The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-30

On the 21st the Ontario branch of tho
Dominion Temperance Alliance, in session 4
at Toronto, indorsed the proposition for
national convention to form Prohibition
or third par ty.
On the 21st the steamer Pomona, which
was spoken at sea on the 18th inst, under
sail, with her propeller gone, had not yet
arrived. Fears are entertained for her
safety.
DAMAGE is feared at the cities along the
/ Delaware, as the water in the river is
frozen to the bottom, and any sudden
rise wiz force the water into new chan
nels.. ..-e
on the 21st the annual meeting of the
Holste in- Freisian Cattle Breeders Asso-
citation occurred at Buffalo, N. Y.
On the 21st a patent was granted to
Elias E. Ries and Albert FL. Henderson.
of Baltimore, Nd, on an apparatus for
increasing the tractive power of locomo-
tives and other vehicles propelled by elec-
! tricity. -v
On the 21st over one hundred of the
striking weavers Of the Salmon Falls IN
| H. Cotton Mills returned to work.
! In France new recruiting bill has been
prepared, which subjects all citizens to
! service for twenty-five years, with par tial
exemptions in the case Of students and
others, with equivalent in taxes, which it
| is estimated will result in a revenue Of
%, ,OOO, ,OOOf yearly.
| On the 21st a storm of great severity
| prevailed on the Atlantic coast
In the Mansion House " ard of Dublin
the local branch of the National League
| has passed a resolution condemuing
Mayor Hewitt of New York for refusing
to allow the Irish flag to be hoisted on the
City Hall on st. Ratrick's Day, and de-
claring that such refusal was an insult to
the Irish race throughout the world.
On the 22d the directors of the Philadel-
phia Commercial Exchange appointed
/ committee to correspond with the various
/ commercial bodies of the country with
| view to holding conference at Washing
ton to formulate charges for the consid-
GRAFTON of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
AT Washington a patent has been
/ granted for a new clock which will run
for years after being once wound up.
It has neither pendulum. nor balance
wheel.
on the 22d the water in the Mohawk
river at Amsterdam, N. Y, rose seven
fee in three hours, owing TO an ice gorge.
The tracks of the New York Central were
covered with water, and-the town of Port
Jackson was completely inunda ted.
OK the 22d the Ohio State Senate adopt
ed a resolution to investigate reports to
the effect that three members had so
lici ted bribes to oppose the passage of a
] OIL TO prevent bnb iii pOA ldblOA 4AAbO JAA0
State of foreign beef.
WITH the exception of France, all the
countries represented at the recent Suga r
Bounties Conference, have sentreplies to
the British Government favorable to the
abolition of sugar bounties.
On the 23d the report that the ''SOo"'
line would advance rates to the sea board,
in conjunction with other roads, was
denied.
Il AT Hornellsville, N. Y, the switchmen
of the Erie railway went on strike on
the 23d. The grievances are reported to
be low wages and an Objectionable y ard
mas ter.
GOVERNOR Ross of Texas has called a
special session of the Legislature to pro-
vide means flor reducing the surplus in
the State treasury.
ON the 23d a heaxy-hank- failure oc-
CURED at Whitman lie, Conn. s. t1szsz s,.-.
, IN New York the recent decline in the
price of Missouri Pacific stock is attrib-
! uted to newspaper attacks.
ABOUT April the works of the North
Chicago Rolling Mill Company, at South
: Chicago, will be shut down and proba.
bly, remain idle until July 1. Lack OF
orders is the cause of the shutdown.
More than two thousand men will be
: thrown out of employment.
For seven days ending the 23d the mum
t Der of business fail ures, as reported by r,
G. Dun & Co., were: For the United
States, PIP; for Canada, 81; total, 343; as
compared with $50 for the corresponding
/ lperiod last year.
On the evening of the 23d large mad
, tiger-cat, frothing at the mouth, entered
5 the cafe of the Central Park New YprS9
J Hotel, terribly frightening the 4atiies
, ! present. @ = A.
3 On the ed a wrestling match for ST.
Q 600 a side, between Evan Lewis, of chi
cago, and Jack Wannop, of England
I was arranged. f-t--
p On the Odd the B arlington road fled e
o bill in the United States Circuit Court at
Q I Chicago to compel the Rock Island road
p to handle it's freight.
On the 23d the Rhode Island Legislature
adjourned sine die.