The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Wing office In jackson, Tenn, and
several adjoining buildings, burned yes
terday.
A new plan to supply Liverpool. Eng
land, with water, Is estimated to COS
about $12, 900, 900.
A fire at Minatitlan, Mexico, de-
stroyed properly to the value OF $400, 900.
Many families are homeless.
Joaquin Miller has had his novel ac
cepted by'a London firm. 1t Is said tc
deal largely with modern Italian life.
Mr.. James Lick, of San Francisco, has
80 far recovered his health as to be able
to take occasional rides about the city
The residence of NJ. L. Punches, and
the livery stable of Decker and Sons
in La Grange, Ind, were destroyed by
fire.
The Duchess Of Edinburg insists OF
wearing. strings to her bonnet, and thu
fashion makers don't know what to dt
aboutit..
There is gentleman now in the Brit.
ish parliament whose election expenses
were $4,000, or about $40 for every vote
he received.
A good-lookfng young man need never
despair, even If he has no trade. A Ger.
man baroness who affects painting has
lust married her impecunious model.
The International Typographical
Convention named philadelphia and
July /, 1876, as the place and date TO
holding the next annual Convention.
England is about to make further
trial Of the clerical capacities ofwomen
by establishing number Of female
clerkships in the Post-oface savings
banks.
An "honest Indiana man, when
caught in the act OF distilling, the other
day, explained. that he was just making
a little for his sick wife, merely twenty
gallons.
"Ifyou want fun," remarked old SIM
ilax, leaning over the gate aud working
the gravel with his bare toes, ''you
oughter see my wife dig taters wher
she's tearin' mad"
The theme Of Baltimore preacher on
Sunday was "Ice in the Pulpit, and who
put it there" 1t is to be inferred thai
there was some GOODNESS between the
pastor and his people.
Peter Cooper denies statement tha
his father was poor, and says that his
grandfather was Major in the. Revolu
tionary war, and for two years com
mandant at West Point.
DR.. Mary Putnam jacob has recently
received from Paris the bronze media
awarded three years ago by the Acad'
envy of Medicine for her graduating
lthesis. This gives her rank Of from tftt
to eighth In class OF 800. ta
The Governor OF kherassen recently
lsent to the Shah Of Persia the scalps Q
1z.000 Turcoman rebels killed or captured
RI battle, 80 q gift, and was only pre-
vented from sending tine heads of thes
enemies of the Shah by the distance.
Donna Blanca, the wife Of Don Alfonso
lis actually called "the hyena of Cuenza'
lin Berlin. She ia declared more crue
than her husband, but nevertheless she
fainted and had to be borne to her car
riage when they were assailed by a mob
of students at Graz.
Toledo is one of the most f1ourishine
cities Of the West, and its prosperity Is
lsignalized not more by low rate O
taxation than by that robust spirit of in
dependence which prompts men to sit uI
till midnight, if necessary, to fnisl
darning their own stockings.
A curious discovery was made in ,
Washington pawn-shop few days ago
1t was nothing less than a batch OF old
|clothes-lace dress, shall, etc.-belong
ing at one time to the Empress Eugenie
They were valued at about $4,000, an(
had been pawned for 1886. They were
sold at the time Of the sale of her dia
monds and jeVelry In England, and were
smuggled into this country by. Josepl
Hoofachx in October, 1873.
When Gov. Harvey and Treasurer
Hayes, OF Kansas, were about to bt
sworn into their respective offices on the
second Monday In January, 1870, thej
met In the Governors private room
While waiting for the Supreme Cour
Judge, who was detained for few mo
ments beyond the appointed time tht
4 Treasurer elect said: sit would be 8
good joke If the Chief Justice should
make mistake and swear in the bes
looking man for Governor" "Yes," The
Governor promptly replied, "aDd il
swear in the honestest man as Treas
urer." The Colonel stopped the conver
sation.
A singular case OF death from careless
use OF poison, lately occurred in Elmira.
A blacksmith, named Wilder, after Q
season Of drinking, went into drug
| store and called for an 0uncetof hydrate
ohloral, which was properly labeled
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entire ounce In glass of water, and
drank it down, with a view to have q
good sleep and recovering from the Of.
fects Of his drinking. Hardly had he
touched the bed ere his wife noticed q
| strange look upon his face and hastened
10 his side. Said he: "Sally, IT'S nc
use, I've made mistake, and am q
dead man." In twenty minutes from the
time he took the mixture he was q
corpse. Five grains Of hydrate chloral
70 safe dose for person wishing to
sleep, but this man took an ounce, four
hundred and eighty grains At once, and
paid the penalty.
A party of twenty young ladies' and
gentlemen from Gold Hill and Virginia
climbed to the top Of Mount Davidson,
last Sunday, and what is singular, they
enjoyed it. Strange how effectuaily
agreeable oompanionship robs that kind
Of labor OF its pain. Ahl how q few
| short years change the complexion of
those things. It seems but yesterday
that our bosom friend Blifkins returned
from just such another trip, and walked
into our bachelor apartment, his hat en-.
wreathed with wild flowers, and his face
with smiles, while olinging fondly to his
arm was hand that thrilled his foolish
soul with keen delight. Many time
since has that delicate hand, clung to his
few, scant locke, and sent q feeling of