The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-04
PERSONAL.

new d WdFu ENeT6lG ID are udo uoOVAn0
one OF the editors OF the Golden Rule.
Richard Cobden,s correspondence Is
in aotive preparation by his daughter.
DR.. W. w. Bennett, of Richmond, Va,
has been elected President OF Randolph
Macon College.
Bancroft used to call Gen. Scott Sour
American Marlborough" notwtthstand-
ing Scotts good character.
Congressman Whitthorne is said to
be aspiring to the Democratic Guberna-
torial nomination in Tennessee.
Augustus Monk, of Berks. Pa, aged
twelve, can answer one thousand and
ninety-two suAday.sehool questions.
John R ach seems prepared to 70 the
Brazil sleam ship line alone, although he
would like subsidy, II convenient.
Sir George Airy, the British astrono-
mer, makes the sun ninety three million
three hundred and twenty-one miles of.
John H. Mason, of Grassy Lick, Mont
gomery County. has just torn down a
barn built in 1775 to replace it by enc Of
modern pretensiobs.
David McCleskey, Of Etowah County,
| Alabama, is ninety-six years OF age, and
NJ re. Landsden, Of Butler County, that
State, is ninety seven.
Mr.. Whittier very gracefully and kind
| ly acknowledged his birthday gift of
flowers from the ladies Of Amesbury, by
sending $50 to the poor of the town.
Rev. Edward Abbott, whose with
drawal from his editorial position on
the Congregationalist has already been
announced, is to unite with the Prot
estant Episcopal Church.
Hon. VIM. B. Ruggels, who has just
been appointed Deputy Attorney-Gen-
eral OF this State. graduated at Hamil-
ton College in 1S49, aud Is about fifty
years of age. lie mas practiced law In
Bath, Steuben County, for twenty
years.
Senator M. G. Butler says that there
are in South Carolina resources uusur-
passed by those of any State in the
Union, which resources are still a sealed
book; and he wishes its natural produc-
lions 10 be largely represented at the
Paris Exposition.
| Salvini has just made q tremendous
| impression on Paris, with his acting in
the closing scene of "La Morte Civile."
He was go absolutely true to nature
that those who saw him felt that they
were looking at reality. Some inter-
val elapsed after the curtain fell before
the audience ventured to applaud.
Minister Welsh, when in Europe
few years ago, saw a diorama in pub
lie PARK that greatly pleased him. He
has just presented similar one to the
city OF Philadelphia, to be placed in
Fairmount Park. The pictures are
Pompeian views, and will be arranged
against a large painted background so
as TO give dioramic effect, and be
viewed through lens.
Mr.. Alexander H. Stephens says that
when he entered Congress, In l943, one
Of the first deep impressions made upon
his mind was by Rufus ChOate. He de.
scribes Choate at that time as a remark
able looking man of medium size, with
raven locks, striking black eye, pal.
lid cheek, a bearing as Ii fully charged
with his subject, and his hand tremb-
| ling as il with electricity.
Jules Verne owns new iron steam
yacht of one hundred tons, called the
'Saint Michael" From Havre, The port
where it was built, Nj. Verne Intends TO
sail on visit to all the seas OF Europe,
and probably TO others also. Then
more books. His pretty little sailing
craft, in which he has mace trips ex-
tending over five hundred leagues, now
lies at anchor at Hayre, and is to be
sold.
| Prince Frederick Charles, nephew of
the Emperor OF Germany, not long since,
for family reasons, il is reported. was
4 desirous of being separated from his
1 wife. He accordingly spoke to his un-
Gle or the subject. The Emperor calmly
replied: "My dear nephew, have not
\ been separated, your father has not been
II separated, your grandfather was not
separated, neither will you 10 separat-
ed" and he has not been separated.
Il Don Carlos-who is travelling incog.
nito in ttaly-has been robbed of his
Collar OF the Golden Fleece, an orna-
ment valuable not only In the pecuni.
airy sense, but historically, as having
been made in 1880, for Philip, Duke Of
Burgundy, on the occasion OF his found.
ing tne order in celebration Of his third
marriage. Don nCarlos always carried il
about with him, and whenhe opened his
trunk at Milan, he found the case
| empty.
4 President Thomas Jefferson and the
| father oi MI. Joseph Jefferson, the CONF.
dian, once had an interview, and salts.
4 fed each other that they descended from
the same EHglish ancestry. When the
i President asked his relative to dine al
4 The Executive Mansion, he courteously
declined, saying that '.his gratiica ion
and pride In their possible connection
4 was SO great that 1t would be marred il
The matter we're known to the world, as
any ayowal aof it would he miscon.
| strued."
The King Of Spain is to be married in
the Basillca of Atocha, at Madrit, ,on the
23d OF January. The Princess Mer-
cedes will arrive at Madrid only one
hour before the ceremony. The fe6es are
to last five days, during which time
theatrical representations and bull
fights are to BIZ provided for the people
Tree. banquet is to be given to a
thousand OF the poor of Madrid in the
Prado, and there are to be historical
professions in the Plaza de Toros, the
mobiles 0fSpain being invited to take
part in cayalcades. All children born
ON the 23d are TO be lowered, and $4,000
pesetas are to be distributed among tAe
poor.
| Edmund About's paper repeated a
statement that the Duo de Broglie had
observed that civil war was the only
means by which the Radicals could be
got rid OF. Ds Broglie sent in reply the
following letter to About: "Mr. Editor
Tile words you attribute to me were
never uttered by me. Kindly make this
denial known TO your readers, have
the honor, ETC., Broglie." To this I'M
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