The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-22
Personal.

reported to be the wealthiest man in his
State.
Mr.. Swinburne has written an ode of
FIVE hundred lines on Victor Hugos
seventy-eighth birthday, afd it is to be
published Immediately. a aH
Mr.. W. S. Gilbert is said to have re-
ceived from Mr.. Sothern the sum of
$4,000 as the price of his new comedy;
and the actor is quoted as saying that he
would not take $50, 900 for it now.
Professor Asger Hamerick, of Balti-
more, in lecture on Music the other
day, said that if he had heard ''Pinafore"
without being gtold what it was, he would
have taken it for collection Of ancient
English airs.
Governor Marks, of Tennessee, was a
poor boy who took care of his widowed
mother, and, unable to take college
course, made the most of the training he
found in common school. He was a
Confederate officer, and lost limb at
Murfreesbcro. %! q"
Mr.. Ruskin is up in arms about Mr..
Irving's Shyloek-as about most other
things indeed. He SAYS: II did, and do,
much admire Mr.. Irving's own acting of
Shylock; but entirely dissent (and in
dignantly as we'll as entirely from his
general reading and treatment Of the
play"
Mr. Hoppin, the genial Secretary of
Legation in London, is charged by The
World of that city with wearing at
court sort of uniform including knee
breeches. As this is contrary to Ameri-
can rule and precedent, that lively Jour
nal wants to know if he will be censured
by the Government.
Mr.. Carlyle has not been we'll of late,
having been unable to take even carriage
exercise. He sees no society beyond his
own family circle and few literary
friends, including Mr.. Froude and Mr..
Lecky. An occasional failure of men,
ory is said to be the only sign of mental
weakness shown by the Chelsea Sage.
Judge David Davis eyes are blue, his
bushy brows are iron-grsy. His fringe
of whiskers are also iron-gray, and so are
the straight locks that crown his we'll
shaped head. His age is sixty-fve years,
and he is said to weigh about two hun
dred and seventy pounds, and to walk
around the Senate Chamber "like an
overgrown school-boy."
Edwin Arnold, so we'll known as a
poet that few knew him as a newspaper
man, has resigned his place at the head
of the London Telegraph, and it has been
offered to Mr.. Draill, who declined it.
The London Times has also lost its chief
editor, Mr.. Chenery, who has been more
successful in his Oriental studies than in
journalism, having resigned.
Sir Bache Cunard is now the owner oI
NeviPs Holt, Leicestershire, one of the
Oldest places in Englad. 1t belonged W
to very few years ago to the Nevilps
who had held it for many centuries, ane
contained one of the most curious col
lections in England. 1t was purchased
by Sir Bache's brother, who was recently
killed while playing at polo.
Jonathan Brown Bright, who latel,
bequeathed $50, 900 to Harvard College
enjoyed playing cards, and was won't tt
say that players of about the same abili
ty would at the end Of large numbe
of games come out even. He kept rec
ord of 3,216 games Of whist he ha
played, with many persons, up to Jul
10Th, 1879; and of that number he wo
1,6O8 games. and lost exactly the sam
, number.
Prince Alexander Of Bulgaria, and h
, , father, Prince Alexander Of Hesse, tn
q brother of the Empress Of Russia, al
!. going to Berlin to participate in the ce
!. ebration of the eighty-third birthday
the Emperor William on the 22d ins
/. There will also be present King Albel
; and the Crown Prince Of Saxony, the d,
cal families of Baden, Anhalt, Mecklel
i burg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Streli
v and other distinguished persons.
: Rev. John A. Waterson the newly Al
is pointed Roman Catholic Bishop ,:of G
is fumbus, was born in Blairsvilfe, Pen
!, sylvania, and is about 40 years old. I
: was graduated at Mount st. Mary's Ct
lege, in Maryland, and Immediately a
l. cepted professorship in that instit
e. tion, where hehas continuously remain,
7, from 1868 to the present time. Fo
lie years ago he was made President of Il
g College. He is described as man
~ great learning and fine character.
y Mr.. Charles Dickens (son of the nov,
~ - ist) and Mr.. Joseph Hatton have writ
i four-act drama ON "The Mystery
~ Edwin Drood," in which the murder
= of Edwin brood naturally turns out
~ ~ be Jasper, the choir-master. The pl
nf u ends with an exciting scene in the opiul
u smoking den, where Jasper beholds in
dream the details of his crime and ARE
:. o which are also made visible to the aut
i j ence, and wakes to find the realizati
~ ~ Of the climax Of his vision in the G
y y trance Of the officers Of justice.
o, Chief Justice Ryan, Of the Visions
o, Court of Appeals, is in perfect physie
re health, but he imagines he is hopeless
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