The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-22


Ohio. in session 6t Columbus, denoLHeed
Sunday papers and recommended the ex~
tension OF the local option FEATURES of tRa
Dow law to counties and townships.
The Treasury Department has decided
that the items for bleaching and washing
ont cotton enbroidsries form part of the
value OF goods and are dutiable under the
decision in the OberteufPer case.
AUSTRIAN official journals warn Bull
garia against electing Prince until the,
Powers have agreed upon suitable per-
son.
AN interview took place at London on.
the l4th between the British Forsign Sec
retary and the Russian Ambassador to
Great Britain.
JACOB WELLER & Co., Wholesale peanut
and pickle dealers, and Staats, Edwards.
g. Co, both Of Cincinnati. have failed on.
account of the defalcation aud flight Of
r. NJ. Doll, confldential clerk of the former.
firm.
TIE Cabinet meeting on the 14th was at
tended by all ths members except Secre--
tary Manning. The Treasury Departments.
was represented by Acting Secretary
Fairchild. The Miles-Geroniruo complica-
tion was again under consideration
| THE negotiations between the Standard
] Oil Company and the proprietors of the
| Empire and American oil refineries were
concluded on the 14th by the former pay
| ing the latter 81, ,225 600 for their plants.
The purchase includes the independents
pipe lines running from the Butler ano
Washington CPa.) oil fields.
The coal mtne owners Of Fifeshibre,
Scotland, refuse to concede the dem,iEd
of the miners for. an increase of ten per
| cent. in wages. The masters throughout
! Scotland are in favor of a general lockout
unless the men abate their demsnd.
! Thirty five thousan 1 miners would be- in
| Volved in such lockout
| A SLIGHT earthquake shock was aelt at
| Charleston on the 10th.
/ GERMAN exports to America for the last
/ fiscal year amounted to $4,000, 900 moro
/ than for the preceding year.
GERMAN officers have boycotted MEz
/ tradesmen on account Of their hostile at
titude during the visit Of Crown Prince
Frederick William to that city.
EIGHT Polish -land owners held mea;-
ing at Posen on the 18th and resolved to
| establish a land and trust bank with a
capital of 3,OOO, 600 marks to assist the
! Poles In resisting the efforts of the Gov
! ernment to Ceramic the Polish prov
| inces.
TIE London Post claims authority for
stating that although no explicit agree
| ment has been concluded, England, Aus
| tria, Germany and Italy have m ntually
determined to oppose Russian aggression
in Bulgaria. Sweden has also declared
her disfavor of REssia's course.
THE business failures occurring ehrou3h
out the country during the seTen days
| ended the 18th numbered for the United
States 100, and for Canada 10, total of
49, as compared with a total Of 100 for
| the previous like period
THE Bulgarian Government viii send
deputation to each of the Powers, includ-
| ing Russia, TO ask them to name a candi-
date for the Bulgarian throne. If the
! Powers do not reply the government will
i act independ emily and probably appoint
StambuIoR regent.
TIE South Boston (Mass.) iron works
hive suspended operations.
| on the 18th Irish landlords held meet
ing in Cork. and expressed themselves on
the rent and eviction question.
THERE wers no signs of a settlement of
the switchmen's strike at Minneapolis up
to the 18th.
RUSSIA has sent another note to Bulga-
ria making demands which Bulgaria will
not concede, and there is another crisis.
A PRIVATE letter received atWashington
| gives an alarming description of the
European situation. War in the spring is
| considered certain.
On the 10th the mayor of Minneapolis
?! issued proclamation calling on both
parties to the switchmen's trouble to ar
| bitrate their differences.
THE German War Ministry is said to
have, ordered the rapid building of 1900
railway carriages at Augsberg.
THE press of Paris and Berlin deny that
there IS any fear of war between France
and Germany, as rumored in British news
papers.
AN inFormer who had long been con-
cealed by the police in the barracks at Cas-
tie Island, in Ireland, has escaped and
fed. .-..