The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

pneumonia He was born in Maine
and graduated from the naval academy
i'm 1866.
SECRETARY NOBLE has appointed
Hon. ii. C. Hallam, of Illinois, to be as
sistant chief clerk of the pension Office,
vice Green B. Raum. Jr., resigned.
ADvIcEs from Santiago, Argentin
Republic, are to the effect that the re-
cent peaceable revolution in that
province is supported by all its in
fiuential citizens Troops have been
dispatched to the scene by the govern
ment- A commission has also been
sent TO the province to arrange the diff
ficulty.
WIN Ok and his wife, Di Toy, cut their
tongues out in an underground den in
the Chinese quarter of Sacramento,
Cal, on the 3Oth. Ok bled to death and
the woman will probably die of her in
juries- The pair were old and poor,
and for the past two years the China
mans sight has been failing until he
had to give up work.
kMBURN J.. Brown, n sleeping-car
conductor between Montreal and Bos-
ton, has been arrested for smuggling
goods into the United States by conceal
ing them in the pillow boxes of his
car. It is said that the frauds have
been very extensive.
THE British Official Gazette announces
that, by order of her majesty, the name
| of Sir William Gordon-C Cumming has
been stricken from the list of the dep
uty lieutenants of Elginshire, Scotland.
THE surprise of the day in Boston, on
the 3Oth, was the failure of J. NJ. Hill,
the widely-known theatrical manager
and restaJsrauter of Boston. The liza
bilities are said to be very large.
C. ID. EVANS, compiler of the Mem
phis and the Philadelphia city direc-
tories, was found dead in his room at
Memphis, Tenn, on the night of the
SOth- A vial, supposed to have con-
tanned poison, was on table near his
bed, and suicide is inferred
THE fires in the seven large glass
factories at Muncie, Ind, went out, on
the 30th, for the annual two months
vacation, which the 500 employees will
spend in reinvigorating their systems
and fresh-airing their lungs after their
ten months service with the blow
pipes.
THE United States steamship Alert
left Victoria, B. c.. for Behring sea on
the 30th. She is in command of Lieut..
Wainwright. Coal and supplies for the
warships have been shipped on the
steamer Costa Rica-
THE Southern Passenger association
has made the rate of one lowest first
class fare for the round trip to the ma
tional G. A. r. encampment in Detroit,
/ Mich, in August. The Boston Passen-
ger association has made rate of SIS
from Boston to Detroit and return, Au-
gust 2-sO.
AT Magdalena, N. NJ, on the 3Oth, w.
B. Newberry and w. V. Nolan, promi-
nent cattlemeE, quarreled. Newberry
began firing at Nolan and two shots
took effect in the groin. Nolan returned
the fire with Wincester. the second
shot passing through the heart, and
Newberry fell dead.
REPORTS from various portions of
western Oklahoma go to assure inn
mense crops of wheat, cotton and corn.
The wheat crop is being threshed and
is yielding from fifteen to thirty bushels
to the acre. Corn is insured by recent
rains and is already in the ear. The
cotton crop, it is estimated, viii yield
from half to bale per acre.
THE friends and trustees of Kenyon
college, the old and wealthy Episcopal
institution at Gambler, o., are greatly
excited over the discovery that S21, 200
of the endowment fund has been used
to meet the running expenses of the
| college. For several years the treas
uTer's reports have shown small deh-
ciencies, but no one was aware that the
trust funds had been impaired.
SAMUEL MYERS, an employe of the
New Adirondack & St. Lawrence Rail-
road Co, went away from his camp
near Saranac Inn. n. Y, on the after
noon of the 2sth, for a stroll, and has
not been heard from since. Fifty men
with experienced guides have been
searching the woods for him.
THE Minnesota state democratic con-
ference gathered at Minneapolis. on
the 1st. with $50 leading politicians in
attendance The ostensible object of
the gathering was to organize the club
movement of the state and discuss cam
paign plans.
A SPECIAL from Bar Harbor. Me-,
says that Mr.. Blaine had bad turn
shortly after dinner, on the 1st, and
physician was summoned. The attack
proved to be not very severe.
THE Novoe Vremya of St Peters
burg says unless France and Russia
make formal alliance the parties to
the dreibund will become so arrogant
that war will be provoked.
WHILE a tug-sail boat was conveying
a pleasure party across the bay of Ayr,
from Largs to Rothesay, Scotland, on
| the 1st, il capsized, and eight persons
were drowned.
THE Marquis Imperiah, secretary of
the Italian legation, was at Bar Har-
bor, Me-, on the 1st. to consult with
Mr. Blaine
SECRETARY FOSTER. it is understood,
has practically decided TO extend the
~ per cent. bonds at ? per cent. inter
| est
THE Iowa republican state eonven-
ton, in session at Cedar Rapids, on the
lst, nominated Hon Hiram c. Wheeler,
of Sac county, for governor. by ac-
clamation; for heutenant-governo
George Van Houten, of Taylor county:
supreme Judge, ) NJ. Weaver; superin-
tendent of public instruction, Henry
Sabin; railroad commissioner, Frank
7. Campbell.
THE London police have warned the
German and French socialists aud
anarchists against any overt act during
the ixaisers visit to that city.
A BRAZILIAN tonrist fell into the
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