The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-17

1T Is stated that before DIR. Kniffen,
of Trenton, n. j., swallowed aconite and
gashed his throat, on the 7th, he made a
will giving his property to his son Le-
land and Miss Purcell.
THE Mississippi river at Burlington,
Ia, was, on the 9th, eight inches below
the lowest point ever reached in the
memory of white men.
Miss MARY ANDERSON again emphat-
ically denies the report that she is en-
gagged to be married.
REPRESENTATIVES,. WILLIAM DARRAGH
KELLEY, of Pennsylvania, died in Wash
ington on the evening of the 9th, in his
seventy-sixth year. He was a member
of Congress twenty-nine years.
A CONFIDENTIAL copy of the proposed
extradition treaty between the United
States and Great Britain has been re-
| ceived by the Dominion Minister of
Justice The scope of the proposed
treaty is very wide in contrast with the
treaty of 1912, which contains only four
offenses.
CALVIN S. BRICE was unanimously
chosen, on the second ballot in the
Democratic caucus at Cleveland, O., on
the 9th, for United States Senator.
THE yearly report of Captain Moore,
landing agent at the port of New York,
published, on the 9th, shows that there
were landed from Europe during 1889,
96, 6s6 cabin and S15, 227 steerage passen.
gers, in total number of s91 trips.
LADY DOUGLASS, of Victoria, B. c.,
widow of Sir James Douglass, died, on
the night of the sth, aged seventy eight
Her husband was the first Governor OF
the province.
THE Iowa State Prohibition conven-
tion met at Des Moines, on the Sth, with
between six and seven hundred dele
gates present, representing every part
of the State.
A REPORT is in circulation in Berlin
that Queen Victoria will spend month
in Homburg.
A MEETING of the holders of Lead
Trust certificates has been called for
February s. 1t is semi-officially stated
that good statement will be made, but
no dividends will be declared.
THE members of the Pennsylvania
delegation in the House of Representa-
tives met Immediately after adjourn
ment, on the 10th, to take action on the
death of Judge Kelley. Appropriate
resolutions were passed, copy of which
was sent to the family of the deceased.
IT is stated that after the Cars return
from his late visit to Berlin, where he
wore German uniforms, his physicians
discovered in the condition of his per-
son symptoms of cutaneous poisoning,
DURING fire at the waste factory of
the Riverside mills at Augusta, Ca, on
the 10th, part of the wall and roof fell
upon number of men who were throw
ing bales of stock out of the windows.
Two white men and eight negroes were
buried in the wreck, but were rescued
alive, though all sustained more or less
injury.
SENATORS SHERMAN, Cameron, Man
derson, Butler and Colquitt were ap-
pointed committee to represent the
Senate at the funeral of Representative
Kelley.
SEVERAL members of the Home Mar
ket Club of Boston had a conference
with Senator Aldrich, on the 10th, dis
cussing at some length number of new
features of minor Importance which the
club is urging upon Congress.
THE Shah of Persia has conferred
upon Emin Pasba the order of the Sun
and Lion, the highest order in that
monarch's gift.
THE boom in pig iron at Glasgow has
collapsed, owing to the placing of large
orders to sell in the hands of the brok-
ers. On the 10th Scotch warrants had
declined one shilling, and Cleveland
warrants one shilling and six pence.