Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-23

Columbia, S. c., jumped upon a shelf
where its masters revolver lay, and began
playing with it. The revolver was dis
charged, killing the crow.
The first house of the Oratorian conpre-
CATION introduced to England by DR.. (now
CardinaD j. Fl. Newman, was in King
William street, Strand. The site is now
occupied by Toole's theatre.
The United Presbyterian Synods COM
mittee Of Great Britain have adopted a
series of resolutions urging that the friends
OF disestablishment should press it's neces-
sity at all future elections.
Michigan, by curious provision of Der
state constitution, forbids not only the
employment on salary Of a regular chap
lain of either House, bat also prohibits
praying or any form of religious services
in either house.
Mrs. Peter Bangarts Of Racine, Wis,
aged 50, recently joined her husband in the
sale of small house they had occupied
since 1910. After lit was over she had a
crying spell about it, and next morning
| was found dead.
SuoIoE AOAASA3 WIZ dlCd IOCCAtL1 WOE
for more than twenty years the leading
bass buffo at the Vienna Imperial Opera
house. When in America thirteen years
| ago he gave several concerts, in which he
| sang his own compositions.
All that remains of the first settlement
of Virginia at jamestown is tower of the
! old church where Pocshontas was baptized.
| The font used in that service is said to be
| in the chancsl OF Christ church, Williams
| burg, Va, where she was married in 1913
| to John Rolf.
Professor Collett states that thirty speci-
mems of the msstodon have been found in
| the marshes of Indiana, in such good pre-
serva.ion that the bog cutters use their fat
| to grease their boots. This proves that the
mastodon lived in North America.msre re-
gently than biologists have supposed.
Widespread and genuine regret will be
caused by the announcement that the Prin-
| cess Of Wales is not likely to obtain any
| relief from her esr-trouble. For some
years che has been little ''hard of hear
ing" and now, despite the efforts of her
physicians, the in6rmity seems to be de-
veloping into chronic and almost entire
| deafness.
The number ST persons killed by wild
animals and snakes in India last year was
22,125, against 21. 427 in the previous year,
and of cattle, 46,707, against 1860. OF
the human beings destroyed, 2,606 we're
| killed by wild animals, and 1853 by
| snakes. OF the deaths oocasioned by the
attacks of wild animals, 1874 were !caused
by tigers, 278 by wolves, POI by leopards,
359 by iacke!s, and POP by ailigators; 49,
sol wild animals and 322,421 snakes were
destroyed, for which the government paid
rewards amounting to 141,653 RUPEES.
Senator John P. Jones, who is said to
have lost 100000 within the past ten
years, is trying to get another fortune. He
| has leased the Bonanza mine from the
1850 level upward. The Bonanza, which
has turned out over $100,O00,0O0 of gold
and silver, was found at depth of l,55O
feet, and Jones expects to find valuable
ore deposits above that level. His lease
extends three years, and he will explore
h ground Fer eli it - worth. He Is 10
| account for 20 per cent. of the assay val
ues Of the ores found; all over that is to
| be his.
The 1nter-Ocean of Nov. 26, said "Just
! fifty years ago to-day the first Chicago
newspaper was issued. One hundred and
forty-seven copies were worked off, the ed
itor being also printer and publisher, all
| combined. Mr.. John Calhoun was then
the embodiment of the art of printing in
ali its ramifcations, 30 far as this town
| was concerned. To-day there are more
than 1000 compositors in the city whose
entire time is devoted to composition.
That one newspaper, the Democrat, hes de-
veloped, by natural process Of evolution,
into 275 regular publications, dailies, week
| lies and all.''