The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-11

OK the al Andrew jackson, wealthy
resident of Saratoga County, N. Y, was
| found fatally injured by the side OF rail-
road track, and claimed before dying that
two men who had a grudge against him
/ threw him under the train
AT Omaha, Neb., during q sham battle
on the 4th, platform gave way and forty
persons were injured, some severely.
AT Troy, o., on the 4th, Mrs. j. Merrill,
shot her husband in the back part Of the
I head and then took poison.
On the 4th a party Of masked Hungar-
ians hanged Henry Zovgowsinsiki, of
/ Wilkcsbarre, Pa, who stabbed his daugh-
ter and then tried to kill himself
CHARLES HILL, Cashier of the National
Bank of New Brunswick, n. j., was found
dead in his bed the morning Of the 4th,
caused by inhaIing gas. He has been for
twenty years cashier, and there is no
known cause for suspicion.
A GENTLEMAN in New Laredo, Mex.
well posted in Mexican affairs, makes
the statement that the recent official in
vestigation OF the Treasury Department
at the City Of Mexico developed the fact
that there was just $3.50 in the National
Treasury of the Mexican Government.
On the 4th three business blocks in Mara
thon, N. Y, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
| $4,000.
THERE was burned on the steamer Meri-
do, at Havana, a valuable collection of
Mexican rarities, geological and bo' anical,
destined for the New Orleans Exposition.
General Diaz, head of the Mexican Com
mission, is much affected by the loss, and
says it can't be replaced in ten years.
AnsCELLANEOUs.
OK the 3Oth the Wallace Savings Bank
at Newcastle, Pa, closed its doors.
THE continued drought in India causes
poor prospects for crop.
A RUMoR is current that China has
formally declared war against France and
notified Japan.
THE public debt decreased SS,5l2, ,S52
during the month Of August.
THE Austrian Post-ofEices in Bulgaria
have been suppressed
A DETACHMENT of 500 French troops
have been ordered from Cochin China to
Klung.
A CALL has been issued for a convention
of revolutionary Socialists, to meet in
London in October
THERE were nine deaths from cholera at
Marseilles during the twenty four hours
ended the 1st. The disease is increasing
in violence at Naples.
crop of Virginia an average one, but the
leaves are smaller, which will somewhat
change the type.
THE Hamburg merchants engaged in
trade with China have decided to petition
Prince Bismarck, asking him to his in
fluence with France to prevent the block
ade of the treaty ports.
THE rebels are reported to have attacked
Suakim again In passing over a mine
near the town it exploded, and nine of
their number were killed.
DURING the month of August the amount
of silver dollars owned by the Government
decreased from $4,000, 900 to $40, 100000.
TIE payments from the Treasury in
August on account of pensions amounted
to over ten millions.
THE Governor OF Ohio visited the scene
OF battle in the mining districts of the
Hooking Valley on the 1st, and reasoned
with the strikers. After his return TO
Columbus he ordered three companies of
militia to pr oceed to the mines, and five
others to be in readiness. The strikers
were very angry against the non-union
men who will not quit work, and there was
great excitement
THE labor organizations of New York
city had an imposing parade on the 31st.
There were upwards of 10000 men in line,
and the demonstration is described as very
creditable.
For August the receipts of the Govern
ment were $3l, ,366, ,50S as against $31, ,1SS, POI
for August of last year. The customs re-
ceipts fell off about one hundred thousand,
and internal revenue receipts about three
hundred thousand, and the miscellaneous
increased nearly seven hundred thousand.
THE opening of the International Electri-
cal Exhibition at Philadelphia took place
on the Cd.
AT the official inquiry a doctor certified
that the boilermaker at MillwaH, London,
died of Asiatic cholera. The sanitary Of
ficer, who visited the man, denied that he
died of Asiatic cholera, but ordered the
coffin tarred and the house disinfected.
OPEN war has been declared by the Erie
Road against the Grand Trunk line.
AY-EYE-SEE tried to lower his record at
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 2d, but the
track and weather were so much against
him he failed.
THE gold coin and bullion owned by tho
Government increased during August
from $1l9, 900 to nearly $122, 300, 900, and
the probabilities are that the increase Will
continue during the autumn months.
THE cash in the Treasury increased dur
ing August from S4O6, OOO. 900 to SI14, 10000
The increase is owing chiefly to the de-
posit of gold and silver for certificates.
The gold certificates increased over 49,
100000, and silver certificates about
81, 800, ,OO0-a total increase of $1,000, 600.
The gold certificates aggregate in round
numbers S121 200, 900; and the silver GER
tificates $121, 900, ,OOO-a total of S242, ,OOO,-
600, an increase OF nearly So, J,000,O00
since the beginning Of the fiscal year.
1T is reported that cholera has broken
out at two places in Spain.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended the
evening OF the I'd, $50 new cases of cholera
and forty-five deaths werereported in Italy
THE Chamber Of Deputies of Belgium
has passed a bill imposing surtax on for
eign sugar until January, 1885.
SoUDANEsE rebels are selling the people
OF Berber into slavery; and the women are
subjected to horrible atrocities.
THE contract has beon let for the sum Of
$50 900 for raising the Tallapoosa and de-
livering her at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
On the 2d arguments were heard in the
Blaine libel suit against the indianapolis
SeHftHct, and a demurrer was fled by the
attorneys for the newspaper.
ARRANGEMENTS are completed for the
dispatch Of 800 French marines and 6,OO0
regulars to China when needed.
The Commissioners of Indian Affairs
has taken measures for the relief of the
starving Piegans in Montana.
THE National Association of Stationary
Engineers began its third annual meeting
in Baltimore, Md, on the I'd.
THE French people living at Shanghai
expect 20 be expelled at any moment. The
Chinese officials are in a high state of ex-
element.
The balance in the ST. Louis sub Treas
ury at the beginning of the present month
was SIS, ,6S7, ,1l4.S1.
THE bottle and window glass factories