St. Paul daily globe., 1884-11-30

borrowed by Spreckels. II looks as though
the latter would get his property all back,
with the improvements made by the money
Of the other stockholders, for the $1,000, 900
Of borrowed money.
Gorilla says King AlfonsO's Illness will
without doubt soon terminate fatally, and
then there will be trouble IN Spain. for the
heiress to the throne will be a child in the
nursery, and the queen mother. who by law
will be regent during the minority, is a
stranger. an Austrian, who has no place in
the esteem and affection Of the people.
Some would then wish 10 restore the ex-
Queen Isabella, aud others to bring about an
''infantne' Marriage between AlfOnsO's
baby daughter aud the young son Of Don
Carlos. Either Of these expedients would
mean a coup d'etIf.
The heirs Of Cardinal Consalvi, who died
in 1924. have brought suit against the Col
lrge Of the Propaganda to recover S2,0O0,-
600. They charge the college with having
suppressed will Of the Cardinals. Various
circumstances have prevented the suit from
being pressed before now. The Cardinal
was born at Rome in 1857, and in his ca
paciiy of Secretary OF State 10 Plus VII con-
cluded the concordat with Napoleon. He
was a man Of signal ability and an active
reformer Of abuses in the Papal States. The
fortune claimed was bequeathed 10 him by
an uncle.
The Supreme Court OF Iowa has informed
a young wife who married man knowing
him 10 be intempera;e, aud then applied FOR
a iiyorce ON the ground that he is a con-
hrmed drunkard. that she voluntarily chose
drunkard for a husband. and
should discharge the duties Of a drunkard's
wife. ''His failure to keep q pledge Of re-
formation, made before marriage" says the
court, ''does not justify you in deserting
him. Having knowingly married a drunk
ard, you must make yourself content with
the sacred relationship"
a gentleman just from New York, and who
saw the Rev. DIR. Burchard on Sunday last,
says the poor old gentleman is in such a state
OF coutrition and remorse as b provoke SYM
pathy from even the most hard hearted. He
totters along with the weight Of his more
than three score and ten wears, imagining
that he is alone responsible for the defeat OF
Blaine, aud that be can never be forgiven
for it. The gentleman SAYS that be would
not be surprised il DR.. Burchard's life was
shortened 10y the occurrence.
A political problem in the late vote In
King county. Washington territory, is that in
a total vote OF 5,l65. the candidate on the
Republican ticket who received The largest
vote, Sheriff McGraw, had a majority Of 9, ,26S
and the Democratic candidate who received
the most votes, Voorhees,, majority OF 2. 246,
difference Of 4.sO9 votes between the high
est Democratic and the highest Republican
majority.
The late Count LOnyay. Of Pesth, was a
colleague OF Kossuth and held high Office in
the government in ls4S, but when the insur-
rection collapsed he was forced 20 leave the
country. Returning after some years, he
became minister of finance in Andrassy's 5
first Hungarian cabinet, aud in 1870 he again
occupied that position in the ministry of the
empire.
The Hawaiian government is engaged in
changing the currency OF that kingdom by
Withdrawing all foreign coins, leaving only
Ameriean-Hawaiian coins in circulation. II
is hoped by this change to bring their cur
rency TO the same Dasis as that Of the United
States. December l, 1884, having been fixed
as the date when the new system takes effect.