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


dent, has been elected editor OF the VII
Hams college Athen9Hn,
The uses of cotton seed are SO varI-
Gus that its treatment will soon be a
leading industry in the South.
An important event in the recent history
of Florida is that the Caloosahatchie river
is made navigable to Lake Okeechobee.
Tennyson's promise of May" has been
played latterly to half-emPty houses IN
London. and was withdrawn last Saturday.
An effort to make up lost time through
watch being slow caused collision on
the Chesapeake &Ohio railway, land the loss
of five lives.
In Springfield, Mass, a city of $4,000 in
habitants, there were but 100 conversions
in the eleven Protestant churches during
the past year.
The pope deplores the lack of considera-
ton which the Italian government shows
for the Holy see, and says that he will con-
tinue to defend the right of the church.
Sally Stone Caldwell, who died at Lowell,
Mass, recently, was remarkable woman
She had six sons, all of whom are Baptist
ministers who are settled IN different parts
of the country.
A tax collector named Sanford, in Hyde
Park, Mass, while eating piece of bo-
Iogna sausage at the breakfast table, few
days since. discovered in the bite ne was
chewing heavy gold ring worth ten dol
lars.
The death of DR., Corvisart, the eminent
French physician, is announced By cable
1t is stated that he never recovered from
the shook he received at the announcement
of the tragic death of the Prince Imperial
in Zululand.
The dual city government of Peters
burgh, Va, have acted since July 1. The
courts having decided the funders party
Illegally elected, the readjusters were paid
five months salary. The funders now pray
that the same Christmas favor be extended
them as they have acted up to the time of
the decision as the legal officers.
A telegram from Trantenau, Bohemia,
states that fifty sp' ritualists residing there
have been summoned to appear before
a magistrate. The local press urges the
the minister of the interior to institute an
inquiry on the subject Of spiritualism,
owing to the number of cases Of mental
arrangement arising from its practice.
Colonel Duncan, of lockwood, Tenn,
about ten days ago presented 1000 acres
of mountain land to Mr.. Stith, who had
saved his life. Last week Mr.. Stith gave
back 500 acres of the land to Colonel
Duncan for quart of apple brandy, and
within half an hour disposed of the re-
naming 500 acres for like consideration.
Not long ago a German traveller was
eating piece of Bologna sausage In q
railway train, using his knife. The train
suddenly stopped, just as the edge of the
knife was against his mouth; and the mans
cheek was badly cut. The man sued the
company for damages, but his claim was
not sustained for the reason that it is not
good manners to eat with knife.
George W. Smallsy telegraphs from Lon
don that "the Langtry- Labouchere quarrel
attracts much attention, the society papers
Journals, even the Times publishing tels-
grams to the effect that Mrs. Langtry's So
cial position in America has been affected.
People here censure the publicity given,
holding that Mrs. Langtry's private life
has nothing to do with her theatrical ca
reer."
Candies are sold in imm ense quantities
as cheap presents to children. Upon these
children gorge themselves to their hurt.
But worst of all, these cheap candies are
often composed of poisonous materials.
Three children in Pulaski, I'LL, were recent
ly given a lot of this unwholesome stuff to
eat They were soon after thrown into
commissions, attended by symptoms of
poison. One has died, and the others are
not expected to recover.
Philadelphia paper describes curl
Gus religious ceremony which recently took
place in that city: The members of the
religious order known as the Union Bethel
Church of God, believe in strictly literal
Interpretation of the commands of the
Saviour. Four times year in pursuance
of law laid down by the church for the
observance of members, the brethren de
voutly engage in the washing of feet in
humble imitation of their Lord and Mas.
ter.
A freight was side-tracked recently neal
Princeton, Ind, about 8 o'clock to let two
passenger trains pass. The engineer, con.
ducter, fireman and breakman made them.
selves so comfortable in the locomotive
cab that they all fell sound asleep and die
not awake till morning, when an employe
of the road, who had been sent out from
Princeton to find the missing train
aroused them. OF course they had lost
their right of way. They reached theil
destination thirty-fve hours late.
Bishop Benson has officially accepted
the Archbishopricship of Canterbury.
recent writer says of him: ga Higl
Churchman, a thoroughly trained ecclesi
astic, in sympathy with his age, intense
ly in earnest in all that belongs to vita
Christianity, in the prime of life, and en-
dowed not more with ability to inspir,
others with his plans than to realize then
in his own heart and mind, he brings t.
the position of Archbishop of Canterbur.
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