The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-11

On the Sd, the president nominated
Walter S. Viele, of Indiana, to be sur.
veyor of customs at the port of Evans
vile. Ind.
IMPORTANT Information as to the sue
cess of the Spanish schemes for auton.
omy in Cuba has been received il
Washington. Mr.. Atkins, of Boston,
who is the most prominent American
grower OF sugar on the island, has
written to Consul General Lee express.
ing the opinion that there is no i'm.
mediate prospect of peace.
Word reached Great Falls. Mont, on
the Sd, of n pitched battle between
cowboys and cattle thieves west OF
Glasgow, near the Dakota line. One
of the thieves was reported dead, and
the cowboys were in pursuit of the
other members of the gang, who had
crossed into Dakota.
The British steamer Channel Queen,
plying between Plymouth and the
Channel islands, struck on Neir Rocher,
off the island of Guernsey, on the lst,
keeled over and soon after sank. Nine
teen lives are said to have been lost.
ONE of the most important engage
ments of the present campaign in Cuba
was fought recently near Caiman, be-
tween the forces under Gen. Luque
and the insurgents under Gen. Garcia.
The Spanish loss is reported at $50
killed and large number wounded.
AT Farmersburg, Ind, Bill Finch
sued Jack Plew for SO, 900 damages for
alternating Mrs Zinch's affections.
The jury that tried the case thought
the affections were worth just 81, even
after hearing 40 witnesses testify. The
costs are on Plew, anyway.
THE cost to Spain of the Cuban war
from February, 1895. to the end of 1857
is officially estimated at S240, 600, 600 be-
sides the arrears due from the Cuban
treasury, amounting to $40, OOO. 900.
TwoLARGE expeditions carrying arms
and munitions for the Cuban insur-
gents are reported to have got safely
away from the shores of New Jersey,
and are supposed to have landed ere
this on Cuban soil.
Ex-ENiPREss EUGENE of France, who
has for some time been a martyr to in
hammatOry rheumatism, is SAID to bo
in such precarious condition that the
end can not be far off.
d. w. BUsHYHEAD, one of the most
prominent Cherol1ees, died at Table
quah, /. T., on the 4th, of Bright's
disease. He was 10 years old, and had
in turn filled every office in the nation.
lie was n member of the recent Dawes
on the part of the Chero-
lSee nation, and was favorable to nego-
tiations.
ARCHIBALD MCLAREN was arrested
at Cleveland, o., on the 4th, on the
charge of appropriating to his own
use SIS, 600 belonging to the order of
Scottish Clans, of which he was treas
urer. The shortage was discovered
when John Hill, of St. Louis, was
elected to succee d him.
FRANK d. JOHNSON, William H. John
son and c. A. Sharp, manager, cashier
and president of the defunct Midland
state bank, were held for trial in the
district court at Omaha, Neb., on the
4th, on a charge of fraudulent banking.
They gave bail in 81, 900 each for APP
pearance.
Gov. HASTINGS of Pennsylvania
granted pardon, on the 4th, to ex-
City Attorney Wm, Moreland, of Pitts
SurRh, who is serving three years in
the western penitentiary for embez-
element. Mr.. Moreland's health is pre-
carious.
TRAIN No. 3 en- the South Haven g.
Easton narrow guage railroad, was
at Lawrence, Mich, on the
4th, and at least half a dozen persons
were injured.