Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-24

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The drink sellers of Canada are afraid
of monopoly. By a change in the liquor
law, it is proposed to license the bar in
stead of its keeper; and this is regarded as
a move on the part of the brewers to get
entire control of the thousands of grogger
les which they already hold partially by
mortgages.
The wife of Texas liverman told him
to send close carriage to their house,
with discreet driver, as the order was
from couple who proposed to elope, and
desired to make the flight secretly. He be-
lieved this, and found that it was the truth,
but not the whole truth, for the woman of
the pair was his wife.
Chicago boy, being told that a narrow
bag filled with sand was a weapon that
would stun at single blow without kill
ing, armed himself with one and lay in
wait on dark night for man to hit and
rob. The man whom he struck on the
head, however, instead of dropping drew
pistol and shot him dead.
There are over 800 telephone wires in use
in the city of Honolulu, and the applica-
ton of the telephone is made throughout
the islands on the plantations. Some of
the planters are now cutting their cane at
night with the aid of electric light, and to
think that century since the Hawaiians
were savages and cannibals.
A Minnesota school teacher asked the
committee if they would sustain him If he
thrashed an obstreperous young lady pu-
pill, and they said they would. Then ne
went for her and when the fight was over
the girl ran home laughing and left him
standing there with nothing on him but
one boot leg and subdued expression.
In Pulaski county, Va, a few days since
Mr.. David Smith, Jr., and Miss Lizzie
King, a romantic couple, undertook a run
away match. The elements sided with
the girls father, WHO captured the lovers,
took them home, and made them get mar
ried in decent, prosaic style. His only
objection to Smith was his extreme youth.
The N. Y. Sun says: "We will to
pay fifty dollars for full report of the
second speech of the Hen. W. M. Eyarts at
the Union League club anniversary. 1t was
pronounced at three o'clock in the morn
ing" Was it a maudlin speech at that
small hour in the morning, after tarrying
SO long at the wine, that made the speech
so valuable?
Two young men who went to revival
meeting in New York and stole the "Rock
of Ages" done in worsted, from the church
wall, have been sent to the penitentiary
for six months. The prosecution might
not have been pushed to the bitter end
had not the brethren caught the depraved
wretches in the act of trading off the work
of art for two glasses of lager.
Last week the son of David Davis, pres
ident of the senate, and his wife left the
paternal home at Bloomington, ILL.,,
for Washington, and the gossips
again surmise that they are to accom- pany
the Judge to Fayetteville, N. c., and wit
ness his marriage with Miss Burr. Judge
Davis declares there is no foundation for
the report, but the gossips are determined
to marry him off all the same.
Of the seventy-six senators whose names
are printed in the last edition of the con-
gressional directory, eight we're born in
Ohio, seven in Kentuckey, seven in New
York, four each in Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and YER
mont, three each in Maine, MASSACHUSETTS,,
North Carolina and South Carolina, and
two each in Delaware, Illinois, New Hamp-
shire and Rhode Island. No other state
produced more than one. Three we're
born in Ireland, one in England and one
in Scotland. Ohio, as usual, leads the col
umn.
The will Of the late Gen. Jewell of, Con-
necticut, has been admitted to probate.
He gives to his widow all books, china,
furniture, horses, etc. Three hundred
thousand dollars is given in trust to the
two eldest surviving brothers, Pliny jew
ell and Lyman B. Jewell, one-third of the
annual income of which is to be paid 10
Mrs. Jewell and the remainder divided be-
tween the two daughters. Twenty
hundred dollars is given to his mother
and each of the surviving brothers and
sisters and two heirs of his deceased broth
ers and sisters The residue of the estate
is also to be held as part of the trust fund
described above. The estate will probably
exceed 100000.