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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17
Herolc Deeds q a Brakeman.

On Friday afternoon LIST John w. Noses
brakeman the switch-engIne of the Bel
Ffdere Delaware Division of the Pennsyiva-
MIA Railroad, for the third time within few
years ristSed his own life to save that of
another by leaping from q train running at a
nigh rate of speed through a bridge studded
with iron bars into the Delaware & Raritan
Canal at the foot of Rose street, in this city.
A HeHdld reporter called at the humble
house of the brave brakeman, No. 21S Acad-
emy street, last evening, and found him, sur
rounded by his family, eating bis frugal meal
after days toll. In answer to the reporters
request to tell him all about the rescue Mr..
Moses, in a matter-of-faet sort of way, re-
piled;
'Oh, it wasn't much; but Ididn't Ike to take
a bath with my clothes on You see,s we were
going along pretty lively with train Of freight
cars, and as we approached the junction
bridge / saw the boy in the canal at first
thought be was taking a swim, but I looked
again, saw that he had on his clothes, and dis
appeared twice under the water each time
struggling and fioundering. Then l knew he
was drowning; 80 just made mp my mind in
less time than am telling you 10 wait until
the train reached the bridge and make a dive
for the youngster. just as the train got into
the bridge the boy was going down for the
third time, and without W iting for anything
made a dive for him between the iron rods
which support the swing bridge. In doing
so / struck against enc of the rods. and they
are only about three feet apart, which threw
me over on my side. 1t tstung right smart but
struck out for the boy and grabbed him by
the back or the neck just as the top of his
head was disappearing, and then made for
the shore with him. When ] got him to the
bank he WAS pretty limp, tell you, but we
soon brought him to. Understand his name
is Vansant, and that he is about ten years
old"
Mr.. Moses. who is a muscular AMI Jo1f
young fellow, then asked to be excused, as he
had an engagem snt on hand, aud in another
moment he went skipping out of his house,
whistling- After he had left a member of bis
farnily said to the reporter:
"Johnny, don't like notoriety, or he might
have told you of even more hazardous rescues
made by him. Why, a few months ago he
jumped off his train into the feeder, Warren
street, and saved big man who weighed near
ly two hundred pounds, and Johnny had hard
work to keep the man from drowning him.
Then about two years ago a woman and two
children were thrown into the canal by the
sudden opening OF the Perry street bridge II
was Johnny's luck to be around again, and of
course he jumped in and saved Them"
Inquiring among the brave mans fellow
employees it transpired that ne is noted for his
courage and for his good nature; that he is
very popular among his associates, and partic-
ularly disliskes to be lionized.-IreRton IN. -
Special 10 ~ Y. Hcyusd.
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Personal AND POIrTIoAI..

SECRETARY TELLER emphatically de-
nles the report that he advised the passage
OF the river and sharbor bill over the Presi-
DENTS veto.
CAPT. HAwoRTH, Indian Inspector,
has been instructed by Secretary Teller to
proceed to the Indian Territory aud other
Western States to supervise tho erection OF
numerous new school houses.
OFFICE-sEEKERs in Washington are
made the victims of swindlers who claim
they can procure places in the departments
for them, and thus secure loans Of various
sums OF money, which of course are never
repaid.
AT a Socialist meeting in Paris the
other night, Louise Michel spoke of Arab
Pasha as a true disciple of the French prin-
ciples Of 1913, whom France ought rather to
support than combat.
IT is rumored at st. Petersburg that
Russia is making warlike preparations at
Odessa in view OF the possibility OF eompli-
cations between Turkey and England.
ALL the Representative selected by
Speaker Keifer to serve on the committee to
investigate the plan for improving the Mis-
sissippi River have accepted, and every data
OF this great work will be carefully inquired
into and embodied in thereportto Congress.
EHE fact that the House of Repre-
sentatives adjourned without passing the
resolution Of thanks to it's Speaker excites
much comment In Washington, and has
highly displeased Mr.. Keifer's special
friends, as we'll as given much annoyance
and chagrn to the Speaker himself
The election in Utah went over be-
cause of the non-arrival of the Commission
ers, and Governor Murray is given power
to fill all important offices by appoint
ment.
The new French Cabinet comprises
Du Clerc as Minister OF Foreign Affairs,
Falieres for the Interior Department,
General BilIot as Minister OF War, and
Cochery as postal and telegraph chieftain.
THE Massachusetts Prohibitionists
congratulate their brethren in Kansas and
Iowa and express sympathy with those
struggling in other States. The Indiana
Republicans are In favor Of such an adjust :
ment Of revenue and tariff as will raise nc
more money than necessary TO pay interest
on the public debt and the expenses OF Gov
ernment.
MR.GLADsToNE has declared that the
campaign in Egypt is to protect the inter-
ests Of the civilized world; that the Suez
Canal must be kept open, and that the war
isfOr the purpose Of protecting the Egyp-
uans from military tyranny.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and Postmaster
General Howe viii visit Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa about the middle OF Septem-
Der, During his stay in Milwaukee the
Chief Magistrate win be the guest Of Alex.
ander Mitchell.
THE remarkable contest in the
Twelfth Illinois District, in which the Dem.
ocri,tic Convention spent two days at Noun
Sterling and three days at Beardstown
closed by the nomination OF James NJ
Riggs, of Scott County, on the 1.521st bal
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bounced.

A practical case of paternal interfer-
ence in a love affair occurred in a tony
neighborhood, says a Louisville paper,
between ten and eleven o'clock last
night. The names are positively un-
mentionable, but the facts are herewith
presented in full: A certain masher has
for some time been insisting upon being
employed as the son-in-law of certain
well-known gentleman, who has per-
sstently refused to appreciate the young
mans desires. The girl in the case
thought differently from her father, and
continued 10 encourages her lovers
hopes, aud frequently received visits
from him clandestinely. Friday night
he came once too often for the usual
blissfuI adieu The old man had not re-
tired, as supposed by the lovers, who
were located on the front steps, and,
happening to look from an open win
dow, he espied the young man with his
arms around his daughters waist, in
the act of kissing her. lie forthwith re-
solved to take time by the forelock and
bring matters to a crisis Passing out
through the rear of the house and yard,
he came around and suddenly confront
ed his unwelcome visitor. He caught
him by the front lock and by the rear
as well, before the thing was over. He
seized him by his exquisite goatee ana
mustache. and, holding him at arms
length, went for him like an infuriated
Scotch terrier in a dog fight. and ever
lastingly disrupted the exquisite young
mans foundation for photograph, un-
til his daughter tainted with fright, aud
the mother came screaming into the
ward In her night-clotbes. She succeed
ed in pulling the governor of the visit
ing gent, but the former broke away
from her and finished the reception Nv
kicking the masher clear ont of the yard
into the middle of the street. Owing 10
the lateness of the hour. the governor
succeeded in sunimarily dismissing the
young man without rOusing the entire
neighborhoOd. or the commotipn getting
to the ears Of the police, in which event
the names of the parties could not, Rs
now, be suppressed, but would come out
in spite of al efforts to the contrary.
They may do 50 yet by way Of a suit for
damages. It
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17
JumbO and be Baby Tako ! Balh.

The baby elephant " Bridgeport" "
took her first bath and " Jumbo" the
first he has had in this country, yester-
day, at Brattieboro, VT "A deep and
shady pool ia Milestone Brook, CON
veniently near the circgs tents. was
chosen. The baby came down TO the
water with dainty, mincing motion.
dipped her toes into the drink, Hhivered
and partly withdrew. and then. urged
by the Keepers prod, plunged boldly
in. Once in she seemed to enjoy the
wetting, and swan about, squirting
jets Of water with her tiny trunk and
giving shrili grunts OF satisfaction.
Jumbo appeared later and entered the
bath hardly less suspiciously. When
the first chill was over. however he
dived in head foremost, raising the gem
eral level Of the pool several inches and
sending the waves rolling up against
the bank. lie cavorted around, threw
a stream Of water into the air with his
trunk, and then settled down into his
bath till only the top Of bis head and
the ridge Of his back were seen. As he
rose, the water rolled from his sides
like cascades trickling over rock bed.
In the evening the rest Of the elephants
were given a bath. and for few mo-
ments the stream presented the appear
anee Of a pool in an East Indian Jungle
with herd OF wild elephants at play.
Springfield Republican.
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Georgia papers say that 3 fortune is
waiting for the person who succeeds in maxi
ing sugar from watermelons.
Kear Kingston, N. c., recently, a ne
gro boy, 6 years old, shot his sister, aged A
years, dragged the body into a field, and
it In the rows of cotton. He said the child
began to cry, and to hush it he snapped q
gun at her, as he had been in the habit OF
doing. The charge nearly blew of the
chiId's head.
+ A curiosity in the fruit line is on ex-
hibition at Tampa, Fla. 1t consists of five
distinct, fully -matured pineappIes ON one
stem, touching each other at the sides, and
spread out in the shape of fan. and around
the top of the fan. like a handsome fringe,
are nineteen crownlets, which will each make
a distinct plant.
Hogs near Kelly Station, KY, are dy-
ing Of a disease resembling quinsy.
Girls may now be educated at the
University of Mississippi.
It is estimated that there are no less
than fifty thousand fine ripe watermelons
shipped north every day from Atlanta, Ga.
A merchant in Tallahassee, Fla, re-
Gently received an order for one hundred
pounds OF dried fig-leaves OF a bright color,
As the order came from n large tobacco
mandatory, the use to which the leaves
will be put is easily surmised.
In the western counties of Kentucky
some farmers draw their tsyheat money ia
gold and take Il home IN sh0t-bags. This
sounds like ante bellum times.
Improvements that win cost more
than 81 ,0OO, 900 are now in course of con-
strnction at Birmingham, Ala.
Florida railways employ 10000 men.
Letters received at Columbia, S. c.,
from responsible parties in England give
assurance that money win be prom pity put
down to develop the production sud manu-
facture OF 1ute and ramie, IL it can be shown
that it can be successfully raised in South
Carolina and prepared for market by a
process more expeditions than that hereto
fore used.
There is scheme for supplying New
Orleans with water from a small stream in
St. Tammany Parish, called Bogue Falaya,
through an aqueduct under Lake Pont-
chartrain.
Work has been suspended on the
naval wharf at Key West, Fla.
The Southern car works at Knoxville,
Team, turn out 500, 600 worth Of railroad
cars and $4,000 worth of wheels every
year.
A woman at Decatur, Ala, came
near falling victim TO the deadly fumes
Of burning sulphur a few evenings sines.
She attempted to rid her bedchamber Of
mosquitoes By burning large quantities OF
sulphur in the room. She was partially re-
stored by going Immediately into a strong
current OF fresh air, but the stupefying ef-
feet was so great that she did not come from
under the influence for forty-eight hours.
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QRIaEEs- AND cAsUALTIEs.


WIN. PARKE, q laborer, was grossly
insused by four bad charaeters as he was
entering bis dwelling, In Chicago, on the
9th. They ordered him to bring down his
daughters, and tried tc force their way in,
but Mr.. Parke happened to have a pistol in
the house and Frank Thornton got a fatal
bullet in his forehead.
MISS JULIA LEVI, of philadelphia, was
thrown from n carriage and fatally injured
near Davenport, Iowa, on the 9Th.
Ten tiremen were injured by falling
walls In Pittsburgh, Pa. the other morn
ing. John Green, Charles Little, Robert
Kilhon and Philip Mcguire may not sur
vive.
AT camp-meeting of colored people
near Eastman, Ga, the other day, a deputy
marshal Shot fleeing prisoner named Jake
Tarropy. killing him. This infuriated the
mob, who ran the deputy In a house, where
an innocent white man named James Har-
ward was shot and beaten horribly, resulting
in his death. The negroes mistook him for
the deputy,
A KEG of powder exploded in the
Dutch coal mine at Cincinnati on the 7th,
fatally injuring George Weaver and a boy
named Geo. Homar. The accident was oe-
casioned BIZ the boys earelessness.
A THUNDERBoLT shattered part of the
Summer House, Long Branch, N. j., on the
7th. Four persons were injured, one OF
whom, John Corners, may not recover.
CHARLES ROBBINS, an orphan, IL
years old committed suicide by hanging, al
Prospect, Me-, a few days since.
A WORK train on the Summit Branch
was ditched near Lykens, Pa, on the 7th.
John Townsend and Charles Hosmer were
seriously injured.
FRANK HUGHEs, a tramp painter, at
tempted to steal a boat from Omaha, Nebr.,
the other day Meeting with some resistance
he seized an AK and attacked man named
Janson, knocking him down and inficting
several frightful wounds about his head, az
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17
saperstItIon In Mas.aehuaatls.

There Is a great deal Of superstition
vet remaining in the most civilized
States OF the world One Of the most
recent illustrations Of this comes from
Massachusetts. At Fall River, about n
year ago house belonging 10 an aged
blind woman was sold under q forcclOs-
ure Of mortage, and the old woman
cursed the parties concerned in the sale
and prayed that whoever took the house
might become blind. The purchaser.
another old lady. was deeply grieved by
her threats, and was never happy Ia tho
house. Her health rapidly declined and
she took 20 her bed. For several weeks
before her death she was blind, and
some Of her friends have thought that
the agitation caused By the old woman
curses worked upon her imagination and
finally caused her death. --Br
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17
NEWS IN BRTEF.
Compiled from various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


THE naval. l.appropFiation-bill passed the
Senate on the 5th. The knit goods bill passed
ms It came froHa tile House, also the bin ex-
tending fees Of certain officers over New Mex
leo and arizona The Senate receded from
its amendment 70 the deficiency bill and a
Joint resolution was adopted voting SB3 900 for
mileage for th0speeial session tnIsSl. The con
ference report on tho sundry civil bin was
bin to pnbnsh tie aereuituFai report. -.
In the House the serAse amendments 70 the
TO the bill in relation TO steam vessels were
agreed to. Conference reports on the naval
bill and the sundry civil bill appropriation
were adopted. Both houses adjourned till
the 7th.
A VOTE on the resolution for a select COM
mittee on American ship building, in the SEN
ate on the 7th, resulted 40 to Is. House
bill repcaling the export tax on t0Bacco
present and all business proceeded by con-
sent. Mr., Robeson introduced a DILL to
rules ana pass IL. As only 90 members voted,
the cry Of no quorum was raised and the bill
was withdrnNns ltatlI houses adjourned for
one day. - & #Hk
IN the Senate, Aug. 3, the bill passed TO
transfer Orphans Home property 20 the Gar
field Hospital, and Mr. WINDOWS report with
regard to the use of money to defeat the
bonded spirits bill was ordered printed. The
Democrats voted to adjourn at D. m, and
Cameron, OF wisconsin, Chilcott Plumb and
Sawyer, with Davis, ,Of Illinois voted with them.
htf- Iendleton Onered resolution, which
was adopted by uBaninOuS vote, rendering
thanks to Hon. David DAVIS President of the
Senate, for the uniformly able. courteous aad
impartial manner in which he has presided
over the deliberations OF that body. At 2.55
n request by Mr.. Morrill, that the tax bill be
passed by unanimous consent met with de-
rtsive laughter on the Democratic side. When
the clock indicated the hour OF three the pre-
siding ofIicer formally teTnffnnf ed the session
in brief speech. h..... After the transaction of
some unimpOrtanC business, Speaker Keifer
addressed the House as follows "This House
l. ADOut - IA irAf SOS Z l,na
been Hn tmp0rtautOne to tho country. With
thanks for the generous and kind treatment
on the part Of the House, with my best wishes
for all its members, regardless of party, I
now, as authOriHed and required by the con
current resolution OF the senate and House Of
without day."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17
-Thara are bnt few places in th.

United States where water is more valu-
able than petroleum. Garfield, the new
Pennsylvania oil town, is perhaps the
only such locality. There is no water.
and the supply for human existence has
TO be brought from spring some dis
tance from town. 1t costs sixty cents a
barrel, while oil is only worth fifty-six,
and the water venders will not give a
barrel Of water for a barrel of oil
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-17

ter which he picked up hatchet and pro-
ceeded to smash Janson's SKULL cutting out
his right eye and 8 portion OF his face.
Completing his work he hed across the
bridge, but was overtaken and arrested.
Ar local election in Frankfort, KY,
a negro named Edward AcElroy fred q
double barreled shotgun into the crowd at
the polls and then shot at Sanford Egbert.
Pistols were then drawn by about twenty
persons, and the colored man was riddled
with bullets.
A TRAIN on the East Line Narrow
Gauge Railway went through bridge near
Winnsboro, Texas, on the 7th. w. b.
Fowler conductors Isaac Bosser, express
messenger; c. II. Harper. mail agent; L.
T. Tethrot, a passenger, were killed. w. r.
Scott, A. B. Abe, r. D. Potts, A. A. Hen-
derson, j. Weaver, A. ID. Martin, and two
ladies were seriously injured.
LIGHTNING at Stamford, Conn.,,
struck the Presbyterian church spire, the
residence OF Roswell Hoyt, and the hat fac
tory OF ii. K. White, causing loss OF S4O,-
900. Fourmen were killed and three others
FIoRENT1NE KRENTz, aged 10, was
murdered By a young girl named Kate Hertz
in New York City on the 9th. They were
lovers.
A REJECTED suitor named Dietrich
Peterson killed Miss Frieda Kiekemeyer,
mortally wounded Miss Frances Maus, and
then turned his revolver upon himself, send
ing u bullet through his heart, in Chicago,
Aug. 8. Peterson had been paying atten-
ton to Miss Eiekemeyer for some months,
but her father came into a little property
and objected to further visits. When he en-
tered the house for the last time he found
the young ladies together and fired indis-
criminately. The first shot hit Miss Maus,
and maddened at this he ran toward Frieda
and fired at close range.
AT Henrietta, Texas, the other night,
James Irbis, saloon-keeper, was killed
by Texas cowboy named LanninE, who
escaped. "
FIVE persons were drowned by the
capsizing of boat at Nantucket, Mass. !,
Aug. s. k.rr.. e.s.#Fs
Two ParISians who were attempting
to climb over the railing surrounding the
Tuileries during the recent display OF fire.
works caught hold Of the electric wire H.
Illuminating the grounds and were killed.
CLARA DICKENS, a young lady who
had quarreled with her lover, took fatal
dose Of morphine in Peoria, IlI., Aug. 8.
In Camden County, Georgia, on the
9th, two boys forced a little fellow into the
river and held him there till he was drowned.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS and Clayton Far
rell fought duel with pistols at Fort Og-
den, Fla, on the 9th, and both died within
an hour.
PHILIP BENDER, aged 40, who was
tired, deliberately sought watery grave at
Louisville, Ky, the other night. j. r..
Adams, cashier of the West End Hotel,
Long Branch, N. j., killed himself on the
same day in consequence of some domestic
trouble.
A NEGRO named Blakeny was lynched
near Lancaster Court house, s. c., on the
Sth, for assaulting white girl.
BY the explosion of a boiler in Weav-
er's mill, near Eldersville, Pa, the other
day, Thomas Bevington, the engineer, and a
workman named James Phillips were killed,
and the building was almost totally de.
stToyed.
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Much Of the distaste for farming
which fatally attacks many a boy, is the
result of the nismanagement which
makes work oppressive and hateful by
causing needless exposure to strains Of
exertion or extremes Of weather. IN "
Yly-{5gfg1e
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in the birth Of the two-headed girl has
Brownsville, Neb., Of q one-headed girl
with four perfect legs and four perfect
arms. Thus does the whirligig Of time
make all things even Chicago Herald.
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"A bene6cent association in Boston
makes a speciality of giving poor people
tickets for rides on strect-ears. Inva-
lids have the preference, the idea being
that ride to the suburbs and back i
quite as beneficial as medicine.
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The IplperiaI Gazette, a Chinese
newspaper, has the reputation Of hav-
ing been printed In consecutive series
SoT fifteen centuries.
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The AUTHORIZATION.

WASHINGTON. August 6.
The following table gives the appropriations
for the General Government for the years 1882
ur,d Iaa3.
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Mss Louisa Howard. Of Burlington,
has given President Buckham. OF the
University of Vermont, -, 600 TO estab-
lish five scholarships which must be as
signed to Green Mountain boys OF good
mind, manners and morals. ~ Boston
IraHscrfpf.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING
lne square of eight lines, SI-50 for tho first
Tcrtion, and rs cents for each subseanenb
FACTS AND FIGURES.

oEoRoE W. ARMIaTEAD.
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BEEcHER AND HIS BRETHREN.


The wiroa brought an intcrcsting picco
oi news ycptrr,lny morning. In the "A ,ion
Of the Conversational Assooint uns ~
Now York and Brooklyu, with reference
to tho nttitule %, Rev Henry Ward
Becchcr. II will he r,m,mbnred TINT
Mr.. Bccchor, nn Tucedny la.,. formally
Withdrew from the AsRocintiou. bncausc
ns he admitted. he WIS no longer i'm
harmony and accord with tie t,nc,s M
the churches cnmposiug tho Assnoiu.
tion. Now th. Association ia rcrn,,.d
Hs rrqrr.,lp.. him l., r.rpusi,I,,r bis with.
drnwnl and announcing their con,ur.
renee in fla, yI,vs cnt.rtnircJ Inv hin,
We will have TO nwait th, arrival a, the
New Yo,k n,r,,s T., l,nr, ,l.,.rlv ;rst
wbnt At nd Mr. u..cb.r li1 tol. in III.
withdrawal hut rre.,un.bIy in wss !,
IN, snm, Inn, dcin,,l i, his r.ro,lo,l.
article ia IL recent numb,r NJ uo
North Am,r,,,p R..y,,, p.,.