The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. =
THE Senate was not in session on the
slst u. The House had but a short sesslon
bill was passe restoring the law OF 1867 I'm
ihe matter Of appeals from Circuit Courts to
the United states Supreme Court I'm hlbeas
corpus ca ies. Bills were also pdsssd grant
lug the right OF way through the Indian Tor
ritory to the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe. and
the Southern Kansas Railway Companies.
IN the Senate on the ~ a memorial ask
Ing for an appropriation a. $4,000 I'm aid Of
the Cincinnati Iudustriaf Exposition was pre-
scnted. The House bh relating to second
class ma matter sent by persons other than
The publishers was pissed; also "A bin relating
70 the opium trade between China and the
Unilcd states a concurrent resolution from
bOthHouses OF the Louisiana Legislature was
read. thanking the Senate for passing
bers. Of Congress from that State to work
Tor its passage in the House .... In the House
a resolut o was introduced calling on the
Secretaries of the War aud Interior De-
ties havinr conffy,cf for suDplies Tor IN
dams aud the army A rcs1lutiOu fixing
June 2} az the date for adjournment was res-
ferred: also "A memorial askinr an arpropri-
alton I'm behalf of the Louisville Exposition,
The amendment cXemptug all disulleries
which mash ten bushels daily or less, with the
ed. The bill to abolish internal revenue from
tobacco and brandy distilled from fruits was
taken mp, but motion to adjourn prevented
any action.
In the Senate on the 3 I sixty-two bills
were pas ei. Among the most important were
the following: Granting annual leave with
pay, to iettor-C Carricrs; right ef way through
the Fort Seden military reservation to the
Rio Gunde * Pacific kuilway; authorizing
the sale of portion of the Fort HAYS milf
tary reservation i'm Kansas; providing for the
La tF Il
i'm tho same State. In the House the Oregon
Central land grant forte ture bill was passed.
Further proceedings were interrupted for the
want of "a quorum.
THE Senate was not in session on the 4.b
snd nut little was accomplished in the House.
for the want Of quorum Tho Oregon land
grant forfeiture bill was passed. The Com
mittee on Fublic Huilltngs made report TO
the effect that they could III scOver no fraud in
tho matter OF letting contracts Tor the build
ing W. Brooklyn, N. Y. After considerable
case nnd give the citizens OF Brooklyn a
chance % be heard on tue question, the meet
tngs TO be held with open doors.
The Senate was not in session ON the 5,h.
The House held short session. but tho re-
ports from the Chicago Convention alb
sorbed too much attention to allow lcgisla-
ton to proceed to any great extent
Among the bills passed were the California
Iron Mountain Railway forfeiture of land
between Pilot Knob Mo, and Helena,
structiOu Of bridges ross the Cumber-
laud River at Nash vile, Tenn, and tho
Missouri River nt Leavcnworth, Kas.
Personal AND POLITICAL
ICHHsToPHER DOYLE, the hero who saved
fifteen women and children from drown
ing at the time of the Tivoli disaster, near
Baltimore, was drowned on the 1st while
sailing i'm Curtis Greek.
REV. FATHER p. j. GLEASON, Of st.
Louis, Mo-, having been restored by the
Propaganda at Rome to his pastoral func-
tions, he will 90 TO Denver to take charge
of a church.
O'DoNovAN RossA asserts that the re-
cent London explosions are but the begin
ming of what may be expected in the near
future.
M. L. BUNDY, of Newcastle, Ind, has
been appointed receiver Of the Hot Springs
National Bank
PoPE LEO is much exercised over votes
in the French Senate and House Of Depu-
ties granting divorce, and rendering sem
iTfarians liable to military service
ADJUFANT- GENERAL FINLEY, OF Ohio,
has disbanded the Fourth Regiment of In
fantry, Ohio National Guard, for ineffi-
cheney at the Cincinnati riots, and partial
" re.org0nized it as the Seventh r sgiment
under the command of the officers who re-
ported Tor duty at the riots.
1T is charged by President Riddle of the
Penn Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa, that the col
lapse of the institution was due to the di-
1ectors' connection with the oil pool.
A JUDGMENT has been Obtained against
DIR. j. II. Mclean for legal services rem
dered him in his contest for Colonel Broad
heads scat in Congress.
Tue Quebec authorities on the ID dis
charged from arrest John c. Emo, ex-Presi-
- a.
York, on account of a fatally defective
warrant, but he was rearrested and lodged
in jail,
JOHN STEWART PARNELL, President of
the Irish National League ofIreland, sends
60 Sullivan, President of the American
League, a letter of thanks for contributions
from the United States, to be used in the
approaching elections.
JUDGE JAMES l.. WoRDEN, of the Su-
perior Court at Fort Wayne, Iud., died
on the night of the Cd, af -er an illness of
three weeks. His age was sixty-five.
He was Judge Of the supreme Court nine
teen years, and was regarded as the ablest
lawyer that had ever graced the bench.
His mind was eminently judicial and his
terse, compact and energetic style gave to
opinions value rarely equaled.
THE delegates from Oregon TO the Ma
strdcted for Tilden and Hendricks.
OSCAR WILDE was married in London on
the "a to Miss Lloyd.
EMPEROR WILLIAM ON the 81 signed an
ordinances deereeing the Crown Prince of
Germany President and Bismarck Vice
President of the new Staa' zrath.
THE Stephens Monument Association
has purchased Liberty Hail, the home of
the late Alex. II. stephens, Of Georgia.
AT its session in New Orleans r. II. Wit
ter, of St Louis, was elected President Of
international Typographical Union.
THE delegates to the Georgia State Dem
ocratic Convention are all known to be Tor
Tlden. Three -fourths Of the counties so
instructed.
THE Territorial Democratic delegates
from Montana are. for Tilden and Hem
bricks
On the Sd Henry GilIig, representative
Of the New Orleans Exposition, was ban
quoted az Berlin. Many Americans were
present, including Minister Sargent.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE arrived at his
home in Augusta, Me-, ON the Sd. a pub
lie reception was declined. but the people
cheered him loudly as he passed through
the streets.
THE National Republican Convention
met and organized in Chicago on the 81
with Hon. JOhu II. Lynch, of Mississippi,
as temporary chairman. Committees were
appointed and the convention adjourned
untl the 4th.
on tho 9th VIM. II. Vanderbilt sailed
from Liverpool for New ork.
THE National Republican Convention at
Chicago held two short sessions on the 4th.
General John b. Henderson, of st. Louis,
Mo-, was elected permanent chairman and
addressed the Convention. The Committee
on Credentials net being ready TO report n