The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE American expedition sent to the
Cape Of Good Hope to take observations Of
the transit of Venus, arrived at Plymouth,
Eng, the other day, homeward bound.
They obtained two good observations of in
ternal contact and took 236 photographs,
over 200 Of which could be measured.
A VIOLENT earthquake, it was said,
was felt in different parts of Northern Ohio
on the morning OF January 7. People We're
reused from sleep by the shock, and cases
were reported Of chimneys tOppling over.
Z BY affirming n verdict of $500 OBJ
tained by a widow against an Insurance.
company, the Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts recently established the right of an in
sured man to walk on a railroad track with
out violating the conditions of his policy.
J In a fight between Albanian and
European members of the police force at
/ Alexandra, Egypt, the other day, one AL
4 baniau was killed and six dangerously
! wounded. Two European policemen were
| injured.
IT was said that four cars of crude
I silver, in bars Of ninety seven pounds each,
were consigned from the Montana mines to
1 Chicago, III the other day. The value was
/ estimated at 81 10000 The treasure was
I taken from Holeua to Muir City, 123 miles,
! by bull-trains.
The failure of William Miller Sons,
Turkey red dyers, Glasgow, Scotland, was
reported few days ago Liabilities El20,
600.
TREASURER GILFILLAN, of Washing
ton, II. c., received a thousand dollars a
few days ago, contributed by the citizens o.
/ Lyons, France, to the Garfield Hospital
! fund.
SMALLPOX was reported rs raging at
Salem, Roanoke County, Va, on the Sth.
Thirty cases had appeared. Roanoke Col
tlege was suspended, the public schools
were closed and business was at 4 stand
stnI.
! A PARTY of Italians placarded the
Italian Consulate at Marseilies, France, the
other night as follows: ''Death to the Em-
peror OF Austria; we will ayenge over
dank."
A FEW days ago the Massachusetts
Commissioners OF Inland Fisheries laid
down in the Winchester hatehing-house
10000 Lake superior trout.
TmE Secretary of the Treasury re
centlvauthorized the coinage OF new five
cent nickel pieces Of new design, little
larger and thinner than the present coin.
TuE Western Flint and Lime Glas;
Protective ASS0ciAtIoh hSttl us aHutldt meet
ING at Pittsburgh, Pa, few days ago Th,
condition of trade was reported very favor
abIeas to volume Of transactions, but price:
: were very low.
CHARLES II. SCuAB, postmaster Al
WaIcotsyiIle, n. y, made a general assign
meut the Other morning. Liabilities, 500,
OOOt assets, S50,0 600. 1t was said To be tn,
heaviest failure in Niagara County in tel
years.
THOMAS DONoHUE, a respectable
farmer of wiiuamstown, Mass, made az
application for a ComittaI to a lunati
Ia,vIum the other day on account Of an ir
resi>,iblc desire to Kin some one.
Mas. MELVILLE, wife of Engineet
4 . Melville, OF the Jeanette expedition, wa
+, in court at Media, Pa, the other day, witt
/ her children, TO answer a writ OF habea
, corpus to determine whether she or Mel
\ willie was entitled TO the custody OF the chill
, dreu.
\ TIE Keyntone Iron Works at Read
s ing, Pa, recently announced ten per cent.
reduction in puddlers' wages.
THE earnings of the Chicago {
n Grand Trunk Railroad, Il was reported tn,
other day, for the pas. six months had in
= creased S4I3, 900 over the same period las
year.
. A VERDICT for S25, 900 was rendered
against the New York a Long Branch ROal
A., the other dav In a suit for damages for tn
h death OF @. w. Woodruff, killed in the &C
cident near Long Branch last summer.