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

On the 8th Laban Stephens was con-
victed at jackson, o., for participation in |
the murder of Anderson Lackey. The /
Jones brothers, previously convicted, have
been sentenced to lie hanged December 2l
On the 10th twenty convicted rebels
were reprieved at Belgrade.
ADvICEs of the 9th state that active
negotiations have been opened between the
United States Government and Spain for
reciprocal concessions beneficial to trade
between Cuba and the United States.
The French commander in TOnquin
has been instructed to delay little before
making an assault on Bach Mini.
NINE persons pleaded guilty on the
10Th in Sligo, Ireland, to charge of con-
| spiracy to murder.
AT Limerick, Ireland, man named
Jarvey has been arrested for possession of
unauthorized explosives.
/ In London extra guards have been
/ placed in all Government buildings on ac-
count of the excitement over the death SEN
teuce Of O'Donnen.
AT Fall River, Mass, n conspiracy to
insure consumptives and broken-down
drunkards and pocket the proceeds has
/ been discovered.
The British Parliament will be fur
ther prorogued till February.
OK the 9th a Nationalist meeting
near Loughrea, Ireland, adopted resolu-
tions condemning the emigration policy of
the Government
The clearing house transactions for
the week ending the 10th made an uuex-
pectedly favorable exhibit.
IT is reported that the reinfOrcements
sent forward on the news of Hicks Pasha's
/ l.. 4 tI,sa
latest massacre occurred.
In speech on the 10th Prime Minis
ter Ferry said no rupture had occurred be-
tween France and China, but the Cabinet
had never ceased to act as if n rupture
were possible.
In the National House of Representa-
tives on the 10th, eight hundred and twen-
ty-four bills and joint resolutions were in
troduced and the call only reached Massa-
chusetts.
A CRIMEAN veteran has superseded
the Egyptian commander at Suakem, and
the False Prophet is reported to have re-
tired from FL Obeid TO the mountains.
OK the 1lth the bill to lcgalize mar
riages of Jews and Christians was rejected
by the Hungarian Diet.
, BY reason of representations made to
, the Canadian Customs Department by On
tario millers respecting the inferior quality
, of the present years crop of wheat, millers
? will be credited with duty on four bush
! els and forty-hve pounds of wheat for every
barrel of -four produced from imported
wheat ground in bond and exported. For
merly the department held that barrel of
-four could be obtained from four bushels
and thirty-five pounds OF wheat.
IT is reported that the French have
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On the 11th, at Sligo, Ireland, four
l defendants who pleaded guilty of con
4 spiracy to murder were given ten years
each.
f On the MANITOBA Division of the Cana
dian Pacific all trains were stopped on the
a 11th in consequence of a strike.
RECENT estimates of the Department
of Agriculture place the total wheat yield
at 400, ,OOO, 900 bushels; oats, 900, 200, ,OOC
= bushels; rye and barley a little short OF
I, the crop OF 1882; buckwheat, about one
I third short; corn, little short of prev;
. GUS estimates, and cotton about 100000
bales.
In his report the Commissioner o
70 Agriculture saws: "The total value of forest
products of the United States for the cen
sus year is estimated at S700,O00,00). II
IS other words, the forest products exceed tht
value or our crops OF hAgs ~ e OhbSs hdf
"a lev. buckwheat, potatoes and tobacco takeI
II together. They amount to ten times tn,
$ value Of gold and silver, of which we make
e so much account, and to more than three
times the value of the precious minerals
+. and coal and other minerals combined"
lr WASHINGTON dispatches say post
masters have been instructed to exchang'
IF three and six-cent stamps and stamped en-
u velopes for other denominations.
,e IT is authOritatively stated that Clau
Spreckels has cornered the Hawaiian suga
= crop. He holds S0,OCO,Oo0 pounds. e
e- A SPECIAL from Monterey, Mexico
,e of the 18th says: Four train robbers wer
arrested this evening. The names of TWEEN
tv-three others are in the hands Of the oi
~ cials. It is rumored that the Mayor of Ne'
i Laredo is involved in tho matter.
Oh the 1lth the President sent
special message to Congress adverting t
the importance of a liberal policy towar
ic the Mississippi River Improvement. Their
ge is a sentiment in Congress in favor of put
e, ting the money for this river in a separat
se bill 1t is understood that the Presiden
recommends such policy.
4 IN Madrid on the 18th a rumor wa
in current that the French had seized coupl
is- OF islands in the Gulf Of Guinea, elaine
by Spain