Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The British Government claims to have unearthed a plot by Irish Invinolbles to blow up Mountjoy Prison. Letters found in a cell showed that the wardens were to be bribed to place an infernal machine in the prison, and that a noted conspirator was to be thrown over a balcony qnd killed. Michael Davitt has written a letter to Mr. William O’Brien, one of Mr. Parnell’s

Parliamentary lieutenants, protesting against the nomination for Parliamentary seats of Irish residents of England, whom Mr. Davitt describes as "carpet-baggers" and political adventurers. He claims that men like himself who are trying to keep the National cause "to the front” are being made political scapegoats, and protests against too much political dictation. He asks that the people be given a chance. Jem Ward, a veteran pugilist, died the other day in London. He retired from 'the ring in 1830, after which he developed considerable talent in painting and music.