St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In Great Britain and Ireland the ru mber
OF envelopes manufactured 10 a year Il said
10 De TOO, 600, 900; In the Uuited States they
amount to about $500, 900. 600. II hard
laoor were compelled to do the work now
done by machiues IN simply making en- We
lopes, taking no account Of the printing done
by some of them, It would take 275. 900 work
men. According TO the census, Udited States
envelope manufacturers, in 1880, numbered
1,204 persons.
rolice Justice Eisenmengre, Of Scbenects-
dy, n. Y, wears ON his watch chain a small
glass charm or badge encircled with gold,
which was found on a French battle field by
his grandfather 10 1913. 1t is said to have
been the badge worn by some of the Scottish
highland clans during the Scottish rebellion
in 1745.
Black marble may thus lie polished: Wash
the marble with soap and warm water, and
when dry rub II well with furniture paste or
french polieh, and then rub IL with an old
SILK handkerchief. After two or three trials
The marble will become quite bright.
Baltimore paper says that city alone put
up the past season IA, 400, 500 cans Of peach
es; 100000 cans of peas 300. 900 cans Of
string beans. 100, 900 cans Of pears, 3, OOO.-
OOO cans OF tomatoes, aud 900, 900 cans of
fruits, and also other vegetables.
Judge Fan e, of Salt Lake, has ruled that a
plural wife has no rights Of inh eritance, and
cannot attain such right by long contiuu-
ance IN the illegal relations; that she is no
wife in law, and can not, therefore, be
widow.
The Municipal Reform league OF Roches-
ter, n. Y, considers the amount apprnpriat-
ed by congress for the government building
in that city manifestly made luate, and will
take steps to have the amount increased.
Since 1875 Providence, r. l., has expend
ed $ll, $40, $50 in building, an average wear
ly expenditure Of over 81, 300, 600, over 90
per cent. of which was in dwelling-houses.
The investment for 1884 exceeds 81, 500, 600.
A petrifed rsttlesnake was found a few
days ago near Birmingham, Ca, In the
center Of huge bowlder. The snake wss
nearly seven feet long aud had nine rattles.
1t was perfect in every respect.
A few years ago five thousand persons
signed the temperance pledge in Middle
town, n. 7. Now the village supports sixty
or more drinking places and expends for
rum and beer 500, 900.
Elsee Banker, of Peekskill, aged SO and
worth SAC, 1000, had just married Amanda
DunscOmbe, widow. aged 45. She is Bank
er's fourth wife, his third wife having run
away.
During the next $50 years, II has been
computed, there can be only one total eclipse
of the sun-that of Aug. II, l999-whieh can
be seen in England.
As an evidence of the absolute freedom OF
suffrage in Washington territory It is stated
that five squaws voted in Chehalis county at
the last election.
In one of the mountain counties Of Ken
lucky woman has held the Office of justice
Of the peace without legal authority for the
last ten years.
Cleveland lady promensded the sire cts
two hours with card on her cloak reading:
''Former price, 500: marked down to sl2 to
close out"
An old lady Of SO years, living in Lewis
country, Washington territory, cast her maid
en- vote at the last election.
Gloucester, Mass, mackerel receipts aggre-
gate $4,000 barrels.
The Bennington, VT, monument fund has
reached $50, 600.
The bonded debt of Cleveland, o., amounts
to s7,273, 900.
Names estimated potato crop is $3.50, 600
bushels.
Bangor, Me-, dog has killed 500 rats in
two years.
Maine has 1900 telephones.
Yale has /, Os6 students.