The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PRINCE ORLoFF, Russian Ambassador
TO France for twelve years, has presented
his letters Of recall and goes to Berlin.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND has signed the
bill passed by the New York Legislature
giving the Mayor of New York City the
power TO make appointments without the
approval of the Council.
Ex-MAYOR ID. c. GROVE, of Utica,
N. Y, proprietor of the Utica Observer,
died i'm New York on the 18th.
The celebrated Holstejn cow, Mcr-
ordes, having the best milk and butter
record in the world, died with her calf on
the 18th in the neighborhood of Iowa City,
Ia. The pair were valued at $4,000.
On the 18th, at the award of prizes by
the Alumni Associa ion of tho Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, the gold medoI was
bestowed upoa John c. Folk, of Ste Gene
We've, Mo.
THE Albany ECeniHg Journal has
changed hands and will again return TO
the support of Republican principles.
A son of the late Vice President
Breckenridge has been elected to the Legis-
Iature from Mariposa County, Cal.
On the 18th call was issued in Chi
cago for a National Convention of Anti
Monopolists, to he held there May II, to
nominate a Presidential ticket The quota
Of representation is to be four delegates and
four alternates from each Congressional
District, four from each Territory, and
four from the District Of Columbia.
COLONEL STANLEY is to succeed Gen
eral Mackenzie on the list o. Brigadiers.
NorHING has been heard from Gen
eral Gordon since March II.
The Secretary of the Navy opposes a
re-opening of the Jeanne te Investigation.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL presided on
the 18th at the Unveiling ola statue in Lon
don, Eng.
OsMAN DIGNA, the Soudanese chief
tain, is still belligerent and confident that
he can whip the British next time.
The Chinese Niceroy, Ii Hung
Chang, wants the British and Amer lean
ministers to intervene to secure peace with
France.
PRIME MINISTER FERRY says it is a
waste of time to talk about general Euro
pean disarmament,
THE proclamation issued by Admiral
Hewett Offering a reward for Osman Dig
mas head, was issued because Osman muir
dered messengers in defiance OF the rules
OF war. The War Department has ordered
il withdrawn.
THE Secretaries of War and the Navy
have written a letter to the President dis
couraging the idea of offering reward to
enlist private enterprise in the search for
the Greely party.
The death Of Lieutenant-Colonel God
frey Weitzel, United States engineer corps,
is announced.
On the 18th in the Carpenter trial at
Petersburg, ILL.,, the defense attacked the
character Of the murdered girl. The evil
dence was concluded and the arguments
commenced.
OK the 18th McFadden, the man inn
plicated with Tiller in the st. Louis (Mo.)
Express robbery, attempted suicide by
swallowing broken glass. Hewill probably
die. a1
Personal and official assurance is
given by Governor Hoadley that the charges
Of misconduct on the part of the Ohio Re
lief Commission are unfounded.
AN invitation has been extended by
General John B. Gordon 20 ex- x-Coufederates
in New York to a conference with view
TO establishing home for disabled Confed-
crate soldiers.
THE once widely known aud popular
singer, Nine. Anna Bishop, died suddenly
the night of the 18th in New York, of apo
plexy.
REV. Mr.. CHUBBUCK, rcvivalist
holding a series of meetings at Dubu\ ne,
Ia, has attracted some attention by assert
ing that he would rather see arumshop than
4 Universalist Church in that city.
The Commander of the Russian
squadron in American waters during the
'ivil war, Admiral Sessoffsky, is dead.
On the 18th Bishop II. H. Kavanaugh,
II Anchorage, KY, died at Columbus,
Miss. He waSs eighty-three years OF age,
aas been a clesE lyman for over sixty years,
md was one Of the oldest Bishops OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South,