Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Two brothers, Norbert and Charters Bnlleucb, officers of the Paris police, forced an entrance into tho editorial rooms of the Cri du Pmple, armed with swords, and attacked one of the editors, M. Duo. The latter, though severely wounded, defended himself with 9 revolver, shooting one of the brothers fatally. ‘ The Anamite troops have revolted, killed the French guards, and dispersed to join the pirates. Prince Albert Victor, the elder son of tho Prince of Wales, came of age on tho Bth Inst. Tho ooooskm was oolebrated In England with great rejoicings. The American delegates to the Congo Conference at Berlin hnvo declared that tho United States has no intention of assuming responsibility for the execution of tho resolutions of the confercnoe. Oholera and typhoid fever are reported as raging in tho Tonquin delta. Information has been Teoeived by the London poiloe that simultaneous attempts are to be made by dynamiters tc blow up the Holborn Viaduct and the Mansion House railway station. ' Orders have been issued by the British Government for tho immediate construction of tlx new cruisers. A messenger reached Khartoum Dec. 27 with a letter from Woiseley to Gordon, but on tho return trip vu captured and

robbed of all hte papers except a note announcing the safety of the garrison. Jtn amusing counter-demonstration w.as made in Dublin at a meeting held to advocate the closing of public bouses Sunday. A considerable number of those present were opposed to Sunday closing. These persons were aM provided with pocket whisky-flasks, and, white applauding each point made by the speakers, raised the flasks repeatedly to their lips. The moral conveyed was that the closing of the public houses would lead to private tippling. The constables refused to eject the whisky-drinkers.