The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

TEE Ouartermaster-GeneE Of the army
has reported favorably on the claim of the
St Louis Christian Brothers and placed
| the amount at S15,9O0.
| LIMITED quantities of the two-dollar sill
yer certificates have been put in circula-
tion. SO far they have been issued by the
treasury only in redemption of one and
! two-dollar United States notes.
| THE Oil City (Pa.) Derrick has received a
| letter purpOrting to have been written by
/ ''Jim Cummings the express rObber, b1t
/ it contained nothing of Importance.
The St. Petersburg Sect says that Gashan
Khan, the ruler of Roundsh out Central
| Asia, and Englands staunch friend, was
recently murdered at the instance Of his
! son, Sanner Khan, who is EngLand's sworn
enemy.
A BOX containing 200 pounds of dynamite
was by some means conveyed to the sum-
mer residence of King Charles of Rouma-
MIA, at COtrocene, on the night of the 18th,
/ and its contents exploded against the side
/ of the building The structure was badly
| shattered and every window in the build
ing was smashed.
CITIZENS Of w Washington having sub
| scribed a guaranty fund Of $4,000 to in
sure the payment Of prizes and expendi-
| lures for a National drill and encamp-
ment, the executive committee now give
/ notice that such drill and encampment
will begin in Washington on the 23d of
/ May, 1887, and will end on Decoration day,
/ May 80.
AN earthquake shock was felt in Smyrna
and throughout the Island of Chios ON the
/ 11th.
THE jury in the case of the moOnligllters
on trial at Cork, ireland, after ten min
utes' deliberation, on the 18th, returned
verdict of not guilty.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
! 41,, c-ovo+o -, +ta 81, C,auotOr Cybenev Of
/ New Hampshire, appointed in the place OF Sen
ator Pike, deceased, took the oath of office,
| Several bills were introduced and referred. The
! Pacific Railway bill was made the special order
! for December21. A resolution was adopted in
| quiring of the Secretary of the Interior Whether
| the forfeited lands Of the Atlantic & Pacific
! railroad in New Mexico have been restored TO
/ entry The deaths of Representatives Price,
/ O. Wisconsin, and Beach and Arnot, Of New
! York were announced, and out Of respect to
/ the memory of deceased the Senate adJo1rned
] I'm the House a number of bills were IN
! troduced. among them one by Mr.. Cox IN -
! to prevent a CONGRESSMAN drawing two salaries.
! The committees were called for reports, but
none were submitted. The bill provldln8
! that graduates Of West Point shall receive the
! nav of a second lieutenant from the date OF
! Graduation was passed: also the bill
! providing for the establishment at Ft. Riley,
! I<as of a permanent school for cavalry and
light artillery. The Senate Electoral Count
! bill was discussed at length, but without COM
\ ing to a vote the House adjourned.
! In the Senate on the Sth number OF bills
! were introduced and resolutions offered, among
the latter, one by Senator Ingalls, asking for in
formation in regard to the collection Of oIeomar-
/ garine taxes. Mr.. Blair addressed the Senate on
| the bill amending the Constitution so as to eX-
| tend the right of suffage to women. A message
! was received from the Puesndent transmitting
| the correspOndence on the fishery question.
In the House draft of bill for the issue Of
! subsidiary coin was received from the director
/ of the mint. A bill was passed amending the
act for the muster and pay Of certain officers
! and men of the volunteer fOrCesn The EletOr-
/ al Count bill taken up and brief debate
J ensued.
! In the Senate on the 9th the Military Academy
/ Graduates Relief bill was considered. An in
v vestigation was inaugurated concerning salmon
] catching distractions in the Columbia river.
! Mr. MorriITs tariff resolution was debated Ad-
1 iourned till Monday In the House there
\ was continued disagreement on fOrtifcatiOn ap-
/ prOpriations A bill was passed relinquishing
| certain lands to San Francisco. Mr. Reagan
! rose to a personal privilege question and denied
] statements in a New York paper of Il dispute
! between Senator Cullom and himself The ex-
/ tension of the free-delVery system was con
| sidered and the bill passed The Electoral
| Count bill was passed. The bill creating de-
| partmcnt of agriculture was taken up in COM
mittee of the whole and was warmly advocated
! by Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri.
! THE Senate was not in session on the 10th.
| ...... In the House, after the reading OF the
| journal, Mr. Campbell N. " announced the
| death of his colleague Mr.. DOWdney, and Of
! fered the customary resolutions, which were
! adopted, and out of respect for the memory Of
| the deceased the House adjourned The Speak
| er appointed the following committee to attend
| the funeral: Messrs. Campbell, Viehe, Merri-
| man aud Miller N. ", O'Nein (MO.), Scran-
! ton (Pa) and Brady (Va).
! { THE Senate was not in session the 18th.
| I'm the House bill was passed extending
( the laws of the United States over certain un-
! organized territory south of the State Of Kan
! sas, known the public land strip
! and opening the same to entry by actual
! settlers under the Homestead law The
| bill declaring forfeited the OntOnagon and
! Brule river land grant was discussed and pass
| ed. ct forfeits 3S4, 600 acres.) The House then
| went into committee of the whole on the Sun
| dry Civil Appropriations bill, and. pending dis
| cussion, the committee arose and the House
| adjourned