The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-10

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OK the night Of the 4th the steamer
Charles Morgan burned to the waters
edge at Cincinnati The boat was valued
at 1000; insurance not knowp- Incen-
diarism is suspected.
Or the night of the 5th Jacob Nagley, q
Whitley County (Ind.) farmer, was badly
injured in a battle with a hOuse-breaker
MISCELLANEOUS.
DURING the first four months of the pres
ent fiscal year the total receipts from in
ternational revenue were S29, ,465 AL, a
decrease Of 81, ,16S, 243, as compared with
the receipts during the corresponding
period of last year.
SAN Francisco customs officers on the I'd
seized $4,000 worth of opium on the
steamer Rio JaneirO, recently arrived
from China. The drug was found in the
coal bunkers.
THERE is an epidemic of diphtheria at
| WillNnsonburg, an eastern suburb of
| Pittsburgh, Pa. Over two hundred cases
have been reported, many of them quite
serious. The cause of the trouble seems
to be a defective system of drainage.
DEBATE on the Military bill occupied the
German Reichstag on the Sd.
THE sale of a million acres of land in
Old Mexico by st. Louis parties to an
Eastern syndicate has just been cOnsum-
mated
THE Dublin Corporation adopted resolu-
tiOns on the Sd, condemnatOry of the pol
icy of the government.
THE San Francisco mining boom con
tinues unabated, the excitement permeat-
ing all classes. Several failures are re
ported.
A BRITISH Cabinet council on the Sd dis
cussed the advisability of further prose
cutions in Ireland
MEMPHIS, Tenn, is considering a propo-
sition to enlarge and extend its water sup
ply.
AN iron tower 440 feet high is to be built
at London to commemorate the Queens
jubilee.
THE French Ministry has resigned on ac-
count of an adverse vote in the Chamber
of Deputies.
THE convention at Philadelphia laid out
| a plan for celebrating the centennial Of
the signing of the Federal Constitution.
THE Amalgamated Association has de
cided not to be present at the Trades
! Union convention at Columbus, o., next
/ year
A STORY printed in New York that the
! Standard Oil Company had purchased the
Caspian oil fields is pronounced false by all
] interested.
| THE w. G. T. U. of st. Louis adopted a
resolution at a meeting on the Sd, express
! ing modification that Mrs Whitney, wife
/ Ol JuG oGCIGLdEy OF ILC Navy gave u ulL-
ner which was attended by Mrs. Cleveland
and other ladies, and whereat all drank
! wine.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
| authorized the First National Bank OF
/ Shreveport, La, to begin business with a
capital Of S3OO,OOO
REPORTS from Albany, N. Y, are to the
effect that thirteen grain-laden boats en-
route for tidewater are frozen in the canal
bntyvppn that nOiuf and Little Falls
THE receipts of the recent grand opera
season in st. Louis by the American Opera
Company aggregated S25, 900.
A PROFOUND sensation has been created
in Peru by the publication of a pamphlet
referring to occurrences within the walls
of the MERGED monastery.
DURING the present month the commits
siOns Of sixty presidential post-masters
will expire.
DUBLIN advices intimate that the Irish
executive is preparing for determined
struggle against the Irish National League.
REPORTS from Belgrade are to the effect
that the Bulgarian regency will make
overtures to King Milan to induce him to
become a candidate for the Bulgarian
throne
THE Porte has sent a note to the Powers
asking advice on the solution of the Bull
garian difficulty. The note betravs an en-
| tente between the Porte and Russia.
| MONTEREY (Mexico) advices state that
a bloody civil war is among the probabili-
| ties for our sister republic.
! THE Cunard steamer Umbria refused to
4 receive the British mail for New York, at
| Liverpool, when it sailed on the +th.
OK the 9th fight occurred between the
/ police and participants in a National
League ting at Finhalla, Ireland.
OK the 9th the American Opera Com
| pany, Theodore Thomas, president, ceased
! to exist. Its successor is the National OPP
| era Company, Theodore Thomas, first vice
/ president.
| A GOVERNMENT circular has been issued
to the police throughout Ireland forbid
ding them to assist in any manner in the
! enforcement of evictions.