The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-22

THE export of wheat to Australia from
England in 1884, it is estimated, will be IL
O00, 00J bushels.
OK the 18th the Supreme Court of the
Knights of Honor of the United $ a .es be-
gan ten days meeting at Chicago.
On the 18Th a can with forty dstonators
for firing dynamite was discovered under
the wall Of Woolwich (Eng.) Arsenal.
REPORTS are again current to the effect
that the Erie Railroad lost nearly s., ,OO0,-
900 by the Marine Bank and Grant & Ward
failures.
TIE authorities Of Canada seem to think
their precautions against dynamiters were
necessary, according to recent develop
ments.
DURING the year over $4,000 was ex
pended among the freedmen of the South
by the National Temperance Society, and
they report that the blacks maintain the
the pledge equally as well as the whites.
THE authorities of Dublin have been
warned Of attempts to destroy the Nelson
column, and a laborer with a bag of gun
powder and a long fuse was arrested on
the 18th inside of Dublin Castle.
DURING the past year business was the
most unsatisfactory in the history of the
Toronto (Ont.) Corn Exchange
deem bonds embraced in the 127th call
prior to the date of maturity-June %,
1854
AMERICAN securities fell off in London
on the 14yh, consequent upon the New
York failures, and there was one small
failure on the Stack Exchange.
A TREATY regulating the liquor traffic
with Siam, similar to the ones in force with
England, France and other nations, has
been signed at the STATE Department.
On the 14th the Odd-Fellows of San
Francisco laid the cornerstone of their
new hall. Nearly all business was sus-
pended, Governor Stoneman having pro-
claimed the day a legal holiday. The hall
will cost 5000, 900.
In the Falls Greek, st. Marys and Hard
| scrabble mines, Dubois County, Pa, the
miners have struck against the introduce
tion of the screen system, and l 800 miners
| at Canton, o., are threatening to strike.
FINANCIAL circles in New York were bad
1 ly excited on the 14th by numerous fail
ures. The following comprise the list:
DOnnell, Lawson & Simpson, the Metro
Politan Bank, 0. NJ. Bogart & Co., Nelson,
Robinson & Co., Goffe & Randall, Hatch &
! Foo,e, j. c. Williams, stock broker, and
the Atlantic State Bank of Brooklyn.
There was run on the Phoenix and the
Second National Bank, but they were re-
ported by the Bank Inspector to be sound.
| Throughout the country the reports were
that no danger was feared of banks in other
| cities suffering in consequence of these
failures.
THE recent treaty between the United
States and Mexico has been ratified by the
Mexican Senate.
AT Louisville six hundred horses had ar
rived for the Spring meeting of the Louis
vile Jockey Club, which began on the
| 10th.
THE Presbyterian General Assembly
/ began its annual session at Saratoga, n.
| Y, on the 15-h. Rev. DR.. Hays, of Den
/ yer, Col, was elected Moderator.
] On the 18th at the National Jockey Club
races at Washington, D. c., Gath, in taking
/ a hurdle, caught his foot and, falling upon
his head, broke his neck and died.
THE Fort Worth CTex.) Water Company
has filed suit against Donnell, Lawson &
Simpson for the recovery of $4,000, said
to be due on the sale of bonds.
On the 18th the bill regulating the manu-.
facture, sale and use of explosives was
adopted by the German Reichstag, after
. which that body adjourned until June 10.
WASHINGTON seems to be the headquar.
ters for cranks. An old lady claiming to
be "Queen Lucinda, from Louisville,' p
wanted possession of the Executive Man,
/ sion on the 18th.
AT the annual meeting of the Board OF
Fire Underwriters in New York President
Hood stated that the loss by fire during
the past year had aggregated over $780,
| 100000.
On the 10Th the Metropolitan Bank OF
New York resumed business with a change
/ of Presidents, Geo. l. Seney being succeeded
bv Henry L. Jacques. Fisk & Hatch and
A. w. Dimock & Co., brokers, suspended
IN the case of Z. B. Wheeler for the kill
ing of Marshal }. p. Matthews, at Hazel
hurt, Miss, a verdict of not guilty was re-
turned.
john KETCHUM, known as ono OF the
Breathitt (Ky.) gang, was killed by man
named Bowles in Rock Castle County, on
the 18Th.