Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-12

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wearing the robe of an earl, and the decor
atoms of the Order of the Garter. The
face wears thoughtful expression.
DR.. Hartwig, of the Strasburg observa-
tory, is reported to have detected the
comet which was discovered by D'Arrest,
of Leipsic, in 1851, and calculated by
Leveau, of Paris, to have revolving period
of six and one-half years. This will, there
fore, be its fifth appearance since its dis
covery.
One of the latest Partisan schemes is q
tunnel between Paris and Rouen seventy
three miles long at cost of $25,OOO,00O.
Better let the job out to Jay Gould or Van
derbilt. Either can furnish the cash to
complete such small-fry tunnel. Why
not tunnel the ocean at once and have done
with it?
A syndicate formed in London, have
made contract for the purchase of 3,OOO,-
600 acres of land in Northern Texas for
$lO,O0O,OO0. The sellers are Chicago
company. who got the land one year ago
from the Texas legislature-on condition
of building state capitol at Austin-for
$1,5O0,OOO.
According to time-honored custom, En-
peror William has once more stood god
father of the newborn seventh son, whose
brothers are all living, of poor couple in
Alsace, to whom the emperor sent fifty
marks and allowed his name to be entered
on the church register of the parish of
Stossweier.
SIS the consumption of whisky falling
off, or what is the matter?" inquiries the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Fracti-
cally the consumption of whisky is falling
off, The best informed distillers and deal
ers say that the gross amount consumed
in this country is just about what it was
when our population was 25,OO0,COO.
The editor of paper in New York state
advises young men to keep out of Office,
and a diseagreeable rival recalls the fact
that he has been supervisor, school COM
missioner, weighmaster, member of assem-
bly,, librarian of assembly, assistant asses
sor of internal revenue, assessor of inter
nal revenue, postmaster and canal auditor.
Herr Most received a very truthful sum-
ming up in the Philadelphia NewS when
that paper said: "Herr Most rails against
capital and passes around the hat, defends
socialism and passes around the hat, ad
vocates dynamite and passes around the
hat, yells kill killn and passes around the
hat, predicts that the car will not be
crowned and passes around the hat"
There is great disgust among large
class of Russians at the prospect of rise
in the price of passports. Under Nicholas
a passport cost 500 roubles. Alexander re-
duced it, with the result that the number of
travelling Russians rose from $4,000 to
100000. The fee is now to be raised from
ten roubles year for whole family to
eleven roubles a month for each individ-
ual.
A bronze memorial tablet has been
placed in Beacon street, Boston, in front of
the old site of the Hancock house. It is
inscribed, "Here stood the residence of
John Hancock, prominent and patriotic
merchant of Boston, the first signer of the
Declaration of Independence, and first
Governor of Massachusetts under the State
Constitution. Erected 1877. Removed
1862
Sir Arthur Kennedy, the governor of
Queensland, who has set diplomatic circles
in futter, by his of-hand annexation of
New Guinea, is not man to be suspected
of rashness. He is seventy-four years old,
and before assuming the governorship of
Queensland had successfully ruled over
Sierre Leone, West Australia, Vancouver's
Island, the West Africa settlements and
Hong Kong.
The alleged reason why Alexander III
has again postponed his coronation from
May 81 to June 10, is that the former date
is the anniversary of the murder of Deme-
trius, of The house of Rurik, by his uncle
Boris Sudonoff, and is observed as Com
memoratioD Day in the churches of Mos
COW. But this is a mere subterfuge. Al
exander evidently put off his coronation
because he thought it would overburden
the pages of history to have the. consumma-
ton of two such long deferred events as
that and the East River bridge opening
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