The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-12-04
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERsoNAL ANp PoLTrICAT..

KING HUMBERT and the royal family re-
ceivod great ovation on their return to
Rome on the oath.
TIE University Of Halle, Germany, has
conferred the degree Of Doctor Of Philoso-
ply upon Henry M. Stanley, the African
explorer.
GENEBAI WoLsELEY's troops are ar.
irving quite rapidly at Dongola.
THE Swain Court-martia1 adjourned on
the 2fth f0r one week. fr a.r.
OWING to the great pressure Of engage
ments, Henry M. Stanley has been obliged
70 decline the invitation OF the Geograph-
ical Society of Vienna to deliver in that
city a course of lectures on his African ex-
Plorations-
NJ. J. PHILLIPrI, OF Bicknell, Ind, sued
tho Indian Greek Coal Company in the
Knox Circuit Court FOR 5000 damages for
injuries sustained In the coal mines last
summed Id which his health was impaired.
Ths Jury were out several hours, and
brougbt in a verdict on the oath assessing
damages for the plaintiff at S275 and costs.
A VERDICT was rendered in the United
States Court at Cincinnati, o., on the 24th,
in favor OF the United States gainst
David H. Bailey for $4,000, fees collected
by Bailey as Consul az Hong Kong, China,
and not accounted FOR. Bailey made no
defense.
OFFicfAL returns from the counties OF
West Virginia Of the vote for President are
now cumpiete and result as follows; Blaine
Electdrs, 68, ,O96; Cleveland, Ga 1877, st. John,
$50; Butler $40. Cleveland's plurality,
a,221.
THE Iowa State Board of Canvassers
completed the canvass of the returns for
Presidential Electors on the oath with the
Following result; Blaine, 197 7,0S9; Fusion,
177, ,2S6s Republican plurality, 19,S03. 1t is
Iimpossiblo to fix the vote for the st. John
Electors exnctly, as there was no unifor-
n.ty among the ballots throughout the
State. st. Johns vote, however, was very
close 30 1000. The canvass Of the Con-
lgressional and State returns will begin
December 4th.
THE Emperor Francis Joseph sent an
autograph letter to Count Bylandt
Reydt, on the occasion OF the compile
'tion of fifty years of continuous service
in the army. The Emperor, Archdukes
and others of the royal family visited
the Count on the 2ith. Emperor Will
liam of Germany and Minister of War
sent Congratulations to the aged General
In Nebraska Blaine's plurality is 22,523
On the 2jth Bismarck and Stanley had a
long conference on the Congo question.
THE plurality for Cleveland in Kentucky
IS 34073; majority over all, 29,322.
FROM 1900 to 10000 of El Mahdi's men
are in camp around Khartoum, but Cor
don still holds them at bay.
HON. JAMES l.. PUGH was elected United
States Senator from Alabama on the 25th.
IN New Jersey the official count gives
Cleveland 4,252 plurality. st. John re-
ceived 6,155 votes ip tho state.
On the 25th the House Committee on
appropriations met in Washington to
map out work for the December session.
A LARGE number Of the leading ladies Of
Quebec have joined in petitioning for the
communication of the death sentence of Mrs.
Boutel.
THE arrangements for the inauguration
ceremonies and festivities will be under the
directiOn of the Democratic National Com
mittee, aided by committee of citizens of
Washington.
TIlE President is rs vet uncertain yvheth-
er it viii be practicable for him to partici-
pate in the opening ceremonies OF the New
Orleans Exposition. He will, in any event,
visit The Exposition some time in Decem-
der OF january
Hos. JOHN S. SAVAGE, formerly mem-
Der of Congress for the Wilmington (O.)
District, died suddenly at Wilmington on
the 18th.
THM LeEialature OF Nermont defeated
he local option bin on the 10Th by a vote
of l28to-72 -.
AUSTIN f. KNGsBURY, of Ponca, Neb.,
has been deba4Ted from practice before the
Interior Department.. a.-
THR King OF the Belgians sent an auto
Eraph letter to the Emperor Of Germany
thanking the latter for his recognition Of
the Congo Association.
ON the 25th solomon J. Grimley, Phil
ndeiphia lawyer, was sentenced to pay a
for Afr,rr
compensation than the law allows in pro-
curing pension.
NExr spring Queen Victoria and the
Duchess on Albany intend making pill
grimage to Cannes, the scene Of the Duke
of Alhany's death.
Tine CANADIAN Premier, Sir John A. Nc
Donaid, was entertained at State ban
quet ON the evening of the 25th at Windsor
Castle, and was honorcd by the presence of
the Queen. Sir John expects to return to
Canada IN q short time.
On the 25th it was reported at Lincoln,
ILL.,, that o. A. Carpenter, who was charged
with and acquitted Of the murder Of Zura
Burns, had been shot by n brother-i law
OF tho murdered woman at Pierre, Oak.
Mas JOHN MILLIKIN, of Boston, Mass,
paid an election bet on the 25th by ped
ding $50 worth Of peanuts from a booth
near the Park street gate. The lady
cleared about 800 over the amount of her
wager which she distributed among the
poor for Thanksgiving Day.
THE Cabinet meetings have been fire.
uuent and Of moro than ordinary length
the principal subject being the message tC
Congress, which the President desired tC
make document that shall httingly close
the twenty -four years Of Republican ad-
ministration.
INF hoe
Edwin II. Taylor, of Vassar, Mich, to prac,
tice as a pension attorney before the De-
partment
THE Japanese Minister Of War, Coun
Oyalua Twas, Is daily expected TO arrive on
an official visit 70 the United States.
srEAKER CARLIsLE has granted K
Thomas Green, Of Covington, KY, the
privilege Of running the cigar stand at thS
entrance OF the House of Representatives
made vacant by the death OF Frank Scott
who held Il since the advent OF Speaker
Kerr. 1t is worth 5000 year net.
THE official canvass Of the vote in Massa'
chusetts gives Blaine TAG, ,724; Cleveland
ID, ,a52; Butler, 24,Ss2; st. John, 1928
Blaine's plurality, -, ,312.
SUPERINTENDENT KrMBALL OF the Life
Saving Service in his report, shows that
during the past year there have been, II
the scope of the service, 40 disasters, 4,412
livcs-aaved and 20 lives lost. The value o.
property involved was $40, COO, $40; value OF
property saved, S0,16i,8J4.
TINS revised and corrected figures of the
official vote of Indiana give Cleveland and
Hendricks plurality OF 6,5l2.
1T Is said the relations between Secretary
of War Lincoln and General Hazen ar,
becoming strained.
Mas. JOHN JACOB AsToR gave a Thanks
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