The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-16
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The annual session of the Woman's Ma
tional Christian Temperance Union will
be held in st. Louis, Mo-, October 22d,
23d, oath and 25th. Prominent lady
speakers will occupy some of the church
pulpits the preceding Sunday. October
7th will be made day of prayer by thou
sands of local unions throughout the coun-
try.
The American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions began its annual ses-
sion in Columbus, o., on the 7th.
On the 7th work began on a new Presby-
terian Church on Connecticut avenue,
Washington, d. c.
On the Oh the international Meridian
| Congress reconvened at Washington, D.
/ c., and after a long discussion adjourned
! subject to the call of the chairman. They
! came no nearer the accomplishment of
their purpose than on the day they first
met.
OK the evening of the 5sh the revenue
cutter Corwin arrived from Alaska. She
| brought down the crew Of the ice-crushed
/ steam whaler, Bowhead. The Captain re-
! ports that a new volcano has been discov-
| cred at Four Mountains, near Seventy two
Pass. The whale catch was good aver
| age.
THE ticket agents of the Southern rail-
/ ways were in session at Louisville, KY, on
the 75h and fixed tourists tickets the same
as last year.
! DISPATCHES from France indicate that
the cholera epidemic in that country is
/ rapidly subsiding.
! On the Sth the Supreme Council of the
! lie gion of Honor met in st. Louis, Mo.
The Gulf, Colorado s. Santa Fe Rail =
road reelected the old Board of Directors
/ at Galveston on the 9TH.
I
mission held session at Major Suter's
| office, st. Louis, No, and discussed river
| improvements.
THE supply OF wheat visible on the 18th
was 26,376,O)O bushels; corn, 1913,
/ bushels; oats, 8, 112 ,0)0 bushels.
! AT Naples on the 7th there were 43
cases and y deaths from cholera; at
Genoa, 21 fresh cases and II deaths.
THE Montreal (Can.) Board of Trad e
| held its quarterly meeting on the 75h. The
subject of extradition between the United
States and Canada was considered.
AT Savannah, Ga, intense hot weather
has been prevailing, and one death from
sunstroke occurred on the 7th. Commerce
has been seriously retarded, stevedore
gangs being overcome by heat and unable
to load vessels.
AT the Newmarket races in England on
! the llu da u AAhAlllilOttA Ole Nt0SiCh WOAA
the CzarowItch stakes. This is the horse
that ran the dead heat in the Derby with
Polenier.
ONE of the largest crowds that ever
gathered in s. Louis, Mo-, witnessed the
Yelled Prophets pageant the evening of
the 7th, and the verdict of all was that all
| previous efforts were outdone. There were
twenty-five floats, representing Shaksper-
ian subjects, arranged in the most elabor
ate and faithful manner. The city was
brilliantly illuminated. The Yelled
| Prophets ball at the Chamber of Com.
merce was a complete success.
THE Prohibition managers in Chicago
have issued procl amation calling on the
people of the country to observe Wednes-
day, the Goth inst, as day of fasting and
prayer for the cause.
ON the 7th the lock out at Oliver Bros.
& Phillips iron mills, Pittsburgh, Pa,
began. Three thousand more men are
thrown out of employment An attempt
will be made to resume with unskilled
labor.
CHINESE reinforcements are being for
warded to Pekin.
BUSINESS of all kinds is at a complete
standstill at Hong Kong, China.
THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Eug-
neers at its session on the 7th at San
Francisco, Cal, reelected f. s Ingram
First Grand Engineer and ). r. Spraggei
Toronto, Ont, Second Grand.
on the 9TH the Ninth Episcopal Congress
of the United States met at Detroit, Mich.
Bishop Harris presided and delivered the
| address Of welcome.
A VERY disastrous storm swept over
portions of Pennsylvania on the Sth.
A BATTLE has been fought by the Frenct
and Chinese troops in the valley of the
/ Loo Chuan River, in which the Chinest
were routed.
DURING the fiscal year the Western
Union Telegraph Company earned @19,-
| GSa 900. The expenses were S1S, ,022, 900, anO
! s., ,J59, 900 were paid in dividends,