The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-08
PERSONAL.

Hon. S. ]. Tilden will reside in Yon-
kers this summer.
William Shakespeare has just married
a widow in Waco, Texas.
Gen. Longstreet is reported to be grow
ing rich in the hotel business.
Paul H. Hayne, the Southern poet who
was lately reported as being dangerously
i'll, is now conyalescent.
Mr.. E. B.Washburne has gone to spend
the summer at the old Washburne resi-
dence at New Livermore, Me.
Mr.. Dana's sudden departure for Eu-
rope is creating the impression that he is
the claimant Of the French throne.
Thomas Edison is a great inventor,
but he can't invent satisfactory ex-
cuse for failing to produce an electric
light.
VIM. Armstrong recently died in Penn
sylvania aged one hundred and one. He
was, of course, personally acquainted with
G.. w.
President Hayes never smokes, and so
has no segars to offer his guests when he
receives them on the southern portico Of
the White House.
President Chappin, of the New Or
leans Board of Health, states the health
of the city to be excellent, and the rate
of mortality very low.
Hon. Robert Mines, the Oldest son of
that ancient poet, Lord Houghton, is en-
gagged to be married to Miss Sybil Gra-
ham, sister of the Duchess of MOntrose.
Robert G. Pillow, son of the late Gen.
Gideon J. Pillow, while working on his
plantation, in Arkansas, was bitten by a
cotton-mouth snake. He at once drank
quart Of raw whisky and escaped
death.
DIR. Croux, known as "the man without
chest-bone." travelled for many years
from one to another of the medical col
leges of Europe exhibiting his unusual
chest, and illustrating his power of vol
UNFAIRLY suspending the hearts action.
Rev.W II. II. Murray is guest at the
Van Ness House, Burlington, Vt. He is
about to launch his fine yacht in the
waters of Lake Champlain, and, with a
party of.intimate friends, he will spend
the summer in fishing and hunting along
the Vermont shore of the lake.
DR.. d. Laurence of Boston reports what
| he characterizes miracle. His son had
an attack of spinal meningitis, and was
soon at the point of death, in spite of the
most careful medical attention. Mr..
Webster, a neighbor, then seemingly
cured the boy by the laying on of hands.
DIR. Cog Fly, Chinese physician of
San Francisco, at recent inquest in the
case of q Chinaman, was asked, "How
many lungs has man?" He replied
"Scyen." DR.. Cog Fly further stated that
there are five holes in the human heart
and that the function of the heart is to
"catch air."
Daniel Moore, of Nayston, VT, be.
lieved Mrs. Foss to be widow when he
married her thirteen years ago, and SC
did she; but Foss has returned alive, and
the woman has sorrowfully separated
from Moore, although she refuses to re
Join her first husband.
Mr.. Richard Hengist Horne, the au
thor of "Orion," and other poems, is {
strong, bird-like little old man with gray
curls and a grizzled mustache. Mr.. Ed
ward King relates that Horne can swim
q mile with his legs tied, and that he vii
plunge into the stormiest water on the
most inclement day with a kind of joy
He has charming manners and many ac
complishments, not the least curious o
which is his capacity for singing barbari'
songs to guitar accompaniments.
General Bradley y. Johnson's perfec
tions have been loudly chanted by th'
friends he has left behind him in Rich
mond GAS a comrade," says one o
these friends, eve have known him kline
and unselfsh, scattering his genia
warmth as a -four its perfume. Thi
much the world has known of the man
As friend I have known him. Ncve
has the call of friendship been un
answered. Head, hands and purse wcr
equally subject to demand. Bold, brave
yet gentle, he stood Loyalty to serve thos
who held his troth."
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