The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-23

On the l4th the French Chambers
convened, and the Government at once in
troduced a demand for a credit of 10, ,800,-
900 francs for the expenses of the cam
paign in Tonquin. The measure was re-
ferred to a committee.
ON the 18th heavy frosts were reported
from various sections of the country.
IN Italy during the twenty -four hours
ended the evening of the 10Th, 235 new
cases of cholera were reported and 116
deaths.
On the 18th a meeting of railway pas
senger agents was held at Chicago. The
cut in rates to Missouri River points was
the subject under discussion.
AT Fall River, Mass, the mills agreed
on the 18th to shut down for a weak Un-
less trade improves they will remain
closed for an indefinite period.
AT Minneapolis, Mimi, the mills are
turning out an immense quantity of flour,
and new wheat is being ground almost ex-
clusively. One OF the mills in a single
day recently turned out 5,467 barrels of
flour.
A RECENTLY issued order requires that
all grain, breadstuffs and provender need
ed by the German army must be pur-
chased direct from producers, avoiding
middle men.
on the 18th the second congress of the
Church of England in Canada opened in
Toronto, Ont A large number of clergy
men were present, many of them from a
distance. Amongst others were DIR. Nc.
Murray, of Niagara; Bishop Potter, New
York, and the Bishop of Chicago, all of
| whom took seats upon the platform.
A JURY at Indian apolis, Ind, on the 16sh,
awarded the widow of Albert Bristow
| 81 900 in a suit for damages against DIR.
Abbott, anatomical demonstrator of the
/ Eclectic Medical College, for being found
in possession of the body of her husband,
| which had been stolen from one of the city
/ cemeteries.
On the is h there was a heavy fall of
snow in the New England States.
| DETECTIVES are on the watch for dy-
namiters arriving in England from Bel
| gium.
! RECENT forest fires have destroyed much
valuable cedar timber in New Jersey.
In Egypt, fromBerber to Khartoum, pro-
visions are extremely scarce.
| A CUT has been made by the Baltimore
! & Ohio Road in passenger rates from New
! York to Chicago and s.. Louis
| In Italy, during the twenty-four hours
| ended the 10Th, 173 fresh cases of cholera
were reported and eighty deaths.
! On the 165h Rubel's Rock, dangerous
formation in the Ohio River at the LOUIS
vile Falls, was blasted by Government
/ employees.
THE French vintage of 1894 is said to be
| the best since 1874. The wines are of ex-
cellent quality.
| On the 18th Hungarian was arrested
on steamer at Liverpool, and in his
! trunk was found a large Quantity of dy.
Mantle. He was subsequently released.
CN the 10th the National Breeders
bench show opened at Philadelphia, Pa,
1t includes two Esq Iimaux dogs of the
| Greedy relief expedition.
| THE Atlantic cable steamship Faraday,
with the New York end of the Bennett.
Mackey cable, arrived off the bar at New
| York on the morning of the 16 h.
ON the 10th the members of the Interna
tional Meridian Congress called at the
White House and were presented to the
| President by Secretary Frelinghuysen.
! H. M. DUFUR, the wrestler, who was de-
feated in the match on the 18Th, challenges
his opponent, John McMahon, to another
contest for 800 TO 81 900 a side.
ADvICss from Australia state that
| HanIon will row Beach for the champion
ship of the world on the first Saturday
in May, 1885, and will also row Clifford
for f2OO some time within the next six
months. Both races will occur on the Par
amatta River.
On the night of the 14sh the schooner
| Charles Valentine from Halifax, N. s., for
! Sydney, G. B., was totally wrecked at
Dry Breaker, near Louisberg. No trace of
| the crew could be found, and it is believed
! all were drowned.
THE Eastern coal companies agreed on
the 10Th to. suspend production on the both
and 31st of October, the 1st, Sd, 4th and
9TH of November and the first and last
| weeks of December,
SOUTH AFRICAN advices show thai as
long ago as September h tie German
flag was hoisted by a corvette over Porto
SECURE.
On the 10th the Treasury Department
| purchased AS, 900 ounces of silver for de-
Iiv cry at the New Orleans and Philadel-
| nhia MiutS,