The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-30

The recent failure OF the firm Of Feador
g. Owsanikoff, in St. Petersburg, has
caused the failure of two firms at Moscow
and six at Odessa.
THE finest street pageant ever wit
messed IN Charleston, s. c., was the
trades display, on the night Of the 2lst,
given as a feature Of the gala week.
On the 20th All-Saints Episcopal Cathe-
dral, at Albany, N. Y, was dedicated,
with imposing ceremonies. Bishop Pos-
ter of New York preached the sermon.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the inaugural guaran-
tee fund reached S25, 600 on the 2Oth.
On the 23d the Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton convention at Cincinnati adjourned.
In order to meet expenses it Is proposed
to fix the price of tickets to the inaugural
ball at ten dollars-double the amount
heretofore prevailing.
On the 21st the thermometer registered
! eight degrees below zero at Montreal,
| Can.
A GERMAN gendarme, it IS reported,
| arrested q French employe of the Avi-
/ court railway station while working in
/ his own garden on German territory, on
/ the 10Th.
DESPITE the complaints of Switzerland
the German Government has discontinued
| the customs Office at Lucille. between
Alsace and Jura Bernoise, intending to
establish forts there should France en-
deavor to penetrate Alsace from that
| direction.
IT is reported that the whole plan of
/ the blockade of Zanzibar has been
! changed so as to include the entire coast.
| THE opinion is prevalent in Germany
| that it will be necessary to hold another
election for members of the Reichstag
next autumn.
l. GREAT excitement and much rioting,
particularly in Belgrade, where the peo-
pie came in collision with the sOldiery
/ several times, attended the elections foI
members of the Servian Skuptschine, on
| the 2lst Many persons were injured,
some of them seriously.
ABOUT half the land owned by the late
Joshua Jones, west Of Central Park, New
York City, has been sold at auction by
the executor of the estate, and realized
about two million dollars. The property
was bought by Mr.. Jones' father, in 1908
for less than three thousand dollars.
THE OsceOla Ga Bank closed on che
22d, and was placed in the hands OF a re-
ceiver. The capital was S25 600. There
is said to be 900 on deposit with only
So, 600 in the vault.
THE last (tWenty- sec ond) volume Of the
Tenth census report has been issued. II
addition there are two volumes of com
pendium of the census.
On the 22d the New York State Board
-
cent street-railway strike in Brooklyn.
TEN Brooklyn policemen who refus ed
to remove distractions from car tracks
during the recent street. car riot were
fined ten days. pay each and also
cautioned that a repetition of such an
offeuse would result in dismissal.
On the % Canadian Pacific shares were
pressed for sale in London, on rumors
that branch is to be built to Detroit
Mich.
THE Journal de St PctersbOlwg denies
that q secret treaty has been entered into
with Corea, but admits that COrea has
granted to Russia facilities for trade
across the frontier.
On the 23d, by q cave-in near Wilkes.
barre, Pa, the water supply Of the city
was suddenly cut of, and large mine
was submerged. from which the miners
barely escaped with their lives.
| INDIAN AGENT JOHN BLAIR states tha'
the Chippewas are slowly becoming ex
tinct.
THE Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga.
| have sent bale of new cotton to tht
Governors Foot Guard of Hartford
Conn, for the benefit of their armory
fair.
THE project for the consolidation of thr
Cuban debt, it is believed, win prove
failure, on account of the different opin-
ions. entertained on the subject by th
ministers at Madrid.
DURING the month of October 40, 365 i'm
migrants came to this country, agains
A, 166 in October, 1887. Germany fur
nished the greatest number, 10, 166; En-
gland and Wales, 7,4T7; Ireland, $3.50
Sweden and Norway, 4, 250; Italy, 9, 7S5
and Scotland, 2, OBJ
IT is reported that the Woolen Good
Association of New York will petition
Congress to class worsted importation
, with woolen cloth.
IMPROVED machinery is being importe,
into Cuba, with the object of increasin
( the sugar production of the next can
crop.
DURING October exports Of merchandis
! aggregated in value $74 ia, 49, agains
$40, 033 430 in October, 1887. Imports fol
the month were valued at S66, 234, Cos
: against 500, 9G3, ,257 in October, 1887.