The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-15

THE French Institute met on the 7th and
accepted the bequest of the ChantiIIy es-
tates by the Due d'Aumale. The institute
adopted resolution declaring gratitude
for the Due d'Aumale's patriotic genera
osity.
SLIGHT shocks of earthquake continue at
Summerville, S. c., and vicinity.
THE business failures in the United
States for the seven days ending the 8th,
numbered 167.
THE American Board of Missions of the
Congregational Church closed its work at
Des Moines, Ia, on the Sth and adjourned.
THE Knights of Labor convention at
Richmond, Va, finished the work of or
ganizatioD on the 8th, and proceed ed to
business.
AN inquiry into the facts concerning the
conservation of the coIors Of She Irish Fu-
sileers by a Catholic priest has been or
dered by the British Government,
FIVE THOUSAND pork packers butchers
ana other employees of the Chicago pack
ing houses went out on a strike on the Sta
against a return to the Ten Hour system;
throwing 1900 others into involuntary
idleness.
A RELfGIoUs riot at Delhi, in which
many were killed, was caused by a Hindoo
! sectarian leader tying pig within Mo-
j nd4uLlbudA SdCIGu 6ulIC6 III Sucl u JOSl"
| ton that it squealed all night
! PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA recently made its
/ appearance near Vincentown, Burlington
1 County, n. J., and it has spread to an
/ alarming extent. The State Board Of
| Health has attempted to eradicate it by
4 killing infected animals and quarantining
4 herds.
THERE has been sharp advance IN the
/ prices Of iron during the past week in the
/ Chattanooga (Tenn.) district, and iron
men are much encouraged over the OUT
! look. Bar iron has gone from S16) to $186
within ten days, and the demand grows
heavier daily. There is not an iron in
dustry in that section but that is in fulI
operation.
| THE Americah Consul at Kingston, Ont;
/ having been asked by the United States
Government to report if any disease ex-
listed among cattle in that district, made a
close investigation and has reported in the
negative.
AT meeting in Milwaukee on the night
of the Ssh Robt. SchilHng, State organizer
of the Knights of Labor of Wisconsin, de-
nounced the proposed execution of the
Chicago Anarchists as an outrage as in
famous as the hanging of John Brown. He
said he did not believe in anarchsm, but
| syupathized with Socialists. The senti-
ment met with uproarious applause from
| those present among whom were Knights
! of Labor.
NATURAL gas was struck at Fairmont,
w. Va, on the 8th. 1t is said by expert
enced gas men to be the largest well in the
country. The noise from the rush of the
gas can be heard from six to ten miles.
As the result of the final games of the
series the Chicago Base Ball Club is again
the champion of the League. 1t was a
close rub. The Browns; of st. Louis, are
again the champions of the Association.
THE missing steamer Anchoria has been
spoken off Newfoundland, under sail with
a broken shaft.
MILITARY preparations are actively in
progress in Russian Bessarabia.
Mormon elders are establishing mis-
sions and delivering lectures in Londor
on a more extended scale than ever.
THE American exhibition buildings at
London will be completed by early spring,
ENGLISH Conservatives deny emphati.
oally that the cabinet is preparing a Home
Rule bill.
1T is stated confidently that several
changes are pending in the English Cabi-
net and will be announced early in No
vember.
1HE ChlIeu oldteS supreme CouFG lne'
on the 11th.
SEVERAL Bavarian editors have been
sent to prison for criticisms of the min
isty.
! CUSTOMS officers at San Francisco on the
9th seized 900 worth of opium smug-
gled as tea.
CANADA has rejected the proposed draft
of the new treaty with Great Britain.
THE League of the Cross, total absti-
hence society, paraded the streets of Cork
on the 10TH
PLANS for the Three Americas perma-
nent exposition at Washington appear to
be taking definite shape.s
ACCORDING to the National Cotton Ex-
change report the crop prospect was low
cred slightly during the past month.