The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-29

for Governor.
THE Democrats of the Fourth Congress
sionaI District of Indiana have renom-
mated Hon. VIM. 5. Holman.
RUMUR that his son. Ulysses, Jr., had
skipped TO Canada is denied by General
Grant. He was at home in Morristown,
". j.
A WEALTHY Englishman named Falken-
bridge is supposed to have committed sui
eide at Winnepeg, Manitoba.
GOULD telegraphed Vanderbilt his idea
Of the situat on Of the country, financially
and otherwise. He feels cheerful. So does
Vanderbilt
VICTOR BONAPARTE has fallen heir to
EiO,OOO, and the rupture between himself
and father is said to be complete.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
on the 18th Foxy Bray and William
Hendershot, OF Lawrenceburg, Pa, were
fatally shot by policeman, who attempt
ed to arrest them for abducting a German
girl.
on the 18th a freight train and accommO-
dation train collided on the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, seriously
injuring seven men and fatally wounding
two.
on the 19.h thirty houses were unroofed
by storm in Pickaway County, o.
lHE cincinnati ripe anu out6J OOlll-
/ pany's works were damaged by fire on the
| 18th. Two persons were severely burned.
on the 18th eleven persons perished
and nearly "A thousand dwellings, shops,
schools and mosques were destroyed by
fire at Bel Bazaar, Asia Minor.
On the 2Oth Joseph Frazier, the murderer
Of Wesley Hupp in Anderson, Ind, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself in jail
with his pocket handkerchief.
A CoLoRED insane patient in the Kansas
/ City (Mo) Hospital named Durfus
/ Weaver was killed in self defense by
! Steward Winfrey on the 2Oth. Weaver
/ had attacked a couple of patients and
afterwards attempted 90 burn the build
ing.
! ON the Goth two suicides were reported in
! st. Louis, Mo. Mamie Stern, of Keokuk,
Ia, took poison at Hurst's Hotel, sooner
than be dependent upon her brother-in-
/ law. Michael Schoettel, an Alsatian, fifty
/ years of age, shot himself while delirious
/ from drink.
! IN the recent Liverpool fire 1900 bales
of cotton were destroyed.
ON the 2lst three children belonging to
/ Mrs. Fulweller, of Portsmouth, o., were
drowned by the collapse of the suspension
bridge over the Scioto River.
FIRES on the 2lst: Harnish tobacco fac
tory, Lancaster, Pa; loss, $4,000. Wood
rulT's paper mill, Buffalo; loss, $4,000.
Kelly Nail and Iron Company's mill, Iron
ton, o.; loss, $4,000. African NJ. E.
Church, Moberly, Mo; damage, $500.
In a collision between a mixed train and
a freight train on the Panhandle Rail
way, at Wheeling Junction, Pa, forty-one
miles from Pittsburgh, on the 21st, d. Bar
tholomew, travelling salesman fora CinCin-
] Ei1iad and 80
of the road injured.
THE British ship Syria was wrecked in
the Fiji Islands, and seventy coolie pas
sengers lost.
AN Italian murderer named Sabate Al
exander, committed suicide in Easton, Pa,
on the 22d.
On the night of the 21st, John Gilman,
wife and grown daughter were burned to
death at Portsmouth, o.
ON the 22d two men named Thompson
and Cook were fatally injured by rail
road accident at Karns City, Pa.
DURING a thunderstorm at Toledo, O.,
on the 22d Miss Tilly Fear was struck by
lightning and instantly k He'd. Her sister
and two children, who were with her, mar
rowly escaped the same fate.
FIRES on the 22d: Forge department
Kelly Nail and Iron Company, Ironton,
o.; loss, S5O,OO). Sinks Shoddy NJ lis,
Philadelphia; loss, $4,000. Ward &
Gaenuston's hide and tlllow factory, Chi.
cago: loss, $1,000. A. o. Salher's nipple.
ment store, Cannon Falls, Mimi; loss
S3I, coo. George W. Campbell's store and
dwelling, Fayette County, Pa; also the
WptiHtojpccr newspaper Office and several
other buildings; loss, S25,O)).
MISCELLANEOUS.
" he
discovered diamonds besides other prec
ious stones, and tamaruck timber a thou
sand years old.
DURING the last municipal year Boston
increased her city debt nearly S2,OOO,0Oo.
In Custer, ID. T., excitement runs high
over recent discoveries of tin.
IN the Khartoum relief expedition there
will be l2,OOO men, but it will not be ready
to start before the end of August.
THE French Ministry wants 5000, 90.
francs for the Touquiu and 4,5)O,0OC
> francs for the Madagascar expeditions.
= A DENVER hotel man received a private
letter on the 18th which says that the Eagle
Bank at CRur d'Alene failed several days
since and that its managers had left The
city to avoid lynching; also, that there is
great suffering in that region, the mining
boom having exhausted itself.
: THE Mexican Government will spenC
100000 at the Worlds Fair, at New Or
leans.
ON the 17th the assignments in New
York were: J. Steelman, merchant
preferences, SlS,O0). Benner & Pincluey
shipping merchants; preferences, $4,000
c. McCulloch and Beecher & Co., mer
chants, preferences, $4,000.
ACCORDING to Gladstone the Egyptian
law Of liquidation viii be the basis of tn,
. coming conference.
THE Erie County Savings Bank, Erie
a Pa, has burst, the President having dab
bled in oil and stocks.
On the 2Oth there were nearly 100 bi
| cyclists in the parade of the League 0
T American Wheelmen in Washington.
r On the 10Th the American Lacrosse team
won their first match game in England
e defeating the Cheshire team-four goals t,
= one.
e DISPATCHES Of the 10Th from Cairo repor
I the rebels advancing upon Korosko. E
Mahdi's emissarriss are welcomed every
where. Suakim was bombarded.
! THE authorities OF Indianapolis are max
, ing an effort to stop Sunday base ball play
Z ing. All the players in the recent game
on that day have been arrested.
n THE City Exchange Bank of LapOrte
n Ind, has made an assignment in conse
e quence Of the failure of Donnen,. Lawson Z
o | Simpson.
n HOWELL & Co.'s bank at Spokane Falls
Idaho, has closed its doors.
e The Indians of the Northwest Territorl
e are becoming hostile. They want Ian
IA where they can get fresh fish to eat in
7. stead Of the bacon that is producing scury.
r among them.
AN equity suit has been filed by tn
d Cambria Iron Works of Pennsylvani
against the Cincinnati a st. Louis Rail