Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-03
GLOBELETS.


Zealand under graduates.
Arab is now on his way to Ceylon, the
"St. Helena" of the fallen chieftain.
The Cossacks now serving in the Russian
army number $685. 900, their officers 3,942.
The Irish in the British army are slight
ly more than one-twelfth of the British
army.
A Syracuse dispatch says it is reported
that Mr.. Vanderbilt has gone into the
North woods with hunting party.
The new year sailed in cold and clear
Old time has cut another notch in the tally
stick, and thus the centuries are made.
San Francisco policeman is under ar
rest for stealing $4,000 worth of silk goods.
What a precious guardian of the public
peace and morals!
Hell is paved with good Intentions
and 80 was the last year. Nevertheless
many man, and woman too, slumped in.
The past is the prophecy of the future.
Mr.. Wilfred Blunt, Arabi's friend, is a
well-looking man of forty three. His wife
is Byron's grand-dau ghter. She is an
original character. Mr.. Blunt is Sussex
squire and Roman Catholic.
The detailed project for the submarine
tunnel between Italy and Sicily has been
finished, and will soon be submitted for
government appreciation. The length of
the tunnel will be about eight and a half
miles. The expense is calculated at $14,-
100000.
The madness of prohibition is still ex-
tant in Ohio. In total vote of 624,00O,
some $4,000 recorded their votes for the
chimera, and yet with vigorous high re-
solve, they stick to the ''lost cause" and ex-
pect to overcome the small amount SOS, OOO
nsxt time!
The Pussy memorial in England will be
a great success. Already something like
100000 has been subscribed to perpetuate
the name of the great High Churchman;
and there is little doubt that the 100000
for which Canon Liddon asks will be
placed in his hands.
According to the Rerue Seientifque,
number of merchants of Bergen have pur-
chased the right to cut large blocks of ice
for shipment from the enormous glacier
Fonor-Svartisen in Norway. It's distance
from the sea is only about two miles. The
glacier is 12O miles square.
The highest bid ever made for grey
hound was the offer of 81 800 by Mr.. May
er, of Derby, for Princess Dagmar before
this years Waterloo cup had been run for.
This was at auction, but her owner, Mr..
Reilley, reserved her at e1,7OO. She was
sold the other day for breeding purposes
for $50 guineas.
The Shaksperian library of Colonel E.
II. Thompson, of Flint, Mich, said to be
one of the most valuable private collec-
tions of the kind in the country, has been
purchased by Mr.. James Mcmillan, of De-
troit, for presentation to the University of
Michigan. The owner had refused 100000
for it previously.
One of the wealthiest Of United States
senators is George 81. Pepdleton. 1t
would take at least 100000 a year to
maintain his several places of residence
his elegant winter home in Washington,
his large city mansion in Cincinnati, his
cottage at Conway, N. r., and his villa at
Mt. Desert, Maine.
The London Times says, tranquil as
things seem just now, it cannot be forgot
ten that there are political forces in |
Europe whose action is not calculable with |
any degree of precision" An explosion of 1
some kind is thought to be certain in the
near future. England and Russia may
have an armed discussion north Of India,
ere long.
The character of law suit, in which st
are the principals, can be inferred from
the telegraphic announcement: "Befere
the trial commenced one of the counsel
made motion in court that all minors be
excluded from the room, and the judge
agreeing with him decided that callow
youth should be kept affair.""
The question ''How long is it neces sary
10 keep children away from school after an
Infectious disease?" was answered some
lime since by the Academy of Medi-
clno, Gar16. WIN ScdElot fcVe1, III putnoIld, |
measles and smallpox isolation is to be {
maintained for forty days. Chicken pox
md mumps lose their contagious power
after twenty five days.
A man surrendered himself to the New
York police. saying that he was guilty of
,igamy, perjury and fraud. Despite his /
and his assertions that he s
vas only victim of restless conscience,
he police locked him in a padded cell to
wait examination as to his mental condi-
ion. The admission of guilt seems to be
oreign to the understanding of police
nan.
President Arthur has still some thingsto
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