The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-29

The widely circulated rumor of the
failure of the McCalmont Oil Company,
one of the largest oil firms in Pennsyl-
mania, is denounced as a malicious false
hood.
THE workmen in the MyersdaIe coke
regions in Pennsylvania are on strike
EFFORTS are being vigorously put forth
at Cedar Rapids, Ia, to enforce tbs Pro-
hibition law.
THE British flag has been hoisted over
several islands lying off the eastern point
of New Guinea.
On the 21st the British Cabinet met and
further considered the French proposals
regarding Egyptian finance. The idea
seemed TO prevail that the Continental
powers were getting too previous.
SEVERAL of the Trenton, IN. j. pot
teries have weakened and have taken back
their men at the old rate of wages.
REPRESENTATIVE OATES claims that En-
glish noblemen now own about p 100000
acres of land in the United States. His
/ bill, if passed, viii prevent aliens and
/ foreigners from owning land in this coun-
| try.
SEVERAL of the Pittsburgh nail factories
| and copper works resumed operations on
the 21st, after lying idle for several weeks.
AT Jamestown, Pa, a savings bank was
forced to suspend on the 2Ist on account
of deficit of $4,000 by one of the officers.
On the 21st the National Association of
baggage agents met at Baltimore, Md.
j. D. Maistain, of the Rock Island Road,
was elected President.
On the 21st the House Committee on
| Railways and Canals decided to report
favorably the bill providing an appropria-
tion for making a survey of the water
route to connect the waters of Lake Michi-
gan with Detroit River. The cost Of the
proposed water route win be 81, ,754,s60.
THE troops under General Hatch en-
route to the Oklahoma Boomers Camp on
the Saltwater, on reaching the Salt Fork
of the Arkansas River and finding the ice
too thin to cross upon, performed the IN
precedented feat of building an ice bridge
strong enough for the command to pass
over upon by pouring water upon the
frozen surface of the river with tin-cups
and buckets until a sufficient thicknes had
been secured.
THE Receiver of the Bankers & Mer-
chants Telegraph Company issued checks
for the December salaries of the New Y YorL
employees on the 21st, and thus averted a
threatened strike.
ACCORDING to reports to the MGnHfdct.
atrers' Record, 100000 men have gone t
work in manufacturing enterprises since
January 1st.
THE recent sale of unavailable articles a
the Dead Letter Office in Washington
comprised 12,cOO articles, Ioffered in-3,27
lots.
THE Garfield Memorial Hospital a
Washington is sadly in need of funds.
AT the Mt. Washington IN. H. sigma
station on the 22d, the thermometer in
dicated fifty degrees below zero, with tn,
, wind blowing at the rate of 110 miles al
hour.
The Piute Indians are said to be starving
on their barren reservation in Nevada.
On the 22d the Western Nail Association
advanced the card rate about five per cent
FAMINE is said to prevail in some of tn
Russian provinces.
THE troops under General Hatch are re
: ported to have surrounded the Oklahom
s'boomers'' with the intention of star vim
) them out.
+ ENGLAND and Italy are said to hav
p formed an agreement in reference to tn
/ | occupation of TriPoli
On the 22d United States cavalry com
pany arrived at Yuma, Ariz., with twelv
;. Mexican bandit prisoners.
q MORE earthquake shocks were felt i
7 many OF the spanish provinces on tne &c
BILL having been introduced in tn
v Missouri Legislature to allow the sale {
T oleomargarine as such, the Butter Daa ler
q Association of st. Louis has determined
IS fight it and all similar measures.
On the 22d the weather was intensel
<, cold throughout sCanada, the temperatul
:, ranging from twenty to forty degrees bt
IS low zero.
THE American Timed Plate Associatio
d held its annual meeting at Pittsburgl
a Pa, on the 22d. w. j. Lewis, of that cit,
It was elected President.
BIsMARCK's colonization schemes al
- making rapid progress on the west Goa
N of Africa. The German flag has bee
10 raised in Sierra Leone, long held by EI
Il gland. This news, if true, may lead
a serious complications.