The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-03-30

! Il. ~. CLIFFORD, railroad and eX-
press agent and telegraph operator at Cicero,
Ind, mysteriously disappeared on the Goth.
A letter received next day stated that his
/ dead body would be sent home. His friends
fear insanity.
j. /. LAWSON successfully demon
strated his theory OF boiler explosions at
! Munhall farm, near Pittsburgh, Pa. on the
| 22d. The test was made under the super
vision Of General Supervising Inspector
/ Fahrenbach, and the boiler was exploded
with steam pressure of 225 pounds. The
/ boiler used for the experiment was feet
long and 80 inches in diameter and had %
| inches Of water. The valve was pulled at
every . pounds, and when 225 pounds
! pressure was reached the boiler burst with
a loud report, and fragments were scattered
I in every direction. Upon examination it
was found to have been completely demol-
ished, the largest piece being , l 2 feet long
and inches i'm diameter. Capt. Fahrenbaeh
expressed his entire satisfaction with the
| experiment, which was a complete demon
stratiOn that explosions do not occur from
low water, but are caused by a sudden
bursting Of water into steam, when a vacuum
in the steam department is caused by the
opening of the valve.
THE Barnes & McGill elevator, at
HawIey, Mimi, containing 10000 bushels
OF wheat, burned on the 21st. Loss esti-
mated at 5000, 900. A conflagration in Rip
on, Wis, left the west side of the public
square in ruins, involving losses aggregat-
| ing $250,000.
Col. JAMES VAN VOAsT,o of the United
States Army, is lying at the residence of his
wife, at Newport, Ky, in critical condi-
tion from injuries recently received in Tex
as. When he reached home he was in a
semi conscious condition, his lower jaw
broken, neck and head lacerated, clothing
torn and muddy. lie says that while on his
way to Denver, Colo, to jon his command
and shortly after reaching Fort Concho, be-
coming suspicious Of two fellow travellers
inside the COACH he got out to ride with he
driver. Going down a hill, the driver called
out to him 10 be careful, and from that mo-
ment he remembered nothing. On the 10th
inst Mrs. Voast received a telegram that
her husband would be home next morning,
but the Colonel has no recollection of send
ing any message at all. He had been taken
to Abilene, Texas, by persons who said he
had been thrown from a coach, but it was
thought that he had been lassoed by rob-
bers.
In Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 22d,
VIM. Burk, called "Billv the Kid,'' was
turned over to Sheriff Haucks, OF Albany,
N. Y, upon a warrant issued in response to
a requisition from the Governor OF New
York. His counsel abandoned the intended
habeas corpus proceedings and Sheriff
HauclIs takes his prisoner East.
THE Indian Agent at the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe Agency, Indian Territory,
teIegraphs that the reduction of rations or
dered would probably cause an outbreak.
The Indians refuse to enroll for beef rations
on the proposed basis. Commissioner Price
replied that the instructions must be obeyed,
as Congress had failed to make the necessary
appropriations for full rations.
VIGILANTs have been patroling the
streets Of Laramie City, Wyo., for some
nights, in consequence of repeated attempts
to burn railroad buildings, hotels, and
dwelling houses.
A DISPATCH from Shreveport, La,
says the steamer Lessie B, with cargo OF 29)
bales cotton and other merchandise, burned
on Black Cypress Bayou, March %. Insur-
ance, 900.
THERE was a heavy snowfall in Wis
consin and Northern Michigan on the 22d.
In some places it is n foot deep. Lumber
men are actively at work taking advantage
Of this windfall.
HAvENs & Co.'s flour mill, Leaven-
worth Kans., was destroyed by fire, March
%. A gale was blowing at the time, and in
less than fifteen minutes the mill was mass
of ruins and the large elevator partly con-
sumed. An interruption in the flow Of wheat
caused the stones to throw a shower of
sparks, resulting in a terrific explosion.
John O'Day, the miller in charge, was
thrown to the floor and seriously burned
about the head and arms. Arthur Havens,
son of one of the proprietors, was horribly
burned about the head and chest, and is not
expected to survive. BlOOmer, employee,
was also injured. The loss is estimated at
$50, 600; insurance, $4,000. The elevator
contained 20, 600 bushels of wheat, and a
large quantity of -four ready for shipment.