The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-09

SOME of the Paris journals predict q
Franco-G erman alliance unless England
keeps her finger out of the Chinese pie.
FRANCE is said TO be again willing to re-
sumo treaty negotiations if China will pay
an indemnity of 9O,0O0, ,000 francs.
THE British Government is reported to
have ordered the bOmbardment of Dover
by portion of the channel squadron to
test the de!enses.
THE North Carolina State Exposition
opened at Raleigh on the 1st.
LARGE quantities of war materials are
being shipped to China from England.
THE Exchange National Bank of Gin.
cinnati has gone into voluntary liquida'
tion.
ON the 1st there were 433 fresh cases Of
cholera reported in Italy, and 197 deaths.
THE manufacturers of writing paper met
at Boston, Mass, on the 1st, and decided
upon an advance in prices.
IN the Catawissa Valley of Pennsyl-
vania strange disease has broken out
among cattle.
| DURING September the decrease of the
| public debt was $12,047, ,039; cash in the
/ Treasury, S425, ,3-2.
/ On the 1st it was semi-officially an
nounced at Paris that Admiral Courbet
had made descent upon Kee Lung.
A MOVEMENT to establish a clearing
house for the grain trade was started on
the New York Produce Exchange on the
1st.
THE brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers began the sessions of its twenty frs It
annual Convention at San Francisco, Cal, +,
on the 18th.
ON the Ist the Irish National League met
at Dublin and complained of having re-
ceived no funds lately from America to
| aid in the work laid out.
THE strike of the Pittsburgh stove mold
ers is virtually over, the men being will
ing to accept the ten per cent. reduction.
SINCE the beginning Of the present year
2jS3 miles of main track have been laid in
the United States, against 4 pa during the
same period last year.
lie TEMPS says France is not seeking
alliance with Germany on the Egyptian
question, nor is she negotiating for peace
with China.
THE New York Produce Exchange wants
the railroad managers to lift certain
charges which operate against grain mel
of that city.
NOTICE was given by the Oliver Iror
Works at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 1st, t.
the .employes of a reduction of 121 pei
cent. in wages on account of the depres
sion in trade.
THE mills at Minneapolis, Mimi, ar
turning out more flour than ever before il
the history of the city. Several are run
ming on new wheat exciusively-i
In Virginia the drought is alarming
, The heat has also been intense for severa
days. Grass has dried up in the south
, west, creeks are dry and cattle are bein
driven into Tennessee for water and graz
ing.
. SoUTH AFRICAN advices report a move
ment 10 raise a local force to expeI th
Beers from Bechuanaland and restor
English authority.
The termination of the railroad war i
- announced by Commissioner Fink.
I THE deaths from cholera in France ar
: rapidly decreasing.
THE financial exhibit of the Postal De
partm mt for the fiscal year is given to th
public 1t shows a deficiency of abou
, S3,0OO,O00.
In several counties in Maryland hog
are suffering and dying from malignan
= disease.
On the ID there were 226 fresh cases c
cholera in Italy and 19I deaths.
2 AT Stratford, Ont, scheme to smuggl
" grain into Canad a has been discovered.
THE actor, Frank s. Chanfrau, we
= known for his impersonations OF exit, I'll
l. Arkansas Traveller" died at Jersey Cit
= on the ID.
- :, On the evening of the 2d grand der
u onssration was held in Buffalo, N. Y,
honor of the visit of Governor Cievelan
= Thousands of people went from the a
Joining country, and the affair was Il
: most imposing of the kind ever held ther
y The Governor made speech, and mu'
= enthusiasm was manifested by the peOp
of his home. A heavy rain fell during Il
entire evening.
BECAUSE he shook hands with Earl Spe
Ger. the President of branch of the Iri
- National League at Dublin has been e
PEELED.
- THE Sultan of Morocco has dismisse
II from Office and imprisoned the Govern
of Demnah, who is charged with havil
tortured the Jews, in consequence of t.
n protest of the Italian Consul.