The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-25


glad cheers. The relief boat found it In
/ possible to get nearer the wreck aud Bray
man and BrOwnson called 10 the men to let
go their hold and swim to them. James
| Bucklin attempted to obey but sank after
swimming few feet, evidently the victim
of cramps. At this juncture the wind be-
came more fierce, the boom and mast of the
relief boat were carried away, and Brayman
and Bronson were compelled to get out on
a mud bank and wade home, reaching Pull
/ man in an exhausted state long after mid
night. Napoleon Bucl6lin, James Bucklin,
William Oliver, Charles F. Pierce, w. A.
4 Burns, Benz. F. Bucklin, John L. Smith,
George Dorr, II. T. Moore, Foster Davis,
and two others went down.
DAN MCMILLEN, an employee of the
/ Grant smelter, Leadville, Colo, met with
most horrible death on the 10Th. He was
4 engaged in dumping the Stag ore that had
/ been smelted, when he made misstep and
was precipitated distance Of twenty feet
I into the molten mass below. As the man
! fell he gave one piercing yen, that chilled
! the blood of those who heard it, He was
pulled out as soon as possible, and present.
I ed a most horrible appearance; the metal
/ had burned the thick leather suit off, and in
many places the flesh fell from the bones.
He retained consciousness for more than
twenty minutes, and then, under the infu-
/ ence of strong anesthetics. dropped off into
a slumber which viii doubtless prove his
/ last.
A BROKEN axle ditched construe-
tion train on the Northern Pacific, near
Minneapolis, Ninn., May 16- w. S. Tur-
ner, brakeman, OF Stevens Point, a man
named Morris, of Racine, and another
named Lawrence were instantly killed, and
it is feared others missing are under the
wreck. The bodies of Turner and Morris
were taken to the junction, with number
Of seriously wounded whose names could
not be secured.
AT HOughton, Mich, on the 10th,
Anton Bieber, shot his wife and then COM
mitted suicide. Mr.. Bieber had been jeal-
GUS for some time, not without cause.
A YOUNG daughter of Samuel Foster,
living at West Alexandra, Pa, attempted
TO start fire by pouring oil on it from a
can the other day. 1t exploded, setting
fire to her clothes and burning her face and
! person. She will die.
WHILE undergoing treatment at a
bathing establishment in Orchard, Iowa, the
other day, Alexander Ball fell into fire and
was fatally burned.
JOSEPH LEDwITH, a young brakeman
.
/ arrest for killing a tramp who was stealing
ride near Sag Bridge, H., recently.
A BRAKEMAN named Phillip Nc
Laughlin was killed by cars at Ahrapee Sta
/ tion, Wis, on the 18th.
4 DANIEL SToCKER, an old resident of
Ravenna, o., committed suicide, May II, by
cutting his throat with a razor.
| ROBERT BRECKINRIDGE went on a
a spree in Springfield, KY, the other day, and
was robbed OF pocket book containing S15
I'm money and 5000 worth of notes. Next
morning his body was found hanging to a
tree in the suburbs.
ISAAC GARDNER and his three daugh-
ters were drowned while attempting to ford
the Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown,
o., on the nth.
A. @. RENAUDIN, Frenchman, aged
! twenty-five, entered the Protestant Episeo-
pal Church of the Annunciation, New York
City, on the 18th, drew pistol from his
pocket and deliberately shot himself.
WHILE racing with the steamer Jay
Cooke, off Kelly's Island, on the 18th, the
steamer American Eagle exploded her steam
drum with terrific force. Part of her cabin
and hurricane deck were carried away, and
the boat caught fire. which was extinguished
without much damage. Two persons-F.
Battle, fireman, and Frank Walters, porter
were fatally and the engineer and four
passengers seriously injured. The unfor-
tunate passengers are Mr.. Gilbert, of San
dusky, and John Lutts and Mrs. Lutts and
daughter, Of Middle Bass Island. The boats
are rival passenger steamers plying between
Sandusky and Detroit.