The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-04-20


OF the day was the reading OF the minutes Of
the long session, occupying ninety pages OF the
Journal exclusive Of aye and no votes Several
bills OF minor Importance were passed, and
night session was held. devoted TO the consid-
GRAFTON OF private pension bills.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
In a letter to the electors OF the Depart
ment of Dordogne, on the 9th, General
Boulanger said: Universal suffrage is
our master. It is intolerable that dis
credited politicians shoIld presume to
make it their servant"
IN Paris there is much curiosity as to
whence the Boulanger party obtained the
funds necessary to carry on such an eX-
tensive campaign.
LORD SALISBURY said in a recent lettor
TO Earl Carnaryon: 81 sent Mr.. Cham
berlain to America unfettered by any or
ders beyond informing him Of the broad
views of the government in regard to the
Fisheries treaty, that it was TO be a monu-
meut which should indicate the peaceful
and cordial feeling existing between both
nations"
TIE sum of thirty marks was left by the
late Emperor Of Germany to each invalid
soldier OF the war of 1870.
In all, the Emperor has donated 10000
marks for the relief OF the German food
sufferers.
QUEEN VICTORIA win be an inmate of the
palace during her visit to Charlottenberg.
CONFLICTING reports from Berlin, on
the 9th, represented Bismarck as acquiesc-
ing in the marriage OF Prince Alexander
and the Princes Victoria, on the one
hand, and on the other as threatening to
resign if the question was again raised.
A AsCaooL-TEACHERo Of Waterville, Conn.,,
Miss Jennie Stevens, hns been missing for
several weeks, and ii is feared she has met
with foul play
AT Newark, n. J., Christopher Nugent
at one time owner of the largest morocco
manufactory in the world, died at his
home recently, poor man.
THE will Of the late John Roach, the
ship-builder, was ilod for probate in
New York City on the 9th.
EXPRESS VICTORIA and Princesses Vic
toria, Sophie and Margaret visited Posen,
Prussia, on the 9th, to inquire as to the
condition Of the sufferers by the floods,
and offer them relief.
ON the 18th General w. IT, Gibson and
+. J. TpOtter, OF Ohio, were chosen as
delegates to the National Republican con-
vention. They are both enthusiastic Sher-
man men.
SAM JONES, tho evangelist is reported
as saying that Mr.. Cleveland will be re-
nominated Il despite the schaming Of Bill
Scott, Baruum and German, and elected,
too. Aft0r that, the Republicans will re-
turn to power.
ON the 18th the will of Jacob Sharpe, the
convicted New York boodler, was fled for
probate.
A CALL has been issued for the Michi-
gan GreeubaCk State convention to meet
at Lansing, May s, to select delegates to
the National convention, which meets at
Cincinnati one week later.
THE Pril eeton Alumni Association OF
4. I Z
Patton of Princeton College ut the Uni
versity Club.
NINE. DIss DE BAR, her husband, Gen
eral Diss DE Bar, Dr. BENZ. Lawrence
and his son Frank We're arraigned in the
TOmbs couSt New York City, on the 18th
charged with conspiring to defraud Law.
yer Marsh
ENSIGN RYAN, ofIPittsburgh, Pa, who en-
ticed Miss Preston from her home and
abandoned her in New York, agreed, OF
the 18th, to make partial reparation by
marrying tho wronged girl.
WARDEN WALSH Of the Tombs New
York City prison, resigned, under
charges, on the 18th.
THERE was some talk among Republic
ans. on the t2th, of flibustering agains
The Tariff bill, but it was not general
JOSEPH TRlsLoAR, chief clerk in the cor
Jespondence bureau Of the New Yorl
buStom-housV, refused, on the 11th, t,
terminate his thirty-five years Of faithful
Nervice by a voluntary resignation, ant
was summarity discharged.
DIR. c. 4. AaNEw was reported seriousll
Nl OF peritoniIis, at his residence in New
York, on the 18th.
JouN L. SULLIVAN sailed from Liverpoo
Cor America 90 the 18th.
THE platform OF the Oregon State Re
publican convvntion denoupces the Tariff
DOliCy Of the President.
VICE-PRESIDTNT VAN HORNE Of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad denies the repor
from San Franc jsco referring TO an ALI
auce between Il g Canadian Pacific and tn
Epreckels Sugar Refinery.
THE tube in the Emperor's throat ha
been discovered TO be defective, and DR.
Mackenzie has ordered another one.
CONSUL GENE RAJ PHELAN says Ameri
cans are very foolish in opposing tn
Fisheries treaty, os it secures for us NOR
than could havR been hoped. The peopl
OF Nova Scotia with more reason, are al
opposed to the treaty.
Mrs. MARGARET MCCLAIN, OF Pitts
burgh, Pa, un the 18th, brought sui
against Christopher Lamb to recove
5000 damages for the death OF her son
with the murder of whom Lamb stand
charged.
ON the night OF the 18th the Jeffersonial
Club OF Newark, n. j., held a reception il
honor OF the 145th anniversary of the brit
Of Thomas Jefferson.
ON the 18th the Owens Sunday bill
passed the Ohio Legislature and went {,
rbe Governor for his signature.
The charges against Assistant -Secre
tnry Maynard, Of Interference in the Gus
tom-house management to accomplish
political ends, has been reiterated by Mr.
Godkin, who has offered to produce th
witnesses.
ON the charge Of embezzlement, Markau
commander of the Roumanian fiOtilla, ha
been tried by court martial, convicted ant
degraded from his rank, and sentenced Z
ten months imprisonment, and TO pa
costs.
DURING his brief stay in London ex
Mayor Grace Of New York has been active
ly engaged in interviewing prominen
bankers and politicians, and has becom
quite a social lion
1dB correspondents of the Londsn pa
pers agree that the crisis over the mar
riage Of Prince Alexander to Princess Vic
tOria has been settled amicably, aud tha
6hsrs VIII be no political change