The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-07-19

The COrOnOr's Jury in the case OF
Captain NJ. L. Cole, the Vicksburg (Miss.)
Commissioner found murdered near that
city recently, returned verdict the other
evening charging DR.. P. II. Cook with the
murder and his son Newell as an accessory.
WRIGHT M. ALBRIGHT, the Memphis
(Tenn.) monster who it is alleged tortured
his step-son by holding him against hot
stove, was indicted the other day by the
Grand Jury in that city.
GOVERNOR GRANT, of Colorado, has
offered fifty dollars reward for the arrest
of each person concerned in the recent
murder of the Grand County Commission
ers.
THREE men were overcome by flow
of gas in the bottom of well at Washing
ton, o., the other day, and two of them died
before help could reach them.
j. r. LOPER, a prominent soap man.
ufacturer of Oshkosh, Wis, was found in a
vat at his factory the other night with the
flesh all boiled off his bones. 1t was thought
he fell in the vat while stirring the con.
tents.
SIxTY-TwO deaths occurred at
Damieta, Egypt, from cholera on the 11th,
fifty-nine at Mansurah, twenty at Sama-
noud and fifteen at Stirbin.
A SUBSIDY of 100000 annually has
been granted the Ameer of Afghanistan by
the Indian Government.
MARRIOTT, the man arrested in New
York for stealing $4,000 worth of
diamonds from a Paris jeweler, was dis
charged a few days ago on account of in
sufficient evidence.
A DISPATCH from Lima, Peru, on the
10Th announced the death of General Moore,
American Consul at Callao. He died of
yellow fever.
ELEVEN jurors had been secured for
the trial of ex-TreasuTer Polk, of Tennes-
see, on the 18th.
THE Illinois State Veterinary Surz
geon reports gIanders prevalent in sixteen
counties.
IT was reported on the 18th that the
Uintah and Shoshone Indians, near the
border of Wyoming and Utah, were giving
the agent some trouble by refusing to stay
on the reservation.
THE anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne was celebrated by Orangemen in
various cities on the 18th.
THE recent lard scandal in this coun-
try has been seized upon by the Germans
as a further pretext for excluding all
American hog products.
The colored convention in session q
Austin, Tex, on the 18th asked the Legisla-
ture to establish a manual training school
for the colored youth.
ACCORDING to the recent report of the
Illinois Board of Agriculture the crop pros
pect in that State is Frightening rapidly.
JUDGE FIELD, who was severely
stabbed in Dublin, Ireland, is still in con-
slant receipt of threatening letters, and his
family are frequently insulted.
A COURT of FOresters acting as escort
at funeral in New Haven, Conn.,, the other
day were refused admission to the Catholic
Church unless they would take off their re-
gala. They went home.
/ A RUNAWAY horse 1eaped into the
river at Harrison street bridge, Chicago
/ H., the other evening, with a buggy con.
/ tanning two boys and two girls. One lad
/ was drowned.
A GREAT battle was fought the other
! day between the forces of Cetawayo and
Oham in South Africa, the latter chief be-
/ ing made prisoner.
/ THE Western Union Telegraph Com
| pany has adopted a rule that a days work
/ is to be nine hours actual service, without
| Sunday labor, or seven hours labor at
night, Sundays included, all service in ex.
/ cess to be paid for extra.