Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-07
GLOBELETS.

The cry of the starving still comes up
from Ireland.
Mrs. Samuel Bright, sister-in-law of the
celebrated Englishman, John Bright. Is at
present visiting Washington.
The deepest sea soundings in the Pacif
show depth of Of 1889 feet. The deep
est Atlantic soundings are 1886 feet.
A young lady in Philadelphia was
cnoked to death last week by having a
plate of artificial teeth lodged in her
throat.
A daughter of ex-senator Stanton. the
great war secretary during the rebellion.
Is said to be winning much distinction in
New Orleans.
large portion of the Adirondack noun
tain region in New York has beeu sold in
past years to woodchopping capitalists
for five cents an acre.
The first eclipse this year will be that of
the moon, April %. Only one digit will be
echpsed 1t will be invisible to the larger
portion of North America,
The female suffrage bill has been defeated
IN the Massachusetts legislature to the
great disgust of Susan B. Anthony. who
denounces the Solons of her native state
not only as unwise but unjust.
GSome New York ladies ara valiant in
their conflict with burglars. One lady shot
burglar dead the other night, and two
ladies caught midnight burglar an d held
him by the arms and legs till help came.
The Paris omnibuses employ $4,000
horses at daily expense of $4,000 for
food. In 1881 these omnibuses carried
l94,OOO,OOO. The horses cost 100000
and the conveyances and harnesses, 81
100000.
A little girl in Hartford Sunday school,
unused to diplomatic ways, sided up to
her teacher and naively as could be, said:
Mother wanted me to find out in a round,
about way whether you are Mrs. or
Miss"
There are forty-one banks in the Dom
inion of Canada. They are located as fol-
lows: in Quebec fifteen, in Ontario tec,
in Nova Scotia ten, in New Brunswick
four, in Prince Edward Island one, and in
British Columbia one.
The st. Gothard railway has stimulated
many lines of Italian export trade, but
none Of them more surprisingly than the
egg trade. Last year Italy exported eggs
to the value of 100000, whereas few
years ago the trade did not exist at all.
Congressman Van Aernam, of New York.
recently said: II attended the memorial
services of Abraham Lincoln in 1866, and
those of Garfield in 1881. OF the 400 great
men who were gathered on the former &C.
carton, only nineteen were present at the
latter. In sixteen years a political gener
ton has passed away. We live and die,
rapidly on Capitol Hill"
The bookselling trade in England has
lately formed a union of revolt against
the practice Of allowing discount of two
pence and three pence on the shilling to,
the retail customer. The retail customer.
it goes without saying, revolts as energeti-
cally against the idea of adding 20 or so
per cent. to the present high prices.
The Commercial club, of Boston, rushed
some Pennsylvania guests up to Fabyan's.
few days ago, gave them twenty min
utes' view of the White mountains in a
snow storm, with the thermometer at Zero.
then turned the special train of two parlor
cars and one dining car around and
whisked them back to Boston, the round
trip being made in thirteen hours.
China possesses the longest bridge in
the world. 1t is at Lagang, over an arm
of the China sea, and is five miles long.
built entirely of stone, is 20 feet high
with roadway 20 feet wide, and has 300
arches. The parapet is balustrade, and
each of the pillars, which are IS feet apart.
supports pedestal on which is placed
lion 25 feet long made of one block of
marble.
The news that the mysterious ''No. Il of
the Dublin assassins, was once workman
in st. Louis, was supplemented by the an
nouncement in Troy, N. Y, exchange,
that Kavanaugh, the driver of the cab
which carried the murderers to Phoenix
park, was former resident of that
city. The whole gang will be claiming
protection by the American government,
shortly.
AhO @AAAOA1 Ohil3 given Ill NOW 4Ork last
Wednesday, in honor of Prince Carnival
was great success. Madison Square
Garden had been rented for the occasion
at q cost of $4,000, was brilliantly lighted
up and beautifully dressed with flowers.
The Herald estimates the expense of the
ball to the Liederkranz society and its
guests at over $4,000. Over 900 persons
were in attendance.
There must be a very mean set of peo-
pie in Syracuse, N. Y. The engineers of
the many locomotives that pass constantly
through the city have been complained of
for unnecessarily footing the whistles of
their engines, and though the engine dri-
vers have explained candidIy that they
were just doing the footing to salute their
sweethearts the people are ungallant and
nervous enough to demand that the prac-
tice cease.
'Gail Hamilton" otherwise Miss Abigail
Dodge, the cousin of Mr.. Blaine. has been
offered the position by Governor Butler of
trustee of the state workhouse at Bridge