The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-23
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. y

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
OK the 18th the joint resolution provid-
ing temporarily for the expenses of the
Government until July 81 was submitted
to the President, and was at once ap-
proved.
SPEAKER CARLISLE icates Congress
nan Hatch from the charge of neglecting
or opposing the pleuro-pn eumonia bill.
AT its meeting on the 18th the Cabinet
discussed the action OF the House in pass
ing a resolution providing for the use of
the Treasury surplus in excess OF 800, ,00O,-
OOO in redemption of United States bonds,
and the prospects for the resolution in the
Senate.
THE funeral services over the remains Of
Cardinal Guibert, Archbishop Of Paris, on
the 10th, were very impressive.
hartley CAMPBELL is reported in a
sinking condition at Bloomingdale Asy-
lum.
GENERAL BoULAEGER, French Minister
of War, and Baron LaFienty were to fight
duel at nine o'clock the morning of the
18th.
THE London Times argues tn at the lack
of personal weight among the Conserva-
tives necessitates a COnservative-L Liberal
Unionist coali ion.
COLONEL. JUNIUs b. WHEELER, formerly
a professor at the West Point Military
Academy, died at LeNoir, n. c., on the
10th.
THE contemplated clerical changes in
the Treasury Department, which were to
have taken place on the 18Th instant, viii
be made as soon as the Legislative bill be-
comes law. The list is now being pre-
pared, and while it viii not be as large as
at first supposed, the axe VIII be swung
with considerable effect.
To sgnalize the celebration of her iubi-
lee Queoo Victoria intends to create three
royal dukedoms. The princes selected for
this honor are Albert Victor, Christian and
Henry OF Bnttenberg.
MARTIN IRoNs, the leader of the ate
Southwestern railroad strike, has resigned
as chairman OF the executive board of Dis
trict Assembly No. 1O1, K. of l., and is
said to be in Kansas, broken in pocket, in .
nuence and spirits.
PAYMAsTER GEORGE r.. WATKINS Of the
United States war ship Ossipee, who was
recently convicted by court martial on
board that vessel, at Yokohama, of en-
bezzlement, has been sentenced to three
years imprisonment in a United States
prison with hard labor and dismissal from
ths service at the expiration of his SEN
tence.
1T is reported that Paymaster Charles z.
Thompson and several other officers of the
United States war ship Lancaster are to
be court-martialed for alleged crookedness
in purchasing supplies at Cape Town.
AN English crank named James Junior
wrote a letter to Queen Victoria soliciting
her hand in marriage, and followed the
letter up by personal call al Windsor
Castle for an answer. He has been placed
in lunatic asylum.
On the 18th duel between General Bou-
LANCER, French Minister of War, and
Baron de Lareinty was fought near Men
don. The latter's shot went wide, the
Generals pistol hung fire, and honor was
satisfied. General Boulanger gained
little cheap notorioty by the spread of a
story tnat he had fireI in th air after
facing Lareinty's fire.
The American prima donna, Marie V an
Zandt, is suffering from paralysis at
Vichy, and no hopes are entertained of
her recovery.
REV HENRY WARD BEECHER is over
whelmed with solicitations to preach and
lecture in England, and requires the
services Of four secretaries to keep mp with
his daily correspondence. He is a popular
success, but not so much of a social lion as
he might be.
SECRETARY BAYARD warmly COM
mends United States Consul General Phe-
Ian at Halifax, N. s, for the able manner
i'm which he has conducted our side of the
fisheries trouble with the Nova Scotian
authorities.
THE Postmaster General has issued an
order calling attention Of the employees oil
his department to the recent letter Of the
President in relation to interference in
political matters and enjoins a strict com
pliance with the letter and spirit of that
document.
MINISTER WEST has left Washington for
visit 20 Canada, whore he is the guest of
Lord and Lady Landsdowne. His mission
is suppos ad to have some connection with
the fisheries question.