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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-05
DESTRUCTIVE FROSTS.
Recent Frosts Throughout the west and
Northwest Infiiet Serious Damage to
Growing Crops of Cereals, Fruits and
Vegetables.

Growing Crops of Cereals, Fruits and
Vegetables.
CLEVELAND O., May %.
The following is a report of the damage
done by frost last night in this section
of the State:
Paiuesville, Lake County-Vegetablcs
suffered by last nights frost.
AShtabula suffered likewise; also corn,
wheat and potatoes.
Warren, Trumbull County-Heavy
frost; potatoes and vegetables nearly
cut; fruits also damaged.
GarTettSvilIc, Portage COunty-Frost
did much damage in this vicinity.
Ravenca, Portage County-Potntoes
suffered most; corn and wheat probably
hurt some.
Sandusky, Erie County Temperature
42.
In Huron and Ottawa Counties veg
etableS and barley ruined.
MaSSon, Stark County, suffers heavily.
Potatoes and wheat are somewhat dam
aged but specially corn.
Mansfield, Richland County-It is
feared wheat, corn and vegetables
have suffered badly throughout the
county.
Cuyahogt Falls, Summit County
Heavy frost; great damage to small
| fruits and early vegetables.
frost last night injured small fruits and
vegetables very much; wheat corn and
oats are also hurt. Accounts differ as to
the extent.
Lorain -Couaty-Icavy frost; wheat,
corn and vegetables injured.
From what can be learned the interior
counties suffered more than the lake
counties.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, May 90
Frost was general in Wisconsin. Report,
from Rock County are to the effect that
tobacco is badly damaged, and smaL
fruits and vegetables are ruined. Similar
reports come from Green and Dane COun-
ties. In Milwaukee County clothes were
frozen stiff on a line, and ice formed
three-fourths of an inch thick on the
small ponds
EAST SAGINAw, MICH. May %.
A heavy frost visited -hhis region this
morning, severely injuring Salem, Aga
wan, Lady Delaware and Concord grapes;
also, potatoes, cucumbers and bears.
The heat of the sun followed the frost,
completely cutting all the vines. The
grape crop in this section was injured
! fully twenty-five per cent.
CHICAGO, Ill, May 20.
Specials from JancsviIle, Beloit, Oak
creek, tOuu IJu Lac, IaClne anu oJneT
points in Wisconsin, and from Freeport,
report a severe and blighting frost which
has done very considerable damage to
the crops, particularly corn.
CHICAGO, Ill. May %.
A Rockford special says: "a heavy
frost visited this section last night,
doing great damage to growing grain
aud vegetables. Corn in many places
has been ruined and it is too late 10 plant
again"
CLINTON, Ill, May 2a
There was a slight frost in De Witt
County and it was expected that 1t would
damage crops to greater or less extent.
investigation, however, proves to the
contrary and they will not be materially
affected.
FREEPORT, Ill, May 20.
Frost in this county this morning
damaged beans, peas, potatoes, tomatoes
and cabbage plants. Grapes and straw
berries are almost totally ruined. Corn
was severely nipped but not killed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

POPULAR subscriptions have been called
for ia London 20 send British battery tC
compete at the Quebec artillery contests.
1T has been decided by the Methodist
/ Episcopal Conference at Philadelphia to
increase the number of General Conference
districts from twelve to thirteen.
ENGLAND is said to have agreed 20
evacuatc Egypt within three years, and
TO allow an international board to rule.
GREAT excitement has been caused at Oak
Creek, Wis, over the fact that man
sawed OF the legs oChis dead uncle because
he was too long TO fit coffin.
THE State Department has decided
thar the Chinese restriction act will not
apply to prevent Cinnamon from max
ing an exhibit at the New Orleans Exposi-
tion.
IN Norwalk, Conn, newspaper pub
lishcd "a report that there was a run ON a
| local bank, and 10y the time an explaua-
| tion could be made that it was all a Joke Ga
sand bank being meanO the run had taken
/ place and the bank was nearly out of cur
rency.
IN Detroit, Mich, at the closing meeting
| Of the Foreign Missionary Society, it was
voted to begin work in the Congo region
with an expenditure of $4,000 per annum.
/ OK the 27th delegates from the Peace
/ Union called on President Arthur.
/ THERE was a decrease of S2,Oo0,O 900 bush.
/ els reported in the visible supply of whea,
| on the 27th.
/ THE corporation of Limerick. ireland, re.
/ fuses topay money demanded for extra po-
/ lice.
THE British House Of Lords has adjourn
| cd until june 9; the House OF Commons
I until the 5th.
1 on the 9th the first message over the
Bennett cable was received at Rockport,
Mass.
/ on the 27th David Stone, the brutal
chiId-murderer Of Michigan, was sent To
the Pcnitoutiary Tor life
AT Augusta, Ga, the cotton mills are
cutting wages and time work on account of
depression in trade.
THE American Congregational Associa-
tiou began its thirty-hrst annual session in
Boston ON the 25th.
AT the National horse show, in progress
at New York, one fine animal owned by L.
=. Grant, Jr., took a second prize
The surplus Of the Wes, Side Bank of
New York over and above liabilities is
found to be sos, 699, and the bank Will re
sumo
THE strike OF the spinners a. Fall River,
Mass, is over, and the strikers are return
ing to work, after having lost sixteen
weeks wages.
From all parts Of the United States crop
reports Indicate the largest apple yield
ever known; peaches, half a crop; and a
large crop Of small fruits.
ADvICES from San Antonio, Tex, are to
the effect that the floods along the Braz IS
have caused great loss of stock and dam
age to cotton lands.
RECENT hurricanes i'm Spain have de-
I stroyed many vineyards, rains have iuun-
dated towns and the people have been com
PEELED TO take refuge on the tops Of houses.
Relief boats have been sent out from
Madrid.
THE Pittsburgh CPa.) stove manutac-
turers have notified employees of a reduc-
tion of fifteen per cent. in wages. a strike
will probably ensue,
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A HORRIBLE DEATH.
A Chicago Soap 8Ianufa cturer Cooked to
Death in Vat of His Own Soap Grease.
CHTCAGO Ill. Nav %.

A Chicago Soap Manufacturer Cooked TO
Death in a Vat of His Own Soap Grease.
CHICAGO, I'LL, May %.
VIM. II. ScOville, a soap dealer whose
factory is at 40 Fulton street, met fright
full death last night. A few minutes before
seven O'Clock he was standing in front Of
two enormous vatS of boiling grease,
conversing with his son, a young man,
when one of the vats overlooked, deluging
both men and severely sCalding the
Younger one. Being more active than
his father he sprang to a place of safety,
but Mr.. Scovile slipped as he start
ed to run and fell head fore
most into the second yaJ. 1t was
filed to the brim, seven feet deep and
about twenty feet i'm circumference, and
the thick boiling fluid closed over the un-
fortunate man. He did not rise again.
An hour later, when the vat was emptied,
his body was found at the bottom hor-
ribIy disfgured. 1t was taken to the
Morgue to be clcanscd. Mr.. Scovillc
was sixty-one years old. He leaves a
family of adults. \ daughter, kittie, IS
a teacher in the High School.
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A BANK WRECKER

Neatly Bagged While Fleeing the Wrath OF
His Dupts-Captured on Railroad Train
in Company with a Woman Not His Wife
He VIII be Returned to Hot Springs,
Ark, the Scene of His Financial Exploits.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 2s.
Andrew Bruon, President of the Hot
Springs National Bank, which failed yes
terday under peculiar circumstances, was
captured this morning on an Iron Noun
tain train, in company with Mrs. Steele,
of Peoria, Ill, and brought to this city
by detectives of the road. When Bruon's
bank closed at Hot Springs the
feeling against him was intense,
and his sudden disappearance led
to an. Investigation. The banks
capital was $50, 900 and its liabilities
S62, ,279 As. Yesterday afternoon Bruon
was seen at Little Rock in company with
Mrs. Steel, with whom he was on init
mate terms, although married man. He
KISSED HER GOODBYE
at the depot, and as the train moved away
he boarded the smoking car in the dis
guiSe of a farmer Later in the day
BruOn left the smoking car and proceed
ed TO the Statc-TOOm occupied by Mrs.
Steel, locking the door upon themselves
Shortly after the train had left Little
Rock the Chief of Police at Hot
springs lCItSIdplltt AIlt COlIhAStbi
OF the train that the missing
President was on board and to arrest him.
James 7. Kinney, detective in the serv-
ice of the Iron Mountain, took the affair
in hand and Disgusting himself as the
brakesnan of the train took up watch at
the door of the statC-rOom and in the
morning, when Mrs Steel left the room
to go to the dressing room, Kinney en-
tered and arrested BruOn. He held him
DntI tha fTaiD arrival al no I uIpu c1pnpf
this morning at six o'clock, and tde
party took car and put up at the Lac
ledc Hotel. \ watch was stationed over
the prisoners, who, it is said, are in pos
session of a large amount of
THE MISSING FUNDS.
At point on the road early this morn
ing an attempt was made to mob the
train when it was learned that Bruon was
abroad Mrs. Steel carries a small grip
sack which she endeavOTed TO make
away with while at the LaClede, but
was prevented by the man IN charge.
Detective FurIong turned his prison
erS over to Chief of Police Harrigan
about eleven o'clock. They rode to the
-Four Courts in a hack accompanied by
Detectives Sheehan and Lawler. BruOn
expressed himself as perfectly will
ing to go back to Hot Springs,
and will not put the authori-
ties to the trouble of securing a requisi-
ton He would not leave until to-mor-
row, however, at which time he under
stood the Chief of Police of Hot Springs
would be here. When questioned about
the woman accompanying him he insisted
that she should be set at liberty and he
thought it would be an outrage to take
her back to Arkansas. Mrs. Steel had a
veil over her face, but not sufficient to
hide the pallOr of her cOuntenance. She
is short and thick set, of the pure blonde
type, with golden hair and blue eyes, has
a matronly appearance and is apparently
nearing the fOrties in age.
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Fish Didn't Mean 1t.

NEW YORK, May 27.
President Fish says he did not meal
that General Grant had guilty knowledge of
the frauds in Government contracts, but
simply intended to say the letters re-
-eived from General Grant were of such
4 tenor as to warrant anyone having con-
sidence in the representations made by
Ward John j.. Fish says his father re-
Lardcd General Grants position in re-
gard to Wards transactions as similar to
his own. Both Of them were misIed to
the extent OF trusting entirely to what
vas said by Ward.
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A FAITHFUL CANINE
VRlIantly Defends His Young Mistress from
the Assault of IA Gang of Brutal Tramps-
The Villains Captured.

EaIIantIy Defends His Young Mistress from
the Assault of Gang of Brutal Tramps-
The Villains Captured.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND. May %
Yesterday Tim Garner of Dublin, a town
near here, went with most Of his fam
lily to visit neighbor, leaving at home
his daughter, girl Of fifteen years, to
take care of the house, aud a particu-
larry savage dog to defend the child.
During the absence of the family three
tramps came along and discovered that
the girl was alone.
One stood guard on the railroad track
to prevent interruption, and another
stationed himself in the yard. The third
went into the house and caught hold Of
the girl and tried to throw her down.
Her screams attracted the attention Of
the dog, which rushed into the house
and sprang at the human brute. The
other tramps came to his rescue, and
battle between the faithful four-footed
guardian and the trampS was waged in
the house and yard, which served TO give
the tramps 80 much occupation they
could not get away as soon as they
wished to, and Mr.. Garner, with his
neighbors, attracted by his daughters
screams, captured the three villains.
One of them had been badly torn by the
dog
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On the .o.h Wesley johnson was exc
cuted at Napoleon, o., for the murder Of
M. and Mrs. Williams.
SIR HENRY BAHTLE EDWARD FREEE,
Governor of Cape Colony, is dead.
THE bill to al oIi~h prison contract la
bor was defeated in the Massachusetts
Legislature on the -9-h.
GRO. MoUNTFoRT, aged eighty-seven
years, who died in Boston on the 2',h,
was a son of Joseph Mountfort, one Of the
famous Boston tea party"
GENERAL B. +. BUTLER was nominated
by the National Greeuback Convention at
indianapolis for President and General
West, Of Mississippi, for Nice-Preaident'
The platform denouuces the action Of Con-
gress in taking OF >I2,09],0Go annually
from bank taxes; favors tho submission OF
a constitutional amendment for universal
suffrage regardless Of sex and upon the
subject of the liquor traffic; demands
Government postal telegraph system;
deuOuuccs st0ck-waterlug, monopoheS,
railroad land grants, etc; demands a grad
uatcd income tax, and that labor be ele-
waited aud protected against the importa-
tion Of foreign paupers. While declaring
for a wise revision pt tariff laws, the plat
form asserts that the Importance OF an
economic question is insi sniiicant as com
pared with the financial issues.
COLONEL J. O. Z. BURNSIDE, disbursinE
clerk Of the PostOhice d apartment at
Washington, has been removed and ar
rested, charged with embezziing $4,000.
He speCulatcd ian oil.
on the 29th Czarin1, Queen of Denmark,
and the Princess of Wales visited the Em-
press Augusta OF Germany.
TIE dele gates from Minnesota TO the
National Democratic Convention are gem
orally understood to be for "the old
ticket" Every mention of the name Of
Tildcn at the State Convention ON the 29Jh
caused enthusiastic applause.
On the 29th the annual spring review of
troops at Berlin was held by the Emperor
William, who appeared on horseback. The
Royal Princess and Princesses were pres
cut.
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VANDALIA, Ill. May %.
Wheat is turning to cheat in all parts
of this county. Fields that two weeks
ago promised a fair stand now shows
very large proportion to be cheat. About
one field in ten promises a reasonably
fair yield, wdile the remainder Is fully
one-half cheat, much of which is already
being plowed under, to be planted in
corn. Not to exceed a fourth Of a crop
will be raised In this county. So thor
oughly djsgusted have the farmers become
at the failures of the past two years that
a great many viii quit trying to grow
this cereal altogether. Farmers and bQs-
iness men alike are lows uiEited,
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Brnkemen's shocking rate.

TAYLOHvILLE, lit, May -.
Harry Taylor, q brakeman on No.
IS, going east, was killed here last night.
His train passed here at II 40 aud he was
not missed by the conductor until two
O'Clock this morning. When the train
arrived at Decatur they telcgraphed back
along the line, and the night operator here
found fragments of his remains scattered
along the track for some distance neat
the Ohio Mississippi crossing. Tay.
lOr's residence is not known, but IL Is
supposed to be Detroit, Mich. lie was
supposed 10 have fallen off the train while
setting brake, and was not missed un.
til il arrived at Decatur,
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stoppcd on Accnunt OF M. rnlInrc.

CnATTANOOGA, TENN., May 30
H. S. Grant, Jr., and Grant & Ward
are the chief stockholders OF the Bel
mont coal mines, which are situated ia
Jackson Cougty, Ala. The mines con
tinucd ia full operation since their fail
urc until yesterday, when work WIS
stopped and notice was posted that they
had shut down on account of the failure
of Grant g. Ward. Seven hundred hluds
are thrown out Of employment. The
mines are quite valuable They were pur-
chased by The Grants from General John
g. Gordon.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-05

TOPEKA. KAs., May p.
The State Veterinary Surgeon reports
having discovered thoroughly developed
cases of glanders in nineteen sec
tfous of the State In every case the
horses have been killed. In Ottawa
County two men died of this disease,
and in Jackson County a little girl died
after twelve hours terrible suffering. She
caught it from favorite pony that eK-
hibitcd no symptoms at the time. One
of the Ottawa County men died within
nine hours, while the other fingered sew
nraI daNs.
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II -
CENTRALIA. IIL.,

CESTRALIA, TLL., May 30.
CcntraIia is infested with tramps at
tracted here by strawberry men, who
have sent broadcast hand-bilis adycrtis-
ing for pickcrs. They are encamped
on the outskirts and sleep in freight cars
or other places Of shelter. The citizens
arc much annoyed, as it keeps them busy
watching back doors and chicken roosts.
1t is difficult 70 tell what trouble may en-
sue, as the tramps Of all the usual
grades Of both sexes are daily increas-
ing. The cool weather has prevented
the berries from ripening.
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CRIMEs AND CASUALTIES.

ON the morning OF the 25th Mrs. Augusta
Edmund, wife Of Alexander Edmund, a
railroad engineer living in st. Louis, No,
cut the throats of three of her children,
and attempted suicide by the same method.
Two OF the children are dead; the third
may recover. The woman viii probably
die. She was insane.
WHILE attempting to enter the premises
Of james B. Neal, a New York florist, on
the night OF the Path, burglar was shot
dead in the commission Of the crime.
ON the 2ith Benjamin johnson, jointly
Indicted with Allen Ingalls, for the murder
of the Taylor family at Avondale, o., was
found guilty OF murder in the first degree
FIRE destroyed the Mayall Rubber Fac
tory at Reading, Mass, on the 26uh; loss,
500, 900.
AT Belle Plains, Ia, ON the 2Gtb, Samuel
Dunlap shot his wife and cut his own
throat.
AT Mulbury, Mass, the Briefly Cotton
Mills burned on the 27lh. Loss, $1,000
ON the 27th the steamer Pilot Boy, a
warehouse and quantity of cotton were
destroyed by fire at Charleston, s. c.
Loss, 100000.
AT Harrisburg, Ark, a fire on the 2Ith
destroyed a number of business houses.
The losses are only partially covered by
insurance.
A DARING stage-coach robbery occurred
on the 27th in Montana. No one muir
dered
AT Xeuja, Ind, an attempt was made to
blow up the JoUuui office on the 2s,h with
| dynamite.
IL Southern Spain the recent floods de
stroyeL 4 o dwellings and injured 5l4 per
sons.
NEAR Maple Creek, Manitoba, Indians
raided settlement on1 the 2S.h, muir
dercd one man and stampeded forty
horses.
On the 2Sh a scafroId gave way at
KnuPp's tunnel, near Ljgonier, Pa, kill.
ing nine men and dangerously iujurng
| eleven
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AN EXCITING EPISODE.
Chased by wild EnEtne-PTompt Action
Averts n Serious Accident to Life and
Property.


Averts n Serious Accident to Life and
Property.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL., May 30.
very nearly disastrous collision oc-
CURED on the Rock Island & Peoria Road
yesterday. The engine of gravel train
got off the track near Coal Valley, sta
tion about fourteen miles from here. A
wrccking train was sent out from Galva
to get the engine on the track again Pas
scnger train No. ?, going to Peoria from
this city, met the disabled engine first
and after considerable work the track was
cleared. The train then started on, but
had not got far when the wrccking train
was met on a sharp curve, the engine to
which was backing up. Both engines
were reversed as quickly as possible, but
the trains came together with quite a
shock. The passengers were badly
shaken up but no one was Sc
riously hurt. The engineer and fire
man Of the engine attached to the
wrccking train had jumped to the
ground, and when the collision occurred
the tank became detached, while the rest
of the engine started forward at a ter
IlHC IdIc, Ihe engineer having pulIcu tDc
throttle wide open before he jumped.
Passenger train, No. ], from Peoria was
about due as the wild engine started
down the track directly toward 1T. Both
engines, however, approached on a
straight track, and the engineer on the
passenger train reversed his engine and
started on the back track, closely fol
lowed by the wild engine. The chase
was kept up for several miles until tn c
steam finally gave out on the runaway en-
CINE and 1t was captured. Thus two mar
row escapes from a fearful collision oc.
CURED in a short snacc of time
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SPRINGFGELD, Ill, May 30.
Governor Hamilton has for some days
been suffering from an attack Of bron-
chitis. lie has been compelled to give up
all his speaking engagements in the near
future, but his physician expects to put
the Governor in condition to fulHll his
duties as delegates-at-largc to the Ma
tional Convention. If his health permits
the Governor Will leave for Chicago Sat.
urday noon.
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Returned to Hot Spriu-s.

81. Louis. Mo- May 3l.
Chief Of Police Toier OF Hot Spring-,
and Deputy Marshal Fa'kcuburs, ot
Little Rock, arrived yesterday armed
with warrants for cmbczzcmeut, issued
against Bruon, President Of the failed
Hot Springs bank. bv the United States
Court at Little Rock. The charge
against Mrs. steele is aiding uul ubct-
ting. The first inquiry made by f1lk-
enburg was, "las Brupu applied
for Il writ Of habcas CorpusF'
When informed that he had not AMI
that the pair were willing % return
To Little Rock he appeared greatly re-
lleyed. The party left last night
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May -.
Two men, John Foley and T. A. kearh
were arrested Saturday on the charge of
vagrancy, they having sold three horses
under suspicious circumstances. Yester-
day morning man named Glenn
Bolander, Of Topeka, arrived in the city
and identified the horses as belonging to
himself and Skinner Bros, ice dealers, at
Topeka, and as having been stolen from
a pasture there a week ago Friday night.
The two thieves were locked up to await
the action of the Kansas authorities.
They are believed to be members of a
gang of horse thieves operating in this
section,
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The Grant Boys File Their ScheduIe-EnO
Still Hiding.

The schedules in the asst signment of FREQ
Grant and Jesse Grant to James McNamee
were filed in the Court of Common Pleas
to-day. The schedules of Frederick N.
Grant show debts and liabilities of 81
5,O6G 81; assets nominally, 81 $3.50, ,OI3.
The assets actual worth IS unknown.
The residence of Emo is still watched
The servant admits nobody. A detective
said to-day there was nothing new in the
SituatiOn
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a Singular Verdict.

SANTA FF, n. NJ. May p.
"Black Pete" a Spaniard and noted
horse-thicf and rustler, was found near
Sovayo, Valencia County, Yesterday, with
a bullet through his heart; no clue. The
news was received with joy, Tor he has
long been a. menace to the people on the
Mexican border The verdict of the
Coroner's jury is, "Killcd by thunder
bolt from heaven