The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-04-23

On the 10Th mass injecting or Nation
aIists was held at Cork which ridicuIed the
demonstration in honor of the Prince of
Wales.
GOVERNMENT officers at Washington
and elsewhere are taking the most active
steps to prevent the introduction of. chol-
era.
DEALERS in New York do not look for
any great decline in rice, even though hos
tilities between France and China have
ceased
A FRENCH newspaper declares that in
/ the event of war between England and
Russia an agreement exists for the other
powers to remain strictly neutral.
! NEW WORKERS are considerably exer-
cised about tn Collectorship, and there is
much speculation as to who will get that
big plum.
On thel15th, during the royal parade at
/ Cork the Nationalists hissed and made
hostile demonstrations. Loyalists fol-
lowed and cheered to the utmost extent
ct their lung capacity. One jealous Ma
tionalist threw a vegetable at the royal
carriage.
THE steamship Alert, of the Greedy re-
lief expedition, will be taken from New
York to Halifax, where she will be returned
to the English Government with the thanks
of Congress.
LEAVE of absence was granted the col
ored employees of the War Department in
| Washington on the 18th to participate in
the emancipation celebration. The time
/ will be deducted from their thirty days.
/ leave of absence.
AT Paterson, N. j., fourteen hundred
fax spinners are out on a strike.
TEE railroad from Suakim to Berber is
progressing rapidly.
The faculty of Havard College have de-
cided that the students must continue to
attend prayers.
OsMAN DIGNA's forces, according to ma
tive reports, have gradually dispersed.
On the 10th the Formidable, the largest
iron-clad in the French navy, was success
fully launched.
A MEETING of passenger agents of roads
running west from Pitts tsburgh was held
on the 10th, at which uniform rates were
fixed.
FRENCH official organs state that the
| Government will take energetic measures
to force the Egyptian Government to make
reparation for the suppression of the
| French newspaper at Cairo.
THE people of Armenia are becoming
excited over the prospect of an Anglo
Russian invasion.
AT a meeting of the Citizens Prohibi-
tion League Of Dubuque, Ia, on the 10Th
| action was taken against nine saloon
keepers of that city.
AT Vienna the impression prevails that
Russia is seeking to gain time in which
to prepare for war.
On the 10th the fifth annual meeting of
the Woman's Silk Culture Association of
the United States began at Philadelphia,
Pa.
A DISPATCH from General De Lisle says
the Chinese attacked the French after no.
tice of the cessation Of hostilities.
THE forces under General Middleton in
the Northwest Territory are rapidly ad-
vancing. The Indians and half breeds are
committing many depredations. A num-
/ Der of volunteers have died from the effects
! of exposure on the march.
| OK the 18th the employees of the Bankers
& Merchants Company at Buffalo, N. Y,
struck because they had not been paid
| their wages.
TIE National Roller Skating Congress
of America was organized at New York
on the 18th. A National contest will be
held in New York, May 9th and 28th, with
prizes, and open to all cOmers.
IT is said the clerical forces of the Gov
ernment at Washington are doing more
work than ever before in the history Of
man.
EMANCIPATION DAY was celebrated by
the colored people of Washington on the
10th. Register Bruce presided and Fred
Douglas was the orator.
On the 10th the Interstate Base Ball
League, composed of Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Kentucky clubs, completed schedule
and signed the National agreement.
THK Gar has. Informed England, through
an ambassador, that war would be most
deplorable to both countries, and hopes an
arrangement of the present difficulties
| may be brought about
THE Niagara reservation bill, which pro-
vides for free park around the falls, has
passed the New York Legislature.
THE st. Louis Southern Hotel horror Is
an absorbing sensation il New York.