The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-12
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On the 81 fire was discovered in the sec
ond level of the Mineral Railroad and Min
ing COmpsny's Hickory Ridge slope, at
Shamokin, Pa, and il was still burning.
The loss can not be estimated. The miners
all escaped.
MANY Chinese are said TO be leaving San
Francisco for Texas and other more East
ern States.
THE House committee on naval affairs
has completed the consideration OF the bill
to increase the naval establishment, and
will report the measure to the House at
the earliest opportunity.
OK the 18th the seasons schedule was
fixed up at the session OF the National
Base Ball League.
DECISION has just been rendered at
Marion, Ind, affirming the rights of agents
and sbstractors to access to county rec
ords.
FRANCE viii not give in her adherence
to the Turko- Bulgarian agreement, ap-
pointing Prince Alexander ruler Of East-
ern Roumelia, until The ques tion OF customs
duties in Roumelia shall be settled
ON the 4th there were lively times among
street-car men in New York. The strikers
managed to prevent the running of cars
despite the efforts of the police.
ON the 4th the Iowa House of Repre-
sentatives decided by a vote OF 81 to 80, to
have a special committee appointed TO hear
charges against Judge Hays with view
to his impeachment.
FRANCE has entered a protest against
the Porte allowing Roumelia to impose ad-
ditional duties at the frontier upon French
goods which have already paid a customs
tax to Turkey.
The striking weavers at Manchester, N.
H, received a telegram from the National
Assembly, Knights of Labor, at Phludel-
phia, on the Sd, saying that the order could
not asst them. About three thousand
two hundred looms are running.
THE Senate committee ON military af-
fairs, in its majority report on the Fitz-
John Porter bill, adopt the majority re-
port OF the last Congress and say: ''The
committees have little to add to the re-
ports heretofore made in this case. ("
They recommend the passage of the bill as
simple act OF justice TO deserving
officer.
on the 5th the street-car strike in New
York ended in complete victory for the
strikers.
AT Montgomery, Ala, on the 9th, fire de-
stroyed $500 bales OF cotton and caused a
loss of $4,000.
THE Southern Pacific Railway Company
has made a heavy cut in passenger rates
from Texas points to San Francisco.
AN American has created sensation in
Ireland by bringing suit to dispossess the
holder of the Kilkenny estates.
THE internal revenue collections during
the first seven months of the year ending
June 80, 1886, amount to Sos, ,SIS,1I7, which
is 81 ,535, ,l57 more than the collections dur
ing the corresponding period of last year,
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on the Paris bourse by firing revolver
and throwing a botSle containing an ex-
plosive on the floor, at the same time shout
ing, "Vive L'AnRrchie."
DURING the month OF February the Sec
retary OF the Treasury purchased l,450,00J
ounces of silver for coinage into standard
dollars, being aboIt $4,000 less than the
usual monthly purchases.
DURING the seven days ended the 5th
the business failures numbered for tho
United States DOT, for Canada 80 total DAG,
against 246 last week and 2S6 the week
previous.
TIE Dominion Department Of Marine
and Fisheries have called for tenders for
the charter OF six swift sailing vessels of
between sixty and one hundred tons reg
istered tonnage, to be employed by the
fisheries police force on the seacoast Of
Canada.
TsE fire losses Of February are estimat-
cd at $500 900 in the Uaitsi States and
Canada. This is aboas the average for
February loss for the last eleven or twelve
years.
oE the 5th the Brooklyn sTest-car msn's
strike ended by Descon Richardson ac-
eeding to tbs demands OF the Knights Of
Labor, and trafilc was resumed. It took
several hours to clear the tracks Of jmDe-
dimenta.
TELEPHONE connection has been sstab-
lished betwesp Weshins ton and New York
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