The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-15
NISCELLANEOus.

A GREAT snow storm was prevailing
throughout England on the 9th. 3
A GRANT is to be asked of the Canadian
Government to build new wing to the
Manitoba Penitentiary. .4
THE refusal of the Egyptian Govern
ment to sanction modification of the
treaty has caused delay in the work of
deepening the Suez Canal. i
THE engineers on the New York Elevated.
Railway gained victory in adjusting
their troubles with the companies on
nine-hour basis.
On the night of the Ith reports were res
ceived from Kansas, Nebraska and the
North that violent storm was prevailing
and travel on a number of railroads was
entirely suspended.
A DISPATCH from Tamatave says: The
negotiations for the settlement of the DIFF
ferences between France and Madagascar
are still in the elementary stage. The
Malagassy officials stubbornly reject some
of the conditions recently received from
France, and it is expected that the nego-
tiations win end in failure.
TIE docket Of the Circuit Court, in ses-
sion at Henderson, Ind, contains ten muir
der ca. assbesides 250 minor criminal Of
fenses.
On the m the stallion Sultan (record
2:2f was purchased by e. Smith of Lee,
Mass, for $1,000.
TIE Australian harvest is over. Ninety
/ thousand tons of wheat win be available
for export.
ON the 7th a secret meeting of the Mer-s
chant Steel Manufacturers of the United
States was held at Pittsburgh, Pa,
for the purpose of correcting existing
Inconsistencies of the trade and the con-
sideration of prices. The attendance was
large, representatives being present from
nearly every steel mill in the country.
FIFTY men are engaged In building the
st. Paul (Minn.) ice castle.
On the 18th the furnacemen at the Edgar.
Thomson steel works, Braddocks, Pa, who
refused a ten per cent, advance in wages
offered by the firm, unless their hours of
work were reduced, were notified that their
places would be filled if the scale was not
signed by the 9th. A lockout was antici-i
pated. )
THE failures il the United States during
the seven days ended the Sth numbered,
200. (
THE new French Ministry appears to be.
satisfactory tc majority of the Paris
newspapers.
On the 9th reports from all quarters;
even from as far south as Galveston, Tex,
indicated that the blizzard had struck and
was still hitting them hard.
THE Canadian Government refuses to
admit American trotting horses free of
duty.
A MEETING of Michigan bankers is pros
posed for cooperation in a contest against
Illegal taxation. 3
THE Women's Suffrage committee at
New York protests against the disfran-
chisement of the women of Utah.
THE long continued depression in trade
and the cold weather is causing great suf-
fering among the poor at Glasgow.
THE announcement was made on the Sth
by the Executive Council Of the American
Exhibition Company that the.date Of the
opening Of the exhibition at London has
been changed from May, 1885, to May, 1885,
TIE Attorney General OF the United
States OF Colombia has begun proceeding,
to foreclose the charter OF the Panama
Railway Comps n.
DURING the recent nlis.lull erst tanding be-
tween Prince Charles TIL OF Monaco ami
the Jesutts, which resulted in the expuI-
sion Of the latter from the Princes domin-
ions, It transpired that during the last
eight years there have l-a 500 suicides
Of ruined victims of taht ro1orious gam
bling resort.