The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-04-13

IHE BWenCy-IIEl anniversary OF the or
ganization of the Flora Horticultural So
ciety of Cologne, Prussia, VIII be cels-
brated by an international horticultural
exhibition to be held in that city in August
of the present year.
Prominent members OF the two great
Women's Suffrage associations Of Amer
ica-the National and the American-are
making an effort to bring them together
under one organization
ON the 4th the strikers bOycott, which
threatened to paralyze the entire railroad
system Of Chicago, was raised, and all Of
the discharged men, save those of the Bur-
lington, returned to work.
On the 4th the bi-metalic conference as
sembled at Manchester, England.
AT Hollidaysburg and Duncanville, ,iPa.,
the rolling mills of the Blair Iron Com
pany and the Portage Iron Company closed
down on the 9TH, and a thousand men were
thrown out of employment.
On the 9Th, 9Th and 7th the formal cele-
bration of the -hundredth Anniversary
of the settlement of the Northwest Terri
tory, from which the States of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan and Wis sonsin
were formed, was held at Marietta. o.
ON the 5th the Secretary of State re-
ceived a cablegram from CODsul-General
Lewis, at Tangier, from which it is in
ferred that an early and satisfactory
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Government will be reached.
ON the spot where the murdered body Of
Sarah Alexander was found in 1879 the
police of Ridgewood, L. l., recently found
a box containing Knight Templar jewels
valued at s., 900.
On the 5th the executive committee Of
| the trunk lines considered the matter Of
export rates, but adjourned without ar
irving at a decision. Differential rates
,T-0
/ but were finally referred to the meeting
| of the trunk line presidents.
On the 5th six new cases of smallpox
were reported to the Health Board of New
| York.
On the 9Th, before the Senatorial COM
mittee investigating alleged irregularities
i in the Philadelphia pOst-Ofdce, Colonel
James Lambert, of the Philadelphia Press,
| testified that nearly every county had its
representatives from some Government
office present at the State committee meet
ing at Harrisburg.
OK the 5th the Senate, in secret session,
removed the injunction of secresy from
the Chinese treaty, heretofore published,
and from the report of the committee on
foreign relations on the British Extradi-
ton treaty.
A LONDON dispatch of the 9TH says the
subscription to the Mexican loan has pro-
gressed favorably, apparently finding
! favor in German quarters. Four times the
amount asked for has been offered.
! Ar Rome, n. Y, on the 9Th, in a sparring
match, under Queensberry rules, Con
Tobin, of Troy, knocked out Bob Rey-
nOlds, of Syracuse, in three rounds.
ACCORDING to the London Standard the
! government intends to drop Mr. Balfour's
land bill, and substitute therefor bill
| for the prolongation of the term of the
| Land Commission. Also appointing addi-
tional sub commissioners.
On the 9th the executive committee OF
| the trunk lines took action in the matter
of lake and rail tariffs, which were finally
settled for the season.
THE Arrears bill introduced in the Brit
ish House Of Commons by Mr.. ParneI
provides that all proceedings for the re-
moval Of tenant for nOn-payment Of rem
shall be stayed upon the tenants applica-
ton for a revision of rent, until decision
upon such application is given, and thai
no extra rent shall be exacted for i'm,
provements made by the tenant.
For the seven days ending April 8
business failures were as follows: FOI
the United States, 1879; for Canada, %
total, 227. For the corresponding weel
last year the total failures numbered 223
On the 9th the bill which passed tht
Iowa Senate, providing that all execution
in that State should take place at tn
penitentiary, by either electricity o
hanging, as the judges might decree, wa
defeated in the House of Representatives
On the evening of the 9th a Polish WON
an named VOlvOvitch, whose husband wa
hanged at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the Sd
eloped with butcher to whom she hat
been engaged since her husbands con
victiOn.
IN the upper counties of the State o
Georgia Mormon missionaries are reporte
! as doing very successful work. FifteeI
persons left Oconee County for Utal
within a few days recently.
On the 9Th the House committee on post
offices completed the consideration of tn
Post Office ApprOp riation bill.
DURING March, according to the Treas
, uIy Department reports, there was ne
decrease in the monetary circulation G
S., ,514.