The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Commissioner of Agriculture, in
order to carry out the provisions of the act
OF Congress making appropriations for eX-
periments in the manufacture of sugar from
sorghum, beets and other sugar reproducing
plants, has decided to offer substantial
prizes to induce manufacturers to take an
interest in the matter Each manufacturer
of sugar is to submit to the Agricultural
Department an account of the number of
acres of sorghum brought to his mill, num-
! Der of tons of cane manufactured, yield Of
] sorghum per acre, mode of fertiliZing, time
OF planting, time required for maturing the
plant, value of the crop as food for cattle
after the juice has been expressed,
amount of sugar manufactured, yield
per ton Of cane, quality OF sugar, amount Of
| syrup manufactured, process of manufac-
turing and machinery used, success of the
! eVapOratOr vacuum pan and centrifugal in
the work of manufacturing, number of
hands employed, cost offuel and machinery,
wages paid for labor, and price Of sorghum
at the mill II not raised by the manutac-
tureT. The returns, when received, are to
be submitted to a committee for eXaminR-
tiOn, and 81 200 each will be paid for the ten
best returns. The prize for returns relative
to the sugar beet VIII also be 81, 200 each,
in this class. All proposals to enter upon
this work are to be made to the Commits
sioner on or before the 1st OF August, 1882.
A BILL has been introduced IN the
/ House Of Representatives to grant perms-
| sion to Fenton Sherwood, George Tenyock
and William Lewis to dig in the Govern
ment grounds of West Point for the treasure
/ said to have been buried there by Capt.
a1, fI,aF 1, l.
/ to locate the buried wealth, and only want
the assurance that when 1t is found it will
be theirs. They had written to the Secre
tary of War, but were told that, in the alb
! sence OF legislation, il they succeeded in un-
/ earthing the treasure it would belong to the
| Government. Under the bill it will belong
to them, provided they find it. Some years
ago a company was formed TO make the
| search, but failed, after spending the sum
Of S15O,0O0. Their search was made at a
| point eight miles below West Point.
THE graduating class at West Point
was given its diplomas by General Howard,
and addresses were delivered by Senator
! Harrison, General Sherman, and Colonel Z.
/ S. Otis.
The Battery Park in New York City
/ contains hundreds of Russian Jews. The
agent OF the relief committee admits that
several who were placed on good lands in
/ Ohio have found their way back to the me-
| tropolis. The number forwarded from
/ Brody is in excess OF the arrangements
\ made.
AN imperial baby has just arrived in
/ Russia.
SECRETARY FoLGER states his belief
/ that the bond plate submitted to him by
| Detective Felker is not genuine one. A
nOlle prosequi has been ordered in the case
/ of Brockway, who has two other indictments
/ hanging over him.
THE steamer International has laid a
/ cable from BrazOs, Santiago, to Galveston,
/ Texas, and will soon place the latter city in
direct communication with Vera Cruz.
] SOLDIERS and police to the number
OF three hundred have been drafted in the
district where Bourke, the Irish landlord,
was murdered. The Lord Lieutenant, in
addressing a deputation OF school-teachers,
/ said there was abundant proof Of the exist
enoe Of an organization which killed and
manned in defiance of law.
THE Treasury Department suspends
/ for the present operation OF formulas for
the construction Of boiler fues Of less than
sixteen inches in diameter, recently adopted
by the Board OF Supervising Inspectors.
FORTY-FoUR persons were drowed by
! the recent food In Yersetz, Hungary,