The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-09-21
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

i
erful squadron is at anchor in the
neighborhood of the disputed ports-a
navy great enough to master the situa-
tiOn in sin, battle. It has been an
nounced unOfticially that the purpose
of having such force at hand is to see
that Russia's interests are fully pro-
tected, but it is Tonsense to suppose
that the government of the czar be-
lieves that all of the Pacific feet is nee
essary to that end
! q THE lady librarian of a western city
has just sued a prominent clergyman
Of the same burg for libel. She alleges
that he publicly, in the presence of his
congregation, prayed for her and re-
quested the Almighty to give her
grace; and she estimates the damage to
her feelings at $4,000.
A CHICAGO astronomer has discovered
large green patch on the moon and
can not determine whether it is a
meadow or forest. Doubtless it is a
section of the green cheese which
as the material from which the moon
was constructed.
GEN. BARKER, commander of the
British troops at Hong Kong, has is
sued a warning to the men under his
command not to listen to offers of Chi
nese agents, who are trying to induce
men belonging to the British garri-
son to desert and enter the Chinese
service.
THE report of the Spanish provin-
cial elections which took place on the
10th is, so far as ascertained up to the
11th, as follows: The supporters of
the government elected 311; conserva-
tives, 100; republicans, So; Carlists, 12;
Independents, IL; doubtful, %.
THE Keystone Glass Co.'S plant at
Meadville, Pa, was entirely destroyed
by fire shortly after midnight on the
11th- 1t had not been operated for
over five years, and it is supposed the
fire was caused by tramps. The loss
viii be heavy.
The German garrison at Kilwa, Zau-
zibar, was attacked by force of 1000
natives on the 7th. After two hours
fighting the natives were repulsed with
loss of 100 killed and wounded. The
Germans lost only two men.
On the 1Ith the directors of the New
York, New Haven & Boston railroad
declared a quarterly dividend of per
cent, which is at the same rate as the
June quarterly, when a reduction from
10 per cent. was made.
GEORGE WATSON MILLS, first earl of
Sondes, died at Faversham, Kent, En-
gland, on the 10th. He was 20 years of
age.
KILLING frosts visited northwestern
Nebraska and western Iowa on the
night of the 10th.
CAPT. ADOLPH FREITsCH, the Finnish
sailor who left New York August in
the schoOner-rigged skiff Nina without
any companion, arrived at Queenstown,
on the 18th, at 1890 p. m. His boat
had lost her ruddeI and was leaking.
Two MEMBERS of the family of Z. o.
Myers, of Anderson, Ind, were fatally
hurt, on the 18th, by an explosion of
natural gas which completely wrecked
two blocks of buildings, causing loss
of SIS, 600.
A BABE in the arms of its mother
was killed and the latter severely in
jured by the falling of center pole of
John Robinson's circus at GAINESVILLE,
o., on the 18th.
POSTMASTER HARRY MARIETTA and
others, of Connellsville, Pa, were con-
vieted, on the 18th, of unlawful assem-
blage in connection with the coke-re-
gion riots.
a PERRY (Oxla-) paper publishes an
interview between a reputable Perry
man and the noted outlaw, Bill Doolan,
who is now leader of the Dalton gang,
in which Doolan says that Bill Dalton,
who was reported killed at Guthrie,
Okla, some time ago, is not dead, but is
living a quiet life in distant state.
Mrs. CArHARINE ROBBINS HOWE, the
confidence woman who was arrested for
fleeing Yale college graduates, was,
on the 18th, sentenced to two years in
jail by Judge Hammerley, of Hartford,
Conn.
ALFRED APPEL, sergeant in Peffer
Post 131, of Meadviile, Pa, dropped
dead in Pittsburgh on the 18th. Appel
was about So years old, and was seem
ingly in the best of health when he re-
tired the night before.
On the 18th robber entered the Citi-
zen's bank at Rossville, Ill, while the
officials were at dinner and robbed the
cash drawer of S1O,OOO A reward of
81, 900 was offered for the capture of
the man.
THERE arrived in Philadelphia, on the
night of the 18th, on the steamer For
buna, Capt. Christophersen, from Java,
Arthur Vincent, a New York boy, who
has circled the globe without cent of
money. He left New York two years
ago at the age of IA, and bears with
him testimonials which prove that he
if traveller.
News reached New York, on the 18th,
that $4,000 cartridges, which had been
shipped from New York, had been
seized by the officials of the port of
Havana, Cuba. The seizure caused
great excitement among the natives,
and rumors were circulated that a6-
other revolution was about to be be-
gun. The cartridges were billed as tall
low in casks.
SECRETARY CARLISLE, although he
had not yet written a formal letter to
that effect, authorized, on the 18th, the
official announcement that he would
not paw any sugar bounty earned but
unpaid when the new tariff bill went
into effect, August %.
ZELL.A NIcoLAUs and her companion,
Al Ruhman, ere having a hard time
getting hotel accommodations in Chi
cago. They were elected from a prom
inent Michigan avenue hostelry, on the
18th, as soon as their identity was es-
tablished.
LOUISVILLE, KY was chosen as the
place for the holding Of the national