The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-17
ODDS AND ENDS.

B0rneo epicures.
A workman at Paterson, N. D., has just
lost both eyes by molten lead.
In June the new steamship Somerset
will be added to the Bristol line.
Virginia has the only asylum in this
country for insane colored people.
The expenses of the Mardi Gras ball at
ceipts.
Michigan proposes to put a portion of
her convicts to work in the copper
mines.
Parepa Rosa has monument which
cost ~, 400, and her husband didn't ask
any one to contribute.
The British frigate Thetis has cap
tured two slavers, one containing 1872
and the other ITO slaves.
The contracts awarded for carrying
mails on the Mississippi river this year
are $4,000 less than last.
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North America, would make sea naviga-
tion from san Diego to Baltimore.
The first sovereign who adopted the
phrase, ''ln the year of our Lord" was
Charles III, Emperor OF Germany, S79.
1t will take seven tons of locks and
keys to lock and unlock the four thou.
sand doors in the San Francisco Palace
Hotel.
omelsdorf, Berks county, Pa, boasts
of man who is six feet seven and three
quarter inches tall. He weighs 233
pounds.
IL is now possible, by the. aid OF hy-
draulic machinery to bend iron shafts
of twelve inches diameter to any re-
quired shape.
The compulsory education bill pro-
posed in the State of Maine provides for
clothing destitute children, as well as
educating them.
The English Woman's Education Union
is endeavoring to establish several
schools Tor the higher education Of WO-
men in Great Britain.
Australia is going to have q national
exposition at Sidney in April, and Ore
gOn is to be represented by samples Of
her wool and wheat.
In Switzerland every depot has one
way to go out and one to come in. No
one can get in by the going out way, nor
out by the coming in way.
The Italian Government having refused
to permit the coming of any more money
bearing the effigy Of the Pope, the Papal
coins will be in the future struck at the
Brussels mint.
The Washington Agricultural Associa-
ton, will hold their Twentieth Annual
Exhibition, at Burgettstown, Pa, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, October
5th, 9th and 7th, 1875.
Many horses have recently been pur-
chasedin Germany by Frenchmen, and
it being suspected they were intended
for the French Army, Emperor. William
torbids their expectation.
The conditions Of the rifle-match to be
shot in Ireland On the 29th of next June
(unless some other day shall be previ-
nj 4,
the conditions OF the Creedm0re contest
last year.
Many or our manufacturers are ex-
pected to take advantage OF the Interna-
tiOnal Exhibition of Chill to exhibit the
products OF their skill to the visitors who
will be there from all parts OF South
America.
The striking miners of Brazil, Ind,
have an unpieasantly practical way OF
conveying u threat. one of their en-
ployeis recently opened his front door to
nnu a coffin, labeled "eighLJzive cents,
or Wen put you in itw
A dwarf elephant has just arrived in
Paris from India. CaWnpore, as he is
called, is nineteen years old, but for
years has not grown any, and is now
only thirty-nine inches III height. He is
remarkably intelligent, and performs
many tricks.
AT Princeton (Ky. )recently Mr.. David
Dunn and Miss Moille Martin were mar
ried by Rev. MIR. Menser. The ceremony
was performed by the light OF the moon.
Place-on the hillside near the clergy
mans residence, Bride, groom and at
tendants all on horseback.
The editor Of the Commercial Herald,
OF San Francisco, advocates corporal
punishment as a substitute for imprison-
f,Nr, II tfA Ii
should the culprit who obtains his living
by preying upon the community be made
the supported guest OF that community W
The Barnum Universal Exposition
Company, which was chartered by the
last Connecticut Legislature, has just
been organized at Bridgeport. All Bar
NUNS shows are TO be run by this joint
stock enterprise. The company have
authority to carry on theaters and every
other form oil public diversion.
The State OF Nevada, with $1,000 peo-
pie, has 9OO licensed places where liquors
are retailed. This is at the rate OF one
liquor dealer to each siXty-one inhabi-
tants. 1t is estimated that the receipts
OF these liquor saloons average $40 per
day, or at The rate of sixty cents per
capita.
The oldest officer Oh the British Army
Retired List is Major General Louis Will
liam, Vlcomte de Chabot, now in his
Goth year. He served with distinction
in Holland in 1899, in Spain, under Sir
John Moore; with the expedition to
Walcheren; subsequently in the PENN
sula until 1910, and afterward on the
staff in Canada.
At Mantua Station, New Jersey, few
days since, by asudden jerk of the cars,
fagman OF freight train, named Pat.
terson. was thrown to the opposite track,
his neck lyiilg upon the rail. Before he
could recover himself an engine which
was backing UP at that moment ran over
his neck, completely severing the head
from the body.
At the Liverpool police court, on Feb.
ruary A, John William Harrison, who has
conscientious objections" to vaccina
tion, on the ground that it is dangerous
to health and opposed to the laws Of ma.
ture, was fined los. and costs for neg
lecting to have his child vaccinated
within the proper time.
| Tine roof timbers of the Exchange Ho.
| tel at Santa Fe, New Mexico, were re
Gently found to be on fire, the flames
having smouldered for several days un
til the supporting beams were badly
charred. The attention Of the proprietor
was called to it by the strange actions O
dog. The intelligent animal had dis
covered the fire and led the way to the
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