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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
A FAST MAIL THAT SHOULD BE
FASTER.

The arrival in st. Paul of the fast mail
from New York at 1922 p. m. yesterday with
letters postmarked at New York at p. m.
Tuesday, was the dawning of a new and
welcome era. The authorities of the post
Office department have earned the thanks
of the public for what they
have accomplished and their hearty recep-
ton in st. Paul shows that their eff
forts are duly appreciated.
While this is the case it must be conceded
that so far as st. Paul is concerned the ser
vice might be greatly improved. The adj
vantage to business men of a
fast mail, is to have it arrive
arrives at an hour when tits available for the
business of the day, This it does not do.
Except when there is test case Gas there
was yesterday, the business men in ST..
Paul will not receive their mail until
3 p. m. and sometimes later.
This is too late for the cur
rent days business. The train arrives at
Chicago at 80 a. M, and at 3 it continues
to the northwest. There is no good reason
why it should not leave at 80 a. M, and
thus enable the mail to be in St. Paul
at 2 p. m. instead of $3.50. That hour and
a half which is needlessly lost in Chicago
makes the mail of slight service in st. Paul
compared with what it should be.
If it reached here at 2 p. m, it would be in
time. to go out over the Sioux City division of
the Omaha road as well as serviceable to our
business men. AT no point on the route is
there such loss of time as at Chicago. Now
that the officials have inaugurated the fast
mail, they should see that no unnecessary
delays occur.
We understand that the original pro-
gramme was to occupy only one hour (Which
is ample) in the transfer at Chicago, and so
leave that point, as suggested, at 80 am,
and the delay was allowed to accommodate
the publishers of Chicago papers. The fast
mail from New York to Chicago, a few years
ago. was devised to accommo-
date the New York papers by
leaving at a. M, instead of departing
at night, when the business of the day was
over. The result was that the fast mail did
not live. That defect has been remedied by
the present service, and the train leaves New
York at $3.50 p. M, but the fatal error is re-
peatcd at Chicago and the business interests
are largely ignored. Gen. Gresham and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
LIVELY TIMES.
The Glenn Hen of the First Yard Hold a
C0ucdS.

The Glenn Hen of the First Yard Hold a
CducdS.
The Glenn faction met last night to hold
a First ward caucas. D. B. johnson presid-
ed and said this was a continuation or an adj
iourned caucus where they had been over
ridden by thugs and gamblers
from other wards. He announced
that it was war to the knife. A vote was
taken for delegates to the Democratic city
convention, and 2S5 were cast, all but one
being for the following Glenn ticket:
David B. johnson, Harry Burke, John T.
Lee, Mathew Bredimus, Fred Terryo, M. w.
Glenn, Michael Keers, VIM. Olsen, Robt
Erwin, n. Long, E. P. Chesley, Hugh Butler,
Joseph Ingerhutt, NJ. Tobin, John Priester.
John T. Lee was nominated for Alderman
by $50 to one. Col. Glenn made speech
sharply criticising Mayor Ames and was fol
lowed by Mr.. Lee and Johnson.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

vet, as the insult had been directed to the
house of representatives, that body should
express, in dignified terms, its resentment.
The matter, he thought, ought not to be left
entirely with the department of state. Fur
Their consideration of the subject was referred
to subcommittee, consisting of Curtin,
Eaton, Phelps and Rice.
THE AMENDMENT.
The Filth John Porter bill; as reported from
the senate committee, was amended by strik-
ing out the provisions for the restoration of
Porter ''to all the rights, titles and privileges
of the rank held by him at the time of his
dismissal from the army" This amend
ment necessitates the return of the bill in
the house.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

THE record of another awful calamity
comes to the public this morning, with the
terrible story that hundred and fifty men
perishedin Virginia coal mine. The ex-
plosion must have been the result of care
lessness upon the part of some unfortunate
miner, who with the thoughtlessness of con-
slant contact with the caverns in the bowels
of the earth, impudently touched with his
lamp fssure of surcharged gas, which did
the frightful mischief.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
Wise on Trial.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

FARGO, March 13.-Mr. Wise, of the former
loan firm of Wise e. Pearce, was before JUS
tice Stock to-day, charged with the embez-
Element Of s2,375 sent him by an Iowa
mortgage company to be placed as loan on
certain property. The amount sent was
$500, and Mr.. Wise claims that
after taking out his commission
of 1925 he placed the rest in his trunk in his
room and that it was stolen from his trunk
during his absence on the night of Febru-
airy 49, He Immediately notified the compa-
ny and the police. After hearing the evil
dence the justice bound him over for trial at
the next term of court in $4,000 bail which
was given.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
Reception to Blaine.

BALTIMORE, March ia reception and
dinner was given to James G. and Mrs.
Blaine tonight, by Henry G. Davis and Mrs.
Davis, West Virginia Among those present
were Mrs. Senator Harrison, Ind. Business
engagements at Washington prevented the
presence Of Senator Harrison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
Sergeant, Signal c.
nO-nAviS WEATuFR

WASHINGTON, March ID, a. m.-Indications
for Upper Mississippi generally colder, fair
weather, variable winds, increasing pressure fol
lowed by diminishing pressure in the northern
part. Slight rise in temperature Missouri val
ley slight warm, generally fair weather, winds
shifting to easterly diminishing preceded south
ern part, increasing pressure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
PERSONAL.

F. N. Merrill, Esq, the manager of the
Mankato cement works, is at the Merchants
with his family. Mr.. Merrill is one of the
most energetic men of that enterprising city
and is rushing the business he represents
wonderfully.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

THE recognition of the GLOBE as friend
and representative of Southern Minnesota
by the land convention at Window yester-
day, is acknowledged with thanks. The
GLOBE will strive to deserve the very fatter
ing endorsement.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

The wool growers, in session at Kansas
City, petition congress to raise instead Of
lower the duty on imported wool.
Col. Swope, collector of internal revenue
south district, Kentucky, has resigned, said
to be for the good of Arthur, and to settle
big Republican mess.
There have been several breaks in the river
in Mississippi and Louisiana, and much
property is being overlooked.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
Favor the Old Ticket.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Congressman
Springer, of Illinois, was in the city to-day,
and said in answer to questions:
81 am in favor of the old ticket. Tilden and
Hendricks should be the standard bearers in
the coming campaign
Elbow does Arthur stand9n
II think he is leading, and the voice OF
the Republicans seems to be for him. Blaine's
name awakens no enthusiasm, but Lincoln
has many friends"
Samuel Eller, formerly superintendent OF
public instruction in Illinois, also said that
Tilden and Hendricks would be the Demo
cratic standard bearers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

Roland Jones, aged fifty, of Rochester, N.
Y, suicided by jumping into the river and
going over the Genessee falls. He was afraid
his personal property would be taxed
cyclone in Mississippi on the 18th
caused large amount of loss.
Coy. Click, of Kansas, has issued pro-
clamation calling special session of the
legislature to devise means to suppress the
cattle disease in the state,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

WINTER fingers. The lap of Spring is ice
bound There is no warmth nor flowers. The
birds do not sing, and the coal-bin, oft de-
pleted, is still as minis STEERING angel The pc
riod of relief however approaches, as we are as
sured by the calculations in Tice's almanac, and
when upon the 21st day of the month the sun
crosses the line, the gladstone Spring will be
loosed from its bonds and bound down upon US
with gentle zephyrs and warming rays that will
make the heart of man rejoice and restore to
nature the bouyant powers SO long dormant in
the ter-kings embrace. Hail the day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
A YOUNG Miss of fourteen, who is described as

A YOUNG Miss of fourteen, who is described as
" "a bright little GIRL victimized a number of
prominent physicians of Boston, one afternoon
last week, by requesting their presence at 80
Blossom street, Chelsea, where a Mrs Wagner
was lying in a serious state from injuries pro-
duced by a fall. The doctors all fastened to
Chelsea one of them gentleman over seventy
years of age, to find that g Mrs. Wagner was
wholly an invention of the joking maiden. AS
the congregation of doctors met together at SO
Blossom street, they were at first inclined to hold
an indignation meeting, but finally took less
serious view of their loss of two hours time, and
shook hands good naturally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

For twenty years Miss Fannie Curtiss, of
Stafford, Conn.,, has been confined to her bed by
supposed incurable infrmities. Last week Fri
day afternoon, for the first time in a fifth of a
century she left her bed, stood upon her feet,
and in the evening walked to church and return
ed, distanced of half mile, without assistance
and now regards herself restored to health
This wonderful physical transformation and re-
cuperation is attributed wholly to the prayer
cure. Rev. A. j. Sloan, the rector of Christ
church, (EpiscopaD being the author of the cure
through the efficacy of prayer ''Can these
things be and not o'ercome u.s. like summer
cloud, with wonder?''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

THE New Orleans cotton exposition is to be
spread over PAT acres, and it is understood they
have good deal of land to the square inch in
that country, and the affair promises to be the
s'biggest show on earth''-at least of cotton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

THE Ontario Bureau of Agriculture publishes
statement that during 1888 the population of
the province diminished 5000, the annual budget
of the bureau shows that the population of the
provinces is only two thousand more than it was
ten years ago and that it has only seventeen
thousand less farmers than in 1881. What Cana
da loses in population the United States gains.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

APRoPos of the visit of the Cleveland editor to
st. Paul, the present week, note in the London
Echo, from Sir LIE pei Griffin says that she met
but one newspaper editor in the United States
who impressed him as person of more than or
binary intelligence, and that was Major Arm
strong, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer" We
aren't in the least jealous of the compliment to
the genial Major. Sir Lepel found him, as every
one does, whole-souled gentleman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

THE Massachusetts nerves are too esthetie to
permit Dime Museums to exhibit human mon
strosties, and bill is before the legislature to
prohibit such exhibits. After Tewksbury, this is
delicacy, indeed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.

OFFICE. CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. -, 1856 p. m.
Observations taken at the same moment OF
time at all stations named.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
UPPER LAKES.

DAILY LOCAL MEANS.
Bar. Their Dew Point. Wind. Weather.
1872 1876 As SW Clear
Amount of rainfall or melted snow, o, max
mum thermometer, $685. minimum thermom-
tier, rs; daily range, $50.
River, frozen.
Below zero.
NoTE-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
P F. LYONS,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

BUT for the fact the New York Commercial
AdgertiSer was the chief organ of President
Arthur its sale for S375 900 would not be matter
of much, if any public concern. Hugh Hastings
in his life time was close friend of Mr.. Arthur
and upon his funeral day the chief magistrate of
the nation walked by his bier. The stock of the
paper is in IA shares, and of these Mr.. Hast
ings held Iii, and jointly with Mr. Van Schaick
owned fifteen more. By his will Mr. Hastings
distributed forty-fve shares among his nephews,
to one twenty, to another ten, and to three, five
shares each, all of the young men be-
ing employed on the paper. To Mr..
Hastings he gave seventy-three and half shares,
including half of the fifteen shares in which Van
Schaick holds an interest. Mrs. Hastings had
control of thepaper but she wearried of the care,
and desired to reside abroad for a time. Several
offers were made to her, and finally she disposed
of her shares to Parke Goodwin, Harold Goodwin
and Henry Sedly, whose control of the paper
leaves Arthur without an organ among the jour-
mails of the city, fact that is thought to indicate
the wane of interest in his ambition for a second
term
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14
CURRENT.COMMENT.

SENATOR MCDONALD, at the threshold of the
discussion of his name as aPresidential possibility
with the favorable mention accorded him in the
Woman's Suffrage convention at Washington,
with the strong wave of pop
ular esteem sweeping toward him
from the south, with the popular esteem in
which he is held among the people of his own
state, is met with an unpleasant opposition that
may have the effect to blight his prospects and
possibly decide him not to permit his to
appear in the lists at Chicago. Talk is already
being INDUCED that must have more or
less effect in injuring him as a
candidate, though the motive which underlies it
is ungracious, if not wholly malignant, and the
objective point to force him into retiracy. 1t is
a fact that Mrs. Mcdonald was a divorced woman
and that Mr.. Mcdonald was the attorney who
procured the divorce. His marriage to a di-
vorced lady, it is said, would drive from him
many Catholic votes. The facts of the divorce
trial and the subsequent marriage, have been
tortured into various ugly forms, and if the Sena-
tor goes to Chicago and insists upon remaining a
candidate he must go prepared to see published
by newspapers opposed to him great many
very disagreeable things. The result will
be the greatest amount of dis
comfort. Mrs. Mcdonald is too attractive
a woman to ever be pardoned for getting rid of a
very worthless husband and for marrying SO
prominent and influential man as she did. In
so doing she incurred the special enmity Of Mrs.
Hendricks who was the leader of Indianapolis
society at that time, and who has been accused of
leading the war which has been waged against
Mrs. Mcdonald. Prior to her marriage with the
Senator Mrs, Mcdonald was not prominent in
indianapolis society, but she was well received by
every one. The first evidence Of improperly
discovered by the ladies who have since waged
war upon her was her marriage to the Senator.
The presidency is great prize, but there are
things in the life of a man beside which it is as
nothing. But the people, as a body, are fair
minded and if nomination were accorded Mr..
Mcdonald malignant tongued scandal could harm
him very little, for the that partisan fury
would have spent itself and the reaction would
extract the venom of its claws.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-14

At this point lived a Hungarian family,
named Glasse, whose house was shivered
almost to atoms, but, wonderful to relate,
the inmates escaped without serious injury.
At the entrance to the fan tunnel stood the
company's large ventilator, which, with
house around it, was swept entirely away,
leaving the engine standing ON the founda-
ton and all shattered and broken, with the
pipes twisted and forced. The force of the
explosion was terrific. Rocks were thrown
through the work shops, and every object that
stood in the direct course of the forced air
was demolished. Several workmen in the
shops were seriously injured, and the shops
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
Remarkable Insomnia.

a most remarkable case of insomnia,
says Wheeling, w. Va, special of the
18th instant, has just come to light in
this city. Joseph Salisbury, ship car
penter, about so years Of age, has not
slept an hour at time, nor more than
ten hours in all, since January 1. Other
wise he seems sound and healthy, and
works every day at his trade. When
these facts first became known his ac-
quaintanees doubted the statement,
thinking that the matter was a dodge to
gain notoriety; but when Joseph and his
family persisted that such was the case it
was determined that two persons should
watch with him every night after his
work 1t was done for five nights in
succession, and during that time he man
ifested no desire to sleep, spending the
night reading and smoking, and resum-
ing his work in the morning apparently
as fresh and invigorated as though he
had just risen from a sound nights sleep.
Since this test was made others have
watched him closely; among them sever
al physicians, who are at loss to account
for this remarkable phenomenon. 1t is
safe to say that it has been at least ninety
days since Saulsbury's insomnia COM
menced, and all this time he has not been
II, bad
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
A Chicken Swims.

From the Franklin (Ga) News.
We have always heard it said thai a
chicken could not swim, but in this in
stance the theory was exploded. One
day last week hawk darted down in
Mr.. Harris yard, seized a month-old
chicken, and flew off across the river
Marshall Pittman saw the hawk catch
the chicken, and snot at him. No sooner
than he shot, the chicken was dropped
in the river. Seeing il fall, Mr.. Pittman
ran to the river, and, strange to say,
about twenty-five or thirty feet from the
bank saw the lutte fowl swimming with
all its might. He was amazed at the
sight, called several other gentlemen, and
waited to see what the result would be.
In few minutes, however, it reached
the bank, and looked at the admirlng
Iookers-on as if to salute them and re
ceive their congratulations. 1t was car
ried to the house and dried, and now it is
the pertest chicken in the yard. That
this chicken swan out of the river is not
hearsay, but it is an actual fact.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19


'CubaIns. very near Is the day when
the veterans OF oar hDaiasIhg armies,
Generals Gomez, Garcia and others VIII
come to take the place OF honor which be-
longs to them.
10 arms. and let Us wait for them I'M
der good organization and under the
banner OF independence. We VIII prove
to the world that we are not miserable
men without country, but men who are
worthy OF an independent country.
Long 1--we the revolt. 10 arms,
couhtfymeh.
(Slgned carlos AGUERo.
- April, de 1884.
A proclamation was also issued at
Kingston Jamaica by General kaynon
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
\ Woman in a Mans Pocket.

Philadelphia Times.
Among the crowd of visitors that stood
around the platform at the Dime Mu-
scum yesterday from which the diminu-
tive feminine wonder, Lucia Zdrate, was
being exhibited, standing upon the palm
Of her managers hand, was a tall, gaunt
countryman, wearing a long ulster, who
stood at least six feet in height. After
surveying his twenty-one inch fellow
being for some minutes with Open-mOuth
wonder, he gradually edged up to a posi-
ton near the manager and whispered:
Say, mister, I'll give you a dollar if
you just Let me put her in my pocket"
"Oh, no, l couldn't think of that, -"
was the answer.
III give you three"
A shake of the head from the mana
ger. ......-
We'll, here is five," holding out the
bills beseechingly. ''You see, he ex-
claimed 81 want to tell the talks t home
bout her, an if I can say had her in
my pocket they can't say I'm stretch
ing"
The crowd had now become interested
and seconded the countryman's appeal
So, with a dainty grace, the young lady
wrapped her skirts close around her, and
was softly lowered out of sight in the
pocket of the delighted countryman.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
STATE PRESS.
Mount Waters is 500 feet above the sea

Mount Waters is 500 feet above the sea
level
Another new boat has been launched
on Lake Minnehaha.
st. Augustine has already subscribed
over 5000 for the Confederate Home at
Richmond, Va.
Work on the new NJ. E.. church at
Starke was commenced on Wednesday
last, and will be pushed ahead with all
possible speed to completion.
The Madisoa County Sunday School
Convention for 1884 meets at the Baptist
church in Madison on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, May 8, 10 and II.
Nine houses have been erected on Min
neola and two on Lake Minnehaha since
last November. At the latter point eight
orange groves have been transplanted at
the same time.
St Augustine Press: The dredge on
the Atlantic Coast Line canal resumed
active operations this week, and the canal
company intend to push the work for
ward as rapidly as possible. About two
and a half miles of excavation remains to
be completed before the dredge will enter
Smith creek, but the worst of the obsta-
cles between st. Augustine and the Hall
fax river have been overcome. The peo-
pie all along the proposed route Of the
canal are impatiently waiting its COM
pletion." r. |
The City Council Of Jacksonville have
allowed the following. salaries for the-en-
suing year: Mayor, per month, $1O0;
Marshal, per month, $40; Clerk, per
month, 1925; Attorney, per month, $75;
Health Officer, per month, $75; First AS
sistant Inspector, per month, $50; Chief
of Police, per month, $50; Patrolmen,
per month, $50; Teamsters, per month,
$50; Sexton, per month, $40; Market
Clerk, per month, $40: Market Sweep,
per month, $25; Sanitary Inspectors
(each), per month, $50; City Treasurer,
per annum, $1O0
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
Bread Cast Upon the Water.

Miss Fannie 6. Porter, pOstmistress at
Russelville, KY, has become suddenly
rich through the death of a tramp. A
couple of years ago this tramp visited
Russelville, and there saw the young lady
seated at her desk in the postoffice. He
asked her for something to eat, which
she gave him, along with a few encour-
aging words. The old man then asked
her name, and told her to write it on a
slip of paper which she did The old
tramp picked up the paper, and looking
at it, said: ''You are a good girl and
a mighty pretty one, too, and like you.
Don't you know that you are the only
person that has treated me with any
kindness for years. They say am old
and crazy, but don't you believe 'em. l
have got lots of money, and I am going
to leave it all to yoI." The old man soon
after left town and was never heard of
afterward until recently, when the young
lady received a notice ,hat the old gen
/ tleman had died, leaving a will in which
he gave all his property-several thou
sand dollars and a house and lotto the
young Iado why treated him so kindly.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-04-19
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE AT PA
Il latka Election District, No s, on Monday.
May 5th, and remain during the week ending
on Saturday the 10th, for the purpose as of as
sessing the State and County Tax for the year
A. d. 1884. All tax payers wishing tax blanks
will please call at either the Office of clerk Of
Circuit Court or Tax Collector, where they
will find them. J. W. WOODS
Tax Assessor Putnam County