The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-12-21

NEAR GanlpOllSS w. Jhe te7luSuCS OA
Newell Jolly was destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. Mr.. Jolly, who was quite aged,
was burned to death, and his wife was also
probably fatally burned.
In theater at Barcelona, Spain, a
thief raised a false alarm OF fire few even
ings ago. one person was killed and /
eighteen injured in the panic which fol-
lowed.
A FIRE destroyed eight buildings on
the public square at Bradford, Pa, and |
three on au adjoining street, valued at S3O,-
900, few days ago.
A COPPER still, containing twenty
five barrels Of whisky, exploded at Belle
vernun, Pa, few mornings ago, destroy
ing the distilery and the United States
bonded warehouse. LOSS 500, 900. One
man was killed.
BY a terrible explosion at J. Vincent
q sons saw mill, near ShawneetOwn, III,
a few days ago, the following persons we're
killed: William Montgomery, Charles Glass,
Henry Hughes, Charles Barker, George
Price, William Price, Sam Mclaughlin,
William Kennedy and Wade Kee. Two
other men were badly hurt, one of them, it
was thought, fatally.
A RAILWAY collision occurred at kOn-
/ iSsberg, Germany, the other day. Two per
/ sons were killed and nine injured.
4 A FEW days ago the business quarter
of Kingston, Jamaica, including wharves,
storehouses, banks and heavy stocks OF
goods was destroyed by fire. The loss was
estimated at 5000 ,0OC.
RECENTLY the guard in OakwOod
Cemetery at Richmond. Va, arrested two
medical students and two colored men in the
act Of opening grave. -Four dead bodies
taken from the cemetery were found at the
! Virginia Medical College.
ON the route from Chicago to VII
mona, Mimi, eight messengers of the Amer
lean Express Company have been dis
charged for dishonesty.
\ PRISONER named William Edwards,
en- route for the penitentiary at Mounds
vile, w. Va, in charge OF the Sheriff Of
CabeH County, jumped from the train three
miles east of GAINESVILLE, o., few nights
ago, and was killed.
A MEXICAN named Lena, a resident
OF Monies De Las Latas, n. NJ, while rid
ing homcward a few nghts ago, was stop
ped BY "a young American and shot dead.
The highwayman rode off with the dead
mans horse and valuables. The murderer
was aftetward captured and shot.
BY the fall of an unfinished bridge on
the Sunset Road in Texas recently sever
men were Killed and eleven others were
wounded.
I THE house of Singleton James, on {
plantation near Stoekbridge, Ga, burned t.
e. the ground few nights ago. Thomas
2 knight and two children were burned t.
0 death. knight was lying drunk in the hous'
] when the fire. occurred.
RECENT fire destroyed several o
t the most extensive co-operatiye stores il
/ Dublin, ireland, ~
F. A REVOLT occurred among the pau
= pors in the city work house at Vienna
e France, few days ago, and they attacke'
q the Warden and fired the building. Tn
+ military were called out to suppress tn
rioters. Forty arrests had been made.
g THE wharf and extensive depot, to
Z gether with sixty ears and ten locOmative
e belonging to the Manhattan Beach Railroad
;. Company, at Bay Ridge, near New GOr
i City, were destroyed by fire a few night
IS ago Loss, S5OO0O0. One man was burne
c to death.
: SIXTY persons were killed by an eX
l. plosion q few days ago in powder maya
zine at Guayaquil, Central America.
2 The inmates of the Manitoba Pen
d Tertiary. who recently made desperate e1
/ fort to escape, were sentenced to receiV
tffty lashes each for their attempt to secm
X freedom.
In Cleveland, O., the other day
neak-thief stole a bag containing $40, o.
!, worth OF diamonds.
az TIE residence of p. Stafford, at Irol
to ton, o., was destroyed by fire few nigh
rs ago, and Mrs. Stafford perished in Il
flames.
r, Two letter pouches filled with matte
n, from New York for Colorado and New Ne,
leo we're stolen and plundered near Ter
d Hautc, Iud., the other day.
MISCELLANEOUs.
lS' To finish payment for the Panau
~ Railroad, trust company in New York "
DC recently handed -, $50, 900 in behalf Of I
s. Panama Canal Company.
= THE collapse of the Denver (COl
,o Fire Insurance Company, which was o
ganized in 1880 with a capital OF 100000
is announced. 1t was said that there W
" never any money in the treasury, and til
H. the only assets were unsecured notes a
Is uuimprovcd lands with imperfect titles.
FROM the Washington Mint the iss
''' Of standard silver dollars for the week end
'e- December 9 was 81, ,ls9, 4o9, against S$94, (
for the same period last year.
2" James F. Malloy, of Edgetield, s
ayS recently secured verdict Of S20, 900 agat
the New York Herald for libel. The C
ne would be appealed.
the FIVE persons were drowned by breI
">' ing through the ice while skating in l.,
-, don, Eng, few days ago.
IL THE wall Of boards erected in the
-e' tunda Of the national capitol, by the ma
I'VE rcrs OF the recent Garfield fair, to prot
the historical paintings, turned a curr
I9U OF hot air on those works, partially destr
few ing those representing the baptism OF Po
hontas and the pilgrims at prayer, VIII
MS cost $4,000 each.
lol The last rail on the Chicago &
She lautic Railway was laid the other day n
one Huntington, Ind, giving the Erie Road
Yea cess 90 Chicago.
Sh WILLIAM G. FRAZIER, a school tea
Va" cr at Cumberland, O., stabbed two pu
recently in a general fight with the big b
M in school one died i'm = few minutes.
tent A HEAVY snOw-storm, accOmpau
'r'- byycales, prevailed on the Spanish coast
the llth, and "a number Of shipwrecks W
''S reported.
hat The Commissioner of Railroads
'n ports that al the end Of June last the Ur
Pacific Company owed the Government
Ga0,510, and that the Central Pacific
GOO indebted to the amount OF S52 l4o, Sl3.
the AFTER a suspension Of one month
Of Delaware iron-mius at Phtliipsburg,
~. have started up.
ial- THE total receipts for tolls on
loon New York state canals for the season
'ataI 1882 up to December l, were S65l, ,195.
the season OF 1881 they were S63i Cpl.
'our year there were 2lI dsvs Of uavigat
mod This year there were 2f1.
,eb. THE Land Court has decided the