Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-24
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tics.
The Mexicans refer TO his satanic males
| ty, as the president ofHell.'
More than half the subjects of the Brit
| ish crown are Mohammedans.
A bill is before the North Carolina legis-
lature to prohibit gambling in cotton flu
lures.
The report that the coinage of the new
five cent pieces has been stopped is contra
dicted.
Punch says the English reward of
bravery is garter and wooden leg to
wear it on.
Ex-Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, is
spoken of as a candidate for reelection to
the governorship.
A new throne to cost $4,000 is being
prepared to be used at the coronation of
the Emperor of Russia.
A railroad ticket, twenty years old, was
recently rendered and accepted for ride
from Hartford to Boston.
The alleged swindling in diamonds by
means of painted gems is declared to be
impossible by dealers in precious stones.
Women in Carson City, Nebraska, are
counted among the boldest gamblers there
Their boldnsss degenerates into reckless
ness.
An English economist named Holyooke,
says that the opportunities of life in
America are ''great enough to make an an
gel hurry"
The Oldest postmaster in the United
States is Roswell Beardsley, Of North
Lansing, New York. His commission is
dated 1928.
The par value of share OF stock in the
Chemical bank of New York is 800, but
If you wanted to buy one it would cost
you $2,1O5.
YeIlow-haired girls have taken to the
wearing of velvet coats of a reddish choc-
olate hue in order to emphasize the luster
of their locks.
Nearly 100000 tons of ice have been
harvested on the Hudson river during the
past two months. About 10000 men have
been employed.
Ex-Gov. Young, of Ohio, at present a
member of congress, is talked of for the
japanese mission in place of Judge Bing-
ham, to be recalled.
The French national library is the
largest in the world, containing 2,078,000
volumes, or twice as many as there are in
the British museum.
Persons who use ice taken from ponds
of impure water should first boil the ice to
destroy the animal germs that otherwise
will destroy the health.
Professors Bowen, Touring and Tory,
of Harvard University, Massachusetts, are
rounding up their iftieth year of connec-
ton wife the institution.
The Russian empress, when she was
crowned empress, was celebrated for her
| light ways, but of late years she
has become more reserved-a change that
is naturally accounted for in her constant
fear for the life of her husband.
The doorkeeper on change at st. Louis
is an observing mortal. He says: II can
tell Chicago man as soon as he puts his
face around the corner of the stairs. They
are SO nervy and fresh, and most of them
think that no rule in the world was made
for their observance"
1t is asserted that the Indians are not a
'perishing race,'' the increase of this spe-
cial population being about 1000 annually
Not including Alaska, the number of
savages in the United States is 261851,
nearly all of them being distributed among
sixty eight agencies.
A colored woman named Martha John
son, residing in Marshall, Texas, while ly
ing down smoking her pipe, suddenly rose
and saying she was smothering gasped and
fell dead. A coroner's inquest returned a
verdict of death from suffocatiOn caused
by nicotine in the throat.
Twenty years after an execution had
| been issued against Thomas Cushing, of
New York, that execution was served few
| days ago and Thomas was placed in jail.
In court he claimed that the plaintiff and
plaintiffs attorney had been dead for
years. He was discharged.
The supreme court of Illinois decides
that no man is obliged to clean the side
walk opposite his house. The case was
that of a resident of Bloomington who
allowed the snow to accumulate in front of
his property, and, being fined under a city
ordinance, appealed to the court.
Ex-Judge William Lewis, an eccentric
character of Texas, who died in Dallas a
few days ago, was with Houston in the
battle of San Jacinto. He died so poor
that his remains were about to be borne to
pauper's grave, when few men raised
500 to give him a decent burial.
A blizzard story from the Northwest: A
man went for bucket of water and
spilled a little while returning to the house.
He put one foot on the wet spot, and be-
fore he could take another step he was
frozen to the ground. He had to leave his
boot behind and hop to the house.
An English nobleman, who died lately,
left instructions by will that his funeral
should not cost more than ESQ. "My
fathers he wrote, ''cost $500, which [
consider a shameful waste of money" The
heirs will see that the funeral expenses are
kept within the limits, never fear.