Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1883 — MISCELLANEOUS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS.

Spanish citizens residing at Havana have been awarded by the Supreme Court of the United States a verdict of $65,?00 and. 6 per cent interest from June, 1863, for the seizure and detention as a prize, at Port Royal, by Gen. Sherman, of the steamer Nuestra Senora de Regia Freinch & Blossom, wholesale dealers in boots and shoes at St Louis, have made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors Their liabilities are set at $135,000. ' Patrick Egan, treasurer of the Irish Land League, arrived at New York rather unexpectedly. He says his present mission is purely commercial, though he intends to give evidence in the extradition case of Sheridan. He condemns the execution of the laws by the Dublin Castle authorities, whose principles, he alleges, are terrorism and informers, and their stronghold “packed juries.” Innocsnt persons have been hanged, and, though the real murderers are known, they will not be prosecuted, as the officials do not want to reopen the casea He denies that the Land League funds have been misapplied or foolishly expended, and avers that the balance now on hand—£2s,ooo or £26,000 —is invested in American securitiea The oldest inhabitant of Canada has just died near Montreal She was a venerable widow named Mary Hughes Grave, a native of England, but for three-quarters-of a century a resident in Canada. Her age was 117 yeara During 1882 the gross revenues of the Western Union Telegraph Company amounted to $18,398,968, and the net profits were $7,624,833.