The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-31

OFFICIAL advices from Brownsville,
Texas, report thirty-fiye new cases Of yell
low fever and one death on the 21st.
THE Mayor and ffty-five Councilmen
Of Reading, Pa, have been arrested on an
Indictment for not keeping the streets
clean.
THE Maryland Knights of Labor have
ordered the Cumberland miners to resume
work on the best terms they can make. The
strikers at Wilkesbarre, Pa, have accepted
former rates. Fifteen hundred looUls are
in operation at the Harmony Mills, Cohoes,
NY.
A SUDDEN rise in the Rio Grande car
ried away part of the Mexican National
bridge at Laredo and swept off some rails of
the International road.
The Adirondack Hotel, the Nolette
House, and thirty stores and dwellings on
Main street, Keeseville, N. Y, burned on
the 23d. Loss, 100000. The iron works at
Syracuse, N. Y, were damaged to the ex-
tent of 100000 on the 22d. Three hundred
men were thrown out of work.
NEW ORLEANS steamboatmen protest
against the closing Of Old River, as contem-
plated by the Mississippi Commission.
The Knights of Pythias in Detroit,
Mich, formed a procession several miles
long and dazzled thousands of spectators.
THE British forces now hold the Suez
Canal throughout its entire length. The adj
vance OF the cavalry and marine artillery has
been ordered. The fresh water is falling
petceptibly Mt Ismailia. It Is feared that
Arabi Pasha has diverted its course. The
canal company has issued a notice request
ing economy in the use OF water. Ruchdi
Pasha, formerly the Khediye's Minister Of
Finance, and Zulkifar Pasha, of the Khe-
dives household, who has espoused the
cause Of Arab Pasha, have been captured.
The Iron Mountain Mills and Ele-
vator, in St. Louis, burned on the oath. Loss
estimated at $l5O,0O0. Lightning.
MERRICK, counsel for the prosecution
in the star-route trial at Washington, de-
mands a verdict of guilty against John w.
Dorsey, John r. Miner, Stephen w. Dorsey,
II. NJ. Vaile, Montford G. Rerdell and Thos.
J. Brady.
THE fine residence of Col. A. Ed
mondson, of Carlisle, Ark. who is Presi-
dent of the Law and Order Society of that
place, was destroyed by ineendiaries the
other night. His store, the largest in the
place, was destroyed by unknown parties
several days ago.
A WATER-sPoUT deluged the streets
and cellars of Dayton, Ohio, on the 23d.
Trains on most OF the roads were delayed by
washouts.
THE three men who robbed a stage
near Globe, Arizona, and killed the express
messenger have been captured, and one
of the number, Lafayette Crime, has made
a detailed confession. The S., 900 stolen has
not yet been recovered.
A COMMITTEE is being organized in
London to place in Westminster Abbey a
| bust of LOngfellow.
GARLAND, the Virginia duelist who
killed Addison, has been acquitted.
THE free-thinkers of America are in
session at Watkins, N. Y, with Bradlaugh,
Ingersoll, and Min as speakers.
AQUILLA JONES, of the Indianapolis
Rolling Mill Company, bought at auction,
for 500, 900, bonds Of the Bedford & Bloom
field Narrow gauge Railroad amounting to
$3.50, 900, and stock of the face value Of $3.50,
900. There are fOrty-two miles of track In
good running order. John B. Lyon, Of
Chicago, appeared at the sale to protest
that some of the bonds were fraudulently
issued.
A BOARD of engineers, comprising
Lieutenant Colonel Houston, Major Jared
A. Smith, and Major W. H. n. Benyaurd,
will soon assemble at Chicago to report
| upon the practicabiIity Of making the Calu.
met River navigable for the largest vessels
| as far as Lake Calumet.
! Hon. A. w. SAWYER, formerly Justice
of the Supreme Court Of New Hampshire,
died the other day while physician was
| giving him ether in order to amputate his
| foot.
MISS ALICE q. FLETCHER, a con-
scentious laborer in behalf Of the Indians,
has reached Carlisle, Pa, with thirty y-six
| children of the Omaha tribe, thirteen of
whom are girls. During her tour she Wis
tied the camp of Sitting Bull and selected
ten pupils for the Carlisle school, and sixty
more will be taken from the Rosebud and
Pine Ridge agencies next month.