The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-04-05

IT was charged on the 2Sth that the
Rri+isl, ,oIice allowed ssNo. ~ to escape be- .
cause his arrest would weaken Carey's tes-
timony.
ABOUT two hundred Mormon fami-
lies were sent to the forks of the Snake
River. Oneida County, Idaho, recently, to
settle that region, and to extend the sway
of the kingdom.
ALL the Executive Departments at
washington were closed ON the 28th, the
day of the funeral of Postmaster-General
Howe, their flags draped in mourning and
flying at half-mast. The pillars of the Post
office at New York were draped and the
flag placed at half-mast. Business was sus-
pended in the afternoon. At Chicago the
Custom-house was draped in mourning.
The funeral services at Kenosha, Wis.,were
exceedingly simple and appropriate, and
were attended by many distinguished
officials and others. The body was taken to
Green Bay in the afternoon for intermentat
Woodlawn Cemetery ...-..--..s--
The survivors of the Jeanette Arctic
expedition, Left in Siberia by Engineer
Melville and Master Danenhower to con-
tinue the search for Lieutenant Chipp's
boat, reached New York the other day, in
charge of Ensign Hunt. ..a -l..r--.
The Commissioner of Internal ReYe-
nue. has issued a circular to collectors, Civ
| ing minute directions relative to the allow
! ing Of claims for rebate to tobacco manufac-
/ turers under the new tax and tariff bill.
| Z. G. WEICH0IANN q Co, jobbers of
! woolens, of New York, have failed, with
/ liabilities amounting to 100000.
! The thirty-fourth annual report o.
/ pork-paclzing in the West by the Cincin
natl (OD Price Current, shows Westerr
packing for the winter to have been 6,132,
/ PIP hogs, against 5,747,760 last year; in
/ crease, 3S4, ,452. Average net weight, 213.6
| pounds; increase, 3.4G pounds. The yiel'
of lard shows a decrease of 10.1 pounds pc
hog. The pork produced shows an increas
Of III, 900 barrels. Stocks of the product
in the West on March 1 showed an increas
Of Sc, 800 barrels of pork, 33,00O000 pound
of meats, and decrease of p, 700 tierces 0
lard, compared with the same date las
year.
The libel suit of George B. Hite
father of Wood and Clarence Hite, mem
bers of the James gang of outlaws, agains
the Louisville (Ky.) COuTjeT-JOgT1dt fO
publishing certain statements regardin
the relations Of his wife with the late Jess
James, has resulted in the jury finding fC
defendant. The amount sued for wa
$4,000. ...... -s,-..--- .s..-f..
A COMMITTEE of the Irish Nations
League has repudiated the charge that tn
! League was connected with the dynamit
party of America.
IN. consequence of the difficulty of ol
tanning hotel accommodations for IL
Knights Templars there was talk recent
y of not holding the trienniaI conclave at So
j., Francisco.
u IT was announced on the 29th tn;
y, the work of clearing out the BraidwoC
g Ill) mine would be abandoned. No bOdi
were discovered the day before, and it WI
estimated 5000 carloads of material T
mained to be removed. The mine would
closed.
THE Edison Electric uluminatiT
: Company has been organized; capt.
81, 100000. Ex-Governor Rice, of Mass
=. chusetts, is President.
~, The annual reunion of the SOcie
10 Of the Army of the Potomac will be held
. Washington, D. c., May 16 and II.
- THE stockholders of the PhiladeIph
NJ Pa) )PeImanent Exhibition Company ha
o. resolved to wind up the affairs of the co
pany.
# IN order to appease the demand
-, the working people of Paris for cheap
M rents, the French Government has awal
ed contract for the erection of a lar
= number of dwellings.
- The will of the late Gustavus S. Be
p son, of Philadelphia, Pa, disposes of pr
~ erty amounting to 100000. He bequea
~. $40, 900 to various Presbyterian institutiO
in A CLUB has been organized in n
York in opposition to mOnopolies and
IL favor of the promotion of wise and pl
er government. Ofice-holders and candida
er for Office are barred.
Int A BRIDGE of the Pennsylvania r.
road Company at Second street, PhilaC
tn phia, Pa, was torn down the other night
re- Iaborers supposed to be in the employ
the Newton Company.