The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

IN Sweden the commercial depression
has reached a crisis. The number of fail
ures in Stockholm is steadily increasing.
The gravity of the financial situation has
not been pa~aueled since the panic of 1887.
The charges of mismanagemen Of the
Soldiers Orphans schools in Pennsylvania
continue to excite much interest. Gov
ernor PattisOn will, it is exp sc5ed, an
nounoe his intentions as TO an investiga-
ton. The Grand Army OF the Republic in
tend to aid in siftiug the facts TO the bot
tom.
THE Servo -Bul 2arian armjstice has been
extended to March 10.
A CROWD of Socialistic Hungarians
marched through the Pennsylvania coke
region on tAe 25th and forced the coke
dra wers to quit WORK.
EXPERTS declare that there are auto
graph letters of Mahomet among the
papyri acquired in Egypt by Arehduke
RenicT.
A BILL viii be introduced in the British
House OF Commons to compensate suffer
ers by the recent London rioSs.
TIE three cigar firms, Brown & Earle,
Levy Bros. and Mccoy & Co., of New
York, have concluded to accept the
Knights of Labor label. The rates paid by
the union shops are accepted, and all the
hands in the shop began work on the 26th.
THE conference OF nail manufacturers
and strikers ct Wheeling, ". Va, ad-
journed on the 25Sh without coming to an
agreement.
THE British Governm mt has approved
Lord DuHeTin's request that strong 70 ce
be sent against the Shauus oe Burmah.
IN the British House of Commons on the
25th grant o. 81 200 was made for medals
for volunteers who took part in the cam
paign against Riel.
A MILITARY subaltern in one OF tae gal
leries OF the French Chamber of Deputies
create a ssnsatioB on the 25sh by firing a
revolver downward Into the chamber. He
was arrested.
IT is confirmed from Chinese source
that China viii not consent to t!se cession
OF Bhamo and adjoining districts to En-
gland. II England does not yield, China
threatens to organize a rebellion of the
tribes.
A PROPOSITION for joint international
movement in the interest os laboriug en-
has been sent by tho Socialist members of
the French Chamber OF Deputies to the
British workmen in the House Of Com
mons.
TIE Bayview (Wis.) Nail Company has
signed the nailers' compromise scale, and
propose to start up full in all departments
OF once. The mill has 4 capacity for cut
ting about ona thousand kegs of nails per
day and employs $50 men.
MEssRs. CRoFTs & Co. and DiRglev,
Strout & Co., large shoe manufacturers OF
Auburn, Me, have followed the example
of Asa Cushman & Co, by entering into an
agreement with t&e Knights oe Labor
which shall govern thsi- relations with
their employees. Osh II firms viii probably
follow suit.
THREE THOUSAND stri 1scs az Llauberls,
Wales, hare resumed wo~S c1 tbs en-
ployers' terms. Tley 51d seen idle nine
teen weeks and wee in terrible distress.
THE amount os ss&nda-i dollars in the
Treasury, afser dedueting silver eertii-
Gates in circulation, Fe5-lsry y, was
SS25,S75,5Ai, as com 5trsf with So 1927 ,St2
IN the Treasury July 81, 1888.
DUBLIN dispatch os tas 28sa reports
great distress from famine and fever in the
villages Of Css!ecka. NIleauy and Doaoeg.
The reports are coa5cmad by the parish
priest. One death has already occurred
from vans o. food an1 many ara III from
the same cause.
OK the 235a a furious blizzard prevailed
in the vicinity Boston and Eor a loaq
distance dowa th easssra c12s-. AZ Pore
land twsn.y iuc6s5 o. snow aad sausa. and
ice was still fosm.as. Bas!nsss was as a
standsaul