the One in whose praise
.ho hymn is raised IS the bell-iilse
notes Of the high priced soprano IN
the hoir-PhtladelphiG SAnday Ltc1n.
The passes of officials Of the India
.aterailWaysare made Of gold and sill
vcr. The general manager, who has the
freedom Of all the lines, wears a gold
pass on his watch-chain, about the
size Ola $50 gold piece. His suboT-
Qmates wear silver.
Florida fruit growers are beginning
10 cultivate the lemon with great
deal of care, and with such good re-
suits that il is believed that IN a little
while longer this State will furnish
almost as many lemons to the trade as
She now does oranges.
The only company in the world
that makes tishhooks by machinery is
at New Haven, Conn.,, and has q
monthly capacity of 100000 hooks.
a New York house has just given an
order for 5,000,000 hooks and another
large order has recently been shipped
to Berlin.
On and after October 1, the postage
charge Oh newspapers addressed to
countries or colonies of the Universal
Postal Union will be the same GA
printed matter for the same destina-
tons, viz, one cent for two ounces
or each additional fraction of two
ounces.
The Russian battlefelds of the year
1872 are still being explored for bones,
Which are converted into bone black.
1t may thus happen that man of the
present day may consume sugar which
has been decolorized and purified by
means of the bones Of his forelathers.
The German African Society has at
present six different expeditions trav-
cling through Central Africa. The
money for these expeditions is obtain
ell from the German Government OF
through private subscription. Dr.
Nachtigatt is the President of the So
ciety.
In coming s2O,OOO,OOo in silver and
So, 600 Ill gold at the San Francis
co mint in 1879 there were lost only
S29. The carpet, which had been
down five years, was taken up last
spring cut into small pieces, and
burned in pans. The debris was put
through the same process as mining
dust, and yielded $1,000.
"Mary Adams" is q mysterious fac
tory girl, in a mill at Winthrop, Mass
She wears o thick veil while at work.
or going to and from the mill, and
goes to church regularly, but shakes
hands with no one. They say she is
the daughter OF rich Boston parents
who stopped giving her money be-
cause she gave it all to the poor and
labored as a city missionary.
The London Echo says: "The Use
of steel for marine boilers has OF late
increased rapidly; but, if the latest
news from the Clyde is trustworthy
the Board of Trade will need to be
very cautious in sanctioning its en-.
ployment, for it is reported the stee,
boilers for the Cars yacht Livadia
have failed under The test, and have all
been condemned. Some eminent liza.
rinc engineers refuse to use it, but sew.
eral new passenger steamers have beer
fitted with boilers OF steel, and grave
responsibility has been incurred b,
their owners"