St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28


upward toward God.
Alligator pears, finely favored. at e. per
dozen, are arriving rrom Cuba.
A thief In York County, Pennsylvania,
goes about disguised as & woman.
The Pcsemdksn, Philadelphia publication,
is edited by man named Club.
The works OF both Longfellow. and Emer-
son are read in the French schools.
The Harpers will sell nearly 90, 900 copies
OF their December magazine in England
The blizzsri, unfortunately, can come
over from Canada without paying tariff.
The President of the New Orleans Exposi-
ton is th.s largest cotton planter in the
world;
Every visitor to Washington should carry
with him h return ticket and fat pocket
book.
Col In gersoll Is said to have made s25, 900
from fifty lectures during the last two
months
The New Orleans Exposition wants but one
thing to make It = suecess-an attendance
Of 80, 0OO day.
Charles dickens did more for Christmas
than any man that lived during the last sew
enteen centuries.
new Republican party, a Blaine organ is
projected at Portland, Ne. Some people say
Blaine is out of politics.
According to the CELSIUS Of 1880 the foreign
population oE Philadelphia was 2O4 s35, and
Of Chicago goa, $50.
One-hundred and thirty-one lives were
lost tin the Gloucester fisheries during the
year, lesving fifty widows
This is a good time of the year to let the
newsooy keep the change You don't feel
the difference, but be does.
The fellows who had Clevsland's Cabine
all fixed up 4 month ago are the same chaps
that predicted a mild winter.
The latest libel on Steve Dorsey is that he
writes poetry. How probe the world is 70
kick a man when he's down.
Rev. George Ball, Of Buffalo. has taken to
the lecture platform. in Boston he had an
audience Of less than 100 persons.
Prince Bismarck, 1t is charged, works his
clerks until midnight, and pays them smaller
wages than ordinary mercantile houses.
Kossuth is fortunate man. This is the
fourth time he has had the pleasure Of read
ng his own obituary in the newspapers.
The most powerful imprecation which the
inhabitants Of Crete uttered against an enc
my was: ''Ye gods, give him bad habitsr'
The Emperor Of Austria is noted for hav-
Ing the largest collection Of pipes in Europe
Royal statesmanship seems to run to this
sort Of thing.
+. L. Barnum made glad the hearts Of
ambitious sehooi-bOys in Bridgeport, Conn,
BY presenting the High School with gold
medal fund OF $1,000.
Miss Gussie Harris, Of Butte county. Cal,
went forth the other dav and shot Eve quail
at one shot, and speared four salmon, two
over four feet long. E
The German Reichstag will this winter dis
cuss the abolition Of capital punishment.
There is great deal Of public sentiment in
Germany in favor Of the change.
Times are ''hard'' I'm Germany. too. but as
the oreweIies have reduced the price of beer
l cent litre the people concluded to go
ahead With Christmas as usual.
The syndicate that was to take the Great
Eastern to New Orleans has run short of
cash, and has an agent in New Orleans try
Ing to raise money 10 complete the project
New Orleans usually has Eve months Of
spring. II Chicago were burdened with I've
months OF spring, accompanied byspring fe-
yer, 1t wouldn't be as large city as ii Is.
Mr.. Arthur's Senatorial candidacy brings
to mind the fact that Andrew johnson was a
candidate for Senator in Tennessee the next
year after retiring from the Presidency, and
was beaten by only two votes.
"ATexas paper says: Elder Joe Hard
ing while preaching at revival meeting at
the Christian Church, Sherman, was struck
blind, but recovered his sight next morn-
ing"
Beecher laughs at the idea that he is to be
Clevelsnd's Minister to London. ssRIdicu-
lous, I" ''absurd-'' This is the way q man al
ways talks when he isn't sure that he viii
get there.
d. I. Price, farmer OF Woolseiy College.
In Green county, Tennessee, owns a coat
made in 1888 by Andrew Johnson, who was
afterwsrd President OF the United States
The coat is to be on exhibition at the New
Orleans Exposition. rs
They make distinction In England be-
tween the people aud the working classes,
Among the festivities at RipOn upon the re-