The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


A soRTIE was made recently by the gar
rison at Kassala against the Mahdi's men,
and they were repulsed by the rebels with
heavy loss.
For the first quarter in the fiscal year
the deficiency in the postal service was
was 9, 2,0G3,22O.
IN the Reichstag, on the ID, Bismarck de-
clared that Germany would never consent
to the annexation of Egypt by England.
THE police at Albany, N. Y, on the
lookout for cranks around the Towner
mansion, Mr.. Cleveland's abode, arrested
two detectives on the I'd, who were subse-
quently released.
On the I'd the Senate passed the bill for
an additional grant to the New Orleans
Exposition, making the amount 100000,
and giving $4,000 for the Woman's De-
partment.
On the ID, in the British House of Com
mons, Labouchere, Radical vigorously
denounced the course the Government was
pursuing in the Soudan at present.
ON March 1st the total outstanding debt
of the United States was I,4O5, ,923 $50, of
which amount $l,196, 149O5) is interest
bearing debt.
DURING the winter months of 1SS4-S5,
just passed, Cincinnati packed 3S5, ,435
hogs, against 365, ,45I the previous season.
DURING February the decrease in the
public debt was S3,204 80; decrease since
June 30, 1884 Sl4, 126,SS5.
The crowd in Washington at the in
auguration was simply enormous and
lodging places commended 'Iand Office"
prices.
A SUPPLEMENTARY treaty with Spain
has been concluded. The principal changes
are the provisions that the reduction of
duties on cigars and tobacco shall be TWEEN
] ty per cent, and the reduction in the
| grade of sugar for free admission from
| No. 16 Dutch standard TO No. Is Dutch
standard
THE total coinage at the mints during
| February was "a, 1S3, 200, of which $780,
! coo were standard dollars.
THE receipts of revenue from all sources
| for the eight months of the current fiscal
year were S211 ,09j, ,19), or nearly $4,000, 900
less than for the corresponding eight
months in 1884, while the expenditures for
| the eight months of this year were s., ,5O0,-
| 600 more than in 1884.
IRVING Hall and the County Democracy
of New York sent delegation 800 strong
| to the inauguration.
DURING the Forty y-eighth Congress s, 2S6
| bills aud $40 joint resolutions were intro
/ duced.
| ITALY maintains her position in the Red
| Sea, and asks the other powers what they
are going to do about it.
THE French fleet which bombarded
| Ching Hal returned after doing much
/ damage.
/ OK the Sd the Woman's Exhibition at the
| New Orleans Exposition was formally
\ opened. The day was also celebrated as
/ Idaho Day.
| on the Sd the examination of the Lon
/ don dynamiters was continued, and more
/ damaging evidence was secured against
/ Burton.
A MEETING Of Anarchists at Allegheny
/ City, Pa, on the Sd, broke up in a dis
/ graceful row.
! THE trotting mare Louise NJ. was sold at
] Troy, n. ", on the Sd for $4,000.
| THE California Supreme Court has de-
| cided that Chinese children must be ad-
mitted to the public schools.
/ PENNSYLVANIA avenue in Washington
was beautifully decorated with flags and
/ banners from one end TO the other on the
| occasion of President Cleveland's inaugu-
ration.
! NEWS was received at Dallas, Tex, on
the Sd that Baum, Of cotton winding no.
/ toriety, had been released by the Canada
| authorities.
! THE strikers on the Texas & Pacific
Railroad stopped all passing freight trains
at Marshall, Tex, on the Sd. Eleven trains
were in the yards, and the strikers de-
clared they would stop all passenger
I trains.
A BANK teller at Gloverville, n. Y, has
| absconded.
FURTHER defeats of the Chinese are re-
ported to the governments at Paris.
FRANCE proposes that the Suez Canal
/ shall be free in times of peace and war.
IT is estimated that 5000 men were in
the inaugural parade.
The German Reichstag voted to estab-
lish a consulate general at Cape Town.
GUNS were fired in many places on the
Ath in honor Of Cleyeland's inauguration,