The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Renting dress coats Tor pa~t1es Is lucra-
tive New York idea.
A man in Harom, N. H., has sued the
dilatory lover of his daughter, for $500 for
room rent, fuel and lights during four years
of courtship.
A school house lot IN New Hampshire
district stands in three towns, so that the
pupils sit in Ringe, the teacher in New
Ipswich, and recess is taken in Ashburnham,
Mass.
A brother and sister, each of whom sup
posed the other dead, met by accident in
Charlotte, N. c., after separation of
81 years only to find they had been
living in the same neighborhood oil
the time.
The price of the Swedish Island of st.
Bartholomew, which has been sold to
France, was $4,000 francs ($16,O00), with
an additional 320, 900 francs ($G4, ,OOO) for
pensions and the transport to Europe
of the Swedish officials.
The King of Burmah is erecting machin-
cry at Rangoon to utilize the abundant
supply of mineral oil found in Burmah.
If the works are successful, the whole of
India will be supplied with parafine from
this new source.
A young lady at Williams, Iowa. wishing
to return a young gentleman his ring, at
tached tag thereon, and dropped it in the
Post Office. On the back of the tag was
written, II hate to but must"
The Revue dss Deam Mondes speaks Of a
bibliomaniae named Ludovic Garreau, who
killed eight persons, in order to legally in
herit a rare volume he coveted. 1t men,
tions also pastor in Saxony who murdered
man and his female servant to obtain
funds for the purchase of a library.
AT Grotta- -Minarda, in the province Of
Avellino, Italy, country girl going on an
errand, left her little boy, years old, alone
in cradle. A SOW that was tethered in q
corner of the cabin, broke loose, bounded
on the cradle, and devoured the baby On
her return the bewildered mother found
little left of her child.
Sweden does an enormous business
in lucifer matches. The largest es-
tablishment is at Jon koping 1t was
founded in 1845, and in 1872 employed 255
men, 849 women, 1O5 boys, and 141 girls
| About four-ffths of the production, which
steadily increases, are exported. The
chemicals used mostly come from Eng
land
A theological seminary is to be opened at
Toxic Japan, in connection with the recent
union of the three Protestant missions, the
American Presbyterian, the Dutch Re-
formed and the United or Scotch Presby-
terian. The oHege will have permanent
staff of three professors, one nominated by
each of the missions.
Fifteen years ago a workman in Mar
seilles, France, lost his only child baby
boy, and to have some relic of the little
one left, he cut off the left hand of the
corpse and preserved it in alcohol. Re-
Gently he was again made father, and the
infant is a healthy boy, but, singularly
enough, he lacks the left hand.
The total number of American ships ID
535, of which ia are owned in Boston
80 in Portland, Is in Bath, 80 in Waldo.
borough and 20 in New Bedford. Of 5S4
barks AIT are owned on the Atlantic coast
130 in Boston, 10 in New Bedford, 127 in
New York and As in Portland. Glouceste,
is one of the greatest ports for schooners
owning 500 in number.
Pemmican, the favorite food in th,
coolest parts of British America, is made ot
buffalo meat and fat. The meat is thcr.
oughly dried in thin slices, and thel
pounded almost TO powder with clubs o.
pbohCS' IL I'D lCAp pNu llluN DoS5o VI
hide, and mixed with its own weight O.
boiling fat. This compound is wonderfully
compact, and a very small quantity ii
enough for a meal.
An orange tree in the Azores in one yea
produced 10000 oranges, which were ex
! ported in perfect condition to England. II
those islands the expectation of oranges
has become very important industry
During the past year they have yielded tt
Great Britain alone 2O9, 615 cases of tn,
fruit, worth about $500, 900. The branches
and trunks of the trees are attended to sc
scientifically that they usually attain gigan
, tic proportions.
Several children were feeding pet beal
with corn at Austin, Texas. An ear wat
dropped out of the reach of the bear, and
little girl handed it to him. The beal
sportively pulled her to him, when house
dog, believing the child in danger, sprane