The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-23

AFARMER named James stewart slot
andipstantly Killed John Parker, bear Mon
roeyileslnd the other day, in mistake for
deco gs&4s& - -I<
MIG -sssJ&NsfON, ah old lady living
near Bele vsHes, Ohio, wandored-ihto a
well tbe'OIsef hiett aud WIS drovned.,l she
had Been deranged for some 1ihie, aud It
may HRve.hrepa case Of suicide. +
GEoKGE IsiRusF, sixty, years old, "a
rich f4rIRer who lived rnesrs Ntuns ffeId, Ohio.
tomnHtted saIeid6 on the 18th, while tens
pofsriy InSWe. q ~ 80 n ~ EF
THF Courthouse at Crockett, Texas,
was conpl 6ttly deswoYed by fre.the other
day. frWo persons perished i'm the flames.
FAitaFER named Archibald Scott,
while hrlvIag across the Michigan Central
ltailrdh d3anear Dexter, tK6other Afternoon,
was struek-h -hl,-an express aud instapuy
killed. fine horse was killed aud the other
fatally injured.
FRHN'Is EERERs, a young farmer living
r@Frcmopts Ohio, tdtalIy shot himself
ilegupnipg en- the 12ih.
ENGINEER FAIRBANKS and three others
were seriously injured Nv a boiler explosion
in mill near Washingtonville, n. V, on
The 18th, n rruu ESQ., .
w. NJ. CKoss, q brakeman, was killed.
by faHihg from pauhandle train at Cos
shoctou, Ohio The ether night.
TIE steamer John NJ. Chambers,
with 500 bales of cotton, was sunk by 81.
Louis towboat near 'Flaquemine. La, the
other morning. .
SERGEANT j.. 'BERrz. of the Fourth
Cavalry, was killed in disreputable place
at Leavenworth the other night. He was
hunting deserters, using his wife as n decoy,
but becoming jealous OF her attentions TO
other men there was quarrel. The woman
summoned a policeman, and just as one ar
rived the couple went into an adjoining room
md the fatal shot was fired. The police
think it a case Of suicide
JosEPH HUGHEs and Marcus Davis
won some money from a man named Shsnks,
in saloon at Joseph, No, the other night.
Shanks accused the lucky ones OF forming
combination against him, and there was n
quarrel; but the difficulty was adjusted at
the bar and the three left the place appar-
emily on good terms. A few minutes after
ward four SHOTS were heard, ana Hughes
and Davis were found on the sidewalk, each
with mortal wound in the head. shanks
disappeared.
A WORK TRAIN on the Chicago & Al
ton road was wrecked by collision with a
mana -Chfs near EfAlu NuueNs Mo- on the
1fth. Henry Dose, John Hamilton, and
Barney Conk were Killed; Fred. Graham
and Philip Leon were mortally wounded,
and twelve others were slightly hurt. Con-
ductor Humelett, Engineer smart, OF The
construction train, and one or two other.
omployecs, Testified ct the inquest that The
train was running diteen miles an hour, had
passed through one cut aud was iustlenter-
inc another when a brakeman on. the train
signaled the engineer 20 stop. The lIand-car
then was few rods ahead of the train and
The men were trying to lift it of the track.
The engine was reversed and brakes ap-
piled, but too late to avert the catastrophe.
Brakemen testified that they were on the
lookout for the .hand-car, aud that the yvhis-
tle was blown three times shortly before The
accidenk II was quite dusk when the colli-
sion occurred. The Coroner's Jury returned
verdict finding that the accident was un-