The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-08-10

A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg says
Engineer Melville and Seamen Veras aud
Ninderman OF the Jeanuette's crew have
arrived at Tobolsk. They believe Lieut..
Chipp and his companions perished in a
snow-storm.
A FAITH-CURE camp-meeting in
progress at Old Orchard Beach, Me-, is de-
veloping some remarkable features. The
lame, halt, and blind, after being prayed
over and anointed with oil, are sent on their
way rejoicing, and many claim to have re-
ceiyed great physical as well as spiritual
benefit.
THERE was one death from yellow
fever at New Orleans, Aug. /. The disease
is said to have appeared at Brownsville,
Texas. The death rate in BIatamoras,
Mex, Is greater than at Havana.
GREEK troops have occupied the
Turkish village of Zarta, near the frontier.
An explanation has been demanded by the
Porte.
THE coinage of the United States
mints for July was So. 1853, $50. OF this sum
more than two-thirds are standard dollars.
THE National Association of Anal
gamated Iron and Steel Workers are in ses-
sion at Chicago. Addresses were made by
Mayor Harrison, Mr.. A. NJ. Carpenter, of
Springfield, H., and President Jarrett
O'DONovAN Rosa indorses the state
ment made by Pat Grove, of Peoria, Ill. rel
ative to the foundation Of a dynamite school
in the interest of Ireland.
THE National Mining Exposition at
Denver, Colo, opened with large crowd
in attendance. Hon. William d. Kelley, of
l.
A GRAIN overflow is anticipated at
New York, and measures are being taken to
meet the emergency.
SOME union sailors boarded a schoon-
or in Kingston, Ont, Aug. /, and brutally
assaulted two non-unionists named Maine
and Ellis. After pitching them overheard
they dragged them ashore and administered
another beating.
ALI. the British forces in Alexandria
were ordered to the front, Aug. 3, an attack
being expected. The left front of the pick
ct guard was driven in by Arab Pasha s
cavalry on the 2d. The firing continued for
some time. Arabi's men withdrew and
the post was reOccupied. No casualties oc-
CURED.
A DISASTROUS storm visited Milwau-
kee, Wis, Aug. 3. The river rose over two
feet in a few hours. The streets became
channels for swollen streams. So great was
the quantity of water that fell the sewers
proved inadequate to carry it off and many
burst. The lightning caused more damage
than was ever known from a single storm.
The Fire Department was repeatedly called
out, but fortunately the loss was not very
great in any individual instance. Plankin-
toms pork packing house in the MenOmonee
Valley was struck, and the entire roof was
precipitated to the floor. The fireman,
William Keepfheimer, was struck both by
falling timbers and the lightning, and died
after the most terrible suffering. Reports
from the country adjacent show an enor-
nous amount of damage done. Wheat al
most ready to be harvested was beaten
down, and some fields totally ruined, while
corn, oats, and other grains were left in a
deplorable condition. In fields where har-
vesting had already commenced the wheat
shocks were, with few exceptions, com
pletely destroyed. Accidents are reported
on several Of the railroads. The worst was
on the Madison Division of the Chicago &
Northwestern road, a short distance from
the city. A train of three coaches was
wrecked, but none of the passengers were
seriously injured. The fireman, William
IT appears from a statement made by
the Secretary of.the Interior that the United
States Government has paid to the Ponce
Indians since 1871 S469, 120.
The old settlers of viii County, H.,
met at Joliet, Aug. ,, and celebrated the
fifty. second anniversary Of the Battle OF
Bad Axe, at which the power of the great
Indian chief Black Hawk was broken.
THE sixty-ninth anniversary of the
defeat OF the British at Fort Stephenson, BY
Major George Croghan, was celebrated with
appropriate ceremonies, Aug. ,, at Free
mont, o.
GOvERNOR CRITTENDEN has par
doned Robert C. Pate, Henry Lehndorf and
John Glardon, sentenced by the st. Louis
Criminal Court to six months each in jail for
establishing lotteries.