Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

''Thc Black Crook" as performed in
a Lcadvillc theatre, lasts until four
o'clock in the morning. But drinks
are sold between the acts. and those
conyivial intervals average an hour
cach.
\ Montana stage-coach fell in,v an
abyss. making three complete revolt
ti"nS @ctore striking the bottom, and
killing tEe driver and four horses,
bus TWO passengers inside were not
dangerously hurt.
The Atlanta Constitution admits
that shreWd observers fear that State
has lost in population since 1870. The
How OF emigration 10 the West, it says
has appeared marvellous to those who
live along the lines of exit.
FOrgcrics have OF late been frequent
IN France, 100 franc notes, printed by
way Of prccaution in the Uniied States
with an English heading having been
closely inflated, and counterfeit coin
Is now common.
Jackson and Warrington protested q
desire to fight deadly duel in King
William county, Virginia, but took
pains TO ask Il constable to lend them
his pistols, and, Of course, he took
measures to prevent meeting.
Two negroes in Georgia, after play
ing Il game OF scvcn-up, i'll which one
won all the others money, amounting
TO $l.4j, went TO bed together. The
winner soon fell asleep, anl the loser
beat out his brains with club and
fed.
Two men, without any other facility
than tin pan, in five days obtained
500 worth Of gold in Dyrd's Greek,
ten miles from Christiansburg, Va.
They have now hired q number Of
hands and gone to work systematical-
ly.
A cage Of tigers which was being
transferred from the cars to wagon
at Binghamton, N. Y, tipped over.
In less than three seconds there wasn't
a human being within cyesight. No
damage was don.
Mary Stuart, the keeper of q house
OF prostitution at Steubenvile, O., is
charged with deliberately starving an
illcgitimate offspring to death, giving
as reason that she was not going to
let the brat pull her all out OF shape"
In Pulaski county, Kentucky, Tom
Nunnclly, while arranging to elope
with his sweetheart, stole saddle
without exercising due precaution.
The elopement has been postponed UNI
til Tom has served q term in the pcni-
tertiary.
Peter McCarty, though permanently
crippled III both hands by a railroad
accident i'll Texas, has never given up
the battle Of life, and instead of repin-
ing and depending on charity, Peter
now drives the mail in Arizona Terri
tory over siXty-tive mile route.
The electric light will be again used
at the French salon this season, al
though the jury Of painting protest
strongly against tai mode OF lighting
as too unequal AMI glaring, inurino
almost invariably the effect OF paint
ing and not improving that Of sculp-
ture.
United States Commissioner Hus-
bands, at Rochester, has discharged q
woman who was brought before hirc
OH the charge Of opening her husbands
letters, it being held that, while q
husband could make q complaint
against his wife, he could not testify
against her.
y man who had been exposed to
smallpox III Boston, and refused to be
VdcciHHiGd when ordered by the board
OF lea.jh, was sentenced to pay q fine
OF SO Miu cOsts-the full extent Of the
law. After thinking the matter over,
lie concluded TO comply with the law,
and the iine was RENTED.
The raising Of Angora goats in west
ern Texas is increasing, AMI is alleged
TO be i profitable business. 1t is said
the neat is much better than mutton.
and each goat yields about TWO pounds
of hair annually. In the eastern mar
kets it is now worth 1ifty-iye cents
per pound.
The business OF Decorating rarasOls
pays well. There is one Boston artist
who is making 5000 a week, and with
out cXcrting herself very much either.
She paints bouquets and wrcaths of
roses for New York firm, and is look
inc forward to a time Of Well-earncd
leisure in which she can paint her
ideal picture.
The demand for holy images having
lately decreased in Russia, some of the
manufacturers changed their business
and resorted to forging Russian bank
notes, which gave them handsome
profit. But this occupation having
been broken up by the police, the
for@ers have taken up another business
that Of digging in the Siberian mines.
While number of ladies were sit
ting in the piazza Of residence il
Mount Pleasant, S. c., a mad dog
rushed into the group and snapped
several times at them, catching the
dress of one of the ladies in its mouth
Fortunately the ladies were able tC
make their escape, and the dog finally
.butted its head against the building
until inStnsiDlc.
An authority on horsemanship says
that it is folly for lady to put her
self into stays so tight that her figure
is not flexible while she is on horse
back. y stuffed doll, he says, should
never be put on horse, nor any wo-
man who is not so loosely dressed that
she can lace her own boots and put up
her own back hair. While the lady