Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1881 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Henry Johnston, a colored man, was hanged at Sumter, S. C., for the murder of John Davis, also colored, on the sth of February last. Sang Armor, colored, was banged at Crawfordsville, Ga., for the murder of Amos Eilington, an old white man. Joe Harris, also colorod, was executed at Rogersville, Tenn., for killing Bowen aud Heck. Richard James, another negro, was hanged at Marion, S. 0., for the murder of David M. Hanell. Great Britain and Ireland have been swept by a storm of unusual violence and destructiveness. The ship Culzean, with a crew of twenty-one, was lost; a bark foundered and three seamen were drowned; the Barbara, from Rangoon for Liverpool, was wrecked oft the Welsh coast; a brigantine, with a crew of seven, was lost. Many disasters aro also reported on land. An unsuccessful attempt on the life of the Czar and his family was made recently, and they will remove at once from Gatschina. The police kept the discovery quiet, and arrested the Chief of Police of an important provincial city, two daughters of a high state official, and two Jewish merchants. The plot involved the use of a balloon to carry dynamite and fireballs over tbe palace, where they would make terrible havoc. Boyd, the English oarsman, has accepted tho challenge of Hanlan to row on the Thames for the championship and a stake ol from SI,OOO to $5,000. The British Government will appoint more Sub-Commissioners for the Land Court, to relievo the pressure of business. The steamer Brooklyn, from Liverpool for Montreal and Quebec, lost 581 sheep and 117 head of cattle during its las l voyage. Mrs. Garfield has placed the literary remains of her husband in the hands of Col. Rockwell, who is to act under her directions in the preservation and care of them. Gen. Swaim has been appointed attorney and financial agent of the late President’s estate. The city of Hartford, Ct., has voted $60,000 for a monument to the soldiers and sailors killed in the late war. A fire in Buffalo consumed the plan-ing-mill of Dart & Brother and a considerable pile of lumber, the loss being estimated at SIIO,OOO. Kiefer, Stiefel & Co.’s tannery was burned at Allegheny, Pa. Loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. The National Board of Health have made arrangements with Iho health authorities of other nations to prevent tho spread of Asiatic cholera aud the dreaded plague or “black death,” Doth of which diseases are r aging in Europe and Asia. The steamboat Peninah sold liquor from its bar at an ludiau reservation in Montana and was condemned by the United States court, and will be sold at auction by the Marshal at Bismarck.