The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-08-09

A MORTGAGE for SIC, ,OOO, coo was ex-
ecuted by the Ohio &c Mississippi Railroad |
Company the other day, to secure loan
which would enable them to take control Of |
the road.
MoNsIaNoR CAPEL, who converted |
the Marquis Of Butte to the Catholic faith, |
arrived in New York few days ago. He !
proposes TO give a course Of lectures in the |
principal cities of the country.
Ir Is announced that the Treasury |
Department, on thorough investigation,
finds that foot and mouth disease does not |
prevail among cattle in this country, and |
the fact is to be brought to the notice of the !
BPitish Government.
THE Treasury Department at Wash
ington has been informed that large guam
titles of low grade wool are received in
New York from ports in the east end Of the
Mediterranean. Steps would be taken to
apply quarantine regulations.
THERE were eight hundred and eighty
seven deaths from cholera in Egypt on the
1st, including 237 at Cairo, three being
among British troops. The total number
of deaths in Egypt since the first outbreak
of the disease to the I'd inst. was L, 600
SOME men discovered an Aztec idol
in gold, which weighed thirty-seyen
pounds, in a cavern near Calistlahulalca,
Mexico few days ago. Fearing it would
be confiscated they broke it up and thus de-
stroyed priceless archaeological treasure.
IT is reported that the late Peter
GoeIet, Of New York, who left an immense
fortune, and was believed to be bachelor,
was in 1S45 married. to lady In Parke
County, Ind, who gave birth to a daughter,
who now lays claim to an estate worth
many millions.
IT was reported on the 1st that there
was a slight earthquake on the Island of
Ischia, the scene of the recent terrible
slaughter, on the 23d Of July, but that
the fact was hushed up by the authorities
for fear visitors would be deferred from
visiting the island.
KING HUMBERr visited the scene of
the recent earthquake on the Island of
Ischia, Italy, on the ID, and went over the
ruins of the destroyed town. 1t was be-
lieved that some persons buried under the
falling buildings at the time Of the earth
quake were still alive in the ruins.
THERE were twelve deaths from chol-
ora among the British troops in Egypt on
the 3lst The disease was spreading among
the Sussex regiment at lsmailia, where
twenty men, including captain and doc
tor, died within three days. The deaths
among the natives, exclusive of Cairo,
numbered 665. There were 30 deaths at
Cairo during twenty-four hours ended on
the morning of the 1st.
THE Louisville (Ky.) Legion escorted
the presidential party to the Exposition
grounds on the 1st, where the dense crowd
sent UP a cheer of welcome. The President
spoke briefly in formally opening the Ex-
position, and pulled n silken cord which set
the ponderous machinery in motion. At
six O'Clock p. III. the distinguished guests
dined with the Pendennis Club. Fully
twenty thousand people witnessed the in
auguration of the great show.
A MALIGNANT epidemic is reported to
have broken out among the cattle and
horses in the region of Council Bluffs
Iowa. The first Indication is an irritation
of the stomach, followed by the swelling
of the bowels, the animals often drop
ping dead within two hours. A farmer
named George Tredford died from poison
communicated by skinning a COW. The
symptoms are said to be unlike anything
hitherto developed among live stock il
that vicinity.
earthquake i Italy was stated on the 31s
TO have been between four and five thou
sand. The stencil from the unburied corpse
was said to be intolerable Nearly TIVE
thousand tons of chloride of lime had beer
used for deodoriziug purposes. Troops ha'
been sent to the scene of the slaughter an'
the people of Naples were affording all tn
aid in their power. The only American suf
ferer by the earthquake Miss Vai
Allen, who was slightly hurt,
THE Democrats of Minnesota as
sembled in State Convention at st. Paul o.
the ID and nominated w. w. McNair fo
Governor. r.. M. Frazee for Lieutenant
Governor, j. J. Green for Secretary c
state, John Ludwig for State Treasurer, :
w Willis for AttOrney-General and
Ifndholm FOR Railroad Commissioner. Pre-
hilitfon resolutions were passed. The pla
form declares for tariff for revenue only
approves the river and harbor bills, an
calls for revision of the patent laws.
THE PENNSYLVANIA Democratic Stat
Convention, in session at Harrisburg on II
1st. declared in favor OF civil-service r
form, tariff for revenue, abolition OF II
ternal taxes, redemption of express an
implied obligations as TO coinage, man
tepance of the dignity Of American lab,
home and abroad and reservation of publ
lands for actual settlers. It indorsed q
administration of Governor Pattison al
the economies enforced by the Democrat
House of Representatives. Robert Tagga
was nominated for Auditor-General al
Joseph Powell for State Auditor.
G. w. COPELAND & Co, great sh,
manufacturing firm of Boston, Mass, 81
pended payment on the 30th, with liabi
ties of S75O,O00. They had factories
Brocton, Natick, Midway and Nor
Arlington. Their branch house in Ne
York, under the name OF Stedman s c.
also closed its doors. Hoffheimer & So
~ Norfolk, Va, and W. II. Teller & Co.,
Baltimore, Md, both engaged in the sh
trade. were involved with Copeland & G
and were forced to suspend. Next car
the collapse Of +. Shaw a. Brothers,
heaviest tanners in the world, owning
dozen or more leather factories and millio
of acres OF land. Copeland e. Co. ow
them 500. .000. The liabilities et the Sha
ma