The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-11
OVER THE SEA.
Brennan's Trial Transferred to
Dublin.
Parnell Sails For America Next
Week.


Week.
Great Britain.
WILL SAIL THE TWENTIETH.
National Associated Press to the Star
LONDON, Dec. 11.-Messrs. Parnell, Fine
gan and Dillon will sail for America on the
Goth of December.
BRENEAN's TRIAL TRANsFERRED.
DUBLIN, Dec. 1.-THE trial of Brennan,
who was arrested some days ago for alleged
seditious utterances has been transferred
from Connaught to Dublin.
WILL WORK IN UNISON.
LONDON, Dec 11.-Messrs. Shaw and Par
NELL leaders of the two factions of the
Home Rule movement, whose differences
have recently taken the form of news
paper controversy, have met and ex-
changed ideas and agreed to work har-
moniously in planning and conducting the
campaign to secure, if possible, victory
for the cause at the next election.
Germany.
INSTRUCTION OF CATHOLIC CHILDREN.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Government has
decided to allow the Catholic clergy to su-
pervise the religious instruction of Catholic
children in Prussian schools.
AFRAID OF AMERICA.
An English company having bought q
portion of Messrs. Godeffroy's property,
German newspapers appeal for funds to pre-
vent their property at Samoa from falling
into English or American hands.
The North German Gazette ridicules
American interference regarding the dis
tress in Ireland, and asks what, under such
circumstances becomes of the Monroe doc
trine.
Russia.
TURCoMANs ON THE OFFENSIVE.
LONDON, Dee. IA dispatch from st.
Petersburg says the Turcomans have re-
sumed the offensive against the Russian
expedition.
REvoLUTIoNIsTs DEFIANT.
The Russian revolutionary party's Exec
utive Committee has issued manifesto
acknowledging that the attempt to kill the
Gar was made by their orders. An engin-
eer has been arrested OH the supposition
that he is the one who drew the plan of the
mine.
Afghan.
FAVOR A DIVISION.
LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE Indian Govern
ment is in favor of scheme of giving
Herat to Persia under stringent conditions
Also of dividing Afshanistan into princi-
palities and of making Turkestan inde-
pendent.
sCURvY AMONG THE TROOPS.
dispatch from Sima says the scurvy
has broken out among the British native
troops at Gandamak.
GENERALS REsIGNING.
MADRID Dec 1l.-This capitol has been
startled out of its equanimity by the news
that fifteen commanders in the army
have resigned their commissions and left
the service. Amnng the explanations of
this unexpected action current in well in
formed circles is the suppostion that they
are all out of sympathy with the resigning
monarch and existing government and
have thrown up their positions in order to
be free to engage in intrigues against both.
| This accorls with rumors of another pros
pective Carlist rising which have foated
about as mere gossip for some time past
Switzerland.
ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT.
| RERNE Dec. 1.-THE Federal Assembly
has elected DR.. e. Webb, of the Canton d
Aargan, President of the Confederation fol
the year 1880.
| Foreign Flashes.
Bread riots have occurred at Ravenna
Italy.
Dominique Denuelle, French decorative
painter, is dead.
Ex-Empess Eugene has arrived at CHS
elhurst from Madrid.
The Empress of Russia, who is still so
journing at Cannes, is slowly improving il
health.
The Egyptian Government ordered 80
troops to embark at Suez on Saturday 70
Massowah.
The Tekkes seized number of camel
which were being taken to Disolum. sacke'
the village OF Yourat, and carried off the in
habitants and their camels.