The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-21
THE work of improving the Missouri


will soon be under way. The river has
been divided into three sections. Their
limits are from Charleston to Atchison, At
Gibson to the mouth of the Kaw, and Kan
sas City to Lexington. ID. w. Church is
in charge of the St. Joseph Division, H. S.
Younge Of the Leavenworth Division, and
J. w. Nier that extending from the mouth
OF the Kaw to Lexington. Special points
along the river have been assigned as fol-
lows: Vermillion, OAK, G. f. Thackery,
Omaha; Charles Spease, Nebraska City; A.
S. Potter, Glasgow ard Cedar City; for St.
Charles, f. NJ. Harris. The appropriation
for Missouri River improvements Is $3.50, 900,
Of which about $65, 900 will be expended on
the divisions above named, and the balance
on local improvements. The general work
will be under the supervision of a board,
consisting Of Messrs. j. w, Nier, H. S.
Younge and D. w. Church. Mr.. Nier has
organized his engineering force as follows:
Chief Assistant, j. W. Peace, formerly
United States Assistant Engineer at Broom
vile, Neb.; Survey Assistant, B. v. Smp-
son, formerly of Lexington; Chief Clerk,
J. d. Hills, late of Omaha. The division
of which Mr.. Nier has charge will be di-
vided into two parts, NJ. A. Diaz, late AS
sistant Engineer at Kansas City, will have
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| Byon, late United States Assistant Engi-
neer, at Pine Bluffs.
THE Superintendent of Police in New
York has issued orders to close all reputed
| gambling-houses, lottery and policy offices,
| and instructed his captains to visit such re-
/ sorts at uncertain hours each day and night.
DISPATCHES from Alexandria on the
14th picture the British advance guard
/ entering Cairo, Egyptian Governors and
military chiefs surrendering, and the insur-
gents throwing down their arms. Arab
1 Pasha is reported to have been captured
near Benha.
/ A WAsHINGTON correspondent of the
New York Post says ''the District Attor-
ney, acting upon the information of Fore
man Dickson, will issue warrants for the ar
rest OF Brewster Cameron and Henry A.
! Bowen, to answer to the charge of attempt-
| ing to bribe juror. Merrick is busily en-
gagged in getting his Information into shape
/ TO prevent the District Attorney from act
ing, so we are evidently on the brink Of a
very unpleasant scandal, involving charges
and counter charges Of bribery and per.
/ jury
PRAIRIE FIRES threatened Sidney,
Nebr., on the 18th.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic at Gratiot
! Wis. Six of the children of William Shaw
ley of that place have died of it, and the sew
euth is dangerously i'll.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that the importation Of goods be-
longing to Indians shall be free.
THOMAS J. Cox, of Bloomington, one
Of the most extensive millers and grain op.
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bilities estimated at $4,000.
MUCH excitement has been caused il
the vicinity of KeOsauqua, Iowa, by tht
mysterious disappearance of Hon. Mathew
Leach, one of the most prominent citizens OF
Van Buren County. No trace of his where
abouts can be learned, and it is feared tha
he has either met with foul play or has com.
mitted suicide.
THE expert appointed to examine the
books Of the Washington (Pa.) Savings Banl
and ascertain the amounts of Ruth's defal
cation has reported to the court deficiency
OF Sl17, 900. Ruth, in his confession, ac-
knowledged taking 100000.
YELLOW FEVER of the most malignan
type has broken out at Mier, Mexico, anC
the citizens fleeing. There are man.
! patients at ranches on the Texas side of tht
Rio Grande. The Mexicans can hardly b.
made to appreciate the danger of a lax en-
forcement of quarantine regulations. 1t i
now announced that hundreds are pros
trate at isolated localities in the State o
Tamaulipas.
Mrs. G. S. CARTER sues Brooklyn
N. Y, saloon keeper for $4,000 damage
for causing her husband to become an ha
bitual drunkard. The latter received ST,
600 for injuries received in the Ashiabul
disaster. and has been on a spree four years
THREE survivors of the Jeanette ex
pedition, Melville, Ninderman and Noros
accompanied by Lieutenant Berry, of tn
relief steamer Rodgers, arrived in NeV
York the other day, and were warmly wei
| comed