The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-06
Personal.

Mr.. Robbins, of Copenhagen, Ne
York, is one hundred years old.
Gov. McCiellan's hobby is china, an
his house on the top of Orange Mountai
is made attractive by choice specimen
from all parts of the world.
DR.. Kenealy described himself in sD
brett" as 'Chlef of the Clan O'Kenealy,
and twentieth in lineal descent frol
1 Edward III. King of England"
Herr Wagner is still too i'll to accer
the invitation of the Roman municipal
ity to attend the first representation @
his "Lohengrin" in the Eternal City.
Mr.. John Gorham Palfrey, the his
torian, is now "a years old. and is stil
busily writing upon the fifth and con
Guiding volume of his History Of Nev
England.
Mr.. G. w. Childs is proposing to bulk
new home for his Ledger newspaper
the plan of which is to b. selected from
number submitted by the best architects
in the country.
Y DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes will "wel
come the clergy" at the coming Uni
tartan festival in Boston, and the Rev
Dr. Bellows is expected to respond in be
half OF the ministers and their wives.
Luther Whiting Mason, of Boston, has
entered upon his duties as professor Of
music in the Toxic normal schools, and
is assisted in the Japanese literary branch
OF the work by one of his most successful
pupils, Mr.. Isawa.
General Garibaldi is to have a charm.
ing gift from the Italian colony at Mon
tevideo, in the shape of a miniature
steamer of ten tons burden, fitted up ele-
gantly and luxuriantly, and called ''The
Lion of Caprera."
Mr.. Montagu Cory, Lord Beacons-
fields private secretary, has received the
reward of his devotion to his chief. He
has been made peer, and now wears
the title of "Baron Rowton." He is in
his forty-second year, and is a man of DO
litical aptitudes and social graces."
Baron Hans Won Luttichan, of Aus
tria, was married to Miss Susie Earle, of
Florida, at the residence Of the brides
father, near Waldo, last Tuesday. After
a tour of Europe they will return to
Alachua County, where the Baron pro-
poses TO reside in future. ..I
Mr.. q. W. Cable, the writer, is re-
ported to have left commercial life for
the purpose Of devoting himself to liter
ature. The chief Supervisor of the Cen
sus has engaged him to write an article
on the social condition of New Orleans,
1t is said that he will use some of this
in new novel. ....
Don Carlos ex-aid-de-camp, General
Boet, will come before the Court of
Assizes at Milan in May on the charge
of 'robbing his master of the famous Col
ar of the Golden Fleece. He has ap-
olled for leave to have the trial held
With closed doors, as he will have several
picy revelations to make about the Pre-
ender.
Senator Edmunds is said to be ex-
remely punctilious in observing all the |
'ules OF the Senate, and is quoted as say
ng to correspondent who once asked |
I'm for information about what was eo-
ng on an the Judiciary Committee
You must understand, sir, that there is
me committee of the Senate which OBJ
erpes all the proprieties." o.
Mr.. James Payn, the popular novelist. |
las been the recipient Of a munifcent
estimonial, as a recognition of his liter
,ry merit. Mr.. Wrigley, an opulent
'aper manufacturer Of Manchester, who
led recently, leaving property to the
mount of 100000, left to the wife of !
Ar. Payn $4,000, and to each of the
ovelist's seven daughters FL, ,OoO.
Mr. Bret Harte, it is reported by the
'erliner Tageblatt, has begun q libel
uit against Berlin newspaper which.
n an unpleasant and uncalled-for man
er, mentioned him as having a fondness
Or the cheering cup. The Tageblatt,
'lth some feeling, refers to the different
ashton in which literary German (Herr
'odenstedt) has been treated in Amer
ca.
MIR. Uymer came very near keeping
is bride waiting at the altar. The ARMY
appropriation Bill SO dragged along
hat, as the wedding day approached, he
rev more and more nervous, until at
sst he was obliged to take Chairman
-tkins into his confidence. "Why. God
less you, my dear man." said the Ten
esseean; ''why didn't you tell me
9oner? Go at once. 1t is no time for
,ords when a woman waits" And the
ridegroom departed. a.
Count William Bismarck, son of the
reat Chancellor, has just made his
laiden speech in the German Parlia-
lent. He resembles his father in ap-
and also in his manner Of
oeaking-his rather hoarse voice. his
auses in the midst of his sentences, and
is energetic but not varied gestures.
Lis argument WAS in favor of fixing al
laximum rate of interest, and at the 4
ame time excepting commercial opera
ems from usury penalties. ois| l.
Sigpor Giovanni Ferenzona the news
aper correspondent whose assassination
Leghorn has been previously an
ouneed, declares in his will that he was1