The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

liz the Seventh Ohio District the Demo-
Gratis have nominated Hon. George Z. Sc
ney for reelection to Congress and de-
clared in favor of the "old ticket of 1876.
ACCORDING to his schedule files the liza
bilities Of ex-President James d. Fish of
the Marine Bank are a, ,23O, 2S1; nominal
value of assets, S4,17s, 1872; estimated act
ual value, $5S2. .594.
GENERAL WIN. T. SHERMAN, spoken of
a "dark horse'' at Chicago, on being in
teTviewed, declared that he would decline
not only the nomination if rendered him,
but would not serve IL elected President Of
the United States.
RETURNS from the Oregon election come
slowly. The majority for Herman (Re-
publican) for Congress will be 100. 1t is
believed Thayer (DemocraD has been
elected Supreme Judge. Returns received
show the Legislature will have a Repub-
lican majority of four en- the joint ballot.
Communication from the interior Of the
State is so slow that it VIII be probably
several days before the final result is
known.
- OK the-5th the National -RepabIieaH Cen
vention, at Chicago, adopted the platform
at the morning session. The evening ses-
sion was devoted almost entirely to nomi-
mating speeches, the names of candidates
presented being Hawley, Blaine, Arthur,
Logan Sherman and Edmunds. At ! a. IN.
the 9th a motion to adjourn was voted
down and efforts were made to take bal
lot. Later, the Convention decided to ad-
journ until IL a. IN.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, United States
Minister TO England has intimated his in
tention OF resigning.
OK the evening of the 9Th Muldoon, the
wrestler, won a match over Martino, at
Cincinnati, the purse being 81, 900.
Hon. SAMUEL RANDALL declares that
Mr.. Tilden will certainly accept the Demo
cratic nomination for President, if ten
dered.
COLONEL THOMAS BUFORD, the Kentuck-
ian who shot Judge Elliott, has been re-
turned to the asylum in a dying con
dition.
ADDITIONAL returns from the election in
Oregon indicate that the Republicans have
a good working majority in both branches
OF the Legislature and the member of Con-
gress.
ON the 5th the Democratic State conven-
tions were held in Alabama, Connecticut,
Maryland and Vermont. The preferences
of the delegates elected to the National
Democratic Convention were overwheIm-
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 3Ist G. w. Thayer, book-keeper
In the Marathon County Bank, Wausau,
Wis, shot and instantly killed Fred J.
Beales, the messenger. No cause as
signed.
On the 2d horrible murder of family
of people, near Pleasanton, Kas., was re-
ported.
A NOTORIOUS burglar, known as "Rocky
BILL" was killed at Dayton, o., on the 2d,
by Henry Seitz.
By the careless tapping of blast at the
Cleveland rolling mills on the 2d two men
were killed.
A sER1oUs election riot occurred in
Clausenburg, Austria, on the 2d; sixty per-
sons were injured.
On the I'd there was a violent shock of
earthquake on the island Of Khism, near
the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Twelve
villages were destroyed and 200 persons
killed and many wounded.
FOURTEEN of the crew of the ice-strand-
ed brig Confederate, in Notre Dame Bay,
are reported lost.
On he Sd a stranger was stricken with
paralysis in Buffalo, n. Y. He had 81 1856
on his person wrapped in a ShelbyvilIe
Ull.) newspaper.
ON the 4Jh three thousand bales of cotton
were burned in warehouse fire at Liver
pool.
THE six people recently murdered near
Pleasanton, Kas., have been identified as
the family of John II. Anderson, an inn
provident farmer. Officers have a clue
and are after the perPetratOr of the
crime.
AT Varanda, Hungary, a woman has
been arrested who confesscs that she has
poisoned her husband and hundreds of
women the past two years, a number of
accomplices were arrested.
FRANCIS j. CARsTANT, janitor and porter
OF the Mechanics National Bank, New
York, was shot the night of the An by Ed
ward II. Brickerhoof, night watchman or
the bank, and probably mortally wound
ed. The shooting was the result of an old
feud.
AT Columbus, o., John T. Emery, ticket
broker, committed suicide on the 9th.
ON the 5th the Indiana, Bloomington q
Western round-house at Columbus, o.,
suddenly fell, severely injuring five men,
but killing none. Loss, y, 200.