The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-04-16

Compiled from various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

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partment, and for that reason he has
been suspended.
"A DISPATCH received on the 9th from the
home OF ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen said
he was not expected to live through the /
day.
The SON Of Osman Digma was shot in
the recent engagement in the Soudan.
THE entire Democratic city ticket was
elected at Evansville, Iud., by Increased |
majorities.
THE Prince and Princess of Wales de-
parted from London for Ireland on the 7th-
Two Democrats were elected in Cincin-
natl by good majorities.
AMOR SMITH, JR., Republican, was elect
ed Mayor Of Cincinnati
GENERAL GRANTS condition, according
to advices of the 75h, was very serious, by
reason OF arterial hemorrhage of the
throat. He was resting quietly the morn
ing of the Sth.
JOHN HENRY Brown, formerly resi-
dent of Missouri, was elected Mayor Of
Dallas, Tex.
THE President was waitedIupon by adel-
egation on the 7th in reference to settlers
rights on the Winnebago Reservation.
MR. GLADSTONE thinks that the diii
Guilty with Russia can be settled by diPlo-
matte methods.
BoTH political parties claimed a vic
est advices left the result in doubt.
our of Difference to the condition of
General Grant, the White House recep-
tion, which was TO have taken place the
evening Of the 7th, was indefinitely post
poned.
TIE new French Premier, Brisson, tells
Europe and the world that France means
60 be one of the first powers in the uni
verse
M. BRrssoN. Prime Minister of France,
stated on the 7th that France would insist
on China recognizing a French protector
ate over both Tonquin and AMMAN. He al
SO demanded a vote of credit for O,OOO,OOO
francs to enable the Government to carry
out its policy in relation to China, and he
got it.
On the 7th the Republican members of
the Tennessee Legislature absented them
selves to prevent a vote on registration
bill Arrests were ordered and there was
alively time generally.
In its issue OF the 7th the New York
Tribune published an extract from let
ter of Mrs. Garfield to her brOther-in-law
i'm which she denies in a delicate and
yvomanlv manner the report that she was
TO wed Pennsylvania preacher.
PATRICK J. HOWE, one of the New or K
dynamiters, says it is absurd to talk OF a
Fenian Invasion Of Canada, as that would
not help Ireland.
COLONEL. CHARLES MARSHALL, of Balti-
more, Nd, who was General Lees chief of
staff, tells OF the surrender of the Confed :
crate commander to General Grant, and OF
the kindness which the latter exhibited to
the hungry Confederates.
IT is stated that Colonel Mclean, of
Terre Haute, Ind, will be appointed First
Assistant Commissioner of Pensions H'
was an officer In the Union army during
the war of the rebellion.
GENERAL FIrzHUGH LEE, of Virginia, il
now prominently spoken OF in connection
with the United States Marshalship of tn
District of Columbia.
MINISTER BATREs of Guatemala has no
received any information from his gov
ernment confirming the report of the deaf
of General Barrios. He has received dis
patches from San Salvador, however, con
firming the report.
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN MARsToN died 4
Philadelphia, Pa, on the sth in his nine
tieth year.
In the case of Mrs. Dudley, who she
O'Donovan Rosa, proceedings were stage
on the sth, a commission in lunacy havin
been granted t. go to England to take te
timony.
GENpRAr. BARR1os' son, who is a cad
at West Point, does mot believe that h
father is dead.
Mrs. sUsANNAH, the celebrated Cana
dian authoress, died at Toronto on the st
A LARGE number of mediums" al
clairvoyants were arrested in Baltimor
Nd, on the Sth, and fined, among the
Grace Cortland, the "Witch Of Wa
Street." She had no money and went
jail.
M. FIoUoUEr was elected President
the French Chamber of Deputies on &
Sth.
Oh A. r,.s..,, o,,d pr{urazu
Wales arrived at Dublin. The flag float'
.mfrom the Mansion House. There was
large demonstration and the citizen
committee presented an address of We
come
GENERAL. GRANT passed a quiet afte
noon and evening on the Sth, and his co
dition was not materially changed on I
morning of the 9th.
WHILE driving along in official state
the procession on the Sth in honor OF
Prince of Wales, the Lord Mayor of Dub
was Kissed.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND Is I
ported to have concluded that GeneI
Lawton is eligible to be appointed Minisi
TO Russia.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by 81
Iivan and Ryan to fight at Butte Ci
Mont, June 18th, with small gloves,
the championship belt.
THE National Soldiers Homo 1or q
abled volunteer soldiers has sued BENZ.
Butler for $4,000, alleged to be due
Home.
RICHARD GRANT WHITE, who has b'
confined to his home in New York for f
months, died on the Sth. His disease y
rastritIs Mr.. White was nearly hf
three years Of age. He was born in
York May 23d, 1922, and for twenty-i
years has been a conspicuous figure in
erary circles.
GENERAL GRANTS condition on the
was slightly improved.
MIR. GLADSTONE considers the Russ
attack on the Afghan outpost on
Kushk River an unjustidable one, and
demanded an explanation.
The anniversary of Lees surrender
celebrated by ex-Union soldiers at Gle
land, O., on the 9th.
"A CHRISTIAN convention, under the q
pices Of Moody and Sankey, opened
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9th.
A MONTREAL. detective offers to deli
the body Of Riel, the rebel, to the Cove
ment, dead or alive, for $4,000.
SECRETARY WHITNEY received a {
gram on the eth which states that Cen
Barrios Is certainly dead.
THE Prince aud Princess of Wales 6
a levee at Dublin Castle on the 9th
largest since the Queen visited lrelan
Is49.
THE Queen Of England telegraphe'
the 9th from AK les Bains 20 know
condition Of General Grant, and EXPIRE