St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-08
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

The recent revival of the Sir Charles
Dixie scandal is liable to precipitate new
horrors i'll the London heated term.
DR.. Chauncey NJ Depew has wired con-
CALCULATIONS to ex-Speaker Reed If ever
poor wayfarer along life's political highway
needed congratulations, and sympathy aud
encouraging pats on the back. Tom Reed is
that man. The Pied Piper of Portland is
poorly provided with patrous
Alaska Indians love strawberries soaked in
seal oil. As a gastrouomic dainty nothing
could be more delicious unless it were free
stone peaches fried in soft soap
There are many strong points about the
Robert street bridge. One of the strongest is
some fifty feet north of the south end of it.
and yet there Is no glue factory within
radius of several miles OF that particular
point.
There are no mourners over the death of
congress. Even the happy wives of grang-
ers are wearing ribbons in their hair Under
the Mckinley Law this too, is most exUrava-
CANT celebration
Inc recent breaking of bank at Monte
carlo does not imply bankruptcy by any
means. AT Monte Carlo each bank of the
various games is provided with certain
amount OF capital from the general fund
W hen that capital is exhausted the bank
closes temporarily, the rule being never to
supply additional funds beyond the amount
first stocked in. After few days the bank
resumes with a new capital, and other fort
unes are gobbed
The ST. Paul Press clnb holds its regular
meeting to-day at the Windsor hotel, when,
1t is hoped, large percentage OF its seventy
active members Will present themselves.
line interest recently awakened in the reor-
ganlzation of the club far exceeds the ex-
pectations of the most sanguine, Every
paper IN the Twin Cities Is represented on
the roster of charier members, and the gen
eral good feeling and harmony prevailing is
remarkable i'll an organization of this descrip-
ton. 1t is understood that the charter
membership list will remain open until
April /, at which time without doubt every
working journalist in ST. Paul will be found
upon the roll. and pledged to impart such
impetus TO the clubs success as lies within
the scope of his or her personal influence.
In the language of successful politics, the st.
Paul Press club is "a bird
y
When the Chicago Times copies GLOBE par
agraphs, and credits them to the Pioneer
Press 1t is 10 be understood that the tribute
Is more to the mechanical ventilators on the
window sash than to the paper per Sc.
Jay Gould insists that he will not serve on
New York juries, and New York courts are
powerless to compel him to do So Jason's
stern refusal to earn s. per day in homes
work stamps him as man independent
enough to refuse such sum when he can
make $3.50 elsewhere.
Senator German is the champion checker
player i'll the senate. That he studies his
moves well is indicated by his recent an.
nouncement that he favors Cleveland in 90.
The one Chinese theater in Boston has been
closed for want of patronage If the actors
completed the first play they put on it has
been running long while.
California's Legislature has appropriated
100000 for the worlds fair, and Chicago
most earnestly trusts that if California can
not come personally, she will at least send
the money.
DIR. Garrison, of Wheeling, W. Va, yester-
day shot and instantly killed Dr. Baird, of
the same city. When doctors disagree, who
can tell who will draw his gun first:
In his roast of British nobility ex-senator
ingalls, has set the pace of Senator Peffer. If
he can kick higher than ingalls,, the latter
would like n 500 him do