The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
personal AND POLITICAL.

peration in that mild climate.
THE Haybain Generals, La Conte and La
Roche, have taken refuge at st. Thomas.
CAPTAIN PoLLEEs, for a long time
American Consul in Cuba, committed sui
eide recently at Barbados.
JOHN T. MORTON, colored, of Arkansas,
has been appointed to a 81 900 position in
the Office Of the First Assistant Postmaster
General.
President CLEvELASD has minated
his desire to aid in tho erection Of the pro-
poseG monument to the late Vice-President
Hendricks.
ON ths 29th ex-UniBed States Senator
James Beuey died at his home in Clarks-
vile, Tenn.
DIR. sLADE, the spiritualis5, was arrested
at Weston, Va, on tho 205h charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses, in
giving seances for pay.
GENERAL SHERIDAE and Secretary
Whitney issued orders to army and navy
officers in Washington to assemble in full
uniform New Years Day to pay their re-
spects to the President OF the United
States.
HANNAH KEENE and Josephine Z. Ruet,
two women arrested at Springfield, Mass,
charged with disturbing a me2ting Of the
Salvation Army, pleaded guilty in the
Police Court, aud were Aaed and paid SE22
each.
SPEAKER CARLISLE has decided to elimi-
nate from the House Con nib5es list those
on Pensions, Bounty AMI Back Pay, Pub
lie Health anl the Tenth Csnsas.
REV. FRANCIS HARRISON, rector of st.
Paul's Episcopal Chureh, at Troy, N ",
died on tho 10Th, aged forty-six He was
a very prominent churchman, and his
name was q few years ago mentioned for
the then vacant Bisropric Of Indiana. He
was member of the committee Oh revi-
sion of the book of common prayer.
THE City Council. of Vinconnes, Ind. has
bounced the entire night police force, Eu-
gene Crandau, Jacob Metzger, G0tlieb
Vicke and Tom Shay, whom Mayor viii
helm and the COMMITTEES on Police found
of duty one nigh recently between twelve
and one O'Clock.
PROFESSOR EDWIN SANBoRN, OF Dart
mouth College, died on the 29tl, aged sew
enty seven years. Ho was a native Of
Gilmanton, N. H., and was graduated from
Dartmouth in tho class OF 1882. He was
identified with the college through the
greater part of his lits. He married a
niece of Daniel Web35ar, and one of his
children is Miss Kate Sanborn, the writer
and lecturer.
JOHN TEEMER, the oarsman, is to visit
Australia in the spring, where he viii row
with Beach.
The Indiana State chess tournament was
won by DR.. Leech, of Waveland.
EARL CowPER claims that rent, aud not
home rule, is the overshadowing Irish
question.
M. DELEssEPs has been assured that a
majority of the French Senate and
Chamber of Deputies will vote in favor of
his lottery scheme in aid Of tae Panama
Canal.
ON the both Lieutenant Jones Of the
Fourth United States Artillery committed
suicide at Fort Adams, rather than be
court martialed for overstaying his leave
of absence.
On the 3lst James Elder, Postmaster at
Richmond, Ind, dropped dead.
M. PAsTEUR has concluded his treatment
OF the four children from Newark, N. j.
PRESIDENT GREvY has accepted the res
ignation of Premier Brisson and has sum
moned nj. de Freycinet to form Cabinet.
On the 1st King Leopold of Belgium re-
ceived Lieutenant Taunt, y. S. N, who
has been exploring the Congo region.
PROF. G. G. GEoRGEsoN, of Texas, has
been appointed Professor in the State Col
lege at Toxic, Japan.
UNITED STATES CoNsUL-GENERAL WAL
LER gave a brilliant Now Years reception
at the rooms Of the So. Georges Club at
London. great many notables were
among the callers.
On the 1st Titzhugh Lee was inargur-
Gted as Governor of Virginia wi5h much
pomp and ceremony.
ON the I'd Treasurer Jordan took charge
Of the sub-treasury at New York against
the protest of Mr.. Acton.
On the ID Oliver Doud Byron was con-
victed at Cincinnati, O., of violating the
law prohibiting theatrical performances on
Sunday. He was not present to receive
sentence.
PRINCE ALEXANDER and Turkey have
reached an agreement concerning the
union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia.
ON the Sd Thos. W. Keene tho actor,
was stricken with paralysis at Kansas
City, Mo.
THE funeral of the Fenian Buckley at
Cork, Ireland, on the Sd, was made the
occasion for great political demonstra-
tion.
PRINCE BISMARCK has withdrawn his
opposition to the marriage ofPrince Alex
ander of Bul garia to the daughter of
Crown Prince Frederick William of Ger
many.
THE twenty ffth anniversary of the ac-
cession of Emperor William to the throne
OF Prussia was observed quietly at Berlin
on the Sd.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has requested the
Czar to allow the Russian officers who re-
signed from the Bulgarian army to resume
their commands.
GENERAL SHERIDAN furnishes a long
statement explanatory OF the recommen-
dations in his last annual report in regard
to the Indian question.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL has sub
mitted to the Cabinet proposition for the
government of Ireland which involves the
abolition Of the Royalty and the Cas-
tie executive.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
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