The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-17
rEnsoNAL AND POLITICAL.


FRANK JAMES, the Missouri outlaw,
still lies at Colonel Ralston's residence,
west of Independence, No, in a very criti-
icaI condition. His physician states if he
is taken with pneumonia, with which he is
threatened, the verdict will be final, as ne
has but ono lung, and is otherwise very
much emf clled by confinement. He may
Vet cheat the law.
MARIE PREsCOTr the actress, recent
ly secured verdict for Sl2,5Jo against the
American Ncws Company for circulating
newspaper coutaininga an alleged libel. The
General Term of the Superior Court of New
York revcrscs the Judgment and directs a
now trial.
Z. y. BLAKE has been elected Presi-
dent OF tHe CHICAGO Board Of Trade
ON The sth the Ohio Democratic eau
Gus nominated IL. B. Payne for Senator on
tie first ballot.
TIE State Democratic Committee Of
Massachusetts want the National Convcn-
tion held in Boston.
ON the Sth, at the meeting of the
Boardor Police Comui ssjoucrs orSt. Louis,
Mo, Major Larry ITarri4an was appointed
Chief Of Police, and Colonel Campbell was
dismissed from the force.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
furnished the Senate with a transcript of
expenditures of tho Department of Justice.
Tine Secretary of the Navy is ar
ranging the ceremonies for reception of
tho hodjos Of DeLong and his companions.
A REPORT is made by James Steven
son, or the United States Geological Sur
Ncy, concerning the discovery of several
cave and cliff cities in the San Juan re-
ON.
~ Al.
ne on the Sth discussed Sherman's bill to
authorize National banks to issue circula-
tiou.to ihe amount Of ninety per cent of
tho markc. value of bonds deposited.
Is recent interview with Arab
Pasha i'm Ccylon, Ec said the loss Of the
Saudau would strengthen Egypt
THE noted bandit, Frank james is re-
ported 90 bc growing worse.
GovERNoE WALLER of Connecticut
is-iu favor of letting Women vote at school
CHAs. PAYNE, Henry Willard, Chas.
I.anier and r.. II. Wilson have retired from
the West Shore directory.
SENATOR SHERMAN positively asserts
that he has not been offered the Presidency
Of the Northern Pacific, and could not ac-
Ccpt il anyhow.
SUIT has been brought by G. u. Gill
more, a Washington lawyer, against OK
Secretary Schurz for disbarriug him.
Damages are laid at the modest sum of
S3U,O.o.
OK the 9Th ID. II. Francis was elected
President of the ST. Louis Merchants Ex-
change aud Chas. W. Barstow first Vice
Prcsidenc. There was no election for sec
oud Vice President.
Oh the evening of the Sth Lieutenant
Au-ur United States Navy, escaped from
tho Bloomugdale On. " Insane Asylum
and persisted ian tho storm. He was SON
OF General AuEur, and lost his reason
through hardships endured in one Of the
Jcauuette expeditions.
REDMOND. an Irish member of Parlia-
ment, delivered lecture in san Francisco
the night Of the 9TH in aid of the Land
League, which no tod $1,000.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed
the following Commissioners to the Worlds
Industrial Exposition ana Cotton Centcn-
uiu Exposition: Charles Taylor and =. II.
CecIsrcu lalteruatv), Arkansas; j. NJ. Blan-
tom ANA j, b. Pace laltcruate), Virginia;
Uorncr Hamilton Ohio.
HAVING recovered his health Con
Ercs~mau Clardy OF Missouri has taken his
sent i'm Congress.
IN Freehold, \. j., Chas d. Holmes
and Henry jackson have been indicted for
causing incondiary fires that destroyed
property worth SiOo,OOA.
TUE House Committee on Postal Af-
fairs viii take mp the subject of postal
telegraph In "A few days. The Committee
ON Lands will hear argument ON the Texas
Pacific land grant forfeiture on tine 1Ith.
Ir is reported that cN-CongrcsSman
Kiu-clla, editor of the Brooklyn Eog1c,
lately thought to be dying, is recovering.