The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.


THERE is great excitement in the re-
giOn of Windsor, Ont, over the mysterious
disappearance OF Alexander Mann, a COL
ored Baptist preacher, and his wife, who
had received threatening letters, and whose
house was burned few days ago.
THE Kentucky tobacco men protest
against the passage OF any amendment to
the revenue bill which permits the sale of
the weed by the grower, to the value Of
800, free Of tax.
T. II. FOSTER, a jeweler, was arrest
ed i'm Montgomery, Ala, the other day on a
charge Of theft. He sent a number OF watch
es off by express aud reported TO the police
that he had been robbed.
IN the House of Commons on the 25th
the Speaker read message from the Queen
announcing the calling out of the Reserves
in consequence of the troubles in Egypt.
ONE of the assassins of Lord Freder-
lex Cavendish has been arrested in Vene-
zuela. He gives the names OF his accom-
plices. He has been sent to Caracas.
THE iron ore unloaders at South Chi
cago have struck, and the scenes of the Joli-
ct strike are likely to be repeated unless
compromise is offered.
MIR. AND Mrs. JAMES ZOwER, of
Hudson, Mich, have just discovered at
Genoa, Ohio, a daughter abducted from
them fifteen years ago, when a mere child.
THE French Minister of Marine has
proposed a credit Of 0 5000 francs for the
protection OF the sueE Canal. De Lesseps
telegraphs that Arab Pasha has declared his
intention 10 respect the neutrality OF the ca
nal. Spain will send one frigate to Port Said,
one to Suez. and another to Ismnilia.
THERE are twenty war-ships, half of
them English. in the harbor OF Alexandria.
The Sixtieth Regiment occupied Ramleh,
where a skirmish took place with the
cavalry OF Arab Rasha. The fort of Abou-
kir, which flies a flag Of truce, is being
held in the interest of Arab. General
Adye has gone to Paris % consult in regard
to the allied expedition. The English in
fantry will embark for Alexandria August
4, and the cavalry five days later. The
Khedive has signed a degree declaring
Arab Pasha a rebel, and fOrbidding the
people to pay him taxes. The Mahmoudieh
Canal has fallen fourteen inches. The mail
steamer from Constantinople has been en-
bargoed on suspicion OF carrying letters
to Arab PaSha, and is guarded by four
British steam launches. A proclamation by
the Khedive asks the people to assist the
English in promoting the real interests OF
Egypt. The troop-ship Malabar, with
eleven hundred British infantry and a bat
terry, arrived at Alexandria. There are
said 10 be eight thousand destitute persons
camping In the gardens at Cairo.
HERR MEILING, arrested for selling
plans OF the coast defenses Of Germany 10
the Russian Government, has been sentenced
to six years. imprisonment at hard labor.
A CONFEDERATION at RadZiwillow,
Russia, swept away three hundred houses
and left three thousand persons home
less.
JOHN SMITH, alias James Hogan,
who Killed David Snodgrass, Marshal OF
Crestline, Ohio, has been sentenced to the
Peuitentiary for life.
The steamer Rainbow, of the Louis
willie & Henderson Packet Company, sunk
near Louisville on the 25th. No lives lost.
EVERY polygamisti in Utah is now liv-
ing openly with only one wife, having slowed
away the others against the advent Of the
commission.