Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-20


and those sins thou dost retain, they are
retained"
A dispatch from Butler, Pa, says: Col.
John M. Thompson, ex-congressman from
that district, has been arrested on charge
of having raised a note from $500 to 3d.
600. The arrest occasions great excite
ment, but general opinion prevails that
the charge cannot be sustained. Col.
Thompson gave bail for his appearance.
The archives of Darmstadt show the ex-
pense of executing criminals in the four
tenth century: Boiling criminal in oil,
twenty-four forms; burning him alive
was fourteen forms; to break him on the
wheel was six; hanging him was ten, and
branding him on the shoulder or forehead
or cutting off his ears or nose was five
forins.
tramp looked at the Jail at Malvern,
Iowa, on cold day. Smoke was coming
from the chimney, and as he shivered in
his ragged clothes he longed for the com
Portable warmth inside the building. AS
means of getting in, he threw brick
through a church window. Bitter was his
disappointment. The magistrate gave him
fourteen days labor on the streets.
At a recent dinner at the Mansion house,
present, whom the lord mayor wished to
honor by drinking their healths. He &C
cordingly directed the POSTMASTER to an
nounce the health of the present consuls.
He, however, installing the words, gave
out the following: "The lord mayor drinks
the health of the per cent. consols."
Jake Roy was to be hanged by a Mon
tana mob. He saw that the rope was thin,
and would probably break if strained sud-
denly by his whole weight; SO he climbed
up the tree, after they had put the moose
around his neck,and dropped a distance of
twelve feet. The rope parted as he ex-
pected, but his spinal column was broken
nevertheless, causing immediate death.
The Chinese in Melbourne, in Australia,
have started several establishments for
collecting cats. The trade is shrouded in
mystery, for, so far, no one has been able
to discover, for what purpose the poor tab
bies are used. 1t is not likely that they
are used for food, because the collectors
PREFER old cats to kittens, and pay as much
as twenty-five cents a head for fine old
toms.
Some talk is occasioned in diplomatic
circles in Washington by the fact that the
French legation was without any repre-
sentative on the excursion on the river,
which Secretary Frelinghuysen gave the
Malagassy ENJOYS few days ago. All the
other legations we're so well represented
that the absence of the French was no
ticeable, and it is believed it was an in
territorial slight.
The people in the vicinity of Milledge-
vile, Ga, are considerably excited about
hydBophobia. Several persons have been
bitten and one has died. In portions of
Baldwin county the COWS are said
valuable animals have been killed. Many
of the people assert that any dog which
eats human food or blood will go mad,
and cite numerous instances to prove their
claim.
Germany leads the other nations in the
VI L1dBdZAAO A41uohObc 1OI
fantry troops. Prussia has 10000 of these
arms ready for issue, and 10000 more will
be finished by the close of the year. The
spring of 1886 will find the whole army
provided with the new arm. Bavaria and
Wurtemburg will follow close after Prus-
STA. On April the former will issue these
arms to three battallons, and the latter to
one.
According to recent parliamentary re-
turn the total number of agrarian outrages
report d to he Royal Irish constabulary
Office in 1881 was 4,439, distributed among
the twelve months as follows: January
448, February 10, March 151, April 3O8,
May 351, June 332, July 271, August 373,
September 416, October 81 November 534,
and December STA. Last year the agrar-
ian outrages decreased mewhat in num-
Der, amounting altogether to 3,433. This
total was spread over the period as follows:
January 495, February 40, March $40,
April 465, May 4O1, June 284, July 23I,
August 176, September 139, October 112,
November 80, and December IS. ExcIu-
sive of threatening letters the total mum
Der of agrarian outrages in 1881 was 2,248,