Daily globe., 1883-08-11

acquittal.
King Kalakaua, of the Hawaiian Is
lands, is expected in San Francisco Au-
gust Is. >....
1t Is asserted that the missing Capt
Howgate is known to have been in Mary
land last week.
Col. E. G. Marshall died last week at
Canandsigua, New York, of wounds re-
ceived in the war.
Gerard Massey, poet and lecturer, who
was in this country ten years ago, is com
ing again next autumn.
The emperor and empress of Austria
contributed 5000 forins for the relief of
Ischa earthquake sufferers.
A monarchical revolutionary plot of
considerable dimensions has been discov-
cred in Paris. twenty-five thousand mus
kets were unearthed.
correspondent at Hong Kong says the
general impression is that there will be
hostilities between France and China.
The German Emigration society of New
York has expended during the past half
year $9,S08.36 for charitable purposes
A man has been committed to jail in
Nashville, Tennessee. for failing to pay
Judgment of one cent and costs found
against him.
In all parts of India preaching in a
public square has been practiced largely
by the Christian missionaries, and they
are now initiated by both Hindoo and
Mohammedan priests.
The Philadelphia Reading Railroad
company have arranged system of tele-
phone service by which trains may be run
in the event of a strike.
Brides at Saratoga wear their white SATIN
wedding robes in the evening, and thus
silently notify strangers that they have
not been married long enough to f1irt with
anyone else. -
Oscar Wilde told a liverpool audience
that while off the Pacific coast of the Unit
ed States he saw seal .baskipg on rock,
on whose back was painted the announce
ment of the manufacturer of tooth powder
Veracious Oscaa!
Cholera cases continue at Alexandria.
Sir Charles Dixie has called the attention
of the house of commons to the necessity
for great care in guarding against the
diseases IN England during the next six
weeks.
Secretary Lincoln has done a good
thing in disn1issing West Point cadet
in his third year for hazing. If it were
generally understood that h ,zers must
go, that burlesque on barbarism
would stop P. d. O., as Colonel Sellers
would say.
The French Society of Historical Stud
les has offered prize of 1000 francs for
the best essay upon "The effects, from an
economists point of view, of the cutting of
the Isthmus of Panama on the relations of
Europe with the countries washed by the
Pacific Ocean,
The largest fire insurance ever effected
in single order, was recently taken out by
the authorities of Hamburg On the city
mobiliary possessions. 1t amounted to
$6,O00,000, and was divided among fifteen
companies. Among the items was $780,
900 on the city library.
"The breach of court etiquette, Says the
London Life, (which permitted fair
American belle who had not been pre-
seAted' to show up at the state ball has not
been allowed to pass without comment. A
little bird tells me that the influence of
Mr.. Lowell accomplished the unheard-ot
privilege.
Mr.. John @. New has arrived at the very
wise conclusion that it is of a great deal
more Importance to the Republican party
to devise ways and means of carrying the
election of 1884 than to discuss the cam
psign of 1880. Now, if he can persuade
Dorsey to view the matter in this light he
will once more deserve credit as party
manager.
General 7. L. Chamberlain, of Maine.
who recently resigned the presidency of
Bowdoin college, is now staying at his sea-
shore residence, four miles from Bruins
wick. The Augusta Journal says that the
condition of his health is not much i'm.
proved, and he will never entirely re cover
from his wounds. Heis able to sit up, how
ever, and occasionally takes stroll out of
doors.
Mrs. Pyrke, the granddaughter of Rob
ert Burns, is still in receipt of aid from
the London Scottish corporation. Her
husband is living. but he depends upon
his daily toll as laboring man for sup
port, and is said to have been reduced to
poverty through no fault of his own. Mrs.
Pyrke, is daughter of the poets eldest
son, Robert, who for some time found en-
pIoyment in Somerset house.
Murphy, the English butcher, who has
often challenged Webb, and who had al
ways contended that Webb would never
succeed in breasting the Niagara whirl-
pool, has met with death similar to that
which overlook the captain. Murphy on
more than one occasion challenged Webb
to dare with him the Ribbie whirlpool.
Murphy attempted to swim this fearful
pool on the very day Webb attempted the
Niagara, and was drowned.
The talk Of Arthur and Foster as the
next Republican presidential ticket shows
there is fancy for the old ticket in that
party. The old ticket in principle, not in
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