The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-23
PERSONAL.

Lorne is crack shot.
Cardinal McCloskey has arrived in
Newport.
Governor Hartranft congratulates the
n. &. T.
Mario, the tenor, is running museum
in Rome.
Ben. DeBar has been on the stage for
ty-SlX years.
b. e. WoOlf has written "Nita," a
tour-act play, for Geneyieve Rogers.
Wendell Phillips declines TO talk on
"political issues"-it there are any.
Judge Biddle, of the Indiana Superior
Court, owns over one hundred rabbits.
Anton Rubinstein has been given a
title of nobility by the Car, at the re-
quest Of tue Grand Duchess Catherine OF
MecklenOurg-Strellt
MIR. Charles A. Dana, editor of the
Sun, has happily reached his fifty eighth
birthday, anu, from appearances, ne is
likely TO have blI thdays Tor many years
TO come.
Nine. Titiens, the once illustrious
singer, is suffering terribly from the
cancer which is eating away her lie,
and no hopes of her recovery are now
entertained.
Nj. Charles de Talleyrand, grand
nephew Of the diplomatiSt, has offered
himself for election to the French As
tsembly, III opposition to NJ. ue st. Mar
TIN, bUnaparList.
Thomas Ball, the sculptor, is at work
in Florence, Italy, upon the model OF the
proposed statue OF Charles Sumner, to
be erected III Boston. The MODEL will
~ n N nj Ah nj
fall.
MIR. Gustave Dore, who recently re-
turned from London TO Paris, is work.
ing ON a colossal vase, ornamented with
one hundred and hity hgures, and in
tended lor the great EXnIDILion OF next
year.
Nj. Ernest Reyner, the musical critic
Of Les Debats, says: 81 am always
pleased wneu | see a young lady devote
herself to the study OF the harp or the
vIolOnceilo. 1T ls one less w play The
piano."
Mr.. VIM. Beach Lawrence pays taxes
| upon property AZ Newport valued AZ
$l97, 100; MI. J. Il. Bennett on $4G, 100;
| Mr. August Belmont on $i34, QUO; Mr.
George Bancroft Oh $4,000. anu Lue es-
late Of Edward King is assessed upon
$l,5T,7V
Pro-. F. w. Smonds, for several
years past an Instructor i'll the Depart
Lnent OF Natural History at cornell
University, has been elected Professor
oI Inc same department In the UniVer-
slty Of North Carollna.
DIR. During, an apostle OF Robe
| sp.erre, AIaraJ, and the French ReYolu.
ilonlsts, has been refused permls $40 n
tO lecture in the Berlin University. 1t is
believed that The German Government
persuaued The University authorities to
issue The act Ot prohiDIIOn.
Nj. Pasteur and DR.. Bastian are en-.
gagged at Parls IN series Of expert.
mGnLs 10 settle the Question as 10 the
spontaneous Development vi germs. DR.,
| bnsIlan 10 an EngiIshman, IA. PaSteur
u FreLcnman. Inc latter has offered The
former the use OF his laboratory. the
courtesy of the act is mucn admired.
The King Of Spain is determined tt
marry his cousln Merceues, and the
ministerial papers indicate that tue
nupLials VIII be- celebrated during nj.
lor Incoming visit t0 the MontpeusierG
AZ tue royal palace Of La Grauja. IN,
nigh Catholic ana MOnarcnicaI party
nave opposed the match Tor fear oil thu
influence vi faLner-.n-law Montpensier
Dir. George William Curtis, writing 0
Official precedence IN his easy Cnuir, !,
SAYS: "a Senator gave a dinner, ant
when the moment arrived, he turned t.
he senior Senator OF the United States
= who was present, and asked him 10 nant
, out the lady OF the house. But | Sc
the Secretary of state replied the sen
ior. No guest in my house takes prece
uenoe ot the senior member OF the body
Of
tue lofty leply.'
MI. Jennings sends from London t
' the New York World an interesting d.
scription Ut Henry lrving'S Hamlet. Ii
noticed the by-play Of the actor as woI
l. uellully minute aud studious. wv he
j. he is dying, and alter lie has uttered hi
, last words, he raises himself slowl
:, from the ground and fixes his eyes il
II tently upon the air. as il he saw hi
d father az ain and for the last time. / d
k not remember" adds MIR. Jenniug,
lever having seen This done before
an actor--it certainly touched the spe
y lalorS deeply"
= The King of Holland, who is about
10 abdicate, has never liked Court life, an
l. when Tree to do 80 lived at his countT
place of Loo instead OF at the Hagu
Az Loo he hunted, drank freely and,
= scandal SAID, led an immoral lie. Vine
" compelled TO receive the embassado
= he was stiff in manner and with diff
Guilty found words TO address 10 eat
o. one as he passed. A. thorough believe
IS in hereditary monarchy aud hater
ir republican Institutions, he natural
treated the Ministers from the Unite
10 States with cOldness-except Mir. Mo
is lev. The Prince OF Orange, the heir,
le about on tue same moral l8Fel as h
Iv father.
sh
a The English scientist who recent
killed LMn lArpe hOrsea and a dOnkeY