The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-11

AT Dublin, during the progress of the
trial of William O'Brien, NJ. p. burglars
entered the sessions Office and stole the
dispositions and warrants relative TO the
case, making it necessary to reopen the
trial from the beginning.
AT Newmarket, England, the 1000
guineas race, run on the I'd, was won by
Duke of Portland's brown colt Ayreshire;
the same owners brown colt, Johnny
| Morgan, second, and the Duke Of West
minister's chestnut colt, Orbit, third.
ON the 1st the Greek Minister to Con-
stantinople was ordered to sever dip1o-
matte relations with the Porte.
On the I'd the Secretary of the Treasury
received bond-sale proposals as follows:
! $3O5, 100 registered As, at prices ranging
| from 126z to 127; S17S,5O0 coupons As, at
! 1861 to 1267(; $191, 700 registered AS, at
1O7Z; and 500, 500 coupons AIS, at 1914
/ to 1917, and made the following pur-
! chases: $500, 100 registered As, at 1861;
! S4S, 500 coupons As, at 126k; $177, 200 reg
| istered AIS, at 1O72f, and $500 coupons
AIS, at 1O75S.
/ In portions Of Wisconsin and Minnesota,
| quite a heavy snow-storm prevailed on
the I'd. At Superior, Wis, over four inches
of snow had fallen up to the evening Of
| the ID.
OK the I'd the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency declared a sixth dividend Of five
per cent. on proved claims against the
Richmond Qnd.) National Bank.
NOTWITHSTANDING the contrary report
by striking Knights of Labor the attempt
to make rails with the new hands at the
! Edgar Thomson Steel-works, on the I'd,
is declared by Sheriff McCandless of AL
| legheny County to have been a success.
A DISPATCH from Berlin to the London
Standard says that clear proofs have
been received Of the existence of French
| and Russian intrigues against Italy.
THE Secretary of the Treasury received
| bOnd-sale proposals, on the Sd, as fol-
| lows: 81, 900 registered As, at prices
ranging from 1861 to 127; 1854, 100 coupon
As, at 1861 to 127; S1,779, $50 registered
AIS, at 1077l to 1879; and 81, AT, $50 cou-
pom AIS, at 107A, and made the following
purchases: $6O, 800 registered As, at 1863
$12, 900 coupon As, at 1863; 1923, $50 regis
tered AIS, at 1O791, and 45, 600 coupon AIS,
at 1O7A.
AT Topeka, Kas., the Farmers Trust
convention adjourned on the Sd, without
acting on the plan proposed for central
sale agencies, referring the matter to the
Farmers National convention at Topeka
in November.
On the Sd the strike at the Edgar Thorn
son Steel-wOrks ended in the defeat of
the strikers.
On the Sd report from st. Paul, Mimi,
/
banks, and the drives of the lOggers
coming down the swollen stream are
greatly endangered"
ACCORDING to the Treasury Department
reports the net increase in circulation
during the month of April was So, ,260, ,526.
AT Cooper Union, New York, q
large meeting was held, on the 4th, tC
express satisfaction at Mayor Hewitt's
bold stand that none but American flags
| 81 IA Il irlcr ~
that city.
AT Maple Greek, Mont, pleuro- -pneu.
monia is reported among the cattle. 1t il
claimed that the disease has also ap.
peared at Woodpecker.
On the 4th the House committee OF
manufactures adjourned the trust inves.
tigation, subject to a call of the chair
man.
On dne 4th the committee on education
and labor agreed to submit a favorable
report on the bill to prohibit the employ.
ment of aliens on public buildings and
other public works.
, IT is said that the new Egyptian loa1
has been subscribed for in London il
nearly twelve times the sum required.
On the 4th the employees of two larg,
brickyards in Springfield, Mass, strucl
for ten hours.
IT is said that the revolt against the lat,
decree of the Vatican is rapidly spreading
throughout Ireland.
IT is reported that the Dublin authori
, ties are anxious for a visit from the Queen
: believing that her presence would eliei
l more and deeper expressions of loyalt,
from the people than any thing else tha
{ could be conceived.
OK the 4th the officers of the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
: denied the report that that company ha
, absorbed the st. Louis & San Francisc
! railroad.
: On the 4th the New York State Board 0
, Arbitration concluded its investigation Of
4 the brewers lockout and promised al
early report.
OK the 4th the entire day was devoted b
the Methodist conference, in session i
{ New York, to debate on the report exclud
o ing women delegates. The debate wa
d still pending at adjournment.