The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-29

LONDON, March TO-
Lady Florence Dixie, who was attacked Sat
urday by two men disguised in women's
clothes, says the men spoke no brOgue. She
remembers seeing her st. Bernard dog drag
one of them backward. The affair is puzzling
every one. There is no clew to the assailants.
The gardener potting geraniums thirty yards
from the scene neither saw nor heard any
thing of the occurrence. Lady Florence says
she called to her husband for help. She states
she should be sorry to attribute the outrage to
the Land League.
NEW YORK, March 10.
O'DonQEan-Rossa said to-day he was very
certain that Irish organization had any
thing to do with the assault upon Lady Flor
ence Dixie. " Irishmen," he said, . do not
make war upon women" In Dublin Mr..
FOrster's life was spared on many occasions
because he shielded himself behind women.
He very much doubted whether the assault
had ever taken place. Lady Dixie was a
- crank and perhaps her love of notorfety
had led her to prOmulgate the story. But he
thought it more probable that the base hire
Hngs of the British Government had
"planned the whole affair for the purpose Of
exciting the British populace against the
Irish"
Mr.. Sheridan, who was seen in the Office Of
the Irish World, said: g look upon the affair
as attempt to disparage the Land League,
and to prepare the public mind for the con-
on trial in Dublin. l believe the assault was
planned by some of the emissaries of Dublin
Castle. do not believe that Lady Florence
Dixie was a cOnsenting party. ! have too
high an opinion of her to imagine for mo-
ment that she would lend herself to a purpose
so vile. Her mother, the MarchiOness of
Queensbury, is one of the most popular
women in Ireland. Lady Dixie has proved
that she at least sympathizes with the Irish
people know of no reason whntever why
the Irish people should entertain the smallest
dislike towards her, unless, indeed, the
letters which she has recently written
on Land-League matters might be supposed
TO furnish some grounds for hostile feelings
toward her" These letters, in my opinion,
were a severe and perhaps unjustifiable crit
icism of a public movement and its officers,
but at the same time the criticism was par
dOnabe. If the Government should succeed
in establishing anything like a desperate feel
ing against the Irish people in England, it
would only result in increased destruction of
property and deeds of violence in which the
upper classes will themselves suffer equally
with the Irish. The rabble of the English
cities furnishes all the ingredients necessary
for the formation of the most dangerous and
uncomfortable mobs."
Mr.. Patrick Egan was seen at a late hour at
the Grand Central Hotel, having just returned
from Waterbury, Conn., With reference 70
the assault upon Lady Florence Dixie he said
paper reports of the alleged occurrence he
had arrived at the conclusion that the entire
story is either a lie out of whole cloth that
the unfortunate lady is the victim Of
hallucination. He was certain that no
Irishman would be grsilty of coward
ly attack upon a defenseless wnmau,
and regarded the attempt TO give any
political coloring to the affair as very absurd.
Lady Dixie's recent unjust criticism of the
Land-League leaders had awakened some feel
ing, but it partook rather of pity and con-
Sempt-certainly not hostility. If it was proven
that the attack really had occurred. he should
be inclined to regard il as the result of some
family complications. But the whole story
/ looked highly improbable. If the attack had
occurred as asserted, either herself or the
/ dog would bear some marks Of the knives. II
was hardly possible that the steel of her corset
should have turned aside two successive stabs
as she had stated.
SEVERAL boys, among them the ten-year-
| old son of Captain Grace, a prominent citi-
zen, were playing ball at Allegheny City,
/ Pa, the other afternoon, when two un-
/ known youths came up and insisted in join
/ ing in the sport. Grace refused to play
! with them, when one of them picked up a
/ large cobble stone and hit him on the head,
/ fracturing the skull and producing fatal
wound. The murderer then made his eS-
/ cape.