The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-11


gathering firewOod outside of Suakim have
been captured and carried off by the
rebels.
THE New Years reception of Emperor
William was without particular interest.
Mr. OGILvIE, the Canadian land sur
veyOr, recently returned from explor-
ing the Yukon country will report to the
Dominion Government that the boundary
line between British Columbia and Alaska
should be fixed at least four miles further
south than the point fixed by Schwatka.
THE public accounts of the Dominion of
Canada for the fiscal year 1887-S show
that the gross debt increased during the
year from S373, ,2s3, $40 to $3.50, ,2S4, ,517.
AN Irish farmer who had taken place
from which the tenants had been evicted
was murdered on the highway near BalIi-
nasloe, Ireland, recently by four men.
THE floods in Southern France have
caused enormous damage.
THE Servian Skuptschina has approved
the new Constitution by a. vote of 494 to 73.
THE Cortes of Portugal was opened on
the ID by the King in person, who de-
clared that Portugal would willingly join
in the anti-slave trade blockade of East
Africa.
FoUR Radical members Of the Eervian
Chamber Of Deputies have been arrested
for an alleged conspiracy against King
Milan.
JOHN HENNEKER HEAToN, member of the
British House of Commons, expects to visit
the United States shortly to advocate
penny postage between England and
America.
ALARMING rumors prevailed on the I'd
regarding the position Of American resi-
dents in Hayti. Since the forced surrender
of the Haytien Republic the newspapers
were filed with abuse of the United States
Minister, Thompson, and it was said Amer
leans had been thrown into prison. Hayti
Minister Preston denied the alarming re-
ports.
GERMAN Liberal circles are much exer-
cised over a report that the Emperor has
conferred the order of the Black Eagle
upon Herr Won Puttkamer.
A GREEK who has arrived from Khar-
tOum says that some months ago the
Mahdi's troops captured an Englishman
passing through the territory of the
Kabbabish tribe from the westward. He
did not know his name. The. man was
said by the Mahdi's men to be lord, but it
is believed that he is Neufeld. When
the Greek left Khartoum he regarded an
early emeute among the Mahdi's followers
as imminent.
SOME anxiety has been occasioned at
Panama by the crisis through which the
canal has been passing recently. Serious
alarm, however, had not been felt, the
faith in the ultimate successful issue of the
enterprise being great Work continued
steadily on the canal.
THE Hungarian maize ring syndicate is
said to have collapsed, having lost 100000
fiorins. Maize can be boughtfor half what
the syndicate paid.
A WORKMAN was burned to death and
$50, 600 damage done by the destruction of
the Lincoln pulp mill at st. GATHERINGS,
Ont, recently.
IT is reported in London that Lady Sails
bury will present Mrs. Joseph Chamber
lain, nee EndicOtt, to the Queen at the first
drawing room.
THE journal de st. Petersburg heartily
indorses the peaceful predictions of King
Humbert of Italy and Premier Won Tisza
of Hungary on New Years day.
GREAT anxiety was felt at Berlin on the
Sd regarding the health of Prince Bis
marck.
A SERIES of earthquake shocks followed
each other in Costa Rica on the night of
December %. At Alajuela eight persons
were killed and many injured.
AT Dublin on the Sd Judge Kelly in sem
fencing rioters to prison denounced the
Government for its laxity in allowing
riots at evictions.
EXTREME cold prevailed IN the Ekaterin-
burg district of Southeast Russia. 1t was
estimated that 175 persons were frozen to
death. Near Tiflis a railroad train was
blocked by snow and fourteen passengers
froze to death.
WHILE the audience were leaving the
theater at Madrid on the night of the 4th a
bomb exploded near by with tremendous
effect. Great excitement prevailed for a
time. No person was injured, but build
ings in the neighbOrhood were damaged.
BY an explosion of fire damp in a eolliery
near Oveida, Spain, recently twenty
seven persons were killed and many in
jured.
BY the fall of house at Bastia, Italy.
which had been undermined by the foods,
twelve persons were killed. Much other
damage has been done.
THE Hungarian Government has prac-
tically made compulsory the teaching Of
the German language in the schools.