The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-16

in the world is Samuel Semple, Jr, of
Mt. Holly. He learned the business in
Scotland, and worked for both the origl-
nal Coats and Clark. He enjoys excel
lent health, although he is far in advance
of three score and ten.
Nancy Scarlet's chief delight was a
good newspaper and talkative friend.
She was born at Scarlet's Mill, Berks
County, Pa, Dec %, 177S. She died on
Saturday Although in her 103d year,
she was recently guest at a centennial
birthday party of near friend.
There has not been a death in the old
family of ]. w. Mize, Sheriff of Sumter
County, Ga, in sixty-three years. and he
has six uncles and three auns whose
united ages are $50 years. His uncles,
his cousins, and his aunts number, all
told, 156 that live in Sumter County.
A remarkable feature in the history of
William Smoak, of Charleston, S. c., is
that he has lived to see his youngest and
thirteenth child grandmother. He has
just entered his 9th year, has 104 grand
children, 391 great-grandchiIdren, and
seventy great-great-grand-children
Mrs. Hackert, the old vivandiere of the
Thirty fifth Barndenburg Fusileers, was
presented recently withla silver medal
on her eightieth birthday and the forty
fifth anniversary of her connection with
the regiment. She was in the campaigns
of 1864, 1866, and 1S70-'71.
"Uncle Joe" Cooper, of Dryden, N.
Y, had cancer forty years ago, and he
summoned his friends and told them his
remaining days would be few. But it
did not reach vital spot, and after it
healed he enjoyed good health until he
had a paralytic stroke recently in the
1884 year OF his age.
For the last forty years Barefoot Walk
er has not had his feet covered. He was
employed as farm hand near Columbus,
Ga, although in his 96th year. On Sun
day he apparently died, and at his
| funeral, when persons were bending over
his coffin, he sat up and asked why he
was thus treated. He still lives.
Mrs. Betsy Henderson, of Warren ave-
nue., Boston, who recently celebrated the
Tooth anniversary of her birthday, reads
and does fine sewing without the aid of
eye glasses. She relates events OF 1874,
and says that she saw thirteen horses
draw the corner stone of the new State
House past her fathers house in Charter
street.
Elmira's Oldest resident, Mrs. Amy
Mcdonald, who died recently, lacked a
single year of living century. She
was born in Westchester County, on the
10th day of March, 1881. She married
early, but lost her husband sixty years
ago. In 1S42 she settled in Elmira.
The Hon. Stephen Mcdonald is her son,
and Lewis A. and Charles Hazard OF the
Eimira Gazette are her grandchildren.
Caseneuve, the RENTER of the Rue du
Pot-de-Fer, in the Mouffetary quarter,
died recently, aged 96. He began life
as sculion. He was once in the service
of Talleyrand, and afterward he was
appointed by the King chief cook in the
palace OF the Tuileres. He was thrown
out of employment after the revolution
of 1880, but was soon reinstated. The
revolution of 1913, however, put an end
to the career of the prince of the kitchen.
The dark day" in America COM
menced at about 10 a. m, May 18th:
1880, and continued until the middle of
next day. The Arizona Miner says that
woman living on the little Colorado
was twenty-eight years of age at that
time and remembers the circumstance.
She is now one hundred and twenty-eight
years of age. The darkness created great
CONSERVATION among her people, the
Spanish and the Indians. The Span
iards buried their saints and the Indians
took to feasting.
Aunt Esther Yates died near where
she was born in Piattekill, N. Y, after
enjoying ninety-two years of life. She
was self-reliant and asked "no favors Of
any man and few women" She was
very muscular, and has often cut three
cords of wood day, in addition to per.
forming the household duties in hel
home after sunset. After several men
had tried to get a horse loose from the
harness after the animal had fallen in
front of her home, she went out, lifted
the horse up bodily, but in so doing had
her leg fractured. The bone never set
She suffered great pain, but daily em
ployed her time in splitting kindline
wood on block while she sat in chair
1t has wonderful power on bowels, liver
| and kidneys What? kidney- Wort tr,