The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-04
AYISCELLANEOUs.

Tue failure of James Smith q Co.,
manufacturers OF cotton goods, Philadelphia,
was announced the other day. Liabilities,
S400, 600.
THE arrival of the whaling bark Her
cuIes ut New Bedford, Mass, with ten cases
OF smallpox on board was announced the
other day. Three persons had died.
A FEW days since Lieut.. Harber had
reached Yakoutsk with the bodies of De
Long and his crew.
RECENTLY NJ. De Lesseps announced
a scucms for the creation OF an inland sea in
Africa, to be prosecuted by private enter
prise.
A DECREE of the Khedive degrading
Arabi and other rebel pashaS has been pub
lished. Public degradation was carried out
the other afternoon in the presence OF two
battaIions OF the new Egyptian army. Only
d few Europeans and about a hundred ma
iiyes were present The prisoners had
started for Suez, whence they would be
transported to Ceylou.
DAvITT, in his speech at Wolver-
hampton, Eng, the other evening, summed
UP the present condition of Ireland as one
OF famine and discomfort. lie considered
the prevailing distress to be owing to an un-
luSt system OF i1ilb laws, liCN rent anu us
couragemcut in every form. The remedy
consisted in the turning OF great part Of
the grass lands into cultivation and the in
PRODUCTION OF a system of loans to oppressed
tenants in order to enable them TO tide over
the coming winter.
THE estimates of the expenses OF the
Government for the appropriation bills in
course Of preparation by the House OF Rep
rescntatives at Washington were in amount
as follows: Forpcusjous, SI0I, 575, 600; for
tidcations, $1,000, 900; navy, S23,4 ,O75;
legislative, executive and judicial expenses,
s2t.Sil, ,t70; sundry civil expenditures, 1884,.
ISI, $50; District OF Columbia, S7I5, 149. The
pensions, fortidcltiops and navy bills will
be ready for report to the House immedi-
ately after New ears jay. There remains
FOR preparation the general deficiency bill
and possibly a river and harbor bill.
RECENTLY the State Department at
Washington was officially notified that the
Mexican Government had decided to ap-
point commissioners TO meet commissioners
of the United States for the purpose Of no
gotiatiug a commercial treaty between The
two countries. As one OF such commits
,ioncrs the President of Mexico has selected
Romero, Mexican Minister TO the United
States.
In recent interview at Boston, Mass,
on the subject OF Irish emigration MaioI
( GaSkel, OF Dublin Ireland, one Of the
/ Government Committee on emigration, said
Y this de,i to emigrate is caused 10y the in
adequacy Of crops. The object Of Gaskc}'s
visit is to inqire into state laws which bear
. on emigration, and see what arrangements
exist FOR the reception Of emigrauts. The
object Of the British Government is not 10
send these people out against their will nor
/ 10 stimulate emigration, but to help all who
are determined to 80, but DO not possess the
means.
THE other day the Treasury Cattle
( Commission leased tract of forty acres at
I PaSsaic, New Jersey, for a station.
/ RECENTLY, in answer to an inquiry
\ on the subject, the Treasury Department
Z decided Chinese wet nurse must be con-
/ sidered laborcr, and, as such, is excluded
4 from admission 30 the United states under
I The provisions Of the act restricting Chinese
/ immigration.
THE oldest paper-dealer at Columbus,
I Ohio. j. q. Aston, recently tnsSe az assign
ment to cover liabilities Of $4,000.