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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS

GENERAL SLOCUM proposes to have
Congress vote on free ship bill.
HENNER & MOORE's bank, Morris,
Mimi, has closed; liabilities, 100000.
The Northwestern earnings for the
year show an increase of $1,14U,936.
THE Lake Superior iron trade is re-
ported in exceedingly depressed condition.
THE record of railroad accidents is
growing at a fearful rate in the new year
ANOTHER victim of the Orange riots
at Harbor Grace, n. F., died on the h.
Foes on the coast of England have
led to numerous wrecks within the past few
days.
THE House Committee on Expendi-
lures contemplate investigating the De-
partment of Justice.
HENRY VLLARD's resignation was
presented to the Northern Pacific Board on
the 4th and accepted.
DIVIDENDS ana interest to the amount
of 27O,OO0,OOO will be disbursed in New
York this month.
MORE than thirty arrests have been
made in st. Petersburg on account of the
SUdeiken murder.
NINETEEN persons have been danger
ously poisoned by eating tainted meat IN a
Montreal (Can.) convent.
The Khedive of Egypt favors giving
the Soudan to Turkey unless England will
assist in the defense of Egypt.
Two conductors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad were arrested in Philadelphia on
the 4th for embezzlement.
THE business failures for the week
ending the 4th were 3l9 for the United
States and % for Canada, the largest num-
Der ever reported.
The Union Parific earnings for the
eleven months ended November 80 de-
creased S451, ,242, and expenses increased
S241, 1854.
1T is reported that President Gowen
of the Reading Road, will resign to be-
come general solicitor of the entire Van
derbilt system.
PITTSBURGH, PA, reports an unusu-
ally large number of workmen idle; bust
ness is increasing in the iron trade and the
outlook is hopeful.
HENRY WILLARD made an assignment
on the 4th, transferring to William Endi-
colt and Horace White all his property, in
Guiding the new house.
AT Eastman, Ca, on the 4th, a negro
murderer under sentence of death attempt
ed suicide, but was carried to the scaffold
when almost insensible and hanged.
: The Massachusetts Insurance Com
missioner recommends tie imposition Of
penalty upon domestic companies for ille-
gal reinsurance in unauthor zed comPa-
nies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
CnInrFa ANn cAsUALr1Es.

THE investigation of the PhWbo Paul
lin murder in New Jersey has closed with
out throwing any light on the mystery.
The prevailing impression is that tramp
committed the deed.
OK the 2Sth James Budd, of Dorches-
ter, Mass, was shot down in his own house
bv D. 4. Reynolds, of New York, as the re-
suit OF business difficulties.
AT jamestown, OAK, on the 30th, a
whole square Of buildings burned; loss,
500. 900.
OK the night Of the 29th masked rob-
bers murdered George Silcox at st. Thorn
as, CAM and plmdered his store.
On the 29th Henry Tape was arrested
at Lynchburg, Va, charged with several
attempts to wreck trains.
On the evening of the 29th mob
went to the jail at sNazoo City, Miss, and
Ivncholi four negroes charged with the muir
der Of the Posey brothers.
WnILE on the way to fill an appoint
ment to preach, Rev. Samuel Andrews
was recently assassinated in the Choctaw
Nation.
BY the breaking of the Huron Mill
dam near Houghton, Mich, on the I'd, five
lives were lost.
ON the 1st, by the sinking of steam
launch belonging 10 the Government near
NiCkshurg, Miss, W. J. Patterson, assist
ant United States engineer, and two labor
Crs were drowned.
A DEsPERADo named Jas. Williams,
confined In jail at Ottumwa, Ia, shot the
turnkey dead ON the 2d and made his
es ape.
Oh tho 2d the hotel, Courthouse and
nine business buildings at breckenridge,
Minn., were destroyed by fire.
Ok the I'd a railway disaster with
serious loss of Lie occurred near Toronto,
Ont. More than twenty men were killed
and many wounded.
Ok the 2d the tow-boats Bunton and
Case, with a tow from Pittsburgh, were
caught by the ice at Davis Island, in the
Ohio River. Three barges sunk, the Case
went ashore and the Bunton took fire and
sunk. Four lives are reported lost.
Oh the night of the lst a wcst-bound
express train on the Wabash Road struck "A
wagon near Napoleon, o., containing five
young men, killing Frank Long and VIM.
Rohers, and badly injuring George Arps.
Long leaves a wife; the others were un-
married. A freight train on a side-track
concealed the approaching train.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Mormon Exciusiveness.
SAT- LAKr. UrAH. Js

SALT LAKE UTAH, Jan. 2.
The High Council Of the Mormon Church
have issued circular to all the faithful
governing their winter amusements. 1t
tells them TO hold their dances i'm the dis
trict school houses, which it styles ward
meeting houses, the two phrases being in
trOconVertible, and to allow no one out
slider to mingle with them, and further that
If any young saint or saintess goes TO any
gentle party the offender must thereafter
be kept out of the ward dances. There is q
good deal of murmuring and complaining
u this exclusive appropriation Of the pub
ic buildings by the sect, but there's 40
.emedy for it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10

OK the - the elevator Of Smith
Bros brewery, New York, fell, seriously
injuring five persons, including the two
proprietors, Donald and Mcpherson Smith.
The others injured were Otis Cole and Geo.
Wiedmeiser, who were visiting the build
ing. and Charles Saver, employe.
o. the morning of the Sd the Rcpub-
lie Oil Works at Cleveland, o., Wee on
fire, the cooper-shop being in flames, with
a prospect that they would extend to other
buildings.
OK the Sd several mills and residences
burned ut Scottdale, Pa.
On the Sd two men were fatally pols-
oned by drinking beer at Ithaca, \. y.
NEAR Buffalo a large trestle on the
New York Central Railway was blown
down by the terrible storm that ragged on
the 2d and 3D..
AFTER committing forgeries to the
amount of 100000, L. ii. korbe, a clerk for
Sperry & Burnes of New York, is reported
as having abscOnded.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Perished in a burning Mine.

SALT LAKE, UTAH Jan. 2.
Yesterday morning at $3.50 o'clock the
sheds in front of the tunnel at the Utah
Central Coal Mine at Pleasant Valley took
fire from the stove in the weighing-room,
and in a few minutes the flames had rum
along the sheds in the tunnel and through
the tunnel into and up the air-shaft, an adj
vance Of 3G) feet from the mouth of the
tunnel Only five men were in the mine at
the time, three of whom escaped, though
they were nearly suifocated. The other
two. John McClean and his son John, per-
ished and their bodies could not be re-
covered. 1t was thought the fire had been
smothered, as all the openings Of the mine
were completely closed with earth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Chlef spleehee,s s1e.sags.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Dec. 30.
An Indian Territory special says
Spiechee, recently installed aS principal
c ief of the Greek Nation, has delivered the
customary message to both houses Of the
Creek Council. The document is somewhat
lengthy, leading topics being treated in de-
tail. 1t deals mainly with the present
troubles, which have resulted in giving the
nation a dual government and, while as
serting that his (Spiechee's) claims to the
office of chief are beyond dispute, it Is sx-
tremely conciliatory. 1t contains no threats
or menaces, but advises that the laws be
upheld and that order be maintained. The
message was well received by the Greeks
generally.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
Steamer Carrier sunk.

EVANSVILLE md, Dec. 30.
This steamer Carrier sunk at the head Of
Little Hurricane Island, three miles below
Owensbovo, at ten o'clock this morning.
She struck timber during the dense fog. In
swinging around she stove in forty feet OF
her hull on the starboard side, sinking over
her hurricane roof at the stern and to her
boiler deck at the head. One deckShand
and two deck passengers, Italians, were
drowned; no other lives were lost. The
Ariadne took the crew and passengers to
Owensboro, where prooest was entered.
She is said to be total loss. The cargo
and furniture are now beiag worked at by
the steamer Two Staten.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
DEATHS IN 1888.

Over 100000 People Killed by Accident
in 1888, Not Including the MuItitudes
Swallowed Up by War and Pestilencc-
An Unprecedented RecOrd-NOted Dead
I'm the United States.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
l YEAR On DIsAsTERs.

A YEAR OF DISASTERS.
The following gives in tabulated form
the estimated loss of life by accident
during the year:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10

IOtal --......... .............,. ..-lf,5lb
It will be seen that no mention has
been made of accidents Except in the
case Of the swimmer Webb when the
loss of life has been less than three.
Great care has been exercised in the
compilation of the table, and the figures
presented will be found pretty nearly
accurate. - ChicaaO Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
THE YAZOO CITY TRAGEDY.

The Law Took its Course with the CUlPrits,
But it was Lynch Law-The Four Ring
leaders Fall Victims to Popular IndiGna-
tiOn-Threc of Them Hanged and the
Fourth Shot to Death.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10
NOTED DEAD In 1883.

NVIf1D DE1IaJ IN IOJD'
The following are numbered among
the dead in this country during the past
year:
JANUARY.
/. Hon. Elisha H. Allen, Minister of the
Hawaiian Islands, falls dead nt the White
House
9; Thatcher Perkins, American inventor
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-10


!. Railway collision near Pownal, Vt.
]. Fire at Berlin, Germany. ...-..-..-.-..
2. Powder explosion at AngOulmine,
3. Jail fire at PirOshimO. JaTan.. ......
z. Fire at Cedar Rapids, la. - ...-.-....
E. Collision Of vessels OF Dover, Eng.
10. Loss of the ocean ship Sara Levira..
10. Loss Of the yacht Mystery .....-.-..--
10. Tunnel accident at BoZeman, NJ t.
10. Thunderstorm at Lincoln, Neb.
"A. Mine accident at Reduth, England.
20. Fire near Athol. D. T----.--...-..
%. Cyclone at and near Rochester, Minn
-. Railway accident near Forest City,
o. Heavy tide at Wells, Me.......
26. Tenement-hOusc fire at Boston
26- Gales in the Atlantic (estimatedD-
rs. Sinking of the ocean steamer W Oburn
26. Loss of the ocean steamer Rivoh.--.
269. Volcanic eruptions in Java testi-
2s. Steamer Riverdale wrecked in New
20. Saw-mill explosion at Cincinnati, O..
SEPTEMBER.
l. Loss of the ocean bark g. T. Jones'.
Is Jamaica hurricane (esumated). 80.
2. Railway accident at Steglitz, Ger
2. Storm at Gruma, italy..---.-----...-.
g. Fire at Cincinnati, O--.-..-...----..-..
4. Yacht Explorer lost in Lake Erie e.
3. Fire at IlliOpOlis, III. l.----.-.-..--.-.-..
10. Floods in Italy ........ ....-...--..-..
Is. Loss of ocean bark Britannia. -.
1q Railway accident near Syracuse. Ny
le. Boiler explosion at Pittsburgh, Pa
q. Mine accident at Kingston. Pa .-...
81. Boiler explosion near Shire VePort. La.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
A Pretty Flower Bed

Last summer I saw the prettiest
flower bed that | ever Noticed. II
was arranged to show flowers at good
advantage, and very easy to keep free
from weeds. 1t was i'm lawn, close
by croquet ground. The form was
a circle, about four feet across. A
row of bricks was laid in circle,
and on the top of these were laid
large bits of common quartz, which
looked very white and pure along the
side OF the soft green grass The
inside was filed with rich loan, leav
ing about ten inches of this for the
outside flower bed; another row of the
white stones was laid and earth filled
IN, to raise it some six inches above
the outside. In the center OF this
bed, row of larger stones was Laid
compactly, and raised up about eight
inches, forming a nice large flower
pot. Growing in this was a splendid
Happy Thought geranium, loaded
with immense clusters Of flowers.
Sweet mignonette was growing IN the
crevIces of the rocks. The middle
bed was filed with China pinks Of all
varieties, and lovely balsams The
outside bed had roses, nasturtiums,
pans;es and other bright-hued flowers ;
and sweet alyssum grew in the
crevices of the quartz.
1t was free from weeds. and the
whole had such a lovely appearance
that | thought it was a new arrange
ment, and was quite surprised to learn
that it had been made three years, and
was much easier to keep in order than
it was the first year. In another part
of the grounds there was growing a
large clump of white petunias, com
pletely covered with pure, sweet.
white blossoms. The secret OF their
wonderful growth was simply a bot
tomless earthen pot, sank into the
earth and filed with old chip dirt and
stable manure, to within six inches of
the top, the rest being filled with the
earth taken from the ground where
the pot was set. never saw so large
a growth of the plant, or such an
abundance of bloom. and it kept it's
beauty till November. There were
other equally pretty arrangements in
other parts of the grounds. Floral
World.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
Rat-Hunting in Paris.
London Globe

Some excellent sport has been af-
forded during the last few days IN the
very heart of the French capitol,
with one in a thousand of the inhab
itants being IN the least aware of
what was going on. 1t appeared that
since the siege, when rats flesh was at
premium and the rodents were near
ly exterminated in the crusade carried
on against them, these animals in
creased prodigiously, until the great
drains which run beneath the streets
of Paris had began to swarm with
them So Numerous and bold had
the brutes become that 1t was not un-
common of any evening to see them
appearing at the mouth OF the peep
hole leading down to these sewers
and scampsring bout over the rail
way, thence doubtless making their
way into many a cellar or house,
where better living was to be had
than in the Stygian region below.
Accordingly, the municipal authorl-
ties. upon whom the care of tho sewers
devolves, resolved upon a chase en-
regle. A good deal of skill was dis
played in the planning the campaign,
which was evidently organized by an
experienced sportsman. In the inst
place. a pack of no less than hun
bred rafting dogs was collected-ter-
riers of all sorts and sizes, and whole
host of those strange ours Ia which
Paris abounds They were taken
dowz to a spot just below where one
of the main drains is joined by a
number of affiuents; but here they
were held carefully back till the
critical moment had arrived. Then a
grating was placed across the sewer
so as to intercept the rats on their
way down, and at the same time a
whole army of drain men was sent up
into the upper passages to act as
beaters. AS the unearthy sounds OF
these men echoed along the vaults the
rats began to come down in their
regiments, scampering, swimming,
and diving along the passages as best
they could. The grating formed an
efFectual barrier; and then the pack
was let loose, imparting new and
much more hideous element OF noise
and death into this subterranean
paRdemcnium.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18
HumaniZe the Bows.

A little set of dishes is a necessity
for the children; il is a sort of human
izer fer boys as well as girls. Don't
laugh at your boy for liking to play
with them; there is nothing about The
hearty, happy play which will make
the bay an unmanly man. 1t Is often
and wisely advocated that the girl
shall be allowed more of the boys
freedom from restraint, that she shall
have an active inter, st in the outdoor
sports and games of her brother, or of
other girls brothers if she has none of
her own. and while this is as it should
be, let us advocate also giving the boy
a share in the gentler pastlmes OF the
girls. 1t often appears that If sons
were encouraged to take the same IN
terest in the home that the daughters
are, the best result would follow.
If the boys were taught to contri-
butte something to its decoration and
adornment in the same way that girls
are. the sweet ties that bind them TO
their homes would be strengthened.
Children are a great care. The woman
WHO has children, and yet who hopes
and expects to lead the same KIND OF
life that one may who IS chlldless,
will find to her lasting sorrow some
time that she has left undone many
things which she ought to have done.
Ifmothers could look upon their duties
with what | will call q professional
interest. what an advance there would
be ia all that comes under the head of
home education. Countryside.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

One day Nellie was sent on a press
ing errand to Colorado Springs, and
Frank accompanied her, as usual, as
driver.
As they turned across the mesa
table land the sun was throwing its
last slanting beams on the Garden OF
Gods, which lay in beauty beneath
them.
" / always supposed, said Frank,
laughing, that tulips two lips, lady
fingers, heartsease and all such flow
ers bloomed in the Garden of Gods.
Did you notl Hope l shall find them,
I'm sure.
=" | doubt if you will, " replied Mel
lie, a bright red staining the ivory of
her cheeks.
Whereupon ensued a conversation
OF such absorbing interest that a full
hour had elapsed ere they had reached
the Balancing Rock"
| shall never forget, said Nellie,
irrelevantly, "that il was here we
found that dear little saucepan"
And l shall never forget" said
Frank, radiantly that : was in the
Garden of the Gods / found my dear
little saucepan, too"
" And the tulips, the lady-fugers,
and the heartsease as well, " she slyly
whispered
blessed little saucepans, both, he
added. " Uncle and may well thank
the fate that brought them into our
lives Jennie S. Judson, in the Cur.
rent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

For The western Farmer


The dawn grows red in the east,
With pomp Of purple and gold
And curtains OF trailing mist
Are IN gauzy films uprolied
The sun like a painter comes
To illumine the black ground gray
And De Yields his magic'brusht
Though few know it, every Gay
The birds awake when the dawn
Draws faint pink streaks ~ lhe Eaal'
And the b0boiink ana thrush
Rehearse for a royal feast
The robin, the linnet, the lark,
Are songsters gladstone and gay;
The music they make is good
Ard they make it every day
The brook begins with its song
At earliest morning hOur'
And the bee Us soft drone STARTS
m The wet and dewy iioweri
The sound Of all growing things
Is heard ia the wind harps iayi
The song is Of peace ana love,
And earth sings 10 every day,
There are children glad as dreams,
And they fin fair houses with igRl
And their voice chime IN chords
of ioy. from morn TIL night
:. riilrnnhant lhe whole wide world,
The children dance and are gay
The throb OF the rythm is sweet
And It's measured every day
There are battles for the right,
By men who are brave and true,
And the world viii never knew
Half the valent deeds they DO.
They make il sorry 10 smile
They make the wicD"d 30 pray,
They make the bra. 20 dare,
Ana they do it-e7e y day. ,,-.....,...
HATTIE TyNG GRswoLD.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

time. AS he shook the insect off he
noticed where it stood on his hand six
red marks, the impression of its feet
Kirby and Spence also refer to this
popularity of the insect. and other
naturalists have received shecks from
certain of the luminous beetles. Can
tain Blakeney took up an unknown
caterpillar and Immediately received
sach shock that his entire right side
became paralyzed, and for long time
he was dangerously i'll.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

The most artistic OF Italian turnl-
ture. made from precious woods IN
laid with gold, mosaics and ivory, Is
turned out in Bergamo by a frm that
has been engaged IN the business
during a century. Old and new spec!-
mems of its workmanship are much
sought after by foreign connoisseurs
for the adornment of palaces and
country villas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-18

General Davis, of the British army,
who was a famous insect collector,
once picked up wheel-bug in the
West India Islands, and received a
blow that paralyzed his arm for some
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-12
oUICK WORK on THE WIRES.
The Nomination Bnlletined in Savannah
Two Minutes After 1t was Made Il
Chicago

Fhe Nomination Bulletined in Savannah
Two Minutes After 1t was Made i'm
Chicago.
The news Of Cleveland's nomination
was bulIetined in the windows Of the
western Union Telegraph Office yesterday
in less than two minutes after
the nomination was made in Chi
caqo. having Travelled over 1,ol9
miles Of wire. In accomplishing TINS
feat the Western Union has eXcelled any
service that il has ever before rendered.
the news from the hour the convention
met IN Tuesday uD to its adjournment
last night was sent over the country with
wonderful facility. The company
taxed its management TO furnlsh
the best possible service, ana the news
WAS handled with far more system and
reliability than during the Republican
Convention. Notwithstanding the TACT OF
the great increase Of matter. Dlrect
wires were operated between III, an
leading centres, and no delay
was occasiOned by repetition. the news
reached Savannah direct from New YORK,
being sent there direct from the cOnNen-
fion hall. The service from the Savannah
office was more perfect and expeditions
fbsn ever before. The bulletins IN tue
Cotton Exchange and Board OF Trade We're
posted hardly a minute later tnan AT Ine
main Office. and the news OF the nOmina-
tion was received and bulletined nearly
half an hour in advance Of any other
line. An extra force Of operators was
required. and a buster scene than that IN
the Western Union Office yesterday fore
noon is seldom witnessed.
As an evidence Of the amount OF work
during the convention, over 4oO Oulletlhs,
besides the regular dispatches, were re-
caiNed and posted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-12
MARINE MATTERS.
New law for the Guidance OF Customs
Oficers.

New Law for the Guidance OF Customs
Ofiicers.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has just
isFaed. Tor the information and guidance
OF customs officers, the act Of Congress,
approved by the President on the 18th
ultfmo. and which went into effect on the
Ist instant;
Bv this act hospital taxes are abolished,
and will not hereafter be collected. The
tonnage tax, formerly so cents per ton on
entrv Of vessels from foreign ports, is re-
dnced 70 3 cents and 6 cents per ton, ac-
cording to the locality from which the
vessel comes. THIS act transfers the ap-
noiutiug and supervision of shipping
commissions from the United States
Circuit Courts to the Secretary OF the
Treasury. and the compensation OF ship
nine commissioners viii be a
sqIarv fixed by the Treasury De-
nartnent. instead OF the fees now re-
s.aived. permits vessels arriving with car
GOES OF salt. coal, railroad iron or like ar
fieles in bulk, TO proceed to any other port
thev NAV elect TO discharge cargo, by the
remission OF The Treasury Department;
abolishes the immigrant tax on passen-
oers coming from foreign territory cOntig-
nous 10 the United States; abOlishes all
consular fees for services TO American
vessels and seamen; fOrbids the payment
OF advance wages to American seamen.