The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-23

On the 18th and 18th one of the worst
snow-storms ever experienced In the
Eastern Middle States occurred. Hun
dreds of trains on the various railroads
were showed in, and thousands of pas
ssngers etained, among: whom in some
instances great suffering was experi-
enced-
on the 14th all the Western railroads
except the BuFIin g ton had agreed to give
notice of an advance In freight rates, tax.
ing effect March 26. The Burlington peo-
pie still stood out and refused to give the
notice, and the railroald managers had
little hope of being able to bring about
an advance unless the Burlington sur
rendered
AT Savannah, Ga, Joe johnson, aged
fifty, eloped recently with a buxOm girl,
aged twenty-five, whom he had brought
over from Ireland and p assed of for his
cousin. He left his wife and a suit for
alimony behind.
ON the 18th the local elections which
were to have been held in many New Jer~
sey towns were prevented by the great
storm.
On the 14th stockholders o. the Metro
politan Bank of Cincinnati circulated a
petition to Comptroller Trenholm asking
that the money in the hands of the re-
ceiver be applied to tue pay ment Of claims
against the bank, and that the receiver
was more than enough money on hand to
| pay ali claims.
On the 14th the blockading of railr DAD
| and the prostration of telegraph lines
| leading out OF Boston was so complete
| that the only means of communication
/ with the outer world was by the CONNER
/ cial Cable Company's line TO Rockport,
Me-, and thence by cable to London.
On the 14th it was stated that the Ber-
] gen cut, ON the Erie railroad, was so filed
/ with snow that il would require a large
force of men several days to dig it out.
on the 18th the striking engineers OF
he Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail-
| roads to handle all freight consigned to
the Burlington as fast as offered. The
result was that more cars were forwarded
| than the company, with its limited force,
could handle, and they were compelled to
refuse to receive them, and were mulcted
for trackage charges and required to
pay all freight bills, amounting to thou
sands of dollars, on tender of freight.
All this. in view of their suit to compel
competing lines to b andle their freight, is
in the nature of a boom erang.
OK the night Of the 18th the life pris-
oners in the Ohio State penitentiary were
allowed to meet in the chapel to discuss
among themselves matters concerning
their condition. ResOlut ions were adopt
Oh uShAnS bAeAb 1Ao \ a. OAS law 10 nAdAO W
apply to them.
On the 10Th the Ohio river was practi.
cally blockaded at Browns Island, five
miles above Steubenville, O., by the sink
ing, in one tangled mass, of eighteen coal
barges, entailing a loss of $4,000 bushels
/ of coal.
Up to the 18th reports received from
three hundred points in Missouri, Kansas
and Arkansas, give most encouraging ac-
counts of the growing wheat crop, which
is said to be in the best condition ever
known at this season of the year.
In Italy the newspapers are complain-
ing Of the Gems orship exercised over news
dispatches sent from Massowah, Abys-
sinia, where Italian army is be-
leaguered. When questioned upon this
: subject in the Chamber Of Deputies, on
the 18th, Premier Crispi retorted that the
newspapers sometimes distorted the facts,
and could not be trusted with the news
= of the army movements. Several Depu
ties protested against the Premier's state
ment.
4 THE Bel gian expedition sent to restore
9 order at Stanley Falls, in the Congo Fre'
? State, and watch Tipoo Tib, has been re-
called
: On the 18th a great snow storm ragged il
2 Scotland. Nearly all the railways wer'
3 blocked with snow, and traffic was at
g | standstiIl.
t IN the Upper Missouri the ice is rapidly
b breaking up, and flood is already il
progress.
o AT San Francisco the smsll-pox cpl
3 demic was, on the 10th, officially declares
: by the Board of Health to be at an end
/, There were BAT eases (including Chinese
It imported) and 81 deaths since NovemRer
Quarantine was still enforced.
n On the 10th a horse trader, named LIE
v Buck, was severely beaten near Vim
r cennes, Ind, by four brothers, named UT
e for some sharp trade in which they wer
the losers. The father of the young mel
/ held the victims horse while the chastise
s m ent was being inflicted.
Il On the 10Th the Indian A appropriate
l. bill was reported to the House. 1t re
a duces the amount allowed last year $96,
GA 1t reduces the items of subsistence
/. and increases those for industrial school,