The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Supreme Court of the United
States has decided in favor of jefferson
Davis the contested will case of Mrs. Dor
sey, who left her property TO Davis.
THE Kellogg bribery case at Wash
ington goes over to next term.
Ok the 1lth the Cabinet had the
O'Dounell case under consideration.
On the 1lth Senator Anthony entered
on his fifth consecutive term. The cere-
Inony attending his taking the oath was
impressive. AS no entered tho area in
front of the presiding officer all the Sena-
tors in the chamber arose and remained
standing Il ring the administration of the
oath This is n very unusual occurrence in
the Senate, and Senator Anthony was
much affected by this signal indication Of
the respect accorded him by all his asso-
ciates.
a wELL-KNOwN barrister of Toronto,
Ont, Trcvelyn Rideout, mysteriously dis
appeared two months ago. On the 11th his
body was found in High Park, with a re-
voIvcr in his hand. 1t is supposed the re-
lection Of his suit by a lady unhinged his
mind.
OS tho 18th the National Republican
Committee selected Chicago as the place
for holding the National Convention in
1884
The annual session of the National
Reform Association began at Cleveland, o.,
on the 18th.
THE nomination of Seth Ledyard
Phelps as Minister Plenipotentiary to Peru
was confirmed on the 18th.
ON the 18th Senator Sabin, of Mime
sofa, was elected Chairman of the Repub-
Iicau National Committee.
Is Paris, on the 18th, Marquis Tseng
attended the weekly reception given by
Prime Minister Ferry.
THE majority for Martin, the Citi-
zeus' candidate for Mayor of Boston, was
1913
JOHN w. GARRETT has been elected
President of the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad
Company for the twenty-sixth time.
Tar address of King Alfonso to the
Spanish Cortes announces the extension o
tho franchise to all Taxpayers who car
U'ad and write.
On The 18th General Hancock arrived
at SAN Francisco, and was received by
municipal delegation, the Democratic Cen
trul Committee and various prominent otfi
cials.
AN effort will be made by Represent
ntive Converse to have the bill for restora
ton Of the duty on wool passed under sus
pension Of the rules, without reference L
committee.
THE well-known explorer of the Arc
die REGIONS, Baron Nordenskjold, is con
tcmplating another voyage. He intends
however, to leave the beaten track thi
time. and go southwark to the Antarcti
circle. The attempt will be made in 1885,
and a contract has already been made wit
a firm of Clyde ship-builders for vessel Q
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will cost S1,OOO00O.
ROME dispatches say that Mario, tn
celebrated tenor is dead. NJ. Cusins, foI
mcrlv music master to Queen Victoria, wa
nt his bedside when he died. Cusins telt
praphcd Mario's farewell to her Majest
and conveyed the dying singers thanks
the English people. The Queen replied
conveying her regrets, and requesting n
t'usins To represent her at Mario's funerJ
and place n wreath on his coffin for her.
On the 18th the Crown Prince {
Germany was at Valencia.
The King of Anam is reported to hay
been murdered.
Ok the 18th IN the Emma Bond on
rage case, oa trial at Hillsboro, ILL.,, Nil
Bond was placed on the stand and pOsitiv
lv identified John c. Montgomery as one
the parties to the terrible crime. She w;
unable to identity either of the others.
THE friends of O'Donnell had, up
the c13sh been able to find only six Of Il
jurors who convicted him.
OK the 18th the ceremony of confe'
ring the pallium on Archbishop Elder WI
solemnized at Cincinnati.
On the 18th the representatives of II
Pacific coast in Congress held anoth'
meeting and considered the various mea
ures to render the anti-Chinese laws mo-
effective.
AT Detroit, Mich, on the 18th, ID
Robert r. Douglass was sentenced to fol
y ars' Imprisonment for pension frauds.
Ir is the opinion of the Khedive
Egypt that it would he easier to defeat
NIahdi by allowing him to push down Il
Nile 20 the first cataract.
Ok the 18th General Anson G. M
Cook was nominated by the Senate r
publican caucus for Secretary Of Il
Senate.
OK the afternoon of the 18th J.
Thompson, acting Deputy Comptroller
the Treasury, was stricken with paralys
while at his desk in the department.
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIES ES.
IT is supposed the Southern Pacii
train robbers have been heard from. Fl
lcsperadoes robbed the town of Bisbt
Arizona, the night Of the Sth, killing thr
men and wounding a woman.
OK the 9th the worsted mills at Mi
bury, Mass, burned; loss Sl50O0o Fire
she Standard Bagging Co.'s works at B'