The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
CIuDiled from Various ScErcess
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ton on the 11th and 18th Of May, 1887, on
which occasion the statue in memory Of
its lamented comra13, G 3u3raI James A.
Garfield win be unveilc1."
COLONEL THOMAS MOOSLTGHT. Of Leaveu-
worth, Kas.. has besl nominated by the
President IS Governor of Wyoming Ter
ritOry.
President CLEVELAND has transmitted
to Congress the correspondence relative to
the rights of American fishermen in North
American waters.
LORD LONDONDERRY. VicerOv Of Ireland,
has appointed Mr. Sexton 10 the shrievalty
of Dublin and James OMara to that Of
Limerick
OK the 9th two members of the British
Parliament, Messrs. Bruce and Buchanan,
were on the floor OF the Senate at Wash
ingtou, having been extended that courtesy
by an order from Senator Sherman, presi-
dent pro tom.
TEH Presidents expression Of a desire
for the negotiation Of a new commercial
treaty with Mexico has been well received
by the press and government OF that coun-
Try.
CoNGREssMAN SwINBURNE, of New York,
has served notice upon Congressman elect
Nicholas T. Kane that he win contest his
seat in the Fiftieth Congress on the ground
Of fraud.
REV. WILLIAM DUNCAN, a British mis-
sionary, gives a glowing account of the
progress Of the Indians in British Co
lumbia.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY TREN-
aOLM says that AIr. Serbia was asked to
resign on account of his incompetency.
The Comptroller regrets that Mr.. Scriba's
persistence should make it necessary to
reveal the true cause of the desire to make
O change
SHERIFF FLEDDERMAN, of Baltimore, Md,
has been presented by the grand jury for
attempting to brbc a colored voter at the
polls Of the Third precinct of the Tenth
ward at the recent congressional election.
Fledderman denies the charge.
SENATOR JONES, of Florida, and his son,
who arrived in Detroit, Mich, on the 9th,
from Columbia College, were out riding on
that day when runaway threw the Sena-
tor out of the carriage, badly straining his
side. He will be laid up for some time,
but expects to be i'm Washington after the
holidays.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, late Of Bulgaria,
had private audience with the Queen at
Windsor on the 9Th, and remains Her
Majesty's guest at the castle. At his
brothers. request he has become sponsor
of Princess BeatriCc's baby, which was
christcned with water brought expressly
from the River Jordan.
CAPTAIN WEED of the bark Cremona,
which was lost at sea on the Sth inst, has
arrived at New York.
EDWARD HANLAN, the oarsmau, sailed
from England for America on the 10th.
j. w. Brown, a Canadian Orangeman, is
thought to have met with foul play in Par
is France.
MIR. GLADSTONE has expressed his disap-
proval Of the anti-rent campaign being
conducted by the National League in Ire
land.
CoNGREssMAN AnRAM DowpNEY, of New
al 80.
City on the morning of the 10th of apo
plexy
REV. EDWARD MCGLYNS. ID. D.. of New
York, has been summoned to Rome on ac-
count of his advocacy of this Henry George
movement.
Morn and Shields, who wrestled in Kan
sas City few days since, are having a
wrangle over the gate receipts, and make
ugly charges against each other.
QUEEN VICTORIA has forbidden the ad-
mission, within the precincts Of Windsor
castle, of newspapers containing reports
of the Campbell divorce suit.
DIR JUNKER, the African explorer, tele-
graphs that he arrived at Zanzibar from
the interior. He reports that he left Emir
Bey well and that the latter had reduced
the rebels 90 submission as far as Lardo,
on the White Nile, whence there is a daily
steamer service.
THE death of Representative Dowdney,
which was announced on the 10th, sWells
to twelve the death Inst of the Forty-ninth
Congress. IL is as follows; Nice-Presi-
dent Hendricks, Senators Miller, of Cali
fornia, and Pike, of New Hampshire; Rop-
resentatives Elwoon, of Illinois Rankin,
of Wisconsin; Hahn, of Louisiana; Beach,
Arnot and Dowdney, of New y ork; Price,
of Wisconsin; Cole, of Maryland, and
Duncan, of Pennsylvania.
LOUIS ii. STANTON, son of the late Edwin
NJ. stanton, says he viii produce from the
papers left by his father ample evidence
to refute General McClellan's allegations
against President Lincoln's Secretary Of
War.
SEVERAL petitions have been received
by Comptroller Trenholm from bankers
asking for the retention of Mr.. Serbia as
bank examiner, but Mr. Trenholm is de
termined that Serbia must 90.
REAR AnNIrAL JoUErr has returned to
Washington from his tIial trip with the
Dolphin ana makes a very satisfactory re
port as 20 her batteries, speed and general
case in handling.
MAJOR X. II. STANTON, of Kentucky, has
been appointed member of the commits
sion 70 allot lands in severalty to the In
dians on the Umaulla reservation in Ore
gon.
DR. THEODORE BARTH, member of the
German Rcichstag, had an interview with
the President on the nth, and was strong
ly impressed with the dignity and sim
plicity Of his reception at the White
House.
THE Earl Of Iddlesleigh, British Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, is in feeble
health, and has retired TO the country,
where he viii remain for awhile to recu-
peratC
Mr.. PHEIPs, American Minister at Lon
don, is confined 70 his home with lumbago,
but the worst of the attack is thought to
be over, and he expects 20 resume his du-
ties at the legation in a few days.
MAJOR WAINER, late superinteude mt of
police in the District Of Columbia, is max
ing strenuous efforts TO secure his rein
statement. He accuses the commissioners
of failure TO fulfill their promise.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, although still
suffering from rheumatic pains, resumed
his official routine on the 1lth. He received
an unusually large number of congress
sional visitors during the forenoon. Gen
erals sherman and Sherideu were among
the callers. and met Gabriel r. Paul Post
q. "A. r., OF New Jersey, who were pres
ent 20 pay thair respects TO the President
EDMUND DAVIS, a West End Gondonl
solicitor, has absconded. leaving indebted
ness 70 the amount Of 100000
Henry NJ. STANLEY has received a cable
gram from King Leopold of Belgium de-
string him TO 40 az once 70 London Mr.
Stanley has called Tor particulars he is
under contract to lecture in America until
April and would hud il difficult 70 leave.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
VoLEEY r. CHANBsRLAIN, member Of a
large pork packing este blishmcnt at Bos-
ton, Is on trial for perjury.
o. the Tth George Watt, the convict who
was shot by guard during the revolt In
the Riverside pa penitentiary, died Of
his wounds.
MORTON, alias KeatinC, the fraudulent
preacher, is on trial at Dublin for obtain