The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-16

Loan bill was introduced in the Frenct
Chamber of Deputies.
A WINNIPEG special says that it is
stated positively that the Dominion
Government win go on with the Sault
Ste. Marie canal, and that work will actu-
ally be commenced this year.
THE ordinance passed by the Board of
Aldermen of New York City for the issue
of $3.50, 600 in bonds for a soldiers monu-
ment in that city, has been pronounced
unconstitutional
IN Eastern Roumelia an emeute has oc
Cured and forty officers have been ar
rested on the charge of nigh treason.
On the 9th dispatches from Massow ah
Abyssinia, stated that the Italian posts
had signaled that their entire line
confronted by the enemy.
ON the 7th the sharpest shock of earth
quake felt in California for eighteen years
was experienced
ON the 7th the talIy-sheet trials at
Columbus, o., were brought to a sudden
stop by the non.appearauce of Allen o.
Meyer, a witness. His disappearance
created excitement bordering on a sensa-
tion.
ON the 7th it was stated that the new
Chinese treaty would be signed in few
days by Secretary Bayard and the Chi
nese Minister. 1t is an absolute inhlbi-
/ tion against the Importation of Chinese
| contract labor.
/ ON the 7th the Massachusetts, Senate
! passed a resolut ion providing for biennial
/ State elections.
On the 9th the annual report of the
] Pennsylvania Railroad Company was
made public, showing a net income for the
year 1887 of s., 7s3. 73S.G6.
IT is stated that the yacht Mayflower
will not cross the Atlantic to participate
in the jubilee racing on the Clyde.
On the 7th the passenger brakemen on
the p Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
railway were granted an advance in
wages of from thirty-two to thirty five
cents a trip, equivalent to about six dol
lars per month The advance was en-
tirely unexpected.
On the Sth the board of direct ors of the
Iowa circuit met at Cedar Rapids, and
| fixed the dates for the seasons races as
! follows: Cedar Rapids-June 10, % in.
! elusive; Marshalltown-June 90 %;
| Council Bluffs-Julv 3, g. Purses will be
| offered the same as last year.
On the Sth the bill for submitting the
fifth (prohibitory) amendment to the peo-
pie with view to its possible repeal was
defeated in the Rhode Island House of
Representatives, where it originated, by
a vote of SO to 30.
On the sth a match was shot at Dayton,
O., between AL Bande, of Cincinnati,
and Rolla Heikes, of Dayton, 100 live
pigeons each, $lOO a sde Hurlingham
rules, Bandle winning by a score of 81
to "a.
1t is reported that the German papers
which published the premature announce
ment of the Emperor's death are to be
prosecuted.
AT their meeting on the even 'ng of the
Sth Americas Assembly, No. $40, Knights
of Labor (railroaders). adopted resolu-
tiOns indorsing the action of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, and
pledging them support, and also urgin z
upon all true Knights to remain away
from the road.
On the eth the Paris police seized a
quantity of scandalou placards rehec-
ing upon the dead Emperor, which were
being sold by street hawkers on the
boulevard. The newspapers, without
exception, denounced the sellers of these
/ offensive prints, and demanded their
severe punis hment. The press comments
on the death of the Emperor were all die
nified in tone and unanimous in express
. sions of regret
II. K. SHURBER, of New York, president
of the United Sta tes & Brazil Mail Steam
ship Company appeared before the
House comm ttee on post offices and post
roads on the 9th, and appealed for justice
in the matter of remuneration for carry ia 2
the mails. He showed that his cOmpany y
received but a moiety of the compensa
.tion allowed to trans Atlantic steamships
for the same service.
AT PhiIlipsburg, N. J., the puddlers al
the Oxford Iron Works. who had been on
a strike for two months against a reduc-
! tion, ad djusted their difficulties with the
> company on the 9th, after sustaining q
loss Of wages of $4,000.
BUSINESS failures for the week ending
: the 9th reported by r. g. Dun & Co.
: For the United States, 1875; for Canada
5S; total, 253, as compared with go for
; the corresponding week of 1887.
/ RUssIA's first steps in regard to tht
: Bulgarian question appear to satisfy pub
lie opinion, but a favorable issue of tn,
crisis is considered impossible unless th'
4 ! Powers take speedy measures.