The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-15

On the 9th investigation of Indian
land cases was begun by the Senate Com
mittee on Indian affairs.
On the 9Th the visible supply os wheat
was Al, 1920 900 bushels; corn, 4,024, ,OOO. BUSH
els; oats, 2,O06,O00 bushels.
A PARTY OF four hundred welI-armed
men are reported at Camp Russell, in Ok
lahoma, and they say they will resist the
Government troops.
A CIRCULAR has been issued by the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue in reference
to the assessment and expectation of
spirits.
THE Illinois Central Road has reduced
the rates on grain from Dubuque to Chi
cage, and on oats from Dubuque to New
Orleans.
THE Mississippi River Commission trans
mitted its annual report to Congress on
the 9th. The available fund is about ex-
hausted.
FRANCE has ordered 1900 additional
troops to Tonquin from Algeria. 1t is in
tended to close the campaign before the
rainy season.
SEVERAL merchants and manufacturers
of Chicago who have been interviewed say
there are real evidences ON every hand of
n good business revival.
IN Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on the
9Th, the renting of pews realized $27, ,256,
as compared with S34, ,839 last year. Mr..
Beecher was cheerful at the conclusion of
the sale.
ANOTHER war over county records has
broken out in Dakota, this time at Forest
City.
THE Ohio State Convention of Coal Min
ers met at Columbus on the 9TH.
JAPAN is chart ering steamers to convey
troops to Corea.
! 1T is announced that France and Ger
many have reached an agreement in re-
| gard to Egypt.
AGENTS Of Hooking Valley mines are at
| Lynchburg, Va, to secure negroes to take
the places of the striking miners.
REPORTS from ranges all over Wyoming
show a most satisfactory condition of
stock, despite the recent cold weather.
BETWEEN 5000 and 1000 men are af-
feoted by the order reducing wages, issued
| by Oliver Bros. & Phillips, of Pitts burgh,
Pa.
! DURING last year 1866 new enterprises
were started in the Southern States, with
an aggregate capital of $105, ,269 600, divid-
ed among fourteen States. The heaviest
! investments were in Kentucky, Alabama
and Virginia.
THE lease of the Eastern Railroad by the
Boston & Maine Road has brought to light
an embezzlement of several years stand
ing, the amount being $4,000
| THE tension of relations between the
| English and German governments is said
/ to be lessening. In his speech at the re-
| opening of the Reichstag on the Sth, Bis
marck expressed friendship for England
and her people.
The report of the Missouri River Com
mis- sion was sent to the Senate on the 7th.
1t recommends substantial appropriations
! for the great stream, and is full of inter
esting statements.
THE West African Conference has agreed
upon the proposal that no part of the guar
anteed territory shall be allowed to be
used a market or means of cOmmunica-
tion for the slave trade.
On the 2Sth inst. a National silver con-
ventiOn will be held at Denver, Col.
A CONVENTION of representatives from
the leading colleges and universities of the
country was in session at Philadelphia,
| Pa, on the Sbh.
AT Lexington. KY, on the Sth, the four
| year old colt, Alcantara, was sold to
Elezur Smith, of Lee, Mass, for $25 900.
RATES have been reduced by the Trans =
continental Freight Association on iron
and glass products from Pittsburgh to CAL
ifarnia points.
A ROME paper denies the report that
| Italy intends to occupy Tripoli.
! On the Sth the jackson Democratic clubs
| and associations and other organizations
celebrated in many parts of the country.
II it claimed by United Ireland that the
result of the convention at Thuries is the
death blow to the cowardly enemies of
Ireland, who reckoned upon Tipperary as
! an lly.
RATES for roun d "trip tickets to the in
auguration have been fixed by the railroad
J companies of the West
MORE earthquake shocks were felt on the
Sth in the Province of Malaga, Spain.
Several houses were damaged.
On the Sth another verdict was rem dered
| in st. Louis (Mo) court to the effect that
option dealing is illegal, and that there
can be no recovery on margins put up for
| a third party.