The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-01-06
IN BRIEF.
Coapiled FROM Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
IN Paris Sara Bcrnhardt is Just now
mourning the loss of her tame tiger
which died in her arms tho other day of
gastritis, after suffering eight hours OF
excruciating pain.
SECRETARY LAMAr. it is reported, will
shortly make public an opinion affirming
the decision of acting Commissioner
Stocks'asor against the claim Of the
State OF kansas 70 large tracts of laud in
that State, alleged to have been illegally
certified 10 the Union Pacific aa1 Kan sas
Pacific Railroad companies.
IN receiving sixty delegates from the
former pontifical army, headed by Gener-
ais Kansler and Charotte, the Pope ex-
pressed sorrow at being deprived OF his
army, but this afiiction, he said, was
softened by the hope that the day was
near when he would again be enabled to
have his devoted soldiers urolnd him.
JOHN u. SULLIVAN has been presented
by the Prince of Wales with a most
astounding wakiuE stick OF molacca,
with hinge TWISTED snake FOR head, in
massive silver, and witr its scales care
fully carved.
on the 2Sth reports were received an
nouncing the death OF Emperor William
OF Germany, but they proved TO be with
out foundation
CoMMENTINo uyon Lord Randolph
ChurchiIis visit 90 Russ a, the Moscow
Gazette says: ''His visit viii dispel his
prejudices. He wi fad no traces Of ag-
gressiv9 plans agoias India"
on the night OF ths 2'sh Governor John
s. Marnaduko ot Missouri died at the
Executive Mansion at Jefferson City, of
acute pneum onia, within fOrty-eight
hours Of the time heto0i his bed. He was
hfty-two ven 3 OF a 90.
ON the 2S IA Mr. Gladstone embarked
upon the Chennol steamer at FOlkes tone
on his way tn Frame, He was cheered by
the crowd y ch had gathered to see him
Off.
THE printer OF tle Cork IroIand) Er.
dmiaeT, Mr.. Core lran, has boen arrested
on the charge OF Publishing in tnnt paper
reports of meetings OF proclaimed
branches Of tho National League.
on the night of the 27th Captain
Stephen q. Sluyter died at Hartford,
Conn. He was engaged for several years
in preliminary soundings for ths Atlantic
cable, and, in command Of the steamer
Victoria, laid the first main cable. Dur
ing the war he was in command OF q gun
boat.
A POPULAR young man named Richard
III. Hurringcr, who has just died at Troy,
n. y, was constant smoker Of cigar
cites. He became troubled with an af-
fectiou of the heart, which was followed
by dropsy Several physicians attended
him, aud they all agreed that his sy-tem
had been shattered bv nicotine poisoning
OK the night of The 21th Colonel John
McCauil, tho opera manager, while walk
ing on the street in Chicago. slipped and
fell, breaking oae of the small bones OF
the right ankle. The surgeon who SO the
fractured limb said 4. would require most
careful uu sing, and &c would probably
lay the patient up for several weeks.
ON the 2Sth the Lathrop Memorial, a
home for chi dven yrhoss mothers are COM
peeled to work and nursery combined,
was dedicated at Albany, n. Y. It was
built by Mrs. Leland Stanford, in memory
of her motnor, on the site of the old La
thrup homestead, where Mrs Stanford was
born. The edifce cost $4,000. Senator
Stanford and Mrs. Stamford were present
at the dedicatory service.
ON the 29th tho Massachusetts Tariff
Reform League held it's annual meeting
at Boston. The banquet was a brill ian
affair.
ON the Goth Lord Lytton, Eng'andf
new Minister to France. pro sented his ere
dentials 60 Pres dent Carnot.
ON the 29Sh Mr. Shoehy, II. p, who was
recently imprisoned in ireland under tn,
Grimes act was forcibly drc c3sed in tn,
prison garb by the Jail warIers, but a
soon as they left the cell he discarded th,
clothes.
IN Warsaw, Miss Ella Russell, of Cleve
land, o., scored a triumph in the opera o
LIN Trav iata." Sho was presented will
a golden laurel crown, on the leaves o
which were engraved the names of "A mum
ber of the generals and colonies Of tn
Imperial Guard.
KING MILAN has accepted the resigna
tion OF the Serviau Ministry. The retire
ment of NJ. Bistics Is considered checl
TO Russia.
On the goth Mrs. Euujcs Bosworth Tav
lor wife OF Congressman Il. B. Taylor, o
Ohio, died of apoplexy, at ProvidenC
Hospital. Washington, where she had beel
removed on bong found unconscious in tn
street. There were no persons at her bed
side when she died save the hospital at
tendantt and her identity was unknown
for several hours after her demise.
OK tho morning of the 29th John Cros
bv, president of the AIillers' National AS
sociatiou, and a member Of the great fiou
milling firm of Washburn, Crosby & Co.
Minneapolis, MIMI, died of complication
of diseases. The immediane cause Of hi
death was paralysis OF the heart,
SUIT has been begun by COmptrole e
Trenholm for the forfeiture of the charte
or the Filth National Bank OF st. Louis
THE grand cross Of tho order of Piu
TX. has been conferred 10y the Pope upol
late His Holiness upon his jubilee.
Ir is reported that Sitting Bull is no
opposed TO Senator Dawes bill for tn
opening OF the Sioux reservation.
ALI day on tho S0th the remains c
Governor MarmaJuke Of Missouri reste
in Iate, and were viewed by thousands G
citizens. Tho funeral took place ON tn
afternoon of the 31st.
For the position Of special examiner 81
candidate. Tho salary and per diem a
lowance amounts TO about 900 year.
DoN CABtos stili insists that he is th
legitimate ruler ~ France, but advises hi
supporters to 'irust in Providence an
take no part in revolution" He'll 'sge
left" but be perfectly safe on that POI icy
A SET of resolutions will be prosente
by the New York municipal council c
the Irish National League to Mrs. Heur,
Ward Beecher, expressing the sympath
and regret OF the society at the death O
her husband aud its respect for his mem
ury. These resolutions nre drawn up o
heavy parchment, fastened in the forr
Of a''auner upon stick of carved WOOD
PETITION has been fled by Mrs
"BucS" Grant, noa Miss Fannie ChalTee
iu the County Court az Denver, Col, ask
ing for "a SOFT 'cmeIt of tho vast estate Iei
her 10y her father, Hon. jerome r. Chat
Tee, IoT TfneriN Nnllc1 states senator iron
.-Bloradu. In his will Mr., Chaffee left hi
daughter Fannie $4,000 worth Of secm
ties, embracing Goverumept bonds. min
ing and raiirCal suares.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the 21th James Watson, a mine bos
In the employ OF the Pennsylvania Co,
Company at Pit.ston, Pa, was shot an
fatally wounded by Samuel NcDougall,
weighmaster at the same mine. Bot
men are over si2ty years 10 age, and hav
been in the employ OF the Pennsyivani
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