The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

THE first session of the American
Bankers Association was held at Cin~
cinnati on the I'd.
THE two large sugar refneries of the
firm of De Castro & Donner, Of Brooklyn,
N. Y, were closed down on the Sd, pur-
suant to orders issued by President Have
meyer Of the Sugar Trust One thousand
meu were thrown out Of work
THE Americanist Congress will hold its
next meeting at Paris in 1889.
SOUTH GERMAN papers report that the
police received warning of an Anarchist
plot to kill Emperor William during his
journey from Munich to Vienna, the
route which was changed.
AT Gettysburg, on the Sd, the One Hun
dred and Twenty-fifth and One Hundred
and Twenty sixth New York Regiment
monuments were dedicated with impos-
ing services.
FIFTY veterans Of the one hundred and
twenty fifth New York infantry dedicat-
ed a monument on the attle-feld Of
Gettysburg, Pa, on the ID.
A COMMISSION OF the British Associa-
tion, which has for some time past been
investigating the liquor traffic among the
African races, announced, on the Sd, that
in 1885 Holland sent to Africa 1,099, 146
gallons of spirits, and in 1886 the city OF
Boston at one time sent 737, $50 gallons of
rum. Since 1888 Hamburg and Bremen
have sent to Africa 3O,OOO,O 900 gallons or
| spurious liquors.
AT Napa, Cal, on the Sd, the worlds
pacing record of one mile for three-year-
olds was beaten by Gold Leaf. Time,
2:15
IN Rochester, N. Y, on the Sd, Dennis
Gallagher, of Buffalo, N Y, defeated
/ Lucine Mons Christol of Cincinnati, in a
| three-round Greco- Roman wrestling con-
test, for 800 a side. Christol won the first
- III A1,..,,
THE Omaha (Neb.) Herald employees
contributed S145.5O for the relief of the
| Jacksonville (Fla.) yellow fever suffer-
| ers.
THE fair Of the Bay State Agricultural
| Society opened at Sprin gield, Mass, on
| 4th. The prospects were most hattering.
The Mexican rains have ceased. The
losses throughout the country by cyclone
| and floods are estimated to exceed 49,
OOO, 600.
AT the imperial banquet in Vienna,
! given on the 4th, in honor Of Emperor
! William of Germany, the table was ar
| ranged in the form of horseshoe, the
| distinguished visitor being seated at the
center between the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the Empress Elizabeth.
On the 4th the situation at Jacksonville
Fla, was reported as more hopeful The
weather was quite warm, but delightful
RECENT extensive floods in the regior
of the Alps and the Jura in Switzerland
have rendered many families homeless.
NEXT year an international congress-
will be held in Switzerland, to discuss
means for the suppression of immora
literature.
THE city of Fernandina, Fla, has a
Howard Association, formed of members
who went through the yellow fever cpl
demic in that town in 1877.
PRESENT indications point to the stormi
est session of the British Parliament thai
has been witnessed for years.
THE damage caused by the late frost tc
the tobacco cropin the South Side section
} of Virginia is very great and more than
{ one-fourth Of the crop has been com
t pletely ruined.
OF the /, 100, 900 foreigners in France
, only 100000 are naturalized, aud only
( one-fourth Of the citizens of foreign ex
l traction were born in France.
THE English collieries situation is be
= coming critical. The 300, 900 miners in
sist on the ten per cent. advance Il
wages, and threaten to strike unless thei
: demand is complied with. Meantime tn
= price of coal is steadily increasing.
' THE statement of the Chicago, Burling
T ton g. Quincy railroad for August show
g a adeerease in gross earnings Of $1OS 699, a
increase in operating expenses of $16I,
: II5, and a decrease of net earnings Q
{ $275,51
n BEFORE the over-worked and under
paid employees of the North Side Chicag
}, street-car men had actually quit work
o scabs were hurrying from all parts Of tn
country to secure their places.
ON the 5th the New York Mail and EI
press, which had been ''rat" office sine
. 1888, discharged its non-unfOn printers
" and appointed a member of Typograph
S ical Union No. as foreman of the ne
- force.
A RUMoR was current in Chicago, o
= the 4th, that large quantity of dyna
a mite had been found secretCd in q Mort
o Side basement. Search by CAPITAL
q Setback failed to discover the exrlosiv'
i On the 4th the Sixty third Indiana Vo
. unteer Infantry held their ninth annu'
= reunion at Covington, Ind. About thr'
! V1Tagenf