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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
A SOCIALISTS VICTIM.

Assassination of Police Councillor RumpR
at FranIfort-on -thc-NIaIn - The Crime
laid at the Door of Socialist Emmsssarless
BERLIN, January II.
ga most profound sensation was
created in Berlin this morning by the an-
nounccment that Herr Rumph, Police
Councillor, had been murdered last
night in front of his residence,
in prominent thoroughfare.
Rumpf was actively connected with the
recent prosecutions at Leipsic OF the an
archists, Reinsdorf, Rupsch, Kucenlen,
Holsrauer, Bachman. Soehngen, Reinbach
and Foellner, engaged in the Nicdcrwald
attempt to kill the Emperor, Crown
Prince and other distinguished person
ages of the Imperial suite. Rcins-
dorf, Rupschand and Kucchler were sen-
fenced to death ana Holsraner and Bach
man to ten years servitudc. The others
were acquitted. The police are rcticent
in regard TO the murder of Rumpff, bpt
state there is no doubt that friends Of
the convicted anarchists committed
the deed. All kinds of stories are
afoat In regard to the murder. Ono
is to the effect that while returning home
at about ten O'Clock last night, and when
i'm front of his house, Herr Rumpn was
struck violent blow on the back of the
head which felled him to the pavement,
rendering him unconscious, and not giving
him an opportunity TO cry for help. An
other Is that death was produced by
stab wound, causing almost instant death
All agree that the murder was the work
of an Anarchist in revenge for the part
the Councillor had taken in securing the
conviction of Reindsdorf and his com
panions. The Emperor, when informed
of the death of Rumpff, was ylsibly
agitated.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
THE WHITE HOUSE.
First of Series of Farewell Receptions BY
the Retiring Presfdent-The Diplomatic
Corps Lead the Van-A Brilliant Assem-
wAsH1NGroN, D. G., january IA.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., January II.
The President, with that observance of
social etiquette which has characterized
his administration, had mapped out three
official receptions to be held before the
close of his present official career. The
first of the series was held last night. The
diplomatic corps were the honored guests,
and members of both Houses of Congress
with designated members of their
families, and officers of the army and
navy, were invited to meet them.
Practically the invitation extended to all
''sOciety Washington" for a more bril-
liant assemblage has seldom been seen in
this city. A temporary covered way was
erected from the sidewalk for distance of
about fifty yards to the east of the main
portico, ana window opening direct
ly upon the staircase leading to
the private secretary's rooms,
was by means of carpeted steps
improvised into an entrance way for the
occasion. This was a reversal Of the or
der of procession previously adopted,
and, like nearly all the changes intro
duced by Marshal McMchael during his
term as major domo was a great i'm
provement.
At seven minutes past nine the Marine
Band struck up the dolorous, but appar-
emily inevitable ''Hail to the Chief" and
the reception began.
The President was supported on his
right by his sister Mrs. McElroy, Mrs.
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. McCullOch, Mrs.
Brewster and Mrs. Teller standing in the
order named.
On the left was Marshal McMichael,
who presented the guests.
The diplomatic corps had a private
entrance of their own and popped in
through d sort of red plush trap door
into the Red room, where their magnif-
cent toilets were privately perfected.
The crowd was very great and it took
more than half an hour to run the gaunt-
let, even to those most favorablY placed.
But there was no attempt at crowding.
The ladies' dresses, what there was of
them, were simply gorgeous; but in
number of instances there was little visi-
BILE above the waist except a pair of
slender shoulder-straps; all the rest had
run down to the train.
In the spacious East room, where the
guests promenaded after passing out of
the blue room, where the President re-
diversity of decorations, gold lace and
feathers and handsome toilets, could prob
ably not be surpassed by the most "effete
monarchy" of Europe.
The reception was to last from nine un-
til eleven O'Clock, but at half-past ten
numberless carriages were still arriving
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.


THE following were inaugurated Gov
ernors OF the respective States on the 18th {;
General John S. Marmaduke, Missouri
John A. Martin, Kansas, and Hon. Mr..
Gray, Indiana.
PRENTICE TILLER's accomplice, George
II. McFadden, in the st. Louis (Mo.) ex-
press robbery was arragned in court and
pleaded guilty on the 12th, aud was sem
fenced to three years in the Penitentiary.
RICHARD SHORT, who stabbed Captain
Phelan in O'Doaovan Rossa's Office in
New York, was ia the Cork dynamite con-
spiracy when Featherstone was arrested
in 1888, according to a statement that
comes from London, and fed to America
soon afterward.
GOVERNOR WIN. HALE of Wyoming Ter
ritory died on the 18th.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR held his first reg
ular reception Of the season on the even
ing Of the 18th.
IT is announced that the Tichborne
claimant, recently released from prison, is
coming to America to lecture.
OK the 18th Captain Ehelan, who was
stabbed by Short, in New YORK, was re-
ported to be improving rapidly.
HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX, eX-Nice-P Presi-
dent OF the Omitted States, dropped dead
dead from heart disease at the Omaha
depot in Mankato, Mimi, on the 10th.
QN the I3th T. Nj. Haines was sworn in
by a notary as Speaker Of the Illinois
House OF Representatives.
THE impression prevails that Archbishop
Gibbons of Baltimore viii be created a
Cardinal in May next.
MINISTER FERRY will agree to the neu-
tralization of the Congo State on condi-
ton Of the recognition of the French claims
e fheI fNfE
ritory.
GEO. WALKER, a we'll known man of
Denver, Col, attempted to cut his throat
on the 18th. He was prevented, and
claims he Is not crazy, in love or disap-
pointed about anything in this life, but
simply desires to look into the beyond.
on the 18th Speaker Carlisle appointed
Andrew Devine official reporter of the
House of Representatives, to fiji the vacan-
CIV occasioned by the death of Mr.. Lord.
Devine was once the official reporter of the
committees, but was displaced by Speaker
Keifer.
RTHE Secretary of the Interior has order
81 that Anthony A. Kelly, OF Fond du
Lac, wis, be disbarred from practice as
an attorney before the Department be-
cause OF fraudulent practices.
THE Earl of Aylesford died at Big Springs,
Tex, on the i4ths 4ue AeiAiAaiia wa W soHe
TO England.
THE Connecticut Republican caucus on
the I4th renominRted o. II. Platt for
United States Senator.s
ON the 14th General Hatch was all ready
10 march on the Oklahoma "boomers" at
Saltwater, and battle was imminent.
THE police Of Sheffield, England, declare
that Captain PheIan lived there in 1888,
openly avowed himself against Rossa,
wore new clothes every day and had plen-
iy Of money while the ere.
SPROF. BENJAMIN SILLIAIAN, of ale Col
eye, died at New Haven, Conn, 1.-THE might
# the 18th.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
RREwER,s LOVES.

A Tfreen Years siege to -Four Loving
Hearts eliminates I'm "A suit for Hreach OF
Promise, with others 1 a Prospect.
GREAT DARLINGTON, MASS, January IL.
The $4,000 breach of promise suit
of Miss Grace Whiting, of Brooklyn,
against J. II. Brewer, a wealthy mer-
chant here, has created sensation. Miss
Whiting is a handsome brunette of thirty,
and belongs to one of the Oldest and
most respectable families. Brewer is
forty years old He has the reputation
of making engagements with four ladies',
and of breaking all of them except tho
last, hence the popular feeling runs
against him. 1t is said that sixteen
years ago he was engaged to marry
widow, and that before the contract had
been broken he had promised TO marry
Miss Whiting, lady now living in
Brooklyn, and a lady whose residence is
now a town on the Harlem Railroad, aud
who now seems to have the strongest
hold upon him.
Each lady knew of the others engag G"
ment to Brewer, and each was in hopes
of eventually cutting out her rivals He
had a talent for creating appearances,
and so deity implanted hope in tho
heart of each that he kept them all
upon his string at once. If the lady on
the Harlem Road complained of neglect,
he would make it all right by becoming
one of the chief mourners at her fathers
funeral. When another lady found her
self in danger of being cast out into
the cold, she was the recipient Of a fur-
lined circular or some other pre- sent that
made her heart glad and caused her TO
look down on her seemingly successful
rivals with the spirit of a victor. So
these ladies have been kept 'on the
ragged edge of despair" some of them
for about fifteen years.
Brewer, being engaged i'm a large bus
mess, and being liked by all acquaint-
ances, was considered good catch, and
his faithlcssncss was not enough To make
any of the ladies voluntarily abandon him.
one even went so far as to make up her
wedding trousseau, finding too late that
she had no need for it at that time, slight
ly paraphrasing Goldsmith's lines;
Gle cast off his loves rs huntsman his
pack,
whistle them bank"
Reports of Brewers secret marriage TO
the lady, who8 we may call No. y are In
circulation, but they are without tOunda-
ton. The source of the report is the fact
that he was in New York few weeks
ago, and that the lady IA question was
out of town at the same time. There has
been a rumor for several months that
there was a secret marriage between
them, but 1t was mere gossip. Whether
other breach of promise suits arc to fol-
low is not known. Miss Whiting's en-
gagement is supposed to be ono of long
standing. The trial of the suit is expect
ed to bring forth evidence of more than
usual interest. The writ will be entered
in February, and the trial can not come
of until June.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
A FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
A Pennsylvania Saw-MilI Blown to Atoms
Two Men Instantly Killed and Six
wounded, Some of Them Seriously.


Wounded, Some of Them Seriously.
WILLIAMsPoRT, PA, January II.
A fearful boiler explosion occurred this
afternoon in a saw-mill on the south side
of the Susquehanna River. The mill is
located on what is known as the Weigel,
near the base of the mountains. Hardly
a vestige of the structure is left. Eight
men were in the mill. Two were killed
and the others severely, if not fatally in
jured.
The following named were instantA
killed:
Peter Houser, body terribly mutilateds
head almost severed from the body.
Thomas Purvis, burned to crisp, and
left leg blown off.
The injured are:
Daniel Br"bst, the owner of the mill,
knee-cap knocked off.
William Bctz, Joseph Brady, Andrew
Bowers, August Regelman and Louis
Wiegel.
The two dead and the six wounded
lived in Rocktown, on the south side OF
the river.
Immediately after the explosion ply
sicians, undertakers and hundreds OF
people hurried to the scene of the diSas-
ter to minister to the wants of the living
and provide for the disposition of the
dead. HafLS OF the OOleF were thrown
500 feet. One piece struck the earth and
plowed a groove several feet deep and
bounded off over the edge of a hollow
fifty feet beyond.
Brobst says the explosion was caused
by lack of water in the boiler. Houser
leaves a family. Brobst is thirty-ave
years of age and is married. Regelman
was married only few weeks ago. Some
of the wounded lost their arms and others
their legs. The scene Immediately after
the explosion beggars description.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
FENCE CUTTERS AGAIN.

Depredatlons By AN Organized Band la
New MeKico--Ex-senator ~ r5ey Con
eludes TO Exercise the Better Part OF
Yafor.
LAS VEGAS, n. NJ, January ".
A band Of fence cutters has COM
menced work in Colfax County, New
Mexico, and already nearly a hundred
miles of fence has been destroyed. Should
the identity of the cutters be established,
bloody times arc likely to ensue. The
cattle companies threaten to place armed
patrols along their fences with orders TO
shoot down any person detected In
the act. The cutting is attributed TO
the fact that the fences inclose public
lands aud prevent cattle on Government
land from reaching water, as the water
courses are illegally inclosed. Ex-Sen-
ator Dorsey has notified the fence cutters
that he viii take down his fence If it Is
demanded, preferring TO save the wire
from destruction. lie has been told that
such notice will be given In time to sayo
trouble.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

OFFICIALS of Castle Garden, New York,
report that during the past year $40, 500
steerage passengers and $500 cabin pas
sengers landed in the city.
on the 18th the visible supply of wheat
was 47,Ss2, 900 bushels; corn, 4,12O, ,OO)
bushels.
CHINESE officials deny that German off,
GERS are being enrolled in the Chinese
army.
The Wool Growers Association of Ohio,
at a meeting ON the 18th, adopted protec-
tive tariff resolutions.
ROME, Italy, was badly agitated with
fears Of flood on the 18th, as the Tiber
was on the rampage.
DURING the year 1884 the total amount
of grain exported from New York was
45I, ,S93, 7S7 bushels, carried on 1,221 vessels.
Ia 1883 the record was 4s, 49, ,945 bushels,
carried in 1, ,356 vessels. In 1884 there were
! ,120 steamers and 101 sailers carrying
grain; in 1879 there were ,056 steamers
and 1, 79S sailers; in 1881 there were 1,3O2
steamers and 554 saiiers; in 1888 there were
/ 1,I90 steamers and I66 sailors.
ALBANIA, Spain, was again violently
shaken by earthquake shocks on the 18th,
Just as the King and suite were leaving.
THE Governor Of Delaware has issued
an official proclamation to the effect that
contagious pieuro- pneumonia exists anon z
the cattle Of that State.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
YOUNG BUZzARDs.
A Trio of Boy-BurgIars Sent to the Peni-
tentiary.
RRADTNG PA .Januarv IA

A Trio of Boy-BurgIars Sent to the Peni-
tentiary.
READING, PA, January IL.
The trial of Lebanon's boy burglars,
or "Young Abe Buzzards, +" as they styled
themselves, jerome Bright, Robert Meyer
and Geo. Sarge, ended last evening and
they were sentenced to four years and six
months in the Eastern PcnitentlarY.
They are mere youths, but are familiar
with crime. They belong to good families
and took their first lessons from dime
novels, recounting the exploits of Jack
Shepperd and Dick Turpin. Then they
left their homes and established them
selves in a shanty, and robbed numerous
stores, dwellings, etc. With the aid
of a young detective, their cap
ture was effected and they
were sent to jail, from which they es-
capped and committed more burglaries.
After a fight with the officers they were
again captured. They broke their prison
bars a second time, and were again taken,
since which time they have been kept un-
der the closest surveillance. The indlct-
ments against them were numerous, and
when they learned of their impending fate
they wept bitterly. Meyer was the lead
er of the gang, and was nick named Jesse
James. The lawyers made strong ef-
fort to save Bright, but TO no purpose.
The Jury was out eight hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
STARTLING FACTS.
The Grain Exports of New York Carried
Principally by Foreign Vessels.
Vcurr "A

The Grain Exports of New York Carried
Principally by Foreign Vessels.
NEW YORK, January IA.
The statistics ofthe grain carrying trade
of this port for the year 1884, as prepared
by Mr.. William T.. Ferguson, of the Pro-
duce Exchange, are very suggestive and
even startling. Not only has there been
a decrease in the amount of grain ex-
ported and the number of vessels en-
gagged in the trade, but the figures show
that the steamers are doing nearly all
the business formerly done, almost ex-
clusively, by sailing vessels, and that
while crafts carrying our own national
colors once had a large share Of the
business, last year only two American
vessels carried grain from New York TO
Europe. The United States now stands
at the bottom of the list. The vessels Of
the third, fourth and fifth rate powers of
Europe carry more grain from New York
than our own vessels do. Portugal,
Spain, Italy, Denmark and Belgium arc
far ahead. Yet in 1880 there were seven
nations whose bottoms carried less than
ours,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22

Release Himself From His Financial Em.
barrassment.
NEW YORK, January l2.
The following letter is said to have
been received by General Grant:
BRIDGEPORT, CONN, January Il.
General Grant, Itofce President oJ the United
and respects you. All are anxious that you
should live happy and free from care. While
they admire your manliness in declining the
large sum recently rendered You by friends,
independence in an honorable manner. OF
the unique and valuable trophies with
which You have been honored we have
to see these evidences of love and
respect bestowed upon you by monarchs
and people throughout the globe. While you
would confer a great and enduring favor on
your fellowmen and women by perm itting
them to see these trophies, you could at the
same time remove existing embarTassmentS
IN a most satisfactory and honorable man
ner. will give you 100000 cash besides
proportion of the profits, assuming all risks
myself, If may be permitted to exhibit
hese relics to grateful and appreciative
,ublic and will give sat sfactory bonds of
lalf million dollars for their safe keeping
and return.
These precious trophies of which all your
friends are so proud, would be placed before
the eyes of your millions of admirers in q
manner and style at once pleasing to your
self and satisfactory to the best elements of
the entire community. The mementOes OF
Washington, Wellington, Napoleon, Freders
lex the Great, stephen Girard and many 9th
er distinguished men have given immense
pleasure to millions who have been permit
ted to them
I trust you will, in the honorable manner
proposed, crafty the public and thus incul
cate the lessons of honesty, perseverance
and true patriotism admirably illustrated in
your caEeer. have the honor to be very
II. T. BARSUM.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
JIM KEENE CoRNEREp.
The Rich Broker Attempts to BulIdOze q
Railroad Conductor.

The Rich Broker Attempts to BulldOze a
Railroad Conductor.
NEW YORK, January Is.
James r. Keene, the grain operator, lives
on the Long Island Railroad. Last Mon
day morning he left his Communication
book at home. An imperative rule of the
company requires conductors to collect
full fares from any commuter who fails to
produce his book. Conductor Mahoney,
of the Rockaway line, demanded sixty
cents. Keene refused to pay, and the con-
ductor, rather than have any trouble with
him, withdrew the rebate check and con-
cluded to pay Keene's fare as far as
Jamaica, where his duties ended.
At Jamaica conductor Randall took the
train. Keene again refused to pay his
fare and was told that he would be put
off. He guessed not. Condu ctor Randall
signalled the engineer to stop. Keene
clutched the conductor by the throat. The
conductors fist was desce nding in the
direction of the brokers face, when
passenger caught his arm. Another
passenger pulled Keene away. A third
passenger paid Keene's fare, and the
conductor signalled the engineer to pro-
ceed. The Company expected that Keene
would repeat the scene in the evening,
and had an officer ready to arrest him,
but he purchased his ticket and went
home peaceably.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
BREAKING THE NEWS TO MRS. CoLFAX.
SOUTH BEND, IND, January IA.

The news of the death of Hon. Schuyler
Colfax at Mankato, Mimi, yesterday
is received with the deepest sorrow
In this city, his home. He was highly es-
teemed by all of South Bends citizens,
who mourn him as a fellow-citizen as
we'll as distinguished man. Mrs. Col
fax was informed of her husbands death
by Mr.. z. +. Studebaker, by whom tele-
gram, announcing the sad event was re-
ceived. She was much overcome, but
subsequently recovered her self-control
and bears her loss with fOrtitude. A dele
CATION of Odd Fellows from this city will
meet the remains at Chicago, and accom-
pany them home. The funeral is not yet
announced.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22

GREENvILLE, TESN., January i3-
Saturday night negro, Thomas Peody,
attempted to rape white woman near
this place, and was frightened off, but was
captured Sunday morning and jailed.
Sunday night about two hundred armed
men demanded him of the jaiIer, who re-
fused to give him up, when they started
to tear down the gates. Seeing further
resistance was useless and wishing to
protect other prisoners in the jail, the
Jailer gave him up. The mob carried
Peody about mile and a half from the
city and hanged him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
A Great Bore.

NEW HAVEN. COEN.s January %.
The Winchester Arms Company has
abandoned work on the artesian well,
which it began sinking two aud one-hale
years ago, with the idea of obtaining art
independent water supply. After the bor0
had been extended 2,400 feet, some ono
dropped some pieces Of iron into the hole
and they wedged into about fifty feet of
steel boring tools. This was several
months ago, and all efforts 10 clear out
the hole have proved Intellectual. The
only bore in the world deeper than the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22

WAsBINGToSs ID. g., January Is
Commissioner of Pensions Clark was
yesterday examined by the House Com.
mittee on Pensions and Bounty and Back
pay in relation to the whereabouts Of
Special Agents and Examiners Of the
Pension Bureau during the months of
September, October and November last.
The committee intends to inquire into
the alleged connection Of Pension Bureau
men with the recent campaign. Colonel
w. w. Dudley, late Commissioner of
Pensions, is expectedto appear before the
committee and tell what he knows of the
assignment Of Government employees 10
campaign work.