Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-30


amount of work done is falling far behind
what was promised. The inaccuracy of
Mr.. Dudley's predictions has thrown the
treasury departments estimates into con-
fusion, and the treasury officials are at sea
in calculating the outcome of the fiscal
yesr.
Unknown to himself, Victor Hugo was
recently put upon exhibition by the pro-
prletor of the Continental hotel, in Paris.
banquet was given in his honor by his
literary confreres During the progress
Of the festivity patches of people. forty or
fifty at one time, were admitted to apart
ments from which the banqueters, and
Hug DIN particular, could be advantageous
ly observed. It has now leaked out that
all these patches of people paid the hotel
proprietors literally for the chance to see
the great litterateur.
Hon. Carl Schurz has addressed letter
to Hon. George w. Julian, in reply to COM
ments made by the latter in a recent article
in the North american ReuielO upon the
administration of Mr.. Schurz as secretary
of the interior. In the article referred to
Mr.. Julian stated that the interior depart
ment was constantly under the influence of
the railway corporations. The statements
charge are reviewed by Mr.. Schurz in his
| reply and pronounced entirely false, and
the charge made is denied.
Mr.. Noah A. Plympton, whom Gov. But
Ter nominated for insurance commissioner,
addressed letter to the governor on Fri
day, requesting him to withdraw his name
as candidate for the Office. Mr.. Plymp-
ton stated that he did not wish to provoke
contest between the governor and the
council, and thanked the governor for the
confidence shown by the nomination of
Underwood. Gov. Butler will not make
another nomination at present, but will
allow Deputy Collector Smith to perform
the functions of the Office.
The second trial of the suit brought by
the attorney general of New York against
the Metropolitan Telegraph company to
enforce the removal of their poles was con-
city few days ago. Judge Barrett
charged that the company had right to
erect poles in the street, and the only
question for them to decide was whether
the poles were erected in such manner as
to unnecessarily incommode the public.
The jury gave six cents damages to the
plaintiff, and the defendants appealed.
Something of a sensation has recently
been created in Lynchburg, Va, by a re-
cent occurrence, and the declaration of a
colored servant girl growing out of it.
The occGrreuos was the sudden sickening
of a child, the baby Of 2 leading merchant,
which proved to have been occasioned by
a dose of laudGHam administered by the
nurse to quiet its restlessness and put it to
sleep. The woman, being taxed with the
act, did not deny it. and in avowing it
stated that the other nurses of the city
we're in the habit OF doing the same thing;
that they all had laudanum bottles.
A woman in Herefordshire, England, has
advertised to sell her child, girl ten
months old, for Ct los. This is at about
the rate live stock is selling in England.
In eastern countries il is said to be not
uuuSIul 4OT parents 10 sell Jilelf CnllUr6n
to buy bread, and the custom may be
creeping into England through her eastern
possessions. This poor woman of Here
fordshire had already extracted her best
teeth and sold them to procure food,
and her infant was the only thing she
had left which could be disposed of. The
story sounds apocryphal. but an advertise
ment tothis effect appears in a Hereford
newspaper.
The project OF tunnel under the Eng
fish channel was thought to have been
buried by the unfavorable report made
upon it by Gen. WoIseley and other dis
tinguished personages, civil and military,
but it is tenacious OF life, and is now said
to be occasioning a division in the British
cabinet. The practicability of its con-
struction is thought TO be demonstrated,
and its utility from commercial point of
view is obvious. But it is feared that the
reconstruction and financial success of one
submarine road would lead to the con-
s.ruction of many others, and-what is of
most importance-destroy that insular
character upon which Englishmen rely for
security from invasion.