Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1882 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

One of the officers of the Navy Department has received from a friend at Santiago, Chili, a number of Chilian newspapers with marked articles abusing the United States in general terms, ridiculing, Mr. Blaine’s proposed American Congress, and lampooning the United States navy in particular. One of the papers contains a large cartoon representing the destruction of the United States navy by a Chilian fleet. A large wash-tub, manned and rigged in a most-ridiculous fashion, is made to do duty iu the picture as the United States navy. Under the cartoon are the words: “ The Chilians can beat the Yankees every time." The Michigan Legislature has passed a bill appropriating #265,000 for the further relief of the sufferers by last fall's fires. Thurman TroSbon, aged 14 years, of New Lisbon, Wis., was choked to death by stomach worms which crawled up into his throat The post-mortem disclosed the fact that the boy had been literally filled with maggots. Sergeant Mason, who fired at Guiteau, has been sentenced by court-martial to dis. honorable discharge from the army and to be oonfiued at bard labor for eight years in the Albany penitentiary. Gen. Hancock has given the verdiot his approval. Five men were drowned by the sinking of a dredge boat at Bice point, Mass. Gen. “ Bill” Wright, chief topographical engineer on Sherman’s staff during the war was picked up in Philadelphia in a drunken stupor. He died in a police-station cell. Mao Lean, the Queen’s assailant, was committed for trial on charge of high treason. On being arraigned, he said he would reservo bis defense. He declined to cross-examine witnesses. His interests were watched by a solicitor. The evidence was merely a repetition of what is already known concerning his attempt on tho life of the Queen. It overwhelmingly confirmed the statement that his pistol was sufficiently elevated when he fired for the ball to have struck her Majesty. The Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, United States Minister to Liberia, died at Monrovia on the 13th of February. Cholera of a violent type has already made its appearauoe at Allahabad, Rindoostan, where the pilgrims usually gather, snd it is at this sacred spot that the plague usually starts in its periodical marches around the world. We may expect it in the United States in 1883, ac. cording to the seventeen-year theory. Skobeleff is on the best of terms with the Czar and his Minister of War. Gladstone has carried his point in the House of Commons. His resolution against the inquiry into the operations of the Land act by the Tory committee of the House of Lords was adopted by a vote of 80S to 235.