The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-01-24

Two Omaha compositers lately skated
1000 miles in % hours.
A ST Louis firm has five hundred bar

maui s~tAlo IL ACOAEAy ID
When dance houses get troublesome
at Burlington, Ia, they are burned down.
A youth of II was lately tried in Lon-
don on the charge of poisoning his
mother.
a San Francisco hunter lately killed
On the wing 70 quails in sc shots, all
single birds.
An Indian six feet and eight inches
high takes walks around Nashville clad
in linen buster.
In the years 1871 Austrialaism gold
was imported into the United Kingdom
to the value of &c, 898, 1926.
A Massachusetts doctor visited his
patients in a chase drawn by an anti
quated bull, during the horse epidemic.
Baron James de Rothsct i'd has left
million francs, the interest of which is
to be devoted to paying the house rent of
INDECENT families in Paris.
Fortunately for Prince Bismark, his
membership of one hundred and forty
one different German societies is an hon
orary distinction not involving the pays
ment Of the monthly dues.
A Syracuse deacon cast a gloom over
! mis- wife s mouth by pulling button hook
from hi pocket marked Lizzie" His
wiie's name Is Mary and she never owned
a buttonShook, bus has had t rely upon
a hairpin for such work heretofore
All actors and wrestlers in Japan have
been notified that they can pursue their
! professions three years longer, after which
they must follow some mere useful and
/ honorable employment. The male Ja>
! hor h,ar, &. .l,,l -,
no longer be required TO shave their
| heads, but the top~knOt must be retained
The Solt Lake Ne,rs tells of a man
or devil-who inquired where there was
small pox, and then going to the house
! designated, forced hi way in, took the
small pox patient by the hand and held
| it some time The SMALLPOX peddler
! had blanket over bis shoulder. which he
swung around in the house as if gath
| ing the con agion, and after tarrying
awhile, departed.
The Greek Government has made n
virtue of necess ity, and agreed to refer
| the dispute about the Laurium mines 10
arbitrati n The influence Of the Russ
sian and Austrian Governments seems to
have been the direct cause of this result.
But the interference of these powers
may be placed to the advantage of tie
Greeks, for their perversenses threatened
to lead them into conflict with France
and Italy, the result Of which would not
long remain in doubt
General Humphreys, Chief of Enci>
neers, informs Congress that two million
eight hundred and "i4bty>seven thousand
four hundred and sixty two dollars has
so far been spent on the canal around the
Falls Of the Ohio, and two million seven
hundred and siyty-nine thous nd two
hundred dollars on THAI around the Des
| Moines Rapids. The ships canal talked
of to connect the Mississippi above the
Delta with the deep waters of the Gulf
will cost seven million five hundred thou
sand dollars.
Nearlcy all the members of Congress
present in Washington from tn. cotton
States, in conference on Saturday, have
agreed on the new bill to return the cot
ton tax, which they will press in Congress
this session, instead of the House bill
592, hitherto introduced by Mckee
The provisions Of the latter are material
ly changed so as to carefully look after
the interests of planters and freemen, in.
surfing to them absolutely the return Of
the cotton tax that they have paid.
A report widely spread is current, thai
the Chinese Emperor is greatly incensec
against the foreigners A story is TOLD
that, on the Imperial wedding dav,
foreigner of Pekin presented the Emperor
with two enormous red candles Suspi
cion being aroused, the Emperor ordered
the candles to be cut open, when they
were found to be full of powder aud bull.
let's. Another version of the story states
that the candles were experimental upon
in the open air, when one of them ex
pfoded and caused the death of many O
the bystanders The CORES pondent 0
the Daily NelCS says the report is absurd
and foolish.
The Nashville people anticinated tina
TIE Methodist Publishing House woul,
have been completed and occupied Janu
airy LIST, but the freezing weather raj
counter to all eXpectati MS. Though tn
weather has recently been exeeedingI
bad, mechanics have attempted to pusI
the work forward, even in the rain, will
some degree of success lt is though
that Its roof will be completed in tn
next twO weeks, should the weather con
| tiuur even as it Is The block is by ia
f the largest in the city, and no one VIII
has seen it can help recognizing its mag
niicent proportions. 1t shows sevaI
stories on the river and four high storie
on the Public Square.
t Some time ago the dead body of
yaung man was found on heap of Gin
ders in the rear of the Roane Iron
mill. which was claimed by a lady Twin
near 40 that of her son, and she had tn
! body decenty buried a day or two az,
: her son returned to the city and Gale
upon her In his own proper person, an
: in good health and spirits. His mOthe
was greatly rCjoiced to see one whom sh
had uIourned as dead, aud felt cOnsidera
: bly, chagTinen at having wasted so muc
grief over the body of a perfect stranger
| She applied to Mayor Wright for REIN
bursement for the funeral expenses of tn
pseudo son.
A Philad lphia CORES p0ndent tells tn
! following little Incident to illustrate th
: strictness of Mr.. FORESTS business hab
its: 'N lille we were conversiug a sum
; mons was made at the door which bein
granted, there entered a, portlv, butler
ish>loOking kind of individual, who, al
: vancing to little table at MIR Forrest'
elbow, deposited portentous roll Of BAN
; notes, This majOr>d0mO ! alterwar
! knew as the renowned McArdie, wh
r acted in confidenfia relations to tn
! tragedian for many years The none
: he had brought in was the stars share O
the receipts for the previous night
I "A bout as usual? asked Forrest Rattle
: better was the bri frejoinder 'UmDh,
gru' ted the tragedian, AN ejaculation
which might be construed as expressin
any amotion the hearer might fancy
This, then, was his way of taking care O
his money and of getting even with hi
managers A daily s3ttlement-that wa
) bis motto
=. The BELLE IDA BURNED On Thurs
0 day m, rning early. a fire broke out in tn