Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1885 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The taking of evidence in the trial ol Ferdinand Ward was begun at New York on the 26th of October, the District Attorney in his opening remarks warning the jury that they must remember Ward was on trial for larceny, not for “sending Gen. Grant broken-hearted to his grave.” James D. Fish, the ex-President of the Marine Bank, was the first witness, and eyed the defendant savagely. He detailed the presentation of a check for $71,800, drawn against a check for $75,000; the rejection of the latter by the First National Bank; how Ward failed to adjust the matter, and the efforts to raise sufficient lunds to meet the dishonored paper; the depositor the $150,0)0 which Gen. Grant borrowed from Vanderbilt, and the placing of the money to Ward’s personal account. The cross examination failed to elicit anything, and Fish’s brother, an official of the Marine Bank, corroborated the testimony. The rear car of a Wabash passenger train left the track near Laporte, Ind., tumbling over several times and rolling into the ditch. Thirteen persons wero seriously injured. C. J. Hayes and S. O. Prescott, of Chicago, have commenced suit against the city of Waterloo, lowa, for $50,000 damages. In 1884 they were arrested and imprisoned lor seven days for peddling goods without a license. The point made is that the ordinance under which they were prosecuted infringes upon civil rights. Tho ordinance in question is based upon lowa statutes, but tho latter does not provide for punishment in case of refusal to pay license.

Without cause, J. 0. Henning shot and killed his mistress, Mrs. Lottie Vo ner, at Rockville, lnd. The murderer, who is a peculiar character, and by some considered insane, attempted to conceal himself, but after a diligent search by citizens he was captured and placed in the jail. The mob surrounded tho structure, determined upon a lynching, but wiser counsels prevailed, though for hours the greatest excitement was exhibited. The husband of the victim was shot and killed two years ago by Charles Rutledge in a quarrel relating to Mrs.Volner, whom her husband considered to be unduly intimate with Rutledge. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue appointed Godfrey Jaeger, of Elmore, Ohio, to be an Internal Revenue Agent, vice John W. Phelps, resigned. The Secretary of tho Interior has made the following appointments of Special Examiners in the Pension Ofiico under the civil-service rules: Ebon E. Clark, of Maryland; Travis F. Hensley, of Missouri; Thos. A. Stocklagor, of Kansas; John H.Anthony, of Illinois; George P. Smith, of Kansas; E. D. Gallion, of Virginia; I'. W. Edwards, of Illinois; Jacob F. Klugh, of Pennsylvania; Arch McGinnis, of Indiana; Q. E. Browniug, of Illinois, and Howard S. McCandllss, of Virginia. Mr. Johnson, who accompanied John McCullough, the actor, from the Rloomingdale Asylum to Philadelphia, ex presses the opinion that the actor will get better. At Springfield, Mass., William Woodside lowered the world’s bicycle records for six to ten miles, inclusive, covering tho ton miles in 2.): 12 1-5. Rowe lowered the three-quarter mile record to 1:55 1-5.