Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1888 — TEE WORLD AT LARGE. [ARTICLE]

TEE WORLD AT LARGE.

A letter recently received announces that the Nicaragua Canal survey drogresses satisfactorily, and that the members of the expedition are in good health. John L. Sullivan has finally had the long-expected row with Harry Phillips, his manager, and the partnership is dissolved. Ihe Protestant ministers of Montreal, Ont., have passed a vote of thanks to Archbishop Tabor for w thdrawing his name from a petition to the City Council to have a statue of the Virgin Mary erected in a public park. The State Department at Washington has received a telegram from Roderigo da Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the Brazilian Parliament has approved the Government bill completely abolishing slavery, and that it was sanctioned by the Regent on the 18 th inst. The telegram was immediately sent to the President, who at once di-patcheJ the following reply to Minister da Silva.: The President directs me to convey to your Government his congratulations upon the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and to express his personal hope and expectation that the freedom thus extended will result in the increased happiness and prosperity of your country. Rives, Acting Secretary. The action cotnmancol by Gen. Adam Badeau against tho family of the late Gen. U. 8. Grant for SIO,OOO sei v.ces rendered tho latter during his lifetime has entered into a new phase. The family has offered to pay the amount, but Badeau demands a public trial, to vindicate his honor. Osmond Tearle and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Bigelow, Bolossy Kiralfy, Marshall PJ Wilder, and Ernest Pcssart have sailed for Europe. Mrs. Frank Leslie has also gone abroad. Canadian railway traffic for the year ended July 1, 1887, increased by five and a half millions. There are 12,332 miles of railroad in the Dominion.