The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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Is backed by Dr. J. il. Hamilton, Of Rich
mond, Me-, for 1000 to excel young
Brodie's feat in jumping or the Brooklyn
bridge.
J. O'KELLY gave notice in the British
House OF Commons on the 10Th that he
would introduce a bill for the better gov
srnment of Belfast.
JUDGE FITZGERALD, Of Nebraska, was
elected president of the Irish National
League at the Chicago convention on the /
10th.
GLADSTONE says nothing has occurr ed /
to change his convictions regarding the /
Irish policy of the late government.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL says the /
government has concluded that the adop-
tion of coere.ve measures for Ireland
would be unwise.
LORD GRANVILLE asked the Government
for a clear statement of their Irish policy,
but Lord Salisbury declined TO furnish it.
SECRETARY BAYARD asserts that the
situation concerning Mexico is Of the
eravest character, and indicates that he
win stand firmly by the original demand.
MRS. NANCY RICE, the Oldest person in
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died re-
Gently, aged one hundred and one years,
nine months and twenty-seven days. She
was one OF a choir that sang at a memori-
GRAHAM successfully navigated the
Niagara whirlpool rapids on the 18th with
his head protruding from the barrel.
James Scott, a fisherman of Lewiston, at
tempted 70 swim the whirlpool rapids the
same day in a cork suit. His dead body
was picked up at Lewiston an hour later.
A. J. HOLMES has been renominated for
Congress by the Republicans Of the Tenth
Iowa district.
BELFAST Protestants are irritated over
Lord Randolph Churchill's defense of the
police.
HENRY WOLFE and his housekeeper
Mrs. Starchman, committed suicide near
Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the 20tb.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES was ban
quoted by the Philometic Society of Liver
pool on the goth.
QUEEN MARGHARITA is said to be using
her influence to bring about a reconcilia-
tion between Italy and the Vatican.
Mr.. SEDGwrCK, the agent sent by Mr..
Bayard to investigate the Cutting case,
arrived at El Paso on the goth.
In a speech in the House of Commons,
on the goth, Thomas Power O'Connor
main tained that Lord Randolph Church
lips speeches were the original cause Of
the Belfast riots.
SECRETARY BAYARD says he has not
and never had any doubt that Cutting
was convicted for an olfense committed
entirely within the jurisdiction of the
United States.
The Secretary Of the Interior has ap-
pointed John g. Walker, of the District of
Columbia, and Rolf S. Sanders, of New
York, as special agents, to make an allot-
ment Of land in severalty 10 the Crow In
dians Of Montana under the General De-
fciency act of Congress.
THE acting Secretary Of the Treasury
has decided that the department has no
power to extend the privileges of the inn
mediate transportation act so as to allow
the forwarding TO St. Paul of articles i'm
ported at New York, destined for the in
dustrial exposition at Minneapolis.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY members of
the British House of Commons have signed
the memorial asking the government to
appoint a commission TO inquire into the
currency question.
THE American Bar Association met at
Saratoga on the 2Oth and elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Thomas Semmes, of Louisiana: /:
secretary, Edward Otis Hinckley, of Mary
land; treasurer, Francis Rawle, Of Phila-
delphia. Executive committee, Luke p.
Poland, of Vermont; c. q. Bonne, of Chi
cago, and Simon f. Baldwin, Of New Ha-
ven.
THE Berlin North German Gazette states
that Prof. Brakenbush has made large
annexation in South Patagonia on behalf
Of Germany. The London Standard, COM
menting on this, says it thinks that Bis
marck will have to reckon with Chill and
the Argentine Republic
GOVERNOR SToNEMAN Of California, on
the Goth, adjourned the Legislature until
10 the time of adjournment between the
Senate and the Assembly.
THE death Of Mrs. Ann $. Stephens, the
novelist, is announced.
ex-senator MALONE is going to run
for Congress in the Petersburg (Va.) dis
trict.
VICroRIA, Crown Princess of Germany
and her daughter are travelling in Upper
Italy.
TIE Emperor Of Japan has decorated
the German Minister with the first order
of the Rising sun
INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINSON is go
ing on an inspecting tour in the India1
country.
THE President has rendered Mr.. Thoma
ID. Benedict, of Albany, N. ", the position
Of Government Printer.
THE Emperor William has had the vaul
containing the remains Of Frederick tn,
Great opened and the interior decorated
THE chihuahua supreme Court has be
gun the hearing of the Cutting case, an,
it is reported that by an agreement lie
tween the lawyers the court will deere
that Cutting has been sufficiently pun
ished, and viii order his release.
Prince ALEXANDER Of Bulgaria ha
been forced TO abliCate, and was escorte
out Of the country.
ARNOLD FoRsTER, "A son of "Buckshot
Forster, writes letter making savag
attack on the Land League.
colonel SwTzLER, chief OF the Burea
Of Statistics, is soon TO issue an extensiv
report on Southern indu tries.
THE Pennsylvania Republicans are sal,
TO be quite willing that Mr. Randall shal
be reelected 10 Congress.
On the 22d w. j. Kendall, a Boston po
liceman, swan Niagara whirlpool rapid
in cork vest, TO settle wagers amountin
TO $4,000. lie makes $1,000 by the feat.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE, lately defeate
for tho nomination for Governor Of Penn
sylvania, has some idea OF running 70
Congress.
on the I'D Prof. C. f. Stowe, formerl,
of Andover Theological Seminary, an
the husband Of Harriet Betc Stowe
died at Hartford, Conn, aged eighty -foul
He had been in many months.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
OK the 18th house in course of con
struction collapsed at Carlsruhe. Ger
many, killing eight workmen and iniurin
several others. The architect of the build
ing has been arrested.
ON the 18th Orth II. Stein, the notoriou
journalistic adventurer, whose exploits
st. Louis, Kansas City aud Leadville hav,
az different times, formed newspaper stS
ries. was arrested at San Jose, Cal. Q