Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-31
GLOBELETS.

teller.
1t would seem that an army assassinated
Caveudish and Burke.
Mrs. Custer, the widow of General Gus
ter, Is sight seeing in Rome.
A cocktail before breakfast has been
quite appropriately called an early settler
The banjo is becoming quite popular in
fashionable circles IN England, as it has
long been in those of Blackville.
The 'sonorous ecstasy of defamation
is what the New York Tribune critic
hears in one of Mary Anderson's pas
sages.
The Pennsylvania railroad is about to
establish hospital cars at intervals on the
line for manned employees pending re-
moval.
Paramount park, in Philadelphia, will
soon become national nursery. 1t has
been decided to plant three trees from
every state in the union.
London is at present paying for fire in
surance over $6,OOO,OOO year-40 per
cent. more than the cost of maintaining
200 metropolitan police.
The Chicago Times says that Edwin
Booth slipped into Germany before it had
occurred to Bismarck to prohibit the i'm
portation of American actors.
Col. John S. Mosby has lately sent from
China to Mr.. j. Monroe Heiskeh, of Balti
more, who was in his command during the
war, set of cats eye sleeve and collar
buttons.
The ladder is becoming conspicuous
decoration of New York hotel fronts. It
is not, says the Nail and Express, thing
of beauty, but its ugliness will brighten
away no guest.
Prince Charles, of Prussia, was of q good
deal of use in the world in the way of
helping to consume Havana tobacco. He
smoked about twenty strong cigars day
for half century.
Planquette is engaged in writing three
new operas, all of which will be first per-
formed in London. One is a revision of
''Gillette de Navonne," and another is
on the subject of "Nell Gwynne.''
Californian claims to have invented
screw joint for stove pipe that will go to-
gether without the aid of a single ''cuss
word" He ought to be rewarded with
commission in the Salvation army.
Mr. Alfred Robins and wife, of Shelby
vile, Ind, we're divorced year ago for
incompatibility of temper. Mr.. Robins
went to California. Last month he re-
turned, and on the 18th inst. they were
again married.
A Maine paper says that in Oakfeld,
Aroostook county, there is girl who pos
sesses the faculty of spelling words back
ward without hesitation. 1t was not be-
fore known that Mr.. Gebhard had any rela-
tives in Maine.
Mr.. Crawford, Glasgow Merchant, is
about to present the city of London with
statue of Burns, at a cost of $4,000. Mr..
Crawford is an Ayrshire man, as Burns was.
The statue will be placed in the Thames
Embankm emit garden.
An Australian Tom Thumb has been on
exhibition in England. His real name is
David John Armstrong. He was born in
1851. He is three feet two inches in height,
and weighs seventy pounds. His limbs
are in perfect proportion, and he is very
intelligent.
The Virginia (Nevada) Enterprise of the
18th inst, has this bit of encouragement
for the patriotic and thoughtful citizen
who likes to see United States senators
faithfully discharging their duties: "Sen-
ator Fair will leave for Washington within
the course of two weeks. His stay there
will be BRIEF
The Ottumwa, Canada, Tree Press puts
the whole cost of the viceregal trip to
British Columbia, California and the South
at from $4,000 to $4,000. The same
paper also says that Col. Tourtelotte ex-
pressed great fears for the safety of Prin-
cess Louise from train robbers while pas
sing through Missouri.
Congressman Kenna, who will succeed
the Hon. Henry G. Davis as United States
senator from West Virginia, will be one of
the youngest men in the senate, being only
thirty five. His early life was spent on a
farm, nd he won his education in fierce
struggle with difficulties and obstacles that
would have proved too much for most men
| W OVGrCOIuo.
An elderly lady in Athens, Ga, owns the
original manuscript of "Home, sweet
Home,; as written by John Howard Payne.
The words of the poem as first written are
all interlined, with here and there an en-
dearing expression from the writer to the
lady who now holds it. In the old days
Payne was devotedly attached to her, and
she has many of his letters. She has beeu
offered large sum for the manuscript.
A movement has at last been made to
remedy great nuisance. The law says
that unless passenger is provided with a
seat fare cannot be collected by railroad
company, and yet every man who travels
is almost continually compelled to stand.
An association has been formed in Chicago
of gentlemen who pledge themselves not
to pay their fare until seats are provided,
and it is hoped something will come of it,
A correspondent tells of an event hap
pening many years ago in the country
near Hagerstown, Maryland. A baby