The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-13

IlnCo IeopOiu Will pIopapiI okUuu q
week at Newport.
Princs Frederick William, of Ger
many, is in his fiftieth year.
Lord Salisbury is improving in health
since the defeat of his party. 4
Gambetta lately got SO excited in a
speech that he shattered his ruler on his
desk. ......,.-g.... ..=-.-....
Mr.. Robins has resigned she Presi-
dency Of the Colby University, of
Maine. f." ra."'eff
Fl William Black and Bret Harte. the
novelists, are visiting the cathedrals of
northern England. -'f'i P
Clark Mills. the artist, is in Nashville,
where he will put in position his eques-
,trian statue of Jackson. ....
Hon. George A. Merrill, President of
the Howe Scale Company, has been
elected Mayor Of Rutland, Vt. Z
Clemeuceau, the famous Deputy Of
the Seine, married a Connecticut girl
when he was an exile in America. res,
Mr.. w. D. Howells, of the Atlantic
Monthly, is the guest of his relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, at the White
House. ''' .'''f
Judge Hilton's park at Saratoga en-
ploYs several hundred workmen. When
it is finished he win present it to the
village,
Mr.. Yoshida, the japanese Minister,
has returned to Washington with his
family after an absence in Japan of 1S
months. .. .t.u
General Grant is reported to have
kissed baby at Springfield last week,
and now the last lingering doubt that be
is candidate is finally removed.
Mr.. James G.. Fair, Of mining fame,
is Just now amusing herself in China.
Thence he is going to India, Egypt and
Europe, not forgetting the Emerald
Isle. ta. t--
Louis Clapp, Of Lee County, ILL.,, be-
queathed $150,00D for an agricultural
college in that county, conditioned upon
the raising of 100000 additional for it's
endowment.
Jay Gould's new library il just being
arranged at his mansion, Lyndhurst'on-
the-Hudson. The books are rare and
valuable, having been selected by q con-
nuisseur for his own entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bloomer, the latter the
inventor of the Bloomer costume for wo-
men, recently celebrated their fortieth
wedding day in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
They formerly lived in Seneca Falls,
New York.
Judge McCrary has been given for
NAL reception at Omaha by the Ne
braska Bar Association. The leading at
torneys from every part Of the State were
present, with other eminent citizens and
many ladies.
Mr.. Lawrence Oliphant is reported to-
have applied to the Sultan for a grant of
the Valley of the Jordan for purposes of
colonization on new and improved
model; but His Majesty did not approve
the proposal. ..,,.
Mr.. G. S. Reinhart, the young artist,
sails for Europe on Saturday. After ex-
ecuting number of commissions in En-
gland, Spain and the south Of France, he
VIII establ sh himself in Paris, where he
will study painting for several years.
Vice President Wheeler isquoted as
saying quietly to a stranger who, in his
room 1t the Capitol, asked himif that
was the place where Mr.. Wilson was
struck with paralysis, YES; and almost
every man who has held the position has
hai an attack Of the same kind" ~.
Mr.. Willis, now living in Bradford
County, Ga, is one hundred and six
wears cid. He is aide to walk to town,
come six miles, and al-o able to support
himself by his own labor. He has one
hundred and thirty-fve descendants in
Georgia and thifty-two in Florida.
Lord Beaconsfeid is quoted as making
a cautious and practical answer to an
iIlustrious lady who, when English rela.
tions with Russia were in a dangerous
state of tension, asked him at dinner,
"What are you waiting fort" 81 am
waiting for mutton and potatoes,p said
the astute Premier.
Joaquin Miller, having revisited Cali
fornia recent is shocked by the social
decadence and business dry-rot in San
Francisco, ard remarks that nothing
ever happened half 80 disastrous to the
Pacific States as the building of the
Pacific railroad. 1t became at once a
sort of siphon, which led in stream Of
weak and worthless people, and gave the
brave young States there all the vanitie,
and vices of the East, with none of the
virtues.
Mr.. Huxley recently found check
for Ell 900 in his morning letters, the
bequest of Balton admirer. Charles
| Gibbon, the novelist (author Of "Auld
Robin Gray. recently received a lega
cy Of 91 900 from Scotch lady who had
read his books and wished thus to show
her appreciation Of them. Mr.. Wrixley
the flmous paper-maker, has just be
4 queathed $4,000 to the wife and family
4 Of James Payn, the novelist.
| Rev. w. n. Charming. of ENGLAND