The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-09
THE DAILY STAR


Miss Braddon, the English novelist, is,
in fact, Mrs. Maxwell, the wife of an En-
glish publisher.
Mis- Leech is another American lady
who is TO marry a nobleman. Her bride
groom is Prince Galitzin. .s.
Mrs. Parnelf, mother of the Irish agi-
tator, lis generally regarded as the Lead
ing lady operator in Wall street
Mrs Cecilia McColgan, aged one hun
drcd years, died at her residence, 1922
East Thompson street, Philadelphia, last
Thursday.
Kate Fields new lecture is on "En-
glish Manners" Kate is evidently deter
mined to see how we'll she can work on
small capital
Irs. Grant is to receive from the
Methodist ladies of Philadelphia gift
OF an ebony chair covered with Grim
son plush and embroidered with black
satin.
The new Queen Christina, of Spain,
is to receive a curious pre- sent from an
inhabitant of Madrid; this is nothing
less than pair Of stockings made from
onion peel.
Madame Ristori has just narrowly
escaped death in Sweden; the train in
which she was travelling barely paused
on the hither side Of an open turning
table bridge across river.
Madame Ling Tang Pao, the wife of
the Chinese Minister to Germany, is now
on her way to Join her husband at Berlin.
She will be the first Asiatic lady who has
been presented at the German Court.
Miss Edwards, the young lady Of Liv-
erpool whose mysterious disappearance
and recovery has made such stir in
England,is is represented as being in very
critical condition, so that the subject has
to be avoided for fear Of fatal eonse-
quenees.
Mrs. Catherine Hogarth Dickens was
IN her youth a pretty, bright-looking
yeung woman. In her later years she is
described by an American acquaintance
as a comfortable-looking matron Of the
English middle-elass, amiable but com
mon-place in conversation.
The Empress Eugene, widowed,
childless, broken woman, has little com
fort in her wealth which grows as if in
mockery. Her late mothers will gives
to her the largest share of the Countess
fortune, the rest going to Eugene's
brother-in-law, the Duke of Alba.
Nellie johnson, of st. Louis, is di-
minutive woman who weighs only fifty
pounds. Nevertheless, being insulted by
a Young man in the street the other day,
she whipped out a pocket-knife and
plunged the blade into his breast. He
escaped with his life only because the
blade was small one.
Mrs. Rogers, a cousin of Richard Cob.
den, has Just been distinguishing herself
greatly at Oxford, where her examina
tions have been the wonder Of the Uni
versity. 1t is said that she writes Latir
prose "as brilliantly as any Don in the
'Versity," and her Greek prose is also ad,
mirable. The youthful lady has just
been appointed lecturer at Somerville
Hall.
Christina, Queen Of Spain, is very
girlish-looking, a pretty, fair-haired, shy
and slender young lady, with a pleasant
smile aud amiable manners. "Her char
acter is frank. her temperament gay,
said King Alphonso, in speaking redently
of his betrothed. 'She is resolute, she
unites all the qualities Of the best type'
of the Viennese, for which l have much
sympathy
Mrs. Dickens is said to have seen the
volume of her husbands letters recent!
published while in proof, and expressed
her entire approval Of the manner il
whichr the collection was put together
Mrs. Dickens was buried at Highgat'
Cemetery, in grave which her HUSBAND
bought years ago, the only occupant o
which hitherto has been their infan
child, Dora. .......
Queen Margaret of Italy, s,living a
present with her little son at Bordighiera
The scene Of that charming, patheti
novel, "Dr. Antonio" The youns
Queen suffers somewhat from intermr
tent feves and is looking very white an
thin. She is described as constant
wearing pink dresses with white lac
headdress, and as sitting most of tn
time over a book or piece of embroic
cry at one of the windows facing the SEE
Mrs, Gladstone, the Ex-Premier's wifi
Is one of the most charitable women i
Europe, and is personally known
nearly all the poor in London He
kind and serene countenance charms Q
once. She inspires respect in all an
more than once her well-directed CHART
after the war made Frenchmen forgt
that her husbands policy was not ver
favorable to them. She was, in cons
qaence, very well received everywhere
Paris on her late visit, 'r
Queen. Victoria's appreciation of faitl
iul service has always done her homo
For twenty-five years John Grant VI
head keeper at Balmoral and agreat
verite Of ePrince Censort. When
1873 his failing health obliged this o
servant to give up his work, the Que'
gave him cottage near the Castle, al
OFTEN visited him during his last illne'