The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-08

THE United States men-ofwar Chi
cago, Boston and Atlanta of the squad
ron Of evolution. arrived off Quarantine,
n. ", on the night OF the 29th, from
Rio de Janeiro.
MORRILL, EDWARD GATES, president
of Rutgers College, was, on the 30th,
chosen president Of Amherst College, to
succeed Julius ii. Seelye, resigned
FoRTY-oNE dwelling houses were de-
stroyed by fire in Braddock, Pa, on the
31st, and more than three hundred per-
sons were for the time heing rendered
homeless The manager of the steel
works, for which most of the men
worked Immediately commenced the
erection OF new houses for his employees
on the fire-swept district.
VIscOUNT BOYLE the missing heir
to the earldom of Shannon, arrived
in Liverpool by the steamer Teu-
tonic from New York on the 31st He
had been running stock farm, incog.,
near Boise City, Idaho, for the past
three years, and only accidentally
heard of his fathers death.
The Newport Or. L. post-office was
robbed of S4, 900 worth of stamps on the
| 31st.
COUNT ToLsToI's 'Kreutzer Sonata"
has been excluded from the mails of the
United States, under the rule forbid
/ ding the transmission of libidinous lit
| erauure.
THE Turkish summer resort Pendik
was totally destroyed by fire on the S1st.
Several persons were burned to death.
THE cholera is raging at Mecca, the
deaths averaging eighty daily.
THE Salvation army is expending
$3.50, 600 for new barracks at Sheffield
and Birmingham, England.
The confirmation of the reported ex-
istence of cholera to an epidemic de-
gree at Bagdad and Mecca causes
great uneasiness in Western Europe,
and strict precautions are being taken
at Marseilles and other entrepots of ORR
entail traffic to prevent, if possible, the
introduction of infection through these
ports.
Mrs. HARRIET PHILLIPS, of Three
Rivers, Mich, was arrested, on the 1st,
on charge of attempted murder, the
complainant being her husband.
George Phillips, who charges her with
putting croton oil in his medicine,
where it was found by his physician.
ENGLAND and France have demanded
indemnity from the Argentine Repub-
lie for property of subjects of those
countries to the value of So 900, 900 de-
stroyed by the recent bombardment of
Buenos Ayres by the rebelious navy.
The silver manufacturers of New
York City have decided to raise their
prices for solid silverware fifteen per
cent.
THE ravages of the cotton worm in
Egypt continue, and the prospects for
crop are considerably impaired.
JAPAN is suffering from an epidemic
of cholera
Mr. DEPEw had long interview with
Lord Salisbury on the 31st. Minister
Lincoln introduced the distinguished
American to the Prime Minister.
Mr. AND Mrs. CHARLES ii. TONGUE,
of Philadelphia, were run down and
killed at Magnolia, n. j., on the 31st,
by train on the Philadelphia & At
lantic City railroad.
SEVERAL forest and prairie fires are
raging in Montana.
THE Marchioness of Londonderry will
visit America, shortly, her physician hav-
ing recommended a sea voyage for her
health.
THE schooner Charger, of Detroit. was
run down and cut in two by the big
steam barge City of Cleveland, on the
31st about fifty miles outside of Toledo,
o. The crew of the schooner were
saved, but the vessel and cargo of 16,.
GOO bushels of wheat were total loss.