The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-06
PERSONAL.

the ranks of poverty.
Rev. w. Vandemark, sot San Fran
cisco, is to act Hamlet in theater of
that city.
Dr.. Bellows thinks that Mr.. Howells is
the author of the last novel in the "No
Name" series.
Lord Salisbury went to Constantinople
attended by few small trIfles-only
iuur secretaries, eight servants, and
two couriers, with titty-seVen pieces Of
baggage.
Ex-Governor Horato Seymour is
going to prepare an address to be de-
| IIvered at Saratoga on the coming Gen.
tennial anniversary OF the surrender OF
| Burgoyne.
Rev. John Harrell, the Superintendent
of Indian Missions of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church, South, died at the
A,bury Manual Labor School, Creek
Nation, on the S.h OF December.
Mr.. Sidney Laaier, the Centennial
poet, was, until recently, the first flute
in Asgar Hamerick's orchestra of Balti-
more. In consequence OF failing health
he has been ordered away to Florida.
Nj. Alfred Michieps "History of Flem-
ish Painting, from its Beginning to the
Year 1864" is at length finished. The
tenth volume has just been published
by Lacroix and VeIboeckhovtn, Paris.
Frederick Leighton, the very distin-
| guished English painter, has been at
tempting sculpture. He has modelled
magnificent male Igure, which is to be
cast in bronz3, an "Athlete Struggling
with a Serpent"
Sir Titus Salt. whose death in England
was announced Saturday, was tue loun-
der OF the alpaca industry in that coun-
{ try. He acquired vast wealth, and used
it literally III promoting the welfare of
his workpeople.
Signor Ettore Carlandi, young bank
er OF Rome, has undertaken Inc task Of
| translatiug into Italian Mr.. Donald q.
MitchelPs "Reveries Of a Bachelor.'
| The author has given permis sion and
encouragement to the transIalot.
Prof. Newton, OF Yale, has been al
pointed as a member oil a committee Of
three by the American Neurological So
ciety to examine the statutes and Gus
toms Of the diff rent States in respect to
the measures seVerally in use among
them.
Charles Francis Adams has crawled
into deep and gloomy mole and pulled
the hole in alter him, and Samuel
Bowles stands gazing at the place &c
| tractedly, "Why doesn't somebody
bring out Charles Francis Adams?'
Vanderbilt obtained his start in life
| by pleasing gentleman whose horse he
held at hotel door, and Admiral Fdrra-
| gut IN boyhood was adopted by COmmo-
dore Porter in recognition oil kindness
shown by me father of the former TO the
latter when Frustrated by "a sunstroke.
Gerome's latest work, called "Fhe
| Sword Dance" represents u young girl
dancing before the guests of an Oriental
! inn. The chief merit Of the composition
| lies in the expression of the face of the
principal figure. The painting, which is
now on exhibition in Paris. is valued at
| $4,000.
Cardinal McCloskey's health has
grown steadily but slowly worse since
his accession to the important station
which he now occupies. He said mass
at 81. Peters Church on Christmas Day,
and the long service, together with a
fast preceding it, told upon him Sc
Verely.
Charles Colvin was arrested in Travis
County, Texas, on charge OF disturb
ing religious worship. He set up In de-
Tense that he mad merely entered the
church and discharged his revolver,
which in Texas ought not to be consid-
cred a disturbance. The Judge agreed
with him and set him free.
The King of Portugal, Don Luiz l, is
engaged upon translation of Suak-
speare's tragedy of "uamlet." The
translation is made entirely in prose,
and extends already TO The fifth act.
Don Luiz is "a good scholar, and probd-
bly, is as well, ii not better acquainted
will the English language Than with the
Portuguese.
NJ. Legros, the etcher, has made a SEN
sation III England. The Athenaum says
of his new portrait OF Cardinal Manning
that ''had Titan, or, above all, Tintoret-
to, painted sucu a head, and given SO
much Vigor OF character to his trans
cript, we should have hailed the type as
historical-one which in that time and in
life was portentous."
Alexander Mitchell, the railway king
Of Wisconsin, is building bank buiIu-
ing ana depository in Milwaukee, and in
the construction Of his money vaults has
hit upon novel idea. He has made the
floor, walls and top of two thicknesses
OF railroad rails, and has surrounded
this barrier against thieves with a very
thick wall oil stone.
Mr.. Barring, NJ. p, who gave $1,000 to
the new st. Albans Bishopric, has given
no less sum than 9l00,000 to found
scholarships in Hartford College, OK
ford. Mr.. Barring is son of the present
Bishop of Durham, and is still compar.
atiyely young man, being only forty live.
He was for some years banker in New |
York, and then a partner in the eele- |
brated house OF Barring Brothers.
Mr.. Ames Van Wart, whose studio is
now in his house in London, is modelling |
vase which will stand more than three |
feet high. The handles of the vase are |
two Indians in a sitting posture, each |
with bison head under his feet. phe |
relief is an eneampment and a bison |
hunt. Mr.. Van Wart has recently fin.
lshed number ofplaster portrait busts.
His large work, "The Sleeping Beauty"
ls in the Central Park Museum.
Mr.. Hawris, the author of 'Music and
Morals" is a clergyman. He was re-
Gently understood TO announce as the
subject Of his evening discourse, "The
Sanitary Aspects OF HE'LL" When a
large audience gathered to drink in COM
fort from a discussion of this timely
topio, the reverend gentleman was COM
PEELED to say that there had been mis-