St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-21
ALL AROUND.

China has not been without rebellion in
some portion of the empire for 100 years
Florida alligator hunters say that the saur-
ians will be looked upon as curiosities ten
years hence.
kentuckians raised enough sunaower
seeds this summer to supply the wants of
the whole United States
81 am going TO resign from the senate"
Mr.. RiddIeberger said to-day to the Courier
Journal correspondent, land give Gov Lee
the opportunity of appointing some one to
fill out my unexpired term. / feel thatI am
disarmed, as it were, by the Republicans,
and from their actions toward me l think 1t
best for me and perhaps for them that
should retire. They Speaking of the Repub-
licah senator's treat me in a manner that
cannot stand without feeling that am COM
promising myself to longer associate with
them. have telegraphed Gov. Lee that l
will forward my resignation between now
and the first of the year, which / intend
to do
The interest in the coming fight between
Kilrain and Sullivan is very great. Every
atom of news is snapped up. and the various
tortuous and sinuous windings of the prel1m-
mary negotiations are as familiar to the ma
iority of Americans as though il were mat.
ter OF international dispute. Hayti is mere
bagatelle compared TO Sullivan.
1t is said that Richard Watson Glider. the
far-seeing editor of the Century, announced
two years ago that the most prominent WONT
an among American writer's was Amelia
Rives. but that she would eventually fall
victim 10 her friends. He had detected the
manner in which her name had been pushed
before the public i'll the newspapers, and said
that the constant effort of Miss Rives' jour-
nalistic champions toward exploiting her
would cause her to devote too much of her
time to sensationalism. and eventually ruin
her literary style.
The BARRIERS, brushmakers, cutters and all
sorts Of folks who make BARRIERS supplies
are gossipping about a new weekly that is
TO be issued and called the Shaver. Every
year somebody starts a barber shop paper, but
they never succeed. AS this is to be backed
by firm of soapmakers, it ought to have
better luck
All sorts of stories are told of Elijah Hal
ford, who has suddenly won fame as the sec
rotary of the president-eleot. The Chicago
Tribune alleges that his chirography is SO
bad that even the typos cannot read his man.
uscript. Let US destroy this fiction at once,
while looking upon a pile of his letters sent
to friend in New York. The handwriting
is plain as a pikestaff, and can be read as
easily as print. Give Elijah a show.
Bishop Potter was one of the most inter
ested observers at the art display in the
Union League club the other evening. There
were many fine pictures, and Mr.. A. r. Whit
ney insisted that all his friends should see
the wonderful display. The bishop is a
handsome man, and cuts quite n figure
among all the expansive shirt fronts and
white ties. He wore a swallowtail like the
others, and hlgh-cut black waistcoat but
toning at the chin. A high Roman collar en-
circled his throat. He wore knee breeches
of black silk stockings of the same inky
hue, and patent-leather pumps. lie was, in
fact, the personification in manner and dress
of the swell bishop of the Church Of Eng
land