The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-29
PERSONAL.

Carl R0sa, the laLe GaFepdS huSDanu,
is soon TO marry again.
The Duchess of Edinburg's daughter
has been named Victoria.
Prof. Max Muller is married to the IA
vorite niece OF Charles Kingsley.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston proposes 10
reside permanently In Richmond, Va.
B. Il. Woolf, author of the "Mighty
Dollar" has dramatiz3d "Bleak
House."
ing forth at Salem, Venango County,
Pennsylvania.
John Bright recently celebrated his
sixty fifth birthday at Oldham, England
by public dinner.
Mr.. John b. Cough is so i'll that he hss
been obliged to pcs .poh6 inde11itely his
Western engagements.
Mr.. Tennyson's new drama, entitled
Harold" is announced for immediate
publication in London.
The Marquis of San Carlos will, it is
said, bring into the Spanish Congress
bill to abolish bu lights.
Prof. Snowden, OF Cornell University,
is writing book on grain culture.
Doubtless it will be published in cereal
form.
DR.. Schliemann feels perfectly sure
that noue of the intimate relatives OF
Agamemnon will dispute the discovery
| of the old gentleman's tomb.
An account of the public life OF tho
late George Dawson is to be published
by the Birmingham Shakespeare Club, of
which he was the founder and Presi-
Gent.
Victorien Sardou gave 500 for the
street-dOor OF the house in which Cor
nellie died, and he is now in negOtiOn fur
the wrought-!ron banisters of the stair
case.
Mr.. Darwin's last book seems to be an
able book, but the Norwich Bulletin
does not think the author satisfactorily
explains the connecting link between a
bay horse and bay window.
Captain Boyton has accomplished his
promised task of swimming down the
river 20, from Turin to Ferrera. a dis
tance OF eight hundred miles, in ninst;-
six hours, without single stoppage.
Diaz, the brilliant Franco-Spanish
painter, who died month ago at Mea-
tone, was at the time i'll the second week
| Of his honeymoon. He married at the
age OF seventy charming young vile.
MIR. Lester Wallack, it is said. acts the
hero Of "All for Her" in most excellent
way. 1t is very "weepy-weepy" play,
The curtain falls on his utterauoe of thai
last pathetic speech of Sidney Cartou's"
in the cell.
Col. William Vermilye, the weli-knoyn
banker, died i'll New York on Saturday.
He was memDer of the famous Com
mittee of Seventy, President of the Mer-
chants' Bank, and for many years Col
onel OF the Seventh Regiment.
Sir Edward ThorntoRs daughters Will
not make their debut in society this via
ter, as mas been stated. They prefer
continuing their studies for the present,
ana Will not appear at entertainments
except i'll their fathers house.
Gov. Grover says he did 1t all himself.
and was not acting under Gov. Tiidenss
or..ers; but Judge H0adly says he far
nlshed the law, and Cronin says he OF
ganized himself. The firm name should.
there lore, be Grover, Hoadly s. Cronin.
IN. Y. Tribune.
Lucy Hooper implores American girls
not to lay out any portion OF their sp-
perfuous wealth in the purchase OF n
nice little French nobleman. No i'm
yestment could Ue less profitable. Din-
monds and laces are by comparison liz
expensive luxuries.
Captain Mares, commander of the Late
British Arctic Expedition, has been
made a X. q. b., which will be consld-
cred by most Englisbmen a sufficient
official recognition of his zeal aud en-
cheney in the discharge OF the importaoE
duties intrusted to MIN.
Wagner appears to have been antie-
pated by Gretry, who, in his book. so.
La Verite," proposed an immense thea
ter on the Champ de Mars with a ior.
mldable orchestra, hundred iustru-
ments and great organ, all absolutely
covered and hidden from the sight Oh tne
audience"
Senator-alect John 7. Morgan, who
will succeed Senator Goidthwaite. ni
Alabama, is about fifty years oil aye, AND
lawyer and orator OF high rank, Ha
was an Elector on the Breeki ridge
ticket IN 1880, and served with dis,ino-
tlon in The Confederate service, rising
to the rank of Major General.
Mr.. Lawreace Hutton, a gentleman or
New York, has in his posseSsion tI,n
original OF valuable docum.nk Lo tuis
effect: "D-n autographs. Charles
Reade." The same collector has IL
tie pen-and-. NIX sketch by Tbackeray
representing himself with the BODY "
an hour-glass and the legs of a skelef a
with the line 1There is a skeleton in
every mans house, written above IN
The sketch WAS made on a piece ~
brown wrapping paper for Mr. Josp
Crerar, when ihackeray was in this
country in 1853