The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-11
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PERSONAL.

Alexander II. Stephens is sixty.four
years old.
Ernest Lubbock, the celebrated Dutch
pianist, is dead.
George Sand left among her postum
nous works an opera libretto.
Miss Braddon is meeting with great
success as an actress in England.
Miss Louisa Gage, an American singer.
has made successful operatic debut at
Lucca.
Mile. Essipoff is to receive 100, 900
francs Tor one hundred concerts IN
| America.
DR.. Hans Won Bulow has completely
| recovered his health. He is at present
at Godensberg on the Rhine.
Randolph Rogers, the sculptor, when a
! boy, always had his pockets full OF
pieces of chalk and clay, which he was
continually whiting, thus gaining very
good practice.
Miss Kane, daughter OF the man who
has been driving fashionable coaches for
amusement in New York, has married
Mr.. Augustus Jay, son Of the late Minis
ter TO Aus stria.
Geo. W. Lloyd, managing editor OF the
New Orleans PIcayune, has been pre-
sented with a fine gold watch, on the
occasion of the fftieth anniversary OF
his birthday.
Mrs. Susan Perkins, locally known as
"Aunt SuSy," died last Thursday at
Sucasunna, N. j. According to The best
of authority she was one hundred ana
one years old.
"Proiessor' Dixon, who performed the
"liVlng burlaP' Ieat recently at BelyI-
dere, 5. e., died OF fever a few days ago,
and was buried in The identical coffin
which he had used in performing his
Trick.
Arthur Schopenhauor was equally dis
tinguished for ms love OF dogs anu his
detes tation of mankind. He delighted
to contrast the imaginary virtues oil the
one with the deep-seated Viciousness Of
the other.
COL Forney's tears over the grave of
Eegy Gray's wife are made uoubly al
lectlng by tue unfortunate, though TIL
ding, ,circums tance that the poet was
never married.
AT President Whites reception at
Ithaca cold collation. is called "the
| physical basis of life" 1t is thus that
| existence Is made ideal and worthy of
men OF science.
Count de Chambord is in perfect health
and is about to leave Frohs dortf to be
present at the marriage of his nephew,
the Count de Bardi, TO his second wife
princess of Portugal.
The Rev. G. Ii. Spurgeon wrote to the
| Chairman OF public meeting at Ken
siDgton: II l could speak thunderpolls
and glance IighLningsI L would exercise
my fullest powers OF oratOry against the
monsters who have made Bulgaria a
pdndemonium."
Lord Scrope once caught a poacher
Win salmon in his bag, and demanded
how it got there. The reply was: "How
| the beast got there i dInna ken. lie
must ha .louped in as l war wading."
dis clever answer so amused Lord
Scrope that he let him 60 scoG free.
John CaWdron, a Norwich Eng. J pub
llcan, after seconding resolution eX-
pressing horror at the atrocities COM
mltted by the Turks in Bulgaria, went
home and knocked his wife about with a
cleckweight till she was covered with
bruises from head to foot. He was SEN
fenced to SIX months Imprisonment.
Senator Sharon gave a ball at his
home OF Belmont lately, at which Gem
eral Sherman danced quadrllle with
the Countess of Dutferin. He is de-
scrlbed as entering into the excitement
OF the affair as heartily as if he had been
dancing at husking bee to the music of
fiddle in the hands of the musical
darkey OF the village. He showed an
earnest enjoyment throughout the whole
programme OF twelve dances, and never
missed dance.
Prof. Huxley was pleasantly treated
during his recent visit to this country.
IN ,QI al InNf 20 h
car journeys without price, and iior each
of bis three lectures aG Chickering Hail
he received $1,000. He was also offered
but declined $500 for his address at the
opening OF the johns Hopkins Uniyer-
slty. He carried back to England as the
result OF his few weeks vlslt IS, 900.
Won Madai, the Berlin General of Po-
lice, is Grand Vizler 10 the Emperor.
He knows all the secfets OF the MeLropo-
lis; and faithfully reports the most I'M
portant of them to the Emperops own
ear. The people never see him except
on horseback, and in resplendent
uliform. 1t is his boast that he can con-
cenLrate ten thousand men at any. given
point of the city, with fifteen minutes
notice, to such stage of efficiency has
mis- system VI mounted police advanced.
Captain Bates and his wife, formerly
Miss Anna Swan, the giants, whose
marriage in London attracted much at |
tention several years ago, have retired |
from show life and built house near
Rochester, N. Y. He is seven and a |
half feet high and she is an inch taller.
and each weighs more than four huu.
dred pounds. The rooms of their house |
are eighteen feet high and the doors
twelve feet Ligh. Their bedstead is ten |
feet long ana all the furniture is pro
porsionaLely large. ]