The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-18

Mason at Marseilles expressing the appre-
citation ofthe State Department and Of this
Government for his fidelity and courage
In remaining at mis- post and efficiently
performing his duties during the cholera
epidemic in France.
FATHER BRECHARD, OF River Onelle,
Nova Scotia, who was formerly Catholic
missionary in Egypt has been appointed
Chaplain Of the Canadian Nile contingent.
The steamers sailed direct for Alexandria.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
OK the night Of the 7th an extensive con-
hagration in Cleveland, o., destroyed an
immense amount Of property in that por-
tion of the city known as 'the fats" The
burned district includes lumber yards and
manufacturing establishments Of many
kinds. At midnight the fire was still burn
ing and it was impossible to estimate the
loss.
OK the sth DR.. Geo. F. Lswelling, of
Scottsburg, Ind, fell from a ferry boat
and was drowned.
ON the Ssh union stove molders at Gin
cinnati severely beat two non-union men
who went out after beer. Several of the
strikers were arrested.
SUNDAY nights destructive conhagra-
tion at Cleveland, o., occasioned losses
exceeding q million dollars. The fire was
not under control until late on the morn
ing OF the Ssh.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., was in the wild
est state Of excitement on the Sth over the
failure of the First National Bank, caused
by Cashier HIPS rascality. Runyon, the
President, followed Hill's example and
committed suicide. A depositor who had
lost all he had cut his throat. Farmers
were in town demanding their money; es-
tates are wrecked and the city is mixed up
with the affair and will probably be bank
rupted. Directors are sick and worried,
and altogether it is one Of the worst fail
ures imaginable.
On the S.h Oliver Bateman confessed to
the outrnging and numbering of the two
Mclaughlin girls at Flagg Springs, Mo.
He was alone in the commission of the
deed.
On the 9th VIM. Hill, an old farmer of
the Cherokee Nation, was assassinated
by his son-in-law, VIM. Phillips. who fed.
ON the night of the sth William Collision,
telegraph operator on duty at Snake Hol-
low, in the Hooking Valley, where the
property Of the coal operators is being
guarded by troops, was shot by Guard
Beaten, being mistaken for a striking
miner who was supposed to be in the act
of setting fire to one of the hoppers. He
died instantly.
NEARLY all of the business portion of the
town of Mitchell, Dakota, was destroyed
by fire on the 1Osh.
On the 10th Jacob Stein, Postmaster at
Reno, Ia, shot his wife dead and then
committed suicide.
CLEAR LAKE, Wis, was badly wrecked
by storm on the 10th. A number of
other towns in the Northwest were either
Il.
storm was one of the severest in years.
TEN deaths from sun-stroke and thirty
cases of prostration were reported in New
York on the 10Th.
On the 10th lightning struck 35, 900 bar
rel oil tank owned by the United Pipe
Lines, near Olean, N. Y. The flames rap
idly consumed the oil and the destruction
of a large amount of property was immi-
nent. The loss as far as reported was es-
timated at about $40, 900.
A WEALTHY farmer named James NorvaI,
who was found unconscious on the Fair
Grounds at Shelbyville, Ind, a few days
ago, as was supposed from sunstroke, had
lucid interval on the oh, and stated that
he had been drugged and robbed of 81 900.
On the 10Th he was insane and dying.
AT Delavan, Wis, on the 11th a scaffold
fell at the Lutheran Church, and several
WoIAunou W6Ee pduAl AuJuIeus OllaS dOl
den suffered internal injuries of a fatal ma
ture. Pat Tolden had several ribs broken,
and was internally injured. Another man
was slightly hurt
A PRECIOUS scoundrel named Baker,
with six distinct aliases, who was arrest
ed at Wilkesbarre, by a Government de.
tective, is awaiting trial at Pittsburgh,
Pa, for fleeing widows and daughters of
soldiers.
On the 11th Robert Hargrave, first officer
of a large steam collier at Walla
Walla, Ore, was caught under a heavy
coal bucket and instantly killed. The
body was horribly crushed. James
Burns, a seaman, was also fatally in
jured.
AT Detroit, Mich, the roof Of the new
building of the Detroit Roller Skating
Company fell on the 11th, burying eight
workmen in the rains. Seven of the men
were extricated, most of them being i'm
jured. Two Of them, Antoine Anton and
Fred Moses, have since died.
THOMAS MOONEY, a prominent citizen of
Cascade, Ore, was buried under a large
landslide on the 11th. The body was
crushed to a jelly and could not be extri-
Gated Tor some hours.