The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-03

JUDGE NOAH DAFlSi SlbIAuZ lu6 COuFG
Of Over and Terminer in New York on the
25th. discharged the jury in the case of
John Lehman, who is charged with hav-
ing killed his wife by throwing her cut Of
a window, the jurors being unable to
agree. At the last ballot they stood II to
/ in favor of acquittal.
A RUN on the German Savings Bank
at Davenport, Ia, on the 26th caused
some excitement in that city, but it was
counteracted by heavy deposits of its
friends.
DUBLIN is agitated with the widest ru-
moTs relating to the Governments inten-
tions.
THE Canadian Government has ordered
that no vessels be allowed to pass through
the Welland canal on Sundays.
AN agreement has been entered into be-
tween German and English steamship
companies whereby emigrants' rates will
be advanced.
ST. LOUIS ranks seventh among the cite
les of the country in speciallet delivery
business for the past year
A SYSTEM of weather service similar to
that of the Government is to be estab-
lished by the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany all along its lines.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
LOL LlS CClGDEutlOll Ol lue SlAAg uIL1 dllIli@
versary of the independence of the 18TH
mus of Panama.
A WEALTHY citizen of Birmingham,
Mich, was lately the recipient of a letter
from the Cuban sharpers who swindled
the Philadelphians.
THE inside history of the packers strike,
as published at Chicago, places Master
| Workman Butler in the unenviable posi-.
tion of having worked the strike forpoliti.
cal advancement.
ABOUT one-half of the damage claims
growing out of the Rio disaster have been
settled by the Chicago, Milwaukee q st.
Paul Railroad Company.
A MOST remarkable haul of fish was made
! at Peoria, H., on the goth by Walters &
/ Co. At one haul of the seine they brought
! in $4,000 pounds of fish. The largest three
/ were catfish, weighing together sixty
| five pounds, the largest weighing forty
| pounds. The entire catch was shipped to
/ Kansas City.
The Comptroller of the Currency argues
/ strongly for a continuance of the National
/ banks.
AT Superior City, Wis, litigation hal
! been begun over the ownership of one hum
dred and sixty acres of land within the
limits of the city.
were felt in various parts of Asia Minor
The firm of Bullock & Co., New York,
have concluded the purchase of the Mem
I. phis (Tenn.) water-works, the consider
alton being S5OO,OOO.
J THE new two-dollar silver certificates
viii be ready for issue by December 10.
TIE acting Surgeon General reports
that the health of the United States army
was never so good before or the death
rate so low,
GAS the result of the season of 1886 the
ST. Louis Exposition made a net profit
of 500, 5000, a marked increase over
| former years, Notwithstanding increased
! expenses.
For the five thousand guineas stake to
be run in England in 1889, GA horses, al
| yet unborn, have been entered. This is
the largest entry ever recorded.
THE latest sensation in Scotland is the
seizure, among other chntteIs, of a baby
for rent en- Lord MacDonald's estate in
| PennIess. The child was listed at the
value of sixpence, while a dog was valued
at shilling.
ADvICEs from Buenos Ayres indicate
that cholera is spreading with marked
rapidity in South America.
The report of General Superintendent
Kimball shows great improvement in thu
G overnment Life Saving service.
THE gates to the White House yard a
Washington have been closed morning.
recently on account of ungentlemanlY be-
havior of treasury clerks.
A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was fel
throughout Columbia, S. c., on the 28th
shaking loose windows, crccI1ery, etc. Tb,
) tremOr lasted six seconds and was accom-
panied by slight detonations.
} On the 28th the cables at the northwes
corner Of the Niagara suspension bridg
were successfully transferred from th
old stone tower to the new iron one b,
the use of powerful hydraulic jacks
= Traffic was suspended during the opera
tion. Other transfers viii follow at week
" intervals. The old towers are to b
fal-au down