The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-01
States who would draw larger crowd there
than this distinguished citizen.

States who would draw larger crowd Cpere
than this distinguished citizen.
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour is de-
scribed as being as youthful in appearance
as he was twenty years ago. He now occu-
pies himself With agricultural interests and
the question of transportation.
Mr.. ]. B. Lineau, resident of Terre-
bonne Parish, La, aged about one hundred
years, died at his home week before last.
He served under Napoleon the Great, and
was considered man of literary ability
Mr.. Campana, otherwise Young Sport"
has settled down at Waterbury, Conn.,, in
vesting the profits of his walk in New
York in house with Brussels carpet on
the floor of every room, including the
kitchen.
Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perces is de-
scribed as having a square honest-looklng
face with coal black hair banged" on his
forehead and braided behind He wears
garments displaying all the colors OF the
rainbow.
Rev. Joseph Max Michalbaker, who died
at Richmond, Va, on Monday, was one OF
the oldest Jewish Rabbis in the country.
He was sixty-nine years of age, and came
| to America in 1874 from Bavaria. With the
exception of two years residence in Phlla-
delphia, he lived during his life in this
country at Richmond.
| Sir Edward Thornton is Dean of the Dip
lomatic Corps at Washington simply be-
cause he has been longest there. 1t was
only at the Congress of Vienna, on the mo-
ton of Lord Castlereagh, that this rational
system of precedence was adopted. Prior
to that the question of ambassadorial prec-
cdence had been a subject of constant
trouble and heart burning.
Senator Hill, of Colorado, when he first
went to that region found its silver ores
very valuable but very hard to reduce.
With sturdy American energy he barreled
some of the ores, had them taken in carts to
the Mississippi and shipped to New Orleans
and thence to Swansea, Wales. He fol-
lowed, and after much trouble had the
ores tested and their value proved.
Sir William Jenner has just retired from
the Chair of Morbid Anatomy, in Univer-
sity College, which he has filled with rare
success for nearly thirty years: The Ian
Gel SAYS that the demands made upon his
time by his appointments and the public
have compelled Sir Williams resignation,
and laments that in England they have no
endowments which are worthy the accept
ance of their master minds.
President Hayes and family received at
the White House the other day Gen. Mite
and Miss Lucia Zarate, the little dwarfs.
Gen. Mite, before making the call, was par
ticularly strong in his denial of statement
that lie wouldnt go to see the President be-
cause he was "fraudulently elected" In
deed, he sent word previously to Mr.. Hayes
that the statement that had been attributed
to him was false, and that he would like tC
call and mt himself right
Seth Adams, of Boston, may or may not
have been nervous person himself, but ne
left large sum of money-over half mil
lion of dollars-to found an asylum for IN
digent, debilitated, nervous people, not IN
sane" A handsome place has been pur
chased in West Roxbury, capable OF accom-
modatng about dozen patients. lht
character of these seems little indefinite
Of de5ilitated people there are enough; OF
the INDECENT, suf1iciency; but 1t IS marc
to define nervousness exactly.
Mr.. Judah Philip Benjamin, ex-Confeder
ate Secretary, is now, it is said, slXty-elgh'
wears old, and looks as if he were forty. lie
is Queens Counselin London, having very
large legal practice which brings him at
, least $l5O,O0O a year. He is really ar
Englishman his parents were natives OF Ih'
: little island of Nevis in the British Yves
Indies and he was born on British shll
out at sea- lie is quoted as saying that h'
, should have been made Queens Counse
several wears earlier if some OF the powers
that be had not imagined that to honor nm
might not be regarded rs friendly by th'
: Government at Washington.
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