The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-11-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


strides on the west coast of Africa, in the
Congo region.
A San Francisco clergyman advertised a
sermon entitled "The Boss Devil OF
America" meaning intemperance.
The value, over all membranes, Of the
property belonging to the Church of Eng
land is estimated at $G00 100000.
According to writer in Belgian pa
per, it is held in Russia that the right wood
to lay upon witch's grave is aspen. The
dead sorceress is then prevented from rid
ing abroad.
There was long discussion under
gallows in Gonzales, Texas, between the
man to be hanged and brother of tie man
who had been murdered, as to the guilt of
the criminal.
It is stated by an intelligent and success
full poultry breeder, that experiments have
satisfied him that chickens from hens fed
on oats are much more vigorous and hardy
than from those fed on corn.
A Baltimore man has been arrested for
playing ghost by dancing around at night
on the tops of houses in his nightshirt,
his object being to depreciate property in
his neighborhood so that he could buy it
cheap.
The year 1863 stands out prominent in
modern times for the extraordinary number
of remarkable men who were born in 1t.
These included Napoleon, Wellington,
Soult, Ney, Cuvier, A. Won Humboldt,
Chateaubriand, Lavallette, Mehemet Ali,
and John Quincy Adams.
A man and wife quarrelled in Story,
Iowa, and he sued for divorce; but after
the case had been while in the court they
settled the difficulty, and lived together
again. He died recently, and the widow
learns that the suit resulted in divorce, the
lawyer having failed to discontinue it, so
that she has no legal claim to the estate.
A Casnovia, mich. man, had an ailing
wife. It was certain that she could not
recover. and he thought that he might as
well look around for her successor. He
chose the daughter of q neighbor, and so
informed his wife, who told him that she
would not stay long in the way. That
night she drowned herself. A mob tarred
and feathered him.
Until within few years the streets in
Easton, Pa, bore the names of members
of the Penn and Fermor families. One OF
the Penns having married Lady Juliana
Fermor, daughter of the Earl Of Pomtret.
Easton takes its name from Easton- -Neston,
the seat of the family in Northampton
shire, England. The Pomfret title is now
extinct.
Philip Grace, an Arkansas murderer,
was acquitted by regular jury after
long trial. He found that he was not yet
out of danger, for a mob seized him and
hung him to tree; but after the depart
ure of the lynchers he was cut down and
revived by friend. He started for hasty
fight out of that neighborhood, but ii
son of the murdered man overlook anu
killed him.
At a London police court not long ago a
vocalist who sings ut several public resorts
appeared to complain of some assailants
who had hauled him about rudely, done
nearly $40 worth of damages to his wig,
and spoiled camelia in his buttonhole.
1t came out in the evidence that this man,
who wears camelias in his buttonhole and
keeps house in very expensive style, is a
crossing sweeper.
A caravan passing through Dallas, Ore
gon, on its way from Portland to Palouse
attracted considerable attention the other
day ON account Of it size, which was fur
ther increased when it was discovered thai
: the large body of persons comprising ii
were all of one family. There were the
cluding six sets of twins, the Oldest o.
the children being twenty-one years oi
! age.
The most venerable couple in Texas,
perhaps in the country, are Mr.. and Mrs
Robinson of Mountain City. He is repute,
to be 1o3, and she 102 years old, and the.
were married in Kentucky eighty-two year
ago. Mr.. Robinson says he never swort
, but one oath, has never borrowed but fifty
cents, and never gave note. He and hi
wife are like children in their devotion I,
each other, and after any separation shet
tears on meeting. Recently they wer
: presented with comfortable house by
generous neighbor.
A singular discovery of human remain
i was recently made in London by SOM
workmen who were excavating on tl
site of some old buildings near Bishop