The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-01

1 tests. just after the eleventh shot had been
fred the target wiper, Wm. Kuehl, arose
from bis pit and dropped forward as * life
less. He had been hit in the forehead, and
/ ply slclans pronounced the wound mortal.
WM. WHITE, a feeble Irishman, with
out home or friends, threw himself in front
OF a train at indianapolis on the 2lst. The
engine knocked him aside, breaking his left
/ leg and arm, and inlicting internal injuries
from which he died in few hours. He
had recently been discharged from the In
sane Asylum.
Mrs. MARIA BRUCE, of Rappahan-
mock, Va, on the 22d, murdered ten-year-
old step daughter, beating her helpless and
unoffending victims head TO jelly After
committing this crime the wretched woman
bore the body to q neighboring cabin, and
saturating the clothing were kerosene oil set
it on FIRE. The fismes spread, however, and
attrac3ed some neighbors, who saw the half
roasted body Of the girl lying on the foor,
and caught the step-mother as she was hnr-
rying away. s nfftsu8~$
JOHN 7. JACKSON, and Charles SAM
son, Of Bradford, Ind., baeaihe engaged in q
! quarrel over game of cards, May %, and
adjourned to settle the matter, in a tigh2
Samson took advantage Of Jackson and fa-
] btAti1 eNOL HAAiA bEANAG tAC AAAAfN4 az ~s7-
/ ignated place. Samson escaped
SIMON TUFFLE, is years old, shot and
dangerously wounded Willie Cooke, aged,
II, at San Antonio, Tex, on the 2tst, be-
/ cause Willie refused to surrender peach he
was eating. -
! A DISPATCH from Eureka, New, says I
Fire broke out in the shaft Of the Shoo-F
mine, Ruby Hill, May 2l. -Four men were
; L., " ,n1
one probably fatally.
/ HENRY HILGENMEYER, aged 11s and
Ella Wenning, aged 10, Of indianapolis, re-
Gently resolved to die together rather than
/ be parted. They bought some laudanum and
/ went to a German picnic. Toward evening
\ they drove to the neighborhood of Green
wood, twelve miles distant, spread the bug
/ gy robe in fence corner, sat down side by
side, divided the drug into equal portions,
i kissed and bid each other an eternal fare-
/ we'll, swallowed the poison and went to
/ sleep. Late in the night the girl awoke, and
soon after her lover also was aroused, both
surprised and disappointed to find that they
were alive. They agreed to wait until morn
/ ing, when they walked three miles and pur
! chased another supply of the drug. Return
/ ing to the robe in the woods another eternal
farewell was exchanged and the boy and girl
this time swallowed double dose. Henry's
body was found on the 22d. Ella went home
| in very forlorn condition. Her appear
ance indicated that she had been through a
terrible ordeal.
john MCGEE, hard citizen, fatally
shot Hiram Knapp at St. Joseph, Mo-, the
other day, because Knapp called him a
worthless eur.
FIVE men who recently attempted to
destroy a bridge on the Mexican National
Railroad were caught on the 2tst and in
stantly shot.
AT Bolton, Texas, the other day, a
/ hundred masked men took from Jail Sam
/ Hilton (white) and James Keys (colored)
and hanged them. Both were charged with
murderous assault on a deputy.
HENRY PRONGE, farmer living near
Washington Mills, Iowa, was watering his
horses the other night, when one OF them
kicked out viciously, striking him in the
neck and killing him almost instantly. A
post-mOrtem examination showed that his
neck was broken.
THE Touring mill of Hanes & Porch,
Williamsport, Ind, was destroyed by an ex-
ploson Of the boiler and seed stem spring,
on the oath. The engineer was instantly
! killed. The main portion Of the boiler was
thrown 200 yards.
SCOTT ROBERTS, a farmer, was
drowned while fishing in the Ohio Canal,
near CoaIport, on the 23d.
AT COlumbia, Tenn, on the oath, a
colored preacher named Cannon struck his
| wife on the head with an AK, laying her skull
wide open and scattering her brains over
the room. He then laid her babe on the
floor and deliberately hacked its head off.
/ He was arrested and expressed no repent
! ance for his crime Cannon had been away
for some years.
| FRED LERD, German about 40 years
old, supposed to have been drunk, stepped
in front of a moving engine at Peoria, III.
the other day, and was killed, his head be-
| ing crushed and one arm broken.
L. T. FRYE was thrown from his BIZ
cycle at Marlboro, Mass, on the oath, and
fatally injured.
T. ANDERSON was killed and Fred.
Helm fatally injured by falling scaffold, in
Chicago, on the 25th. Several other work.
men were hurt.
! AT Tucson, Arizona, the other day, j.
II. Weber, a night watchman, while crazed
by drink, fired several shots among crowd,
one OF which instantly killed young man
named G. w. Hinton. Weber was arrested.
j.. P. ELLIOTT, master bridge build
er, OF Pittsburg, Pa, was Knocked from a
bridge at Louisville, Ky, on the path, and
killed.
HENRY REED, a prominent lumber
dealer of Dubuque, Iowa, was thrown from
his buggy, May "a. His scalp was pulled
over his face and his skull fractured in two
! places.
AT Raleigh, N. c., on the 24th, son
Of Mr.. VIM. Slate was torn to pieces in his
fathers saw-mill.
AN explosion at the KOohinoor col
/ Hery, uear Shenandoah, Pa, the other day,
killed Martin and James Mulhall, father and
/ son; John Gallagher; james Mcdonald,
John Strait, Samuel Hugo, aud fatally in
l iured John Lee aud a Polander named Matty
| Matentynowicz. Tt was caused by the care
/ less use of open lamps .TEa
MISCELLANEOUs.
LEADING citizens of Boston have
caused to be painted life-size portrait of
Robert c. Winthrop, for the hall of the
House OF Representatives at Washington.
WALT WHITMAN confirms the report
that the Attorney General OF Massachusetts,
forced his Boston publishers to stop print
ing "'Leaves OF Grass"
A BANK messenger in New York City
was recently robbed of over $50, 900 worth Of
papers by the connivance Of a woman.
Two days afterward, in a manner precisely
similar. one of Lorillard's men was re-
lieved OF IS, 900 in checks. The thief was
caught in the act, and on his person was
found nearly all the drafts stolen from the
bank boy.
Two men, giving the names of Lyon
and TuthTI, recently rented fine apartments
4 in Park Row, New York, and proceeded to