The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-07
MISCELLANEOUs.

THE paper-mill of Bittner & Lyming-
ton, near Lancaster, Penn, and covered
bridge adjoining were destroyed by fire the
other day, the loss being S145,0O0.
A SUIT to recover an enormous attor-
ney fee was heard in Keokuk, Iowa, the
other day, and developed events of a sensa-
tioral character, Pete Finnertv, man
suddenly made rich by lucky mining invest
ments, and who left his family when Il poor
man, being defendant His wife sued for
divorce and alimony 10 the amount of $500,
on the ground of deserion. Afterward
news came OF his good luck and modifca-
tion of the judgment was allowed and $780,,
600 granted her, and Judgment for that
amount entered against Finnerty. He sue
ceeded in settling with her for a nominal
sum, and now her attorney, who had filed a
lien for One-fourth Of the judgment, asks foI
an execution and order upon Finnerty tG
cause him to show the amount he is worth
and where his property is located. Argu-
ments were heard to-day and the case taken
under adyiSement. Finnerty has been rap
idly accumulatiug wealth, being largely
identified in mining and financial interests
in Colorado.
THE 'sfaith-cure" establishment at
Buffalo, n. Y, has closed for want of
funds.
In the United States Court at Omaha,
Nebr., the other day, r. e. Clary, formerly
postmaster at Sidney, was convicted OF
making false returns as to the arrival Of
mails, and fined $500.
A SISTER of Buffalo Bill tried to re-
cover tract OF land near Cleveland. Ohio,
on the ground that the deed was obtained by
Illegal methods plea by which the Cody
family hoped TO secure a valuable tract on
Euclid avenue. Judge Mckinney decided
that the woman had not even the shadow OF
a claim.
THE Katahdin Iron Company, of
Maine. has suspended, with unsecured
debts of $4,000.
YELLOW fever has appeared at st.
Anne de Ia Pocatiere and st. Paconac, Que
bee, from bodies brought from the United
States for interment
FRANK JAMES was arraigned in the
Criminal Court at Kansas City, Mo, Nov.
%, for robbery Of the Independence bank in
1867 and the murder OF Detective Wicher in
1874. To both indictments counsel entered
plea OF not guilty and the court fixed Mon
day, Jan. -, as the day for trial.
TUE stove foundry of Bonnell, Duffy
& Co., at Quincy, H., with large amount
of stock, was destroyed by fire the other
evening, the loss aggregatiug 100000.
II. A. PITTS Sons, manufacturers of
agricultural implements, Chicago, have
made an assignment. The liabilities are
$3.50, 600: assets. S3j0000.
The pleasant prophecy of mild win
ter is announced by Mr.. Henry A. Hazen,
OF the national weather bureau, in an in
teresting paper read before the Washington
Philosophical Society. Mr.. Hazen remarks
that forecast of the probable severity OF
winter would evidently be OF great cOnse-
quence to the farmec, the Western wheit
producer, and to all who buy and sell fuil
in all parts OF the country, and proceeds 10
disprove the assertion recently made by a
prominent meteorologist that a cold and wet
summer is invariably followed by a cold and
stormy winter. His argument is based upon
the results OF actual observation by the sig
nal service at Providence, r. l., from Sep
tember, 1872, TO September, 1882, and for
comparisons used the record OF mean tenn
peratures observed at Providence for the
forty-tive years ended with the year 1876,
which are preserved at the Smithsonian In
stitute.
DISPATCHES from Wiesbaden, Ger
many, Nov 2T, say the Neckar, Main and
DIoselle Rivers are bringing down a great
body OF water at Frankfort, Mayence, Cob
lentz and Cologne. Cellars in streets along
the water front are submerged. The main
valley forms one great lake.
Two thousand members of the French
trades unions extended greeting to the
delegates from English unions visiting Paris
to represent the views OF the latter bodies IN
favor Of the completion OF the channel tun-
mel.
IT now seems probable that the rail-
road construction for the year viii exceed
Il 900 miles. The total mileage OF the coun-
try Jan. 1, 1888, will be l16, 600, a gain of
more than - per cent. on the mileage OF
two years ago. The cost OF the new roads
built since ISSl-is about 500. .00o,0oo
ESTIMATES Of the federal departments
for the coming fiscal year are larger than
the appropriations for last year.
TIE French Cabinet has resolved TO
send a pacifie-expeditien 10 report on the
resources OF the Congo region.