The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-05
PERSONAL.


brothers left.
Cardinal Deschamps commenced his
career as a journalist.
Ex-Minister Motley has commenced
writing a historical novel.
Dan voorhees, has joined the EpiscO
pal Church at Terre Haute.
\ Winwood Reade, The well-known au.
thor of books of travel, is dead.
Victor Hugo has proclaimed himself
an advocate ofwomen's rights.
Wylie, the champion checker player,
is moving and jumping in Rochester,.
Pere Hyacinthe and wife are expected
to arrive in this country within q few
days.
Miss Marie Fechter, a daughter of
Charles, has been engaged ior the Grand
Opera, Paris.
Nine. Ristori never takes sleeping
car, but sits UP and out the longest rail-
road journey.
DR.. IL. q. Potter, of Grace Church,
New York, will go to Europe in June for
a year of travel.
Miss Muloch is in Paris collecting ma.
terial for novel descriptive or French
life and manners.
Dean Stanley recently preached SER
mon only seventeen minutes long in
Westminster Abbey.
Gen. Sherman has promised to be pres.
ent at the celebration of the battle OF
Bunker Hill, June II.
Hendier, the guardian of the tomb of
Napoleon l, died recently. He fought
under the great soldier.
Mrs. Dan Rice is now treasurer of the
clowns family, and she does not care
how often Daniel fails.
Mr.. Lester Wallack, the actor, was
on do O =
icopal Church, New York,
Edwin Booth is growing stout. He
will soon be able to play a fat Hamlet.
like Fecnter and Frederic Robinson.
Emperor William is characterized as
having lost the look of the warrior and
assumed That of the benevolent father.
Father Ryan has Withdrawn from the
editorshfp of the New Orleans Morning
Star, and has fully retired from journal.
ism.
joseph H. Sadler, the champion oars
man OF England, was recently defeated
by man named Boyd, who won by half
ia length.
MIR. Sartoris will return from England
the latter part OF next month, and spend
the summer at Long Branch with Presi-
dent Grant.
Nine. de Lavalle, wife of the Peruvian
Minister at st. Petersburg, died in that
city In March, only two months after her
arrival there.
Ex-Governor Straw, Of New Hamp-
shire, has been elected President of the
New England Cotton Manufacturers,
Association.
Jane Grey Swisshelm says that when
she was a girl she was taught to cut and
make every article woman is ever ex-
pected TO wear, even the shoes. lN
Mrs. Beecher is reported to have said
that il the trial convinces her of her
husbands guilt, she will part with him
on the steps OF the Court-nouse. ~
Mary Harris, who killed Burroughs in
the Treasury Department about eipni
years ago, has been removed from the
Insane Asylum to Providence HospitaL
Dan Bryant, Nelse Seymour, Uns.
worth and Dudworth were once men,
bers of the same minstrel organization.
and died within sixty days OF one an.
other.
Captain Lee, of Prairie du Roche.
illinois, who got the capital prize in the
old Crosby Opera-house drawing, in-
vested mis- winnings in bonds which have
proven worthless.
Senator Morrill,, of Maine, is in such
poor health, in Consequence of his ardu.
GUS labors during the last session of
Congress, that he has not vet been able
to leave Washington for his home.
Olive Logan found an unappreciatiye
audience at Ithaca the other night.
.sThOse," she said, ,"who are unable to an
preciate my jokes can have them explain
ed on personal application alter the lee
ture."
j. II. Nicolay, formerly Secretary of
President Lincoln, and John HAY are
gathering materials for another life of
Abraham Lincoln. They propose to
dwell largely upon his social character
istics.
Samuel Seabury, the first Bishop the
Episcopal Church had in America; is to
have monument in New London, Con.
necticut, where he once lived. The citi-
zens of that city have raised $1,000 Tor
The project.
Frank Moulton has been besieged by
hundreds Of people for his autograph.
He steadily refuses to give it, and proba-
bly, thinks that, in such villainous- at
mosphere as Brooklyn, there may be for
gerry in the air.
p. I. Barnum promises to visit Illinois
in June with his great Roman Hippo
dr0me, to a wooden structure in each
city capable of seating 10000, and to run
cheap excursion trains to all the small
est towns. If there are no railroads, he
will build few.
Henrietta Robinson, "the veiled mur-
deress," is again free woman as far as
State Prison is concerned, through the
bill that has just passed the Legislature
at Albany in relation to conYicts SEN
fenced for life. But she is now in the
Insane Asylum, at Auburn, and has no
friends.
Charles Dawson Stanley, of New
York, died on Thursday last at Jackson
Vile, Florida, aged about sixty. Mr..
Stanley was a contributor to many of
the leading magazines and newspapers
OF the day. His fame as brilliant,
witty writer and an excellent journalist
was worldwide.
Mr., Edmund About has written fiery
article against Prince Bismarck, which
begins with the prophecy that we shall
soon see the great powers of the world
at war with each other; ON one side
will be bismarck and his Krupp guns"
and on the other the sconscience and lib
Drty of the human race"
Charlotte Cushman occupied box at
. recent Ristori representation in Phila-
lelphia and presented the great Italian
with a bouquet of her national colors-
red, white and green. The two artistes
met very cordially and shook hands and
exchanged a.iew words, to the evident
enjoyment OF the audience.
General Frank 2. Blair, VITO has beeu
Frustrated for long time with a para
ytio attack has honn Uraat tIu etronntb