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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20


shipping destroyed, Lands Submerged
and Many Lives Lost.
LONDON, Dec. II.
There were violent gales throughout Eng
land last evening, and much damage was
done in London and the provinces. Az
Wolverhampton the Exhibition Building,
which was only partially completed was
DESTROYED At Newry, lamp-posts in the
streets were bent. Much property has been
destroy ed on land and sea and many lives
lost. Huge trees We're torn up and carried
away. The low-lying districts OF Blrming-
ham were flooded. A portion OF the church
of st. Chad, Deroy, was demolished Inc
Congregational Church there was also
damaged. The parish church Rotherhah
was much injured. Chimney shafts were
thrown down at Manchester, Leeds, etc. A
large gas-holder near Bradford was cap
sized and the Chemical Works at Widnes
were damaged. The Leicester Carriage
Works were destroyed. At Birkenhead
great damage was done. The chief officer
Of a steamer Just arrived from Glasgow
was killed. The Pool cabs were overturned
and many buildings damaged. At Lin
coin the parapet of the tower OF tho
Cathedral was blown down.
ship was blown from its moorings in Se1-
fast Harbor. At South Shields vessels
broke adrift Three wherries were sunk.
The British ship Liverpool from Quebec
for Greenoclz, is q total wreck near Stran-
raer, Scotland. Only man and a boy
were saved of the crew. Two persons were
killed at Hull and several injured. A por-
tion of Portsmouth is flooded. AT harlle-
pool many ships were damaged. At Bir-
mingham two persons were killed and
number injured. Three were killed IN Man
chester. At Dewsbury three were killed.
AT Chester a man was blown down IN the
street and killed. Two persons were killed
at Liversedge A portion of the roof OF St.
Mary's Church, Berwick, was destroyed.
Several houses in the suburbs of Noting
ham were blown down. At Kildwick tho
gasometer was demolished. The postal
telegraph inspec er was cut in two at Leeds.
At Bradford monuments in the cemetery
and portion of the depot Of the Midland
Railway were blown down. Several ves-
sells doclxed i'm the Mersey were damaged.
Two vessels were wrecked of Dunare,
Scotland, and two men drowned. Lowlanos
of West Lancashire and in the 6arstang
District are flooded. At Glasgow the dam
age to property is very great
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
n1rnterlousIY n1issinr.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Dec. ~.
A Mr.. Reed, aged tbirty-three, native
Of Wisconsin, but whose parents are sup
posed now to reside in the vicinity OF
Newark, N. j., and who was recently em-
ployed as Inspector on the Kansas City,
Springfield & Memphis Railroad, dis
appeared from his boarding place,
Mr. George Reeds east Of VIM.
McAdams', on Tuesday OF last week,
and has not been heard from since.
He had a large can Of some kind Of material
which he claimed was n new varnish for
buggies, and he left on Tuesday morning
stating that he had a contract q short dis
tance southwest of the city, and as be left
said not 20 keep dinner waiting for him as
he might not be back before night. Ha de-
parted in the above direction and has not
been seen or heard from since.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
A Boys Fearful Death.

CHICAGO, Dec. ga little boy, twelve
years Of age, employed in the National
Life Insurance Building, was sliding boy
like down the bannisters, when he missed
his hold and fell two stories, striking his
head on the stone floor below. His head
was horribly crushed, and the poor little
fellow died fnstantaneously. No one In the
building appeared 10 know the boys name,
but he was supposed to be employed In
some of the Offices The body was re-
moved to the mOrgue.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20


Last night a large number Of masked
men appeared at the jail, took the keys
from Martin Barrett, the watehman, took
out Rast and Haffnhater, arrested for bur
glary, and demanded that they should give
the names Of their confederates nthe num-
erous burglaries recently committed, or be
hanged. They refused and were strung up.
When nearly dead they were let down
again and asked to give the names. They
said they could not. They were again
hung up and the mob went away. The
sEatchman cut che men down but they are
still IN critical condition. Nearly gil Of
& air companions have left town,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20

CHArTANOOGA, IENN.f De. N,
About six o'clock this evening Wesley
eastman, a coupler in the yards of the
Western g. Atlanta Raiir0ad, fell under
the wheels Of a car, which passed oYsr his
body, mangling his right arm and almost
ssvering his right Loo at the thigh. The
pbysician ia attendance states thee both
Lex and arm viii have to oe amp Ataten sss
rlGse to the body. but thinks th8 man wilA
die before the operation can be PERFORMED.
some Time ago eastman lost an eye 49, tno
wards 81 Che w. a. "A. C0mpnnyi ana inc
company bad agreed TO pay niin y A2y' tsi o.stii-
ares fhe man had written 10 bis WiIes
who lives in Atlanta, Ga.r telling her he
would start for home tomorrow evening
He viii probably 80 g bis wife q corpse
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
Finding Gold in New York.

ALBANY, N. z, Dec. s.-John 4. Dayitt
has given notice to the Secretary Of State
that he has prospected mine Of gold and
silver upon lands owned by himself aud
others in Ulster County. James W. Rus
sell and A. Carley have also 6led a claim
for a gold aud silver lode discovered By
them IN the same county.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20

hLIIH5 IIlIls1 IIIIf- d
At st. Charles, this county, at All early
hour this morning, Adolph Fredenhagen,
lying in bed beside his wife, inserted the
ruuzzle Of a revolver between his teeth and
put a bullet in his brain, dying almost in
stantly. The deceased was "A leading BUSH
ness man in this district, and reputed
wealthy. He conducted extensive Touring
mills al st. Charles, and had built up an
enormous business. He was unusually
happy in his domestic relations, having a
charming wife and an interesting family Of
four children, the eldest Of whom iH but
fifteen years Of age. Threatened financial
dffficulGy is the attributed cause.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
SWALLOWED BY THE SEA.
Four Missing Vessels with their CreWa
whose Fate will Probably Not be Known
Until the Sea Gives Up It's Dead.

Four Missing Vessels with their Crews
whose Fate will Probably Not be KNOWN
Until the Sea Gives Up It's Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 12.
Four merchant vessels which set sail at
different periods since the 9th of last July
with large cargoes and crews of trusty men
have never been heard from, and are given
up for lost. Altogether they had on board
forty seamen, who are supposed to have
gone to the bottom of the depths. Tho
financial loss, should the four crafts never
appear, will be at least S135,000. One Of
the ill-fated vessels is the new schooner
Joseph Hilton, owned in this city tOa large
extent, principally by John Barry, of No.
90 Fairmount avenue, and j. McCracken,
of Camden, n. J. She was manned by
Captain o. II. p. Rogers and crew Of
seven men, and set sail from Darien, Ga,
whence she sailed on September for New
buryport, Mass, with cargo of 100000 feet
of yellow pine. The vessel and cargo were
worth $50 900.
The schooner Earl II. Potter, Captain
Dyser, another of the overdue vessels, sail
ed from Philadelphia June 20 for New York
via Pensacola, where she arrived during
the month of August, clearing on the I'D
for New York with 100000 feet of lumber
She carried crew of eight men, and with
her cargo was worth $4,000
The bark Fannie III. Loring, Captain
Soule, sailed from this port on November =,
for Portland, Me. She carried crew OF
ten men, all told, and, with her cargo Of
coal, was worth $4,000.
The Norwegian bark Protector, Captain
Jarguson, which sailed from Hamburg on
July 27 for this port, with general cargo,
has not been seen since she passed the Ed
crew of ten men, and was v9lued, with Der
cargo, at $4,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The Cotton Crop.


NEW YORK Dec. z.
In reporting the cotton crop of 1854, Brad
streets, has followed its methods of the pre-
ceding year. Correspondents in each county
were asked to send their Judgment as to the
actual yield of the county in bales The re-
plies received were from 9S per cent of the
area planted in cotton, comprising 626 OF the 65I
counties raising over 800 bales each. The replies
number 1lS27, averaging nearly two reports
from each cOun-y. The report includes a ia
bic which shows; ], the estimates sent from
the counties; and, 2, additions OF per cent.
for involuntary under estimates by cores
pODdents The total yield of cotton this sea
son reached by this method of reporting Is
5,692, COO bales. An allowance of 100000 bales
is made for possible additions TO the crop, as il
will be counted on September lst from old cot
ton in the hands of planters. This by reason
of last years phenomenal yield, and the fact
that advance in price may attract the un-
sold cotton to market. The decrease in the
total yield as compared with the crop of last
year amounts to 1S.l per cent. or 1,25S, ,OOC
bales.
THE TOTAL YIELD.
The table of total yield by States as sent
from 626 counties, and with the allowance of
eight per cent additional for involuntary un
derestimates, is as follows:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
An Attempted Jail Sreaislng Frustrated,

JOLIET, ILL, Dec. u.
An attempted Jail delivery was frus-
trated to-day in the County Jail I'm this
city. Among the twenty prisoners con-
fined, there are six desperate characters-
Michael Mooney, who butchered his cell
mate; Skinney HoaSins and John Obern,
who entered the house Of an aged couple
near this place and at the point Of re-
volver forced them to give up 500; Lewis
jackson, a colored burglar, and two foot
pads named Mollie Burns and Nelson
Clark These notorious criminals have
been in the habit of dancing and singing In
the corridors of the jail with the other pris-
oners, and the Jailer yesterday suspected
something wrong from the regularity and
system of these matinee performance He
instituted secret watch and discovered
that it was done to divert attention from
one of their number, who was industriOusly
saving at the bars Of an obscure outside
window. They were Immediately locked
ND and deprived of the saw. An examina-
tfon of the window showed that one Of the
bars was sawed Off at the top and partially
sawed Off at the bottom. Had they been
allowed to keep up their performance one
or two days more the desperate Mooney
and the whole gang would have turned
themselves loose upon the community.
They will not be permitted TO exercise in
the Corridors any more, but viii be securely
locked in their cells and close watch kept
upon them.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
The Congressional Library Building Pre-

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dee. 10
Senator Voorhees, to-day again intro
duced his bill for constructing a Congress
sional Library building. This covers the
purchase Of site of some valuable prop
ertv situated on the east front of the Capt.
t0l, and now owned by parties VINO nave
had influence enough so far to prevent the
erection of a library building elsewhere,
although the Government owns several
eligible sites. Half a million Is asked for
the purchase of a site, and another half a
million to begin the construction Of the
building, but the estimates as first sub
mitted contemplated the expenditure Of
&3.OO0.00O.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

IT is supposed the Southern Pacific
train robbers have been heard from. Five
dcsperadocs robbed the town of Bisbee,
Arizona, the night of the Sth, killing three
alen and wounding "A woman.
OK the 9Th the worsted mills at Mill
bury, Mass, burned; loss $4,000. Fire in
she Standard Bagging Co.'s works at Bos-
ION caused a loss Of $4,000,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
no. OF BALES. no. OF BALES

The average weight of bales compared with
last year is 4S3 pounds, against 46S pounds.
and the number of pounds of seed to a pound
of lint cotton as compared with last year is
Z I2 rs against 3.24 pounds.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
TIE NEW CONGRESS.

Tho Senate consists of rs members and the
House of 825. The membership of the Senate
is complete. In the House there are two va
cancies; one in the Second District OF Mlssis-
sippi, caused by the refusal of Van H. Man
nfIig to present his certificate for the seat
which is contested by James Il. Chalmers; the
other in the Seventh District of Virginia.
caused by the appointment of Representative
elect Paul to a 3udgeship. The following is
complete roll of the membership of both
hon
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-20
The 8olirar gaIIetim.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
One snunre of eight lines. $50 for the firse
nsertion, and Is cents for each subsequept
DEATH DEALING GALES.

TorribIa Devastation Caused by Severe
Gales in Observation-Disclosures Demolished
Shipping Destroyed, Lands Submerged
and Many Lives Lost
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
And so he had; but he employed

it. And so he had; but he employed
wild superabundance of words to ex-
press his thoughts. For example
There are many persons, the majority
of persons, in fact, who see, but do not
perceive" This awkward sentence be-
comes good one by simply leaving out
the redundant words, thus: "The ma
jority of persons see, but do not per-
ceive." 1t would be still better, per-
haps, to avoid the long majority, and
say: s Most persons see, but do not
perceive Thus by erasing nine
words from sentence of sixteen, the
thought is more clearly expressed be-
cause it is more directly stated. The
writer then remarks that many persons
have habit of "postponing and put
ting off, what ought to be done at
once. The words land postponing"
are useless. In explaining the ''pro-
cess by which men are to get gump-
ton, he throws about his words with a
lavish hand.
1T is NEITHER he says, "more nor
less than the doing and completing of
anything that needs to be done upon
the instant, without delay or postpone
ment, and at the same time careful
| observation of what is going on around
one" BY the omission of more than
half the words of this bad sentence, it
| is converted into a fairly tolerable one.
'' 1t is the doing of what needs to be
done on the instant, and carefully OBJ
serving what is going on around" We
advise our young readers, after they
have "done" their compositions, to
let them lie in their desks awhile, sto
get cool,'' as Washington Irving used
to say. Then 90 over them again,
bearing in mind Sydney Smiths recipe
for good writing: "Leave out every
other word It is often possible to
obey this rule almost literally, as we
see in the sentences quoted above.
Daniel Webster tells us that whatever
excellence he may have attained in the
art of composition, he owed to dis
covery he made when he was about
nineteen years old. He learned that
''all true power in writing is in the
idea, not in the style" From that
time he pruned his sentences of re-
dundant words, and gave his ideas with
directness and simplicity. - N. W.
Christian AdrOcate.
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
A Man Sings a Mouse to Death.

A New England lady writes: "Quit,
late the other evening my husband was
humming a lively air, playfully keeping
time with his feet as he sat in his easy
chair, when he suddenly stopped and
said: DO see that mouse!' 1t was only
about four feet away and it did not
manifest any fear. l said it is charmed
with your singing. He began again,
and going nearer sat down on the floor,
resting his hand ON the carpet. The
mouse first ran little further away,
then came back and ran up his hand
and arm, until he moved to prevent its
going to his neck. l took it from his
shoulder, but it instantly jumped to the
floor and ran away in another direction.
Mr. p again sat down on the floor and
the mouse came running back to him,
when, finding it injured beyond recov-
cry, he put an end to its sufferings.
We have never before seen q mouse in
that room, though troubled with them
in the pantry and kitchen. 1t seemed
to have been attracted by the singing to
come in under the door to find help or
sympathy, else why manifest such a
preference for Mr.. P?''
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
sunered for twenty Years.

Hoy JOSHUA TUruILL, of East Saginaw, M1cn..
says: Count me among the enthusiastic 1rienos OF
HINTS Remedy III has proven in my all you claim
for 1t Having suffered for abo ut twenty years Win
severe disease Of the kidneys (Which our local phys
clans pronounced Bright's Disease). made Journey
East to consult the eminent DR.. haven OF aan,Ion
New York of whose fame in this speciality had heard
much Dr. Haven examined me carefully and simply
said: Go get bottle of Hunts Remedy ana take
according directions After having traVeieo 30 iaf
for treatment 1t struck rather funny to be d.
receed to take medicine which might have bought
within a stones throw of my own door; but was IN
the doctors hands, and of course followed his ADVICE
and right glad that did 30. for before had taken
Hunts Remedy half dozen times found Immense
benefit from It, and by continuing the use of II TOT
limited time recovered from my trouble entirely ana
am to day. think Of the most rugged OF rugged
Michgenders The world is indebted to YOU sir 1or
the PRONUNCIATION of such o medicine, ana hope ~"
may not 60 without your reward.
Iron County register., 1883-05-03

The Dominican authorities at once sum-
moned all the resident consuls to ex-
anime it, who gave as their opinion that
the box contained the remains of Chris
tOpher Columbus. The box was then
closed, and each consul put his seal up
on it. 1t was then transferred to the
bishop of the cathedral for his safe
keeping. - Q sa sN
g In January, 1879, an Italian war
vessel arrived in port with instructions
from the Italian Government to investi-
gate the matter, as Columbus was ma
tive of Italy. The several consuls were
summoned to break their seals and open
the box to afford opportunity for the
fullest Investigation. BY invitation of
the United States Consul was present
and made g personal inspection of the
Observation-Disclosures, had the silver plate
on which the name of Christopher Col
umbus was engraved Cn Spanish) in
my hands. The two holes in it CORES.
pond with the two in the lid of the box,
the rivets having given away. The box
is about sixteen inches long and about
eight or ten inches square, and made
entirely of heavy sheet lead and bore
marks of great age. The remains had
all mouldered into dust. When we con-
slider that Columbus had been buried
thirty years before his remains were
removed to San Domingo, box of that
size would be sufficiently large to hold
all that remained of the body
"The Italian naval officers were
thoroughly convinced that the remains
were really those of the great navigator
and so reported to their government.
As for my own impressions l have not
the least doubt. Three months sojourn
on the island gave me every opportu-
nifty to inquire into the matter. ..Trad-
ton has tthat when the Spaniards
came to remove the remains to Cuba. a
sly old monk purposely pointed out the
location that led them to take up the
remains of the son instead of those of
Christopher Columbus Re
publican
Iron County register., 1883-05-03
Stingy Dayy.

Davy was a very pretty little boy.
He had light curly hair, dark blue eyes,
and rosy cheeks. But he was very
stingy. He did not like to share any
thing with his little brothers and SIS
ters. One day he went into the kitchen
where his mother was at work, and saw
on the table saucer of jelly.
"Can l have that jelly?h asked
Davy.
"Mrs. White sent it to me-" said
Davy's mother. "She has company to
dinner, and made this jelly very nice.
have it if you won't be stingy with it. ;"
Davy took the saucer Of jelly and
went out into the yard; but he did not
call his little brothers and sisters to
help him eat it. ..
IF divide with them, there won't
be a spoonful apiece" he thought.
1t is better for one to have enough
than for each to have just a little"
SO he ran to the barn and climbed up
to the loft, where he was sure no one
would think of looking for him.
Just as he began to eat the jelly he
heard his sister Fannie calling him.
But he did not answer her. He kept
very still.
They always, want some of every
thing / have" he said to himself.
''1f had just ginger-snap they think
1 ought to give them each a piece
When the Jelly was all eaten, and he
had scraped the saucer clean, Davy went
down into the barn-yard and played
with the little white calf, and hunted
for eggs in the shed where the cows
were. He was ashamed to go into the
house, for he knew he had been very
stingy about the Jelly. ..... -.'-
go, Davy," said Fannie, running into
the barn-vard, ''where have you been
this long time? We looked everywhere
for YOU
''What did you want?'' asked Davy,
thinking that, of course, his sister would
say she had wanted him to share the
jelly with her.
Mother gave us party" said Fan
ME. 1--WE had all the dolls dishes set
out on little table under the big tree
by the porch; and we had Strawberries,
cake and raisins. just as we sat down
to eat. Mrs. White saw us from the win
dow, and she sent over a big bowl of ice
cream and some jelly, left from her din
ner. We had splendid time. You
ought to have been with u.s."
Poor Davy! How mean he felt! And
he was well punished for eating his jelly
all alone.-Ou' Little Ones.