Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
GLOBELETS.


of John G. Breckenridge, but resembles
him in personal appearance very slightly
I'D. TAYLOR has been nominated by the
Republicans to fill the vacancy caused Dy
the death of Representative Updegran'
Ohio. The district is Republican on
straight vote, but the agitation OF proniol-
ton makes Republican success uncertain
1t is alleged that the Indians OF TINS
country are not dying out. efisnlns
from the earth" as has been poPularly
supposed, is a great mistake. Ihey are
increasing annually at the rate OF l'Ooo'
tt will take some time to die out at bhis
rate
The ex-Rev. Geo. G. Min, of Chicago,
who is now starring on ''the mimic stage.
in Illinois, with more or less Ill success,
had a Quarrel and a row with landlord
over disputed bill for dinner. bis oe-
scent from the pulpit to bar-room roWoy
ism has been easy and rapid.
1t is now alleged that Mrs. Slayback OF
st. Louis brought suit against Cockrill'
the SLAYER of her husband, not so much TO
recover damages, as to bring out more
fully the testimony in the case, as IL Is
believed the evidence was not
properly presented to the grand jury
The inordinate jealousy of NJ A. Mont
gomery caused separation between MIN
and his wife eight months ago. Last week
he demanded that she should return anu
live with him. She refused, wsereuPon ne
killed his two young children, and attempt
ed to kill his wife. Give the aoomlnaole
wretch the halter.
A London organ-grinder recently played
before the house of an irascible old gentle
man. who furiously, and with wild gestic-
ulations. ordered him to "move on" The
orcan-grinder stolidly ground on, and was
arrested for disturbance. At the trial the
Judge asked him why he did not leave when
requested. mo spik Inglese,' was the re-
ply. "Wel." said the judge, but you must
have understood his gestures, his motions.
81 tinkee he coma to dance" was the re-
joinder.
A reyiver of old stories tells Of Samuel
Wilberforce.the well known English bishop
who ACQUIRED the sobriquet of "Soapy
San" that he once asked Huxley If he be-
lieyed that he was descended from mon
kew. Mr.. Huxley replied: Il have no hes
itation in saying that, were 1t a matter OF
choice with me (which clearly it Is mott
whether I should be descended from re-
spectabIe monkey or from bishop OF the
English church who can put his brains to
no better use than to ridicule science and
nisrepresent its cultivators, l would GER
tainly choose the monkey"
A New Haven doctor reports the case OF
a Mrs. MabIe, of that city, who has been
married four years and given birth to
twelve children within three years and
seven months First she had one, then
two pair of twins, then tripletts, and final
" four at once. They are all living and
healthy. The wife of an immigrant named
Kelsey, who recently arrived from Eng
land at Montreal, Canada, is the mother of
twelve children, all living and under six
wears of age. The children are all robust,
As are also the father and mother. The
mother stated that her little ones had
known no sickness more than the ordinary
complaints incident to childhood.
The physicians and others who prefer
red claims for services attendant upon the
sickness and burial of Gen. Garfield re-
ceivgd the amount awarded them on Fri
dav. Drs. Bliss, Reyburn and Edison,
Steward Crump and a score of others
called at the treasury in person and re-
ceived their checks. Those for Drs. Ham
ilton and Agnew were mailed to them. A
New York friend of DR.. Hamilton says he
will send back the check the moment it
reaches him. His claim for $4,000, he
declared. Yves the same he would have
charged for the same service for any other
person. and lie will consider it an insult to
be offered one-ffth of it. DR.. Bliss, how
ever. who claimed the same amount, peck
eted his $500 on the principle of thank
fitness for small favors.
A pretty young German girl recently
presented herself at clinic in one of the
Vienna hospitals for examination, explain
ing that she had suddenly and unaccounta-
bly, become deaf in one ear. One of the
faculty began to question her as to the cir
cumstances Immediately attending the ap-
pearance of her deafness. After much hest
tation, and with many bushes, the girl at
last confessed that when her lover returned
after long absence he took her in his
arms, and pressing his mouth to her ear,
conferred upon that organ most intense
and vigorous kiss. At that instant she felt
a sharp pain and has been deaf ever since.
The professor made an examination and
found that the drum of the ear had actually
been ruptured, and there is no reason to
doubt that the kiss did it.
"A Mr.. Tate has invented an arrangement
for the immediate stoppage of steam
engine by merely pressing button SINH
lar to those by which electric bells or fire
alarms are sounded. This button may be
placed at any distance from the engine
upon which it acts; and the inventor pro-
poses that q number of such buttons
should be dispersed throughout the factory
or elsewhere where the apparatus is in use.
In factories accidents occur almost daily
through the inpossibility of stopping ma
chinery on the instant. Such accidents
will be readily avoided by this method of
instantaneously stopping the engine from