St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02
STRAY SUNBEAMS.

P T. BARNUM says that he is willing to take
the presidential nomination on the Republi-
can ticket Mr.. BARNUM is qualified. He
has been ringster all his life, and, as
the nomination is likely to go begging, it
would be good trade for the Republicans if
they could get cage of monkeys in ex-
change for it.
When the Seventh street dime museum fix
lures were cleaned out the other day. the
poor little monkeys were left out in the cold.
BY an oversight, no provision had been made
for storing them along with the other goods.
The new lessee wouldn't have them in the
building, and the storage people were not au-
thorized to take them away homeless mon
key in cold climate is an object Of pity. While
the cages sat on the pavement passers-by
stopped ana viewed with sorrowful eye
these untutored natives of the tropics as they
shivered in the biting blasts of Manitoba
wave. One old fellow, bigger and tougher
looking than the others, had climbed to the
topmost perch, where he held on with
death-like grip and Chartered out defiance
to the elements. '!w hat does that old chap
remind you OFF, asked one locker to another.
II give it up ''That's JOHN SHERMAN
posing for the presidential nomination.
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Menagerie prices are ruling low this season,
judging from the auction sale of Doris d
CoLyIN's bankrupt circus in st. Louis last
week Kangaroos sold for less than $50
apiece Four performing lions only brought
fraction over 81, 600 zebra sold for 81 800,
a white llama Sl51, two white camels for
$685., hyena cage for $50 while the trained
elephant, Betsy" only brought 500, or
one-sixth of what she sold for q year or two
ago. The highest bid on royal Bengal tiger
was $500, while a cage of pheasants and
cockatoos only realized $40. Among the
buyers were JOHN ROBINSON, BARNUM &
BAILEY, ADAM FoREPAUGH and the ORRIN
brothers.
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W. Ii. GRAY. the Chicago man who pur-
chased Libby prison, is now in Richmond
making preparations to remove the building
to Chicago. Libby prison is al old tobacco
warehouse, for which Mr.. GRAY paid S23, 900.
He says that he has been offered, cash down,
a bonus of S11, 700 on his purchase. Mr..
GRAY says that the building, when regretted
in Chicago. will be used for money making,
and not for political purposes, and that it
will be turned into museum for exhibition
Of relics of the late war.
Hon. WILLIAM KING still carries a level
head. He comedies CLEvELAND's election in
advance of the campaign. Mr.. KING is
straightforward Republican, but is one who
has learned that it is no use to kick against
the pricks. Democratic success is in the air
this year so strongly that even Republicans
cannot fail to sniff it,
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The indications are that the Burlington
strike is near an end. Both parties are get
ting down to a common-sense basis. and there
is no apparent reason why Il satisfactory con-
clusion shall not be reached. If Supt. PER
K1Ns and ARTHUR had acted as sensibly one
week ago as they did yesterday, it would
probably have been the saving of a good
many thousand dollars to both the road and
its employees. Experience is reputed to be a
dear school, but there are some people who
will learn in no other.