The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
GENEHAr.

GENERAL.
THE Fl ench crops have been disastrouslv
affected by the weather. According to the
returns the yield of wheat will probably
be 85, 600, 900 hectoliters short
IT is reported in London that a French
navy oficer has been arrested atfKisl,
Germany, Asa spy ! ~ laliID Il
ENPEROR, WILLIAM Of Germany visited
King Christian Of Denmark on the Both. /
IT is announced that the National Aa-
sociation OF Wrought Iron Pipe Bfanafa0-
turers has collapsed. Early in last Nav
the iheoHnp patibility ofCldeas am0t1kl the
members reached such fever heat that the
twenty-five firms comprising the associa-
ton quietly withdrew, studiously keeping
the dissolution a profound secret qrI H..
THEmi1 and lumber yards of the Eddy
Manufacturing Company, three miles from
Ottawa, Ont, were burned recently. Loss
on mills, 5000, and on lumber, S240,009.
William Hobbs, aged eighteen, was burned
to death and several men were badly
burned while escaping from the mill.
MAUD s. made a practice mile on the S1st
at F1eetsvo ood park in :123l being driven
very easily after the half, which she made
in :03 This breaks the Fleetwood record.
INTEL IGENCE from Zanzibar makes it
probable that the "White Pasha" is Emin
Bey. The Mahdi had threatened to attack
him, which threat Emin Bey met by a bold
move in advance of himself. e
JDHN HAGGERT has been appointed POST
master General of Canada, and Hon. Ed
ward Dowdney Minister of the Interior
and Superintendent-Gener of Indian Az
fairs. t@
A CONFERENCE of the executive COM
mittees of the Union and United Labor
parties was held at Chicago on the 1st to
see If some settlement of their disagree
ments could not be reached. The Union
Labor men would accept no compromise
and the United Labor committee therefore
withdrew.
THE public debt statement for July
showed a decrease of S., 49,, ,29S during the
month.
DURING the gale of the 31st at Tiffin, o. the
west wall of the nail works was blown
down and other buildings damaged greatly.
The tents of the Trans Atlantic circus
were blown to shreds. Thousands of dol
lars worth of damage was done in the
country to Outbuildings and the fruit and
crops. ..
NJ. DELEssEPs at a recent meeting of the
Panama shareholders said that the di-
rectors were pledged to open the canal in
1890. t r5F lHl
THE Austrian Government has anr
nounced that it will join the sugar bounties
convention if the United States and Brazil
do.
HE UOV6TuOr Oh NlCGOIla Op6n6u Ln6
Centennial Exhibition at Melbourne on the
1st with great pOmp and ceremony.
THOUSANDS of deaths from cholera in
Chang ChOn, China, have occurred in the
| last three months. g
TRIALS by jury in the cases of Anarch-
lists in Austria. and Hungary have been
suspended for year. --
GENERAL DRENTEIN, Military Governor
Of Kieff, Russia, has been murdered by a
/ Nihilist.
THE catch of fsh in Canada last wear
the United States aggregated y, Ill., 600.
IT is announced in Berlin that the EN-
/ perOrs of Austria, Germany and Russia
will meet on the Austrian frontier in the
fall.
NINETEEN Chinese pirates were killed
| recently by Chinese troops. They had
been the terror of the seas for five years
THE Turkish Government has sent pro-
test to the powers against Italy's occUpa-
/ tion of MassOwah.
THE seizure of railroad property by the
! Peruvian Government caused energetic
! protests. The roads were built entirely by
| foreign capital, good deal of which was
American.
! THE Parnellites left the House of Com
mons on the close of the debate on the
/ Commission bill on the 2d. after Healy's
DO
A RUSSIAN cruiser has been ordered tC
Behring's Straits, to prevent English and
American vessels from fishing in Russian
! waters.
I A DISPATCH from Berlin reports terrible
floods in Silesia, the worst for thirty years
By an explosion in a fireworks factory
in a suburb of London recently several fe
male employees were killed.
GLADSTONE declares that his political ca
reer will be ended when he secures home
| rule for Ireland.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's repOrt) for The
seven days ended August numbered 100
compared with 221 the previous week.
THE Canadian Government proposes tx
prevent Mormon settlers in the NOrthwes
Territory from practicing pOlygamy.
HALF a million dollars worth Of damag'
has been done by forest fires in the vicinity
| of Ottawa, Ont.