Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

It is asserted that the British Government Is in possession of information which proves beyond a doubt that Prince Bismarck has been urging Turkey to side w th itus-ia in the event of a war between England and Russia. It is stated that the British Government proposes to buy for Prince Victor, the eldest, son of the Prince of Wajes, as a place of permanent residence in. Ireland, the Ardbraccan Palace at Navan, in the County of Meath, between the Rivers Boyne and Blaekwater, near the point of their con fluence. Tom Campbell, one of the attorneys for the defense in the Berner murder trial, the verdict in which caused the court house riots at Cincinnati in March, 1884, has just been acquitted of the charge of bribery. Ho was accused of giving money to one of the jurors.

A bill has been introduced in the Lower House of he Illinois Legislature to repeal tho law under which the Chicago Board of Trade was incorporated. It provides for the appointment of a receiver, sale of the property, and winding-up of the affairs of the board. The proceeds of the sale are to be divided among the stockholders of the board according to their respective interests.

The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Hon. George H. Parker, of lowa, a Special Agent of the Treasury Department. The President has appointed the following named Presidential Postmasters: Silas H. Montgomery, at Bristol, Hartford County, Conn., vice Silas Norton, resigned; Y. G. Rust, at Dougherty, Ga.. vice George W. Arnold, resigned; L. H. Edwards, at Waterloo, lowa, vice W. K. Hartman, commission expired; T. W. Lynn, at Grundy Center, lowa, vice Charles W. Reynolds, resigned; Charles E. Bronson, at Manchester, lowa, vice William C. Conley, commission expired.

Cable dispatches of the 28th ult. report that a fresh battle had occurred on the Afghan frontier, between the Russians and Afghans, in which the former were defeated and retired, having met with a heavy loss. Of 1,700 Russians who engaged the Afghans, nearly all wore killed. Premier Gladstone informed tho House of Commons that Capt. Stephens, of the Afghan Boundary Commission, was on the way to London with maps of the disputed territory and a detailed account of the ass air at Penjdeh; and that Sir Peter Lumsden would forward to Earl Granville a statement of the present situation. The British Government claims to hnvo information that Bismarck has been urging Turkey to side with Russia in the event of war. The House of Commons, without discussion, as suggested by Mr. Gladstone, voted the credit of $55,000,000 asked by the Government. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has brought throe suits for damages against the Inter Ocean and Edwin Lee Brown, the aggregated claims being SBOO,OOO.

New York telegrams of the morning of April 28 reported Gen. Grant as still on the mend. His sixty-third birthday, the 27th, was one of the best he has passed since his illneßs began. During the day he took a drive in Central Park, and also walked out. To the thousands of congratulations he received, the old soldier sent the following answer through the Associated Press: “To the various army posts, societies, cities, public schools, States, corporations, and individuals. North and South, who have been so kind as to send me congratulations on my six-ty-third birthday, I wish to offer my grateful acknowledgments. The dispatches have been so numerous, and so touching in tone, that it would have been impossible to answer them, if I had been in perfect health. U. S. Grant.” In the evening thousands passed by the residence, which was brilliantly lighted, and birthday cards by the basketful, and flowers more than sufficient to stock a florist’s shop, were received during the day. The family enjoyed a reunion dinner, the table being lighted by sixty-three wax-candles. The General’s birthday was commemorated by salutes and the hoisting of flags in various cities, and in some of the cities the celebrations assumed the form of public meetings, at which eulogies up'on the life and services of the illustrious soldier were delivered by eminent men. Senator Stanford attributes the improvement in Gen. Grant’s cancerous affliction to the use of clover tea, which was suggested by a large number of letter-writers.