The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-01

TaE Fox River Iron Company at
Green Bay, Wis, made an assignment few
davs ago, said to have been caused by the
recent failure OF the Union Steel Company
OF Chicago, i'll
THE first six weeks of 1888 present
remarkable necrOIogy-in the United States,
ex-senator Morrill,, OF Maine; ex-Gov-
ernors Marshall Jewell, Davis, of Texas,
and William e. Smith. of Wisconsin;
Charles r. Thorne. Jr., the actor; William
+. Dodge, the Christian philanlhropist;
Clark Mills, the sculptor, and DR.. George
M. Beard, the famous neurologist. Abroad,
in the first hours Of the new year, Leon
Gambetta, the great French statesman, and
then Dore, the artist, and Wagner, the COM
poser.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for.
the iron firm Of Brown, Bonner & Co, OF
Youngstown, o., connected with the Ayers
failure in Chicago, III.
The London (Eng.) Times says moth
ing but an examination of the Treasurer's
books will relieve the Land League of sus-
picion OF connection with the criminal or
ganization which has recently been ex-
posed.
ITsis reported that regular steam
ship service will soon beestlb blished between
New Orleans, La, aud Live pool i Eng.
TIE report 81 the.j snnette Beard of
Inqu49 sas that the eondItion Of the vessel
at starring was satisfactory, and hpholds
De Long's judgment in trying to reach
/ Wrangel Land to winter, and coenmends
the conduct and management Of officers and
crew.
The German Bundesrath has unani-
/ voo,r.I,- ,,,,,,.o,yo4 I'M
! port alton of American pork.
A CABLEGRAM from London, Eng,
on the 21st announced the failure of the
with liabilities OF e225, 900, and of John
| Kirkland g. Son, timber merchants, OF Dun
/ dee, Scotland, with liabilities OF eco, 900.
THE Secretary of the lnterlOr, in re-
sponse to numerous inquiries of cattle men,
has telegraphed that at present no leases
will be granted in the Indian Territory.
A RECENT Salt Lake (Utah) telegram
says: "The Mormons are sending out q
strong colony Of occupation into Southeast
ern Nevada, to the Valley of the Muddy,
which locality they abandoned some twelve
years ago on the order OF Brigham Young.
II the movements continues they will soon
hold the absolute balance of power in
/ Nevada . ..-..
TIE Mahon Banking Company ot
London, Ont, closed its doors recently,
/ crippling several large manufacturing firms.
1t was believed that depOsitOrs would re-
alize nothing from the wreck.
The estate of the late Edwin D. Nor.
gan, OF New York. is estimated at Sc, 900, 600
His will gives his widow 100000 in bulk and
the income from 81, ,O00, 600. Personal lega.
cies amount to 1886, POO, and bequests tC
charities over S795, 600. The income of the
residue OF the estate goes to a grandson
bearing the same name.
WASHINGTON birthday was gener-
ally observed throughout the country, ant
in many cities in Europe.
IT is said that G. p. Huntington, o.
the Southern Pacific Road, has purchased
for $l5, ,O0O, 900 Morgan's Railroad in Louisi
ana and Texas and the Morgan steamship
lines, and will ask Congress to amend the
bill for the consolidation OF trans continental
roads.
A SINGULAR and fatal disease among
swine had appeared in Winona County,
MINI. lately, where it was said to have
swept off over three hundred.
AT the Vulcan iron-works in CarOn
delet, Mo-, where one thousand men haC
for three months been on a strike, the fire
were started up few days ago with non
union men.
A STORY was afOat at San Antonio
Tex, the other day that three locomotive
were lost in a game of poker at New Yorl
between railroad kings, and that they wer
transferred to the Texas Road, controlled
by the winner.
JOHN G. DONAHOE has brought sui
/ at Milwaukee, Wis., for $40. 800 agains
Charles ID. Nash, President Of the Newhal
House Company, on the ground that tn
latter failed to reconstruct the building af
ter knowing its unsafe condition.
FOURTEEN Roman Catholic Bishop
in France have been summoned before tn
Council Of State for publishing the Papa
decree placing certain treatises of education
on the index expurgatOrius.