The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-18

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districts terrorized by mobs in the province
/ of Ulster under martial law.
THE mob composing the Belfast rioters
is said to have been made up of the lowest
scum Of the city, whose chief object was
robbery.
AT midnight of the 11th the telegraph
| operator at Sandy Hook reported that
severe shock of earthquake was felt at that
| place which lasted minute or two, caus-
| ing the tower to shake sensibly and the
windows to rattle. The operator at Quar-
/ antine, Staten Island, also reported that
he heard and felt the shock.
| THE Acting Secretary of the Treasury
/ has instructed the collector Of customs at
/ New York to grant free entry to 107 plaster
casts of ancient sculptures which are ex-
peeted to arrive at New York in short
time for exhibition at the Industrial Ex-
hibitiOn at Minneapolis.
| LARGE sums of money are reported as
being sent from Boston and other Ameri-
can cities to aid the secessiOnist move
ment in Nova Scotia.
| ON the 18th the steamer St. Joseph, from
| Liverpool, arrived at st. Johns, Newfound-
| land, having on board the crew of the
schooner Mary, Queen of the Seas, lost in
mid-ocean on May 8.
| DURING a riot in Sligo on the night Of
the 18th several houses were wrecked.
! CHAMBERS has made it's appearance
among horses at Newark, n. J., and vicin-
ity.
THE receptions at the White House will
be held this week regardless of the sultry
weather.
IT is expected that the Bulgarian As
sembly viii shortly proclaim the union
with Roumelia.
A MEETING of fully eight thousand citi-
zens was held at Melbourne, Australia, on
the 18th, at which the defeat of Glad
stones Irish measures was deplored.
THE Navy Department is gathering in.
formation regarding the utility of mer-
chant vessels for war purposes.
EVIDENCE against moonlighters in
Clare, Limerick and Kerry, Ireland, has
been received through informer, and
several arrests are pending.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN the Senate on the sth a bill creating the
ONCE of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
was laid over. A resolution calling for in
formation concerning the amount and status
of bonded whisky in the country was adopt
ed. The bill passed creating yellow fever
investigating commissiOn..... In the House
Mr.. Kelly made a speech on ms motion 20
| expunge Mr.. Wheeler's speech and In defense
of Edwin NJ. stanton. He read lengthy
| letter written by stanton detailing MS rela-
tions with Mcclellan and defending ms acts.
| Several members resented Mr.. kelley
charge that conspiracy existed, and dis
KeiIey's motion to the committee on rules.
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial APP
| preparation bill was then tax en- up and con-
sidered in committee of the whole.
In the Senate on the 9Th, after some routine
business, the calendar was taken up and a
number of bills passed, among them one to
IegaIize the incorporation of National
lTiGefa LTa9es uhi0IG reIief bils ...In the
House the Legislative. Judicial and Execu
committee Of the whole and debated, the
pension office coming in for large share
of the attention OF members during the en-
tire day.
IN the Senate on the 10th, after routine
business, Mr. Beck's bill, prohibiting mem
bers of Congress accepting employment
from railroad companies, passed. the Ag-
ricultural Appropriation bill was then taken
up, and, after considerable debate, passed
| A bill to increase the navy was intro
| siOns and the Northern Pacific Land For.
feiture bill was taken up......In the House
after passage At W ords between two Zen
nessee members, co mmittee reports were re-
| ceived. The HOu Sc then went into commit
| tee of the whole on the Legislative Appro'
| priation bill, and nine of the l06 pages of the
|; | bill were considered.
THE Postmaster General has established
the IFee QeIlVeFy system aJ bFauIoruJ a
In the Senate on the 18th, after some minor
matters were disposed of, the Northern
Pacific Forfeiture bill was taken up and dis
cussed at length. Mr.. SpoOner deiiv
cred an eulogy on the late Represen.
tative Rankin, of Wisconsin,. In the
House, the Senate bill Iegalizing the incor.
pOratiOn of the National trades unions
passed. The Legislative Appropriation bill
was then discussed in committee of the
} whole during the entire day and night ses-
sion.
IN the Senate on the 18TH, after lengthy
speech by Mr.. Whitthorne on the proposed
Congress of American nations, the Army
| Appropriation bill was passed; also
| several bills of minor importanc
| The Northern Pacific Forfeiture bill
was made unfinished busiuess...-..In In the
| House, after the reception OF a few commit
tee REPORTS discussion was resumed on the
| Iegislative, judicial and Executive Appro
? priations bill, and was continued all day.