The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-10
PERSONAL.


gout.
Sitting Bull has an oid-maid sisiex,
fifty years old.
Jules Verne will write an obltuarys8
Christopher Columbus.
Mr.. Samuel BoWles' health 10 now fR-
ported 10 be in critical but not AoRe
less state.
DR.. Milburn, the blind preacner. n
lecturing and preaching in Ireland h
large audiences.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is believed bs
the Chicago Journal to yearn for the
dollar of the daddy.
Courbet, the demolisher Of the C0lA 80
Vendome, died poor. Speaking Of aia
pictures, he couldn't Vendome.
Mr.. Birohard Fl. Hayes, son OF taa
President, will enter upon the practices
OF law in New York city at an early day
Col. Peay, of San Autonia, Tex, has
shipped two carloads OF mustangs to
England, where they will be used as-
polo ponies.
Aleck Stephens seems to be q sweet
morsel for paragraphers to mas,icats.
His daily habits are already we'll knowa
to The public.
Mr.. A. II. Stephens breakfasts at half
past in the morning, it is said: hs
never eats butter, aud he especially
likes broilsd chicken.
Mr.. James c. Flood, Of Nevada, is @
generous mar. He gave to varieas
charitable Institutions Christmas giits
amounting to more than 5000.
Edmund Yates says that q Lond0a
oyster-h0u-e s as filthy as an Americas
hog-pen. Mr.. Yates should be caret0s
how he ISLANDERS the American p0rker.
MIR. Cobhen's private correspondence,
now being collected by his daughters,
contains many Interesting letters writ
ten by MIN at very early period OF his
life.
Gen. Charles f. Furlong, of Vieks-
burg, gallant officer 10 Grants army,
has been appointed general represents,
tive for Mississippi Of the Lee Mona.
ment A sociatiOn.
Rudolph, Crown Prince OF Austria, 10
about to make visit OF several months
in England in order to m Ike an exhaHs-
tive study OF British institutions aud
agricultural and scientific matters.
Hon. Robert e. Winthrop lound at his
pluce in BrOokiine, Mass, the other DAY,
| a curious ILLUSTRATION of the warmth OF
the past mouth; it was a columbus
Nv "SL AhA AS~A 3 v" WV ~ NOSh0s
Robert Wood, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
! is dead. Roberts principal fame arose
| from the fact that h9 claimed to DO =
| Chris ian bartender" and u temperance
lecturer of avoWed intemp3rate habits.
Maurice Vignaux, the French billiard
expert, has Issued Il challenge to ala
billiard players, including the Paris pro-
fessors, otfsring to give any one who
| takes him up three hundred points Ia
two thousand.
RV. Mr. Hepworth, in sermoa
before the New York drumners. the
other day, greatly astonlshed them by
the declaration that y clear c9nsoleRut,
is not Incompatible with business sue
cess. II is apparent that he has neyer
beeu con the road"
MI. Geo. gs W. Carleton is an aathDr
who has The advantage Of being his own
publisher and his own artist. He has
just isaued little book called soar AZ.
tlst in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algfers," |"
VII ca is o ca feature Of his travels, aaa
is exceed ngiy anus ne.
| Couut Dassi, President Of tue Italian
| Commission to the Centennial, writes
| to . banker in Austin that no proposes
to divert the Italian immigta tion now
going to South America TO Texas, aad
will start line OF steamers between
Genoa and Galveston to bring over sn&-
grants and take back cotton.
Dr.. 3. W. Richardson, who opposes
the opinion that alcohol is q teod, says
| that he fuds fatal dose TO be ia the
proportion OF one dram Of fluid to saca
pound weight OF the warm btooded ana.
mails. In man weighing one hundred
and twenty pounEa, a dose OF dftesa
| ounces would certainly be fatal, uaiess
scientific means aYerted death.
Mr. Donald G.. Mitchell advocates
floors OF polished wood all over q hoase.
with rugs ia the center Of the rooms. He
likes a house finished with uupaintea
wood, and tor walls he advises plastaS
OH the ground that wood ceiling aDs0riS
TOO much light, and paper hangings sE-
ten interfere witi other ornaments. Hs
Especially aLmires unique and uneS-
lpected arrangements Of rooms aud
doors.
MIR. Joaquin Miller Is described -
visiting. Poe's grave, at Baltimore. He
tsays tbat OF all American poets, Pcs
was the greatest; he was superior in
merit and originality to any oiasr. No.
Miller added that foreign critics wsCn
better qualified to pass Judgment titan
: ! Am6ElCdu5s dGu We WINS MolC T6Au IN
Europe, auu translated into foreign Ian
guages, tban any other poet this coun.Ey
could cali its own. This tact spoke ta=
iitselt. Poe was mono the less great bs-
cause he lacked the appreciation from
his oouutrymeu that he deserved.
Signor Salviui, it ls said. speaks Ia
: rapturous terms OF his visit to thta
country, and dwells with particular cav
thusia sIn upon his visit to Mr. LoUgfst
low. The great actor hopes to rsturn ID
, America some day; ne especially wishes
= to appear here as "Fimo1 OF Athens" a
character whicn Is one OF his favoritss.
Replying to q remark recently made q
. him ab ,ut the terror which his "othelia''
is calculated to inspire, he SAID, laugS
l ingIy, that it was a very common OCCUR
renee for him to have the "nesdemoaS"
of the evening patEetically impiors hi,z
O before going on the stage, ''PieaGo no
10 hurt her."
Sir Titus Salt,th famous alpaca man,
y utaolurer, though immensely rich aus
, generous, had toe habit OF economy. a
Twas always careful not only OF hi
money, but OF such trfling thiRgs u
blank leaves of letters, which wore re
l. thrown into the waste basket, but aaAa
aside for use. When he began 10 Msk
=. money he thought Of buying himself I
gold watch, but he resolved taat b