The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-05
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that sthe walls of this room be white
washed green"
ANY one who waters milk that is offered
for sale in Wisconsin is liable to be fined
not less than $50.
A lawyer was so affected by the acquittal
of his client on the charge Of murder,
in Colusa, Ca, that he wept for Joy and
tainted.
A jury at Sherman, Texas, sentenced a
man to ninety-nine years. Imprisonment,
some of the jury wanted to make it for
life.
Salt Lake husband asked for divorce
because his wife had not informed him
befors their marriage that one of her arms
was badly SCARED.
Notwithstanding many vicissitudes in the
succession of the crown, the ay erage reign
of the sovereigns of Russia for two GEN.
turies and q half has been fifteen years.
A Texas clergyman preached severe
serman against horseracing, and before he
was through three of the four deacons had
quit the house.
A woman in New Orleans, exhausted
with sitting up nights with a sick pet dog,
took laudanum to quiet her nerves and
allay her grief at his death, and killed
herself.
A burglar broke into store in South
Framing CHAM, Mass, and instantly found
| himself face to face with q clerk. Both
had revovers; but the clerk was quickest
in using his, and the burglar fell.
South Carolina supplies nearly half the
rice produced in this country. Georgia is
next, or nearly seven million pounds ahead
of Louisiana. Nearly all our rice comes
from these three States.
Mr.. and Mrs Munroe of Atlantic Iowa,
agreed to separate, but neither would con-
sent that the other should retain their
baby. They settled the question by SELL
ing the infant to neighbor for $50.
A child in London, Ontario, apparently
died few days ago; but while the funeral
arrangements were proceeding the supposed
corpse began to speak. The child is doing
well.
There are no longer any prize fights.
they are called "glove fights" now, because
the name is more heightened and the
brutes can stand up longer under the
pounding.
AT Seneca Falls, N. Y, hostler fell into
q well while leading horse to water.
The halter was the straw he caught at, and
the horse, rather than keep him COM
pany, tugged Justify and pulled him
out.
Ordinary working girls in Brussels get
only eight to ten cents per day. The low
wages are attributed to the competition ol
the converts, of which there are thirty
five in the city. The nuns undersel all
competitors.
! An inscription on newly erected tomb
| stone in Bromptom Cemetery, London
has caused some scandal. After the recor'
f of the fact of the death of a young lady o
II, it was added that she had uled 'tA
Lo, fam ~
). 81 am compelled to show you how peo
g pie die" Said courteously, an old officer o
the Italian army to an official in Rome t
5 whom he had vainly applied for relief, M
r drawing a sharpened wire from his boSol
. he drove it into his breast.
a The unequal length of the lower limb
!. sometimes observed in man can be NOR
$ readily detected when the man is YIN
t down OH the floor than when he is standm
r up. Experienced tailors assert that til
alteration accounts for some misfts
n trousers.
q Having regard to the number of person
d bearing the name of Smith in England,
k is somewhat remarkable that there ar
y besides Lord Darlington, but four holdil
Z 5000 acres and upward, only three Brow
e and but two Robinsons. There seve
"a Joneses
a In 1G47 an ordinance passed both Hous
= of Parliament by virtue of which the the
tres in London were to be dismantled al
], suppressed, all actors of plays to be pu
le licly whipped, and all spectators al
81 playgoers, for every offence, condemne
+ to forfeit five shillings.
u Saltaire, the town Sir Titus Salt rear
s. as the great seat of the alpaca manufa
le ture. covers an area of over fifty acre
~. and provides accommodation for near
5000 alpaca workers and their familit
w 1t consists of % streets, containing Z
ca dwellings and As almshouses.