The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-09

on the night Of the 9th the entire bus
mess portion of Rathdrum, Idaho, and
nearl- = all the best residences of the city
were swept away by fire. Many families
were left homeless and destitute.
A DYNAMIFE explosion occurred in the
Council Chamber at Salisbury, Eng, the
night of the 27th. The building was
badly shaken and many windows in ad-
joining premises were shattered.
TIIE Dupont Powder Company's mill at
Reading, Pa, blew up on the % h with a
terrific report.
AT Pachucha, Mexico, on the 29th, a
cloud burst caused terrible inundation.
Thirty persons were killed.
ON the night Of the 20 h fre-bugs made
ano her attempt to burn property at Allen
town, Pa, and the Mayor called meet
ing Of citizens.
AN Egyptian nuggar, laden with troops
and stores, was capsized on the Nile, and
two men were drowned and quantity Of
stores lost.
on the night OF tho 20.h thieves entered
the Post-ofTice at Mineville, o., and stole
$500 in money and $ % in stamps. As they
were leaving, they were discovered. In
the effort to capture them Kate Richards,
the Postmaster's daughter, was fatally
stabbed. The robbers escaped with their
/ booty.
/ A BOILER exploded in the engine-room
Of the MulwoOd (Pa.) coal shaft the even
| ing of the z95h, killing John Hanna and a
| number of others.
AT the Conyngham shaft Of the Della
ware and Hudson Coal Company the bsal
er exploded with great violence On the
evening of the 10Th, wrecking the building
and damaging the other three boilers.
! OK the S0th Dr.. Abram Babcock, of SYRIA
/ cuse, n. Y, arrested on a charge of Grim
/ inal prac ice, committed suicide in jail.
| ON the 50.h Mrs. Lillian, a grass-widow
! Of seventeen, took poison and died in hay
/ stack on her fathers farm near Ogden,
Mich.
THE negro, Bill Smith, who assaulted q
dusky damsel in Franklin County, Miss,
on the 29th, was taken from magistrate
on the 3Oth and hanged by mob.
SEVERAL passengers were seriously in
jured in an accident on the d. a. q. y
Road near HearRe, Tex, on the 3Jth.
AT Lachine, Canada, tw .nty three
houses burned the night of the 295h. Loss
about $4,000; partly insured. Some fifty
families were turned out of homes. This
is the second disastrous conhlgration thai
has visited Lachine within a short period
on the 1st the largest business block o
Mllican, Tex, was destroyed by fire.
ROSCOE CoNKLING was killed in bas'
bail game at River Head, r. l., on the 1st
This is not the ex-senator, but a namesak'
of seventeen.
On the 1st registered package of SO,
SEQ in bonds, sent from New York, arrive'
at East Hampton (Conn) Post-ofice will
broken seals and containing only brow
paper. The Cffi ,ials are investigating.
A COLLISION occurred on the Denver
Rio Grande Railroad about eighteen mile
from Denver, Col, on the 1st. About thin
ty passengers were injured, none serious
{ ly.
| A MUT1NY of prisoners occurred q
} Mandalay a few days ago, in quellin
| which the Burmese soldiers set fire to th
, prison aud shot 430 of the inmates Will
} they were attempting to escape from tn
burning building.
A PARTY of men called at Dennis Nj
Grath's house, near Providence, X. l., o
J. the 2d, and murdered him.
3 | DURING the races at Strabone, IrelanC
{ on the 2d, platform gave way and man
persons were injured.
ON the 2d dynamite outrages at Guy 1
Noble, France, caused great damage an
/ frightened the inhabitants.
!. SOME miscreant fired n bullet into II
train in which the Prohibitionist cand
a date, Mr.. st. John, riding, on h
It way to Terre Haute, Ind, on the 2t.
= passed in front of the Ex-Governor an
quite near him.
L WITHIN two days, October 1st and 2
= four persons were murdered in Sprin
dale, Tex. The prOvocations were trivia
Y On the q one man was killed and Sc
IS eral seriously injured by an explosion
o a can of powder at a saloon adjacent
the Excelsior Mine, near Des Moines, l
3. A Swedish miner carelessly allowed
Z coal from his pipe to drop into the can.
: ON the night of the ID a wild train {
. the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha Roi
L ran through bridge near Bayfield,, Wis
l. and thirteen people were seriously
iured.