The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
News of the Week.
At Home.

Council Bluff, Iowa, was burned causing a
loss of $50, 900.
The producers in the oil region, at and
about Titusville, Pa, are about entering
upon plan to stop all new developments
for a period Ofsix months from the lst of
September next, in order to increase the
demand for oil, thereby enhancing the
prices.
The furniture of Josie Mansfield was
sold Mt auction in New York Many arti-
cies were bought at extremely high prices.
Spence Pitters, who is charged with the
Minneapolis bank robbery, was bailed in
$l5OOOO
The Herald denies the imputation
of frauds cast upon Stanley's discovery of
Livingstone, and gives the evidence from
former correspondents of Livingstone, in
cluding the son Prof. Stearns, of Amherst
College, who testify to the belief that the
letters received from Livingstone are in
that travellers handwriting, and not in
Stnnley's.
The Atchison and Nebraska railroad
was completed Saturday to Lincoln, the
capital of Nebraska, and to-day trains
commenced running to that place. The
completion of this road to Lincoln makes
a direct short line from St. Louis to Fort
KearneY, on the Union Pacific
A locomotive and two freight cars laden
with whisky were smashed and the whisky
burned Mt Jersey City by collision with
another train. Loss SI4l, 900.
The new trial of DR.. Paul Schoeppe for
the murder of Miss Steinecke three years
since, has commenced at Carlisle, Pa
Much difficulty in procuring a jury is
anticipated.
Rev. James Roosevelt Bailey, Catholic
bishop of the diocese of Newark, has
received from Pope Plus, att Rome, a
bull announcing his appointment as Arch
bishop of Baltimore, to succeed Bishop
Spalding.
The frigate Yantic, which is to sail
shortly for the East India squadron, by
way of the Snez Canal, will touch at Zan-
zibar and inquire into the African slave
trade in that section, and take immediate
steps to suppress it.
Col. f. Y. Rocket, editor of the Mem
phis Ledger, died in that city last week.
Col. Rocket was an able and experienced
journalist, clever gentleman, finished
scholar, brilliant writer and a gifted
poet
A destructive incendiary fire occurred
at Mount Carmel, Ill, between one and
two o'clock in the morning. burning eight
business houses, including the Register
printing Office and Ridgeways new three
story block. Loss about $25, 900, with less
than 81, 900 insurance.
A fire broke out in the saw mills at
Somerset Mills, Ne, Tuesday night The
mills were entirely destroyed, together
with a large quantity of timber. The
mills were owned by Lawrence Bros. and
Ming & Butler. The loss is estimated at
from 500, 900 to 100000; insurance $lS,-
coo
The first hearing in the suit of w A.
Woodward against Ezra Cornell, the foun-
der Of Cornell University, to recover $ll7,-
600 for locating the Government lands
granted to the University, was had OF
Newburg, N. Y, yesterday before re
ferees. The case will probably continue
several months.
A jamestown Dakota Territory dis
patch states that the Government troops
surrounded that town, and seized and de-
stroyed all the liquors in the place and
imprisoned half dozen whisky dealers.
A dispatch from Galipolis says that the
boiler of the steam saw mill in awrence
coutry, opposite Guyaudotte, exploded
Monday, killing four men, John Jones, the
proprietor, Mr. Clark, Mr.. Webb, and a
colored man, and woundinG two others
The fruit canning establishment o.
Duckwell & Co, Cincinnati, was destroyed
by fire Friday night Loss on stock anC
building $4,000. In attempting to jump
from the third story of the burning build
ing to the pavement, to avoid the flames
VIM. Massey was mortally injured, and his
= father, Richard Massey, had his leg and
arm broken.
Forged drafts purporting to have been
drawn by Koutize Bros, bankers o
New York, have been presented to variou,
banks throughout the country, aud es
peeially at the West Among the forgerie.
was one draft for S., 200 presented to the
Real Estate Bank at Allegheny City, Pa
and one for So, 600 presented at the Thir,
National Bank at Chicago The forger's
name attached to the bogus drafts is Jane,
T. Hill.
Abroad.
Rubenstein, the pianist, has arrived il
London, en- route for America.
The Geneva Board of Arbitration vii
soon terminate their labors and render ;
decision.
The ex-Empress Carlotta is reported tc
be dying. All hope has been given up
and the last sacrament has been admins
tered.
The French authorities are incarceratine
all Carlists found in the Southern depart
ments suspected of completely in the plot
for an insurrection against the Spanish
Government
a Port au Prince letter TO the Herald
tates that the United States Consul Cen
eral was arrested by the Haytien author
tiles at Miragoas on the trumped up charge
Of having oounterfeited tie par er currenc,
Of that republic, and he is now in filth
prison,