Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
GLOBELETs.

Assistant Postmaster General Hatton
has recommended one cent postage on
local letters.
The spiritualists of the son;h are going
to establish resort at Chattanooga with a
capital of $4,000.
The bi-centennial of the birth of Rich
mond county, Staten Island, will be ceIe-
brated on November l..
Mr.. Gladstone is in tic habit of getting
up at o'clock in the morning. This ac-
counts for the size of his budget.
Lord Coleridge's name has been at
tached to a new style of collar, to fash
ionable hat and to brand of cigarettes.
Joaquin Miller threatens to build him
self log cabin in Washington. His poe
try will be housed according to its merits.
The Princess Victoria, daughter of the
Crown Prince Frederick William, has been
betrothed to the hereditary Prince of An
halt.
Two practical mea of Montreal claim to
have perfected a Dew invention for pro-
polling steamers across the ocean in thee
days.
Agnes Walter, young lady of Lafay-
cite, Indiana, is said to have been cared
of blindness by holy water and prayer,
after eight years suffering.
R. a. Rigging, alias Richard H2dley,
alias Blue Jacket, noted craftsman, has
made full confession of the Woodbury.
bank (Connecticut) robbery.
Miss Lena Richmaun sat up in her coffin
during the funeral services over her body
at Black River Falls, Wis, on Sunday.
She had been in a trance, but to her fami-
ly had appeared as one dead.
The Prince of Wales has expressed ad-
miration for Mary Anderson, even though
snubbed by the proud dramatic queen.
The Prince evidently feels grateful for the
kindness shown Mrs. Langtry in this coun-
try.
IfJoaquin Miller loves primitive hab-
itation and thinks it is fun to live in log
hut, just like the one in which he spent his
early days, why does he not seize the full
measure of enjoyment by taking possess
ion of some grizzly's cave?
r, The Presbyterians have joined with the
Catholics in condemning our loose divorce
customs. Now Robert Collyer speaks in
the same tone for the Unitarians. If this
thing keeps OF there will be grand
chorus on that issue presently.
Senator Brown, president of the state
road of Georgia, and head of the new
Georgia railroad syndicate, has announced
that colored people will receive equal &C
commodations with the whites on his
road, and employees will be instructed to
maintain the formers exclu5iveness from
any encroachment.
A grandfather at 80 is indeed rarity.
It is hardly probable that Mr.. Reece Bat
Ter, of Palo Pinto county, Texas, the
gentleman enjoying that distinguished
honor, will have any competitors. He is
the grandfather of a 15-pouad boy, his
daughters child. The age of the young
couple is not given.
Dubuque has boys fraternity, the
members CT which are divided into four
classes. The first demands only pledge
against Intoxicating drink, the second
adds tobacco, the third profanity, and the
fourth everything IN the shape Of vice or
crime. The osth of the latter class is
elaborate and terribls.
Conkling has gained a playful wit since
| he dropped out of politics. Down at Tren-
| ton the other day the ex-senator ques-
toned the safety OF his umbrella. He did
not, he said, fear the Jerseymen, but
glancing at Wayne MacVeagh, Il see
there are Pennsylvanians here; guess I
will take the UMBRELLA
Gen. Sherman has received houses and
other presents worth $4,000 since he be-
ca ne General of the army, exclusive of
the $4,000 worth OF diamonds given by
the Khedive to Mrs. Fitch, and since divi-
ded among the Generals daughters. For
the past fifteen years he has been paid
$17,5O0 year, and he will draw this sala-
~ until his death.
| A regular gang of outlaws has been dis
covered in the woods of Long Island, from
whence they issue at intervals 10 commit
raids and depredations upon unsus pecting
travellers or defenseless farmers. It would
almost seem as though the highwaymen
were trans ferring their field of labor from
the west to the east. We shall hear of
Long Island ira in robbers presently.
"Mrs. K. Chase" was name on the pas
senger list of the Britannia that has just
landed such distinguished persons as Mr..
Irving and Miss Terry. The "Mrs. X.
| Chase" means MRS. Katharine Chase,
formerly Mrs. Sprague. She seems much
older than at the time of her departure.
She and Miss Terry often sat together for
hours during the passage, ''admiring the
ocean,
Joseph Piles of st. Louis, Mo-, enjoys
the distinction of being the first colored
man appointed to a clerical position at
| Washington under the civil service compe-
titive examination. His name was among
those sent By the commission on Saturday
| last to the secretary of war to fill vacan-
cy in the adult ants-general's Office, and, as
Mr.. Piles had the best record, Secretary
| Lincoln selected him for the position, and
| he was at once sworn into the service.
Mrs. John Russell Young, wife of the
| American minister to China, died in Paris
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