The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-03-05

THE cloak manufacturers Il New ork
favor an advance in the duty on cIoaks.
WET weather at New Orleans has caused
material faliiny of in the attendance at
the Exposition.
MNNEsoTA proposes in future TO resort
TO capital punishment for criminals con-
victed Of murder in the first degree.
TIE Evangelical ministers of Portland,
Ore, are alarmed at the great increase Of
divorces.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, the fce-bound con-
dItfon Of the rivers places a million and
a half dollars worth Of coal and craft in
jeopardy.
ONE Of the bellies Of Warren, O., has
caused a sensation by bringing a breach
of-promise suit against a young swell OF
that place.
The Iowa brewers have commenced a
case to test the Iowa law, claiming that in
reference to transportation the State
violates the Federal Constitution
TIE Minnesota Sen1te- declined TO pass
the liquor high-Iicense law.
TIE protracted cold weather has caused
an oyster famine at Baltimore.
GENEVA Anarchists advocated the
forcibIe destruction of the existing state
of society.
WHEN the ice moves at Louisville, KY,
it is feared that a great deal Of damage
viii be done.
TIE east bound lines from Chicago are
/ again taking grain and provisions at the
1 old cut rates.
The locomotive engineers Of the Union
I Pacific have made satisfactory settle
ment of their differences with the officers
I of the road
/ IS the Electric Light Convention, in ses-
| sion ct Chicago on the 25th, J. E. Morri-
/ son, Of Baltimore, was elected President Of
/ the association, with II. NJ. Cleveland, of
| Hartford, Z. II. Barton, of Chicago, and
I J. II. Yarbro, Of Nashville, as Vice Presi-
dents. W. y. Hovey, Of Boston, was
[ elected Secretary.
COLLECTIONS of internal revenue for the
7 first seven months Of the fiscal year were
50, ,54I, 81, against S69, ,962, ,579 for the same
| period for the previous fiscal year, de-
/ crease of II ,G2L353 There was an increase
\ Of S3J1, ,595 in the collections from ferment-
/ ed liquors; a decrease Of II. .4G2, 796 from
I spirits; a decrease of S1S5, $50 from tobac-
Iaueo1s sources.
AT Yum Nan, China, several hundred
/ Catholics are said TO have been massacred
recently.
MARITAL law has been declared in
I BschuauaIand, South Africa.
THE final sitting Of the Congo Confer
ence was held AT Berlin on the 26th, with
Bismarck in the chair.
ENGLAND refuses to recognizes the French
declaration making rice a COltraband of
war.
AN organization known as the Scouts
Club has been formed in Pennsylvania
with the view of controlling the oil market
from the pointers they get in the fields.
II al --E-
Egypt was severely criticised in the Brit
ish House Of Commons.
AN editor and physician OF the City Of
Mexico had a duel on the 26th. The lat
ter was wounded fat Hy, it is thought.
The Russian Government is urging Tur-
key on to assert her Suzerian rights in the
Soudau, and TO oppose the establish ment
of the Italian flag on the Red Sea.
CIVIL service examinations viii be held
/ in the Western States as follows: Cleve-
/ land March 2Ist; Detroit, March 10th;
/ Kansas City, March 34th St. Paul, March
. 3i-h: NJ inueapolis, March oath: Madison
I Wis, March zSth. At all of these exami-
/ nations applicants Tor departmental ser
/ vice in Washington viii be examined.
] For the month of January the excess
\ of values of exports over imports of
I merchandise was -. 343, $50. For seven
\ months ended January 81, 1885, S147, 619. -
\ S17. Twelve months ended January 81,
/ 1SS5, Sl&S, ,S56.6]2. Total values imports of
I merchandise for twelve months ended
/ January 81. 1SS5. S6l7, ,165 92S; for preceding
\ twelve months, StS4 415, ,63J; decrease, SG7, :
/ 2@S. 7]7. Total value of exports of mer-
chaudise for twelve months ended Janu-
airy 81, 1Ss5, SOD 923, 50; previous twelve
nj snths, SIS, SIS. .G7); decrease, So, ,s95, 900.
A COMMUNICATION has been received at
Korti from a nun taken prisoner when
/ KharJOum fell into the hands of the Arabs,
and who is now kept in captivity in the
/ MahdIs camp at Omdurmau. She confirms
the statement that El Mahdi-s troops mas
sacred the soldiers at the garrison and
many peaceful citizens, and she states the
number Of persons slaughtered is fully
1900.