The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-24
cr1Nrna AND cAsuALrIEs.

tHAUStLY GILMAN, living two miles
southwest of Sturgis, Mich, and three of
his children we're killed by a tornado which
swept that vicinity on the l4th carrying
destruction before it. At Southport, Ind,
ou the same day, the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches and school-house were
blown down and residences and shade trees
greatly damaged, the town being almost
wrecked.
TIW steamship Mississippi burned in
PuEet's Sound ON tho Ilth, with 1 100 tons
of coal. Two men lost their lives and one
man was severely injured.
HARRopsBURG, Ky, had a great
fire the other night. The fire started in
Hale & Glbert's lumber yard and spread
with such rapidity that in half an hour the
entire block was in flames. Nearly every
building on Main street was destroyed, in
Guiding the Presbyterian Church. About
twenty stores, with their stock, were con
sunted.
THREE Indian Territory desperadoes
uauted Carson were killed by officers who
attempted To- arrrst them few days ago.
Rev. JAMES T.. ROGERs, - Catholic
priest of Boston, was the other day robbed
&c ninety dollars by a New York conf
dence man ia a saloon.
FIVE men were dangerously injured
the other day by the fall Of a car in a mine
al Scranton, Pa
THE residence of Bud Martin, at
Stanford, KY, was consumed by fire the
other evening and two of his children, aged
two and four, were burned 10 death A
daughter, who attempted to rescue them,
was fearfuIly burned.
SEVERAL shots were fired from am
bush AT the Caretaker at Castle Island, Ire
LAND, Tie other day and he was severely
woduded Eizht persons were arrested in
connection with the shooting.
TINS house OF John Dawson, at Brace
bridge, Oirt., was destroyed by fire the 9TH
er uight and Dawson, in attempting to save
his children, was burned To death; also a
san, aged ten years.
TuE Ten Eyck mansion near Albany,
N. s., was burned a few days ago. 1t was
built one hundred and seventy years ago
ami was Tory headquarters during the
Revolution.
TUE Chicago Oll.) Anderson pressed
brick works, at The corner of Elstou road
nud Asylum place, were destroyed 10y fire
tsc other night, the loss being s35o,00O
4 LANp-sLnE occurred the other
night three miles west Of Sioux City, Iowa.
ION the Dakota Division of the Chicago, Mil
WNWhtt q Ants A tAhA AhtAiANNN kNAA AuNflFctt
feet OF track went into the Missouri River
and disappeared entirely, a huge blufF
towering above the track sinking down.
The amount Of land affected by the slide
was three ur four acres. The river had
undermined il.
TEN business houses and three small
er structures were destroyed by fire the
-oth,, morning at Silver Lake, Ind.
a TORNADO passed over the section of
mtry eight miles south Of Butte, Mont.
on the 16th, leveliBg houses, trees and
fences. Five hundred feet Of basin-fum-
ling, thirty feet above the ground, was
blown down. Six men who were at work
at the time were seriously injured. One
had since died from the effects Of his inju-
ries.
MOosIC. q small town near Scranton,
Pa, was shaken throughout a few days ago
by an explosion Of powder in a magazine
al o coal breaker. One man was almost
torn to pieces and another was not found.
HENRY FLEMING was hanged at Pitts
boro, Calhoun County, Miss, on the 18th
for a murder committed two years ago.
When at the gallows be attempted to kill
himself with a small Spocket-knife and in
ficted a wound in the throat, but it was not
fatal His neck was broken by the fau and
1he death struggle lasted but an instant.