Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-26
GLOBELETS.

Corliss, the engine man, is building en-
gines for the first Chinese cotton mill.
Cinnamon are being Struggled into the
United States through British Columbia
The Indiana university at Bloomington
has been destroyed by fire, loss 100000.
The Indian chief, Lewis Woles, has Just
died at Lake George n. Y. aged 100 years.
Harrisonburg, Va, has been flooded by
a freshet and large part of the town
badly damaged.
The steamer Niagara of the New York
and Cuba mail line is reported burned of
the coast of Florida.
Jews are still being prosecuted in Prus-
STA. Several Jews have recently been
murdered in Ostrog.
1t is not expected that the British Par
lament will legislate on the cattle disease
at its present session.
Two men were killed the other day by
an explosion at the Dupont powder mill at
Wilmington, Delaware.
A troop of cavalry have left Fort Bowie
to bring in seventy-fve Chiricahua Indi
ans who are waiting to surrender.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture
reports that the corn crop for the present
year will be 2OO,OOO,OOO bushels.
Cholera deaths continue to decrease al
Damietta, but the mortality is still very
great at Monsurah and other points.
The Marquis of Lansdown sails for Can.
ada in October to assume his duties as
Governor General of the Dominion.
The barque Pinpus was wrecked near
Fayal, and all on board, numbering about
a dozen, were drowned except three.
Rasten, Russia, city of $4,000 inhabi-
tants has been visited by s. terrible confa-
grafton which menaced the whole city.
Elizabeth, N. J. owes $6,OOO,OOO and
has taxable property valued at $12,OOO,OOO.
The debt averages $3.50 per head of popu-
lation.
Alexander Burke, Leroy House and
Richard Gideon, were recently placed on
trial in Little Rock for Ku-Kluxing a
United States witness.
The President of Chill declares that a
separation of church and state is the only
solution of difficulties constantly embar-
RAISING the government.
A burglar was recently shot in jersey
City. He belonged to prominent family
in Baden, but was disowned for his crlmi-
nality. He came to this country to steal
It is estimated by the various railroads
officials that not less than 100000 people
left Philadelphia on the Fourth to spend
the day at various neighboring resorts
Says the New York Star: "There is no
public man in the United States, whose
ear-marks are harder to conceal in writ
ten document than those, of Samuel
Tilden's. a-
The Rev. DR.. Stephen 81. Tying, Sr, Of
New York, who is now eighty-four years
| old, celebrated, with Mrs. Tying, theil
golden wedding anniversary, on Wednes
day, July IS. .--
The N. Y. Star says: .'Mr. Tilden's DO
sition is this: He does not desire to be
candidate, but, if vehementlY urged, b.
will consent to run for the sake of pulling
Hendricks through.
The Kansas City saloon keepers associa
ton has decided to comply with the Sun
day closing provision of the Downing law
but will endeavor to see that the genera
Sunday law is enforced, also.
In the House of Commons Mr.. Gladston
announced that England had determined
to send to Egypt British surgeon gener
al who has had much experience in tn
treatment of cholera in India.
Jersey has escaped trying ordeal b,
the death of a burglar, Frank Brown, VIII,
was shot by police officer last Monda
night while trying to escape. A good dea
may be said in favor of this short and eli
fective way of dealing with burglars. l
certainly saves expense.
The paradox of giving away what he ha
not and never had is solved by poor oil
Count de Chambord in bequeathing Franc
to his cousin, Count de Paris. The latter
however. is man who, if opportunity OF
fered, would be found possessed of nerv
and skill to transform the Royalist shadoy
into substance.
Twice within a week men have beer
killed in the Eureka stone quarry at LIE
mont. ILL.,, by the swapping of the derric
guy-ropes. If the proprietors or mana
gers cannot afford to furnish more secur
appliances for the work they ought to b
tried for murder and hanged with tn
remnants of their rotten tackle.
AN. Y. journal incisivly remarks; Hen
ry Ward Beecher has been interviewed a
Chicago. But distance lends no enchant
ment to his views. He believes in Arthur
and will go for the Republican party il
spite of its protectionist policy, though
believes in the general principles of tn
Democracy. Beecher has always been &C
cused of believing one thing and preach
ing the opposite.
Col. Shaw, the American Consul at Man
chester, has received from President Al
thur an autograph letter acknowledge,
the receipt of the portrait of John Bright
with the latter's autograph, sent as a sou
venir of the Birmingham celebration
| The President gracefully accepts the gift
and adds: Il have had the portrait ap
propriately hung upon the walls of the Elk
| eXutiye Mansion"