The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-20
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

W, E. HIT, of Chillicothe, Mo-, was
killed by trairi.
A negro criminal was shot to death
by mob at Mckenzie, Tenn.
Electrical power is now being trans
mitted from Niagara Falls to Buffalo.
Secretary Morton's report says that
agricultural interests are not declin-
ing:
The italian pfotectorate over Abys-
sinnia is abolished by a treaty just
signed.
The post office department. is hauling
sent mail matter.
Uncle Sam yearly comes into posses
sion of a large sum through means OF
unclaimed money orders
Ex-Chairman Richardson, of Iowa,
says that Senator Allison is slated for
place in McKin1ey's cabinet.
w. W. Bruce, the wealthiest man at
Lexington, KY, is dead. He made his
money by sticking to his business in
hemp.
December to 10 have been fixed as
for the next convention of the Anti
Saloon league.
William Prior died of heart failure
at his home near Marshall, NO., aged
81 years. He was highly respected
pioneer farmer.
1ae gold receipts at the Uni ed
States sub-treasury at st. Louis from
November up to the night of the IA h,
amounted TO S625, 900.
The Metropolitan theater manage
ment of New York.city have request, d
that ladies remove their head-getr
during performances.
Superintendent Wilson of the White
House building and grounds again
recommends the construction of an
other presidential residence.
Secretary Herbert and Secretary vii.
son will, it is understood, both receive
judicial appointments before the close
of the Cleveland administration.
United States letter-carriers must
not smoke in the streets when in uni
form. This is the latest edict of First
Assistant tmaster-General Jones.
1t is said that the proposition to tax
mum would drive 900 of them out of
business in New York city and Brook
lyn.
Assistant Postmaster-Genera Neil
son is planning some innovations for
mail delivery and collection iD the
large cities, both novel and. expedit-
ing.
The strike at the Tudor iron works
in East st. Louis, ILL.,, which has been
on since January 10, 1895, has been de-
clared off, and the strikers have lost
the battle.
Charles B. Murray, editor of the
Price Current and superintendent of
the Cincinnati chamber of commerce,
is prominently presented for secretary
of agriculture.
Ed Dufur shot a gray eagle in the
creek bottoms, two miles west of
Mount Vernon, Ill. The bird had
wing measurement of z feet 4 inches
from tip to tip.
Both oil and natural gas have been
struck at a depth of 1000 feet in the
test wells put do~n by the Standard
Oil Co. east of Sac and Fox Agency in
Indian territory.
Several hundred doctors from the
United States, Canada, Cuba, Porto
Rico and South America have as
sembled at the Mexican capital to at
tend the second Pan-American con-
gress.
Jeremiah L. Becker died at Kewanee,
ILL.,, Saturday night. He was a pi-
oneer of Henry county, having set
tied there in 1889. He served in the
Mexican war, and acquired the rank of
captain.
Lewis Harris and Granville Hender-
son, farmers, living 90 miles northwest
of Sedalia, Mo, have been arrested on
the charge of having stolen drove of
hogs from Judge Thomas Phillips, of
Houston, Ia.
Ex-Congressman Forman, of Illinois,
has concluded to accept the Office of
commissioner of internal revenue. Mr..
Miller, the present incumbent, has con-
sented to continue in Office until the
27th of this month.
The London Chronicles Rome corr
respondent is assured that as a result
of the Bismarck disclosures Austria
will propose a new clause to the
dreibund treaties to counteract the
effect of secret treaties.
Much surprise has been created at
Guadalajara, Mexico, upon the OPEN
ing of the will of Mrs. Jesus Romero
Velasco, a widow who died recently,
it being found that she left an estate
aud ,,oopav aYnountino to 60 OOO 0O0