The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-07-13


AN explosion of fireworks in Chica-
60 toy store on the Fourth set fire to the
building and caused the death Of Katie Cot
ter, aged IL.
SIMON PUMP, a well-knOwn merchant
OF Memphis, Tenn, committed suicide,
July 4, by shooting himself through the
heart, dying almost instantly. lie was an
officer in several lodges, and was Secretary
Of the X. S. b. L. Jewish Lodge, to which
be was in debt to the amount Of $500.
JOHN HYMN, a young man, had row
with street-car conductor in Cleveland,
Ohio. ON the Fourth, and fell off and was
killed, the ear passing over him.
LOUIS PozoNAsKI was killed and A.
s. Shelter received serious injuries by the
explosion of a gun with which they were
saluting the GLORIOUS" at Leadvile, Colo.
Two horse-thieves named Jack Hite
and Mike Chambers, were shot near oregon
City, OFeg., on the Sd, while attempting to
escape from a posse OF officers. Hite was
Instantly killed and Chambers fatally
wounded
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, July 4, Joseph
Rodgers a mOder, fatally shot his wife in
the breast and then attempted suicide by
shooting himself in the temple. He will
recover. Jealousy.
EDWARD ALLEN and Charles Kyle,
both colored, differed widely in the streets
Of indianapolis the other night. Kyle, who
IS at present a barber, though some years
ago he was member Of the Louisiana
Legislature, whipped out "a razor and nearly
disembowled his antagonist.
STEPHEN CoBURN, a prominent law
/ yer OF Skowhegan, Ne, committed suicide
/ by drowning, July 4, while temporarily in
sane. An Only son, Charles, lost his life in
/ attempting to restrain his father. Mr. Co
/ burn was brother OF the ex- Governor.
ALBERT WEOKE, aged 80, was gored
/ to death by a COW in Milwaukee, Wis,
July 6.
j. d. RHoADEs and his brother, dis
/ solute characters, were arrested at Brad
/ ford, Pa. on the 9Th, for numbering theil
mother. There was a quarrel about some
life insurance matters, and when the ole
lady tried TO separate her sons they turned
upon her and killed her.
VIM. KEELY, a detective at the Theis
/ Concert Garden, Fourteenth street, New
York, was killed by party OF drunken Gu
| bans whom he had elected on the Fourth.
WILLIE, aged 16, son of Alderman
Daniel Campbell, and Mary Rose, 10, daugh-
! ter OF John Rose, ship carpenter, were
! drowned near Bay City, Mich, July 4. A
number OF children made raft by mailing
boards across some logs. The raft went tc
/ pieces in the middle of the river. Several
others of the party had narrow escapes.
Two young girls, named Lee, were
fatally burned by the explosion of a lamp al
Lincoln, Nebr., on the 9th.
AT Burlington, VT, the other day
four children OF Bryan Foley were fatally
poisoned by eating green currants.
THE saddest of several suicides on the
9th, perhaps, was that OF Miss Gabrielle
Wray, near Medora, Ind, who deliberately
shot herself in the breast. She was beauti
full and accomplished. Unrequited love il
said to have caused the trouble. Mrs
Spaulding, wife of bridge builder, gave
party at her house in Dubuque, Iowa, OF
the Fourth, and after dismissing her guests
took a fatal dose Of morphine. She had
been i'll for some time, but appeared in the
| best of spirits during the evening.
AT Fargo, Dakota, the other day, Po
lice Officer Alderman was killed by MAJ
named KuntzOr, and the citizens were VI
nearly all night hunting for the murderer.