The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-31
Items OF INTEREST.

schools of the West instead OF books for
reading lessons.
A French physician actually made. in
1880, the following report; There exists
in Paris great number of families who
have died of the cholera"
A young woman in Sacramento has be-
come a raving maniac through o single
years use of arsenic for the improvement
of her complexion.
A Catholic priest of New Orleans, has
fallen in love with one of the fair members
of his church. He has withdrawn from
the clergy in order to marry her.
A miner fell into a Nevada shaft, and
wonld have gone down 400 feet had lie not,
in the darkness, CHANGED to grab q chain
after falling few yards.
A New York judge defines leniency to
mean giving a thief ten years in prison
when he could just as well sentence him
for fifteen.
If o Japanese husband tells his wife
that she must remain at home, and she
goes out against that command, he can
strike her one hundred times with the
bamboo.
The earliest mention of coral occurs in
an inver tory of Ahanore de Bohun, about
1921, in which a paternoster of coral is
described as belonging to the treasures of
Margaret de Bohun.
{ 1t sstated that there are 8, 900, 900 pupils
enrolled in the public schools of the
United States. The average daily attend
ance is 4, 500, 900. The estimated popu-
lation between six and sixteen years of age
is 10, 600, 900.
OF every one thousand men, twenty die
annually. The population of city or
country is renewed once in thirty years.
The number of old men who die in cold
weather is to those who die in warm
weather as seven to four.
A Florida rattlesnake six feet long spent
half an hour charming an alligator twice his
length, and then struck the gator with all
the strength he could muster. The stroke
had no effect; but, circling ackward, the
alligator struck the snake fatal blow with
his tail, and was then himself despatched
by an observer.
Cherry rum refuse thrown into the yard
| by Bangor woman was eaten by turkeys
that apparently died from the effects.
After being plucked they were thrown into
heap on the grass. On the next morning
they were found walking around the yard
in undress.
According to the latest returns, the cul.
tivated land of France is divided into g.
800, 900 properties. Five millions are un,
der six acres. Belgium has like subdi.
vision of property. In Ireland, on the
other hand, ITO owners hold more thar
one-tfth of the soil.
Among the snug things in the gift O
London is the Office of City Remembrance
The duties involve daily attendance in th
House of Commons during the sitting O
Parliament, and the watching of all meas
ures introduced or proposed likely to affec
the interests of the city.
In Litchfeld, Conn, is an old tomb
stone with the inscription: ''Sacred to tn
memory of inestimable worth of unrivalle,
excellence and virtue Mrs. Rachel, wife o
Jerome B. Woodruff and daughter of Nor
man Barber, whose ethereal parts becam
a seraph May "a, 1885, in the % year 0
her age"
On the top of Mealfourvoncie, hill i
Invern ess-shire, Scotland, is lake 10
feet long and Is feet wide, which neve
freezes and is always full, without til
appearance of any regular supply. Nea
tulb ldhO 10 huotuCl lLoOh Wall, LIZ
is covered with ice all the year round.
Frederick Hasse graduated at the hea
of his class in a German university, in 1876
He was heir to $S0,OO0 and his prospec
for successful career could hardly hay
been brighter. A few days ago he died i
ST. Louis, where he had for a year been
porter in medical college. An appetit
for opium killed him.
On Brooklyn Heights the other day
wedding WAS performed in the house i
which the bride was born and the ROOF
| where five of her sisters had previousl
been married, and the bridal party passe
through q group of eighteen of til
nephews and nieces of the bride in advant
5 ing towards the clergyman who performe
che ceremony.
A pot containing over $4,000, in golt
l was submerped by farmer named Sawve