In 1829, he joined Pierre Leroux's Globe newspaper before taking part in the July Revolution of 1830.

For some time Colonel Torrens was a part proprietor and editor of the Globe newspaper.

The Globe newspaper complained: "in the next ten or fifteen years .... The chief retail thorofares will then look like a Colorado canyon."

As a youth, he delivered the Globe newspaper to local homes and built a reputation for sales within the newspaper's circulation department.

Later he acted as foreign correspondent to various newspapers, and during the last eight years of his life, his articles formed the chief attraction of the Globe newspaper.

The Globe newspaper the following day described the new premises designed by noted Toronto architect S. George Curry as "Architecturally.

The directors of the Globe Company advise the management of The Globe newspaper.

David Christie was in frequent contact with George Brown who published The Globe newspaper.

In 1880, he died in the house after having been shot in the leg by a disgruntled employee at The Globe newspaper which he founded.

Brown used the Globe newspaper to publish articles and editorials that attacked the institution of slavery in the southern United States.