The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE telephone investigating committee
at Washington refused to go into he in
vestigation of the character of witnesses.
On the 10Th ten new cases of cholera and
eight deaths from the disease were reported
from Bari, Italy, and seven new cases and
two deaths from Venice.
THE eruption of Mt. AEtna is said to be
increasing in violence and the town of
Monte Rosso is IN imminent danger.
THE Assembly of Crete has voted an ad-
dress to the foreign consuls residing at
Gambia, affirmin. Cretan loyalty to Tur-
key and expressing hope that the Porte
will increase the privileges of Crete.
THE Swiss Government is taking active
measures to put an end, in that country,
to the propagation of the Mormon church
Numerous arrests of Mormon missionaries
have been made, and it is probable that
more viii follow.
OWING to the unfavorable reports of the
| Government inspector on the Panama
canal, the French Government viii not au-
thorize the issue of lottery bonds until the
position of the company is IAade clear.
IT is reported that a seizure of another
American schooner was made in the Bay
of Fundy on the 18th by the steamer Lans-
downe, but no reliable information has yet
been received.
On the 10Th the grand jury at Belleville,
| Ill, refused to indict the special deputy
sheriffs engaged in the Cahokia bridge
massacre, and they were accordingly
turned loose and departed for their homes.
| Considerable indignation was expressed
| by the labOring element at the outcome,
while on the other hand the more conserv-
| ative commend the action of the grand
| jury,
ported to be en- route from Chicago to
Montreal, and the prospect for large grain
shipments from Montreal is regarded as
good.
SMALLPOX has again made its appear
ance in Montreal.
On the Goth the Senate amendments to
the Post-Ohice Appropriation bill were
| defeated in the House by a vote of IT'S
to 50.
On the evening of the goth a Mormon
meeting was broken up by indignant citi-
zens neOr Fayette City, Pa, and the seven
missionaries engaged in the services were
roughly handled, clubs, stones and other
missiles being used.
THE British House Of Commons passed
the Arms act to second reading on the goth
| by vote of 303 to 90.
On the 21st the delegates to the National
Viticultural convention called at the White
House in n body and paid their respects to
the President.
Much excitement has been caused in
shipping circles at the East over the an
nouncement that the schooner Augusta
Herrick, which left for the BY of Fundy
recently on a fishing cruise, was armed
with two 36-inch yacht guns and a good
supply of ammunition, with which it was
= A. a.
A REPORT of the Goth announced that
hchting had occurred at three different
points between the Greeks and Turks on
the frontier, the Turks in each case being
the aggressors.
DURING the week ended the 2lst the total
imports of dry goods at the port of New
York were valued at 81 ,33317 and the
amount thrown on the market at 81, ,2SS,-
si5.
PrAcARns have been posted throughout
the town of Tipperary, ireland, demand
ing a twenty-five per cent. reduction in
house rents.
THE commander OF the Greek forces has
been ordered by the government to avoid
provoking hostilities. but to assume the
offensive IL the Turks are the aggressors.
Ok the 2Ist the bill amending the act re-
specting fishing by foreign vessels in Cam
adian waters was read a third time in
the Dominion parliament and passed, and
win probably become law within a few
days.
TIE German Reichstag has adopted
bill fixing n duty on beet sugar, and a
bounty on exports.
THE strike OF the journeymen plumbers
Of Buffalo, Y. Y, has been declared OF,
aud the men have returned 70 work az the
old rates,