The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-25

cially announced from Washington that the
representatives of the various tribes now
there have agreed to accept the proposals
made them by the Secretary Of the Interior
and cede their respective reservations to the
Government. As soon as a definite under
standing is reached the Secretary viii sub
NIT details of the agreement to Congress. It
is thought that the White River Utes viii be
removed to the Uintah Reservation in Utah,
and that Ouray and the Uncompahgres will
be settled in seveFalty on land on the Grand
River in Utah. The Southern Utes viii
probably be located on a strip Of land bor-
dered by the La Plata River, in New Mexi-
CO, and near the Navajo Reservation.
The London Times anticipates an unusu-
ally large emigration to America the coming
season.
Douglas, the Ute Chief, made a flying
escape from his prison at Fort Leavenworth,
on the 4th. He outran all his pursuers on
foot, but was finally overtaken and recap
tured by a soldier on horseback.
A severe tornado occurred during the
night of the 4th, causing imuch damage to
property in indianapolis, Louisville, Cincin-
natl, Cleveland, Toledo and other localities.
In Toledo two men were killed by the falling
of chimney.
The would-be assassin of Gen. Melikoff
was tried on the 4th and executed by hang
ing on the 9TH. His real name was Melodet-
sky; he was native of Minsk, thirty years
of age. He maintained a stolid demeanOr
throughout his incarceration, and would
only say in his own defense that he acted
from principle and not from personal mo-
sives. He further said, as reported, that
though he had failed in killing Gen. Nell
kOff some of his comrades would succeed.
The Chinese are leaving San Francisco by
the car load for the Atlantic States. The re-
cent action of the San Francisco Board Of
Health, ordering the depopUlation of the
Chinese quarter, the enforcement of the law
against the employment Of Chinese labor,
and the prevailing low rates of fare have all
combined to bring about the exodus.
The principal shops of the DanfOrth Lo-
comOtive Works at Paterson, n. J., burned
on the 9th. Three hundred men are thrown
out of work.
Munger, Mack & Co. s elevator, containing
10000 bushels of grain, at Duluth, Minn.,
burned on the 9Th.
A Rio Janeiro dispatch of the 9TH gives a
brief statement that the Chilian fleet had
attacked africa, and that the commander of
the iron-clad Huascar was killed during the
engagement.
The large wholesale dry-goods house of
Ambach, Finch, Culbertson & Co., at st.
Paul, Mimi, was totally destroyed by fire
on the 7th. The building cost S9O,OOO and
the stock of goods was valued at $3.50, 600.
Both were insured for about One-half the
sums named.
An additional report has been made by
Ma. j.-Gen. Wright, Chief of Engineers, on
the subject of establishing dams and reser-
YOirs for the purpose OF rendering the Upper
Mississippi navigable throughout the sum-
mer season of low water. The report says that
the plan is feasible, and that through its Op-
Grafton a reserve amounting to $4,000, ,000, 900
cubic feet of water can be accumulated and
made available for doubling the depth of the
river after the 18th of July. The first cost of
the proposed system is estimated at 100000,
and the annual expense of operation there
after about s., $40.
The reports Of the famine in Armenia are
heartrending. In one locality fifty-twO per-
sons died from starvation. Thousands are
endeayOring to escape to neighbOTing Per
sian provinces, but the roads are covered
deep with snow, and many perish on the
journey.
The Duchess of Marlborough, writing to
the Lord Mayor of London, March :, says
''The distress in Ireland continues to be gen.
eral, and in some parts is increasing"
The French Government refused to sur
render Hartmann, the Russian charged with
being connected with the Moscow explosion.
but ordered him to leave France. He is said
| to be now in London.
The anti Chinese excitement in San Franz
cisco has been further heightened by the
| concentration there of several regiments OF
/ United States troops, under command OF
Gen. Mcdowell, by orders from Washington
As further measure of precsution, the arms
! belonging to the militia have been removed
from several Of the city arsenals and placed
in secure places, the reason assigned by
officials being that the arsenals and theil
contents were exposed to capture by the
/ disoTderly classes in case of riot. Placard:
are posted about the city, signed by the
% Council of Thirteen, " warning employers
of Chinese to discharge them. The work
ingmen are greatly agitated by the military
movements, and their leaders charge the
authorities with trying to force an outbreak
The main building of the Kansas State In.
sane Asylum, at OsawatOmie, was partially
destroyed by fire on the evening of the sth
The inmates were all safely removed. Tn,
fire is believed to have originated from
| spontaneous combustion. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000, with no insurance.