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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19
If Not an Elephant. What Was Heq

Big and tall as Jumbo was, he had
not attained to his full size and was ex-
pectcd to grow for three OF four years
to come. He had grown considerably
since his arrival in America. His food
consisted Of grain, bran, hay, vege-
tables, such as carrots or beet roots,
etc, and of these articles he consumed
between five hundred and six hundred
pounds per day. lie drank about three
barrels Of water a day. In addition to
his great size there were several Pc
culiar physical features about Jumbo
which excited much curiosity among
naturalists, and led some eminent
scientists 10 express the opinion that he
was not an elephant at all, but that he
was allied to the old and now extinct
mastodon species. Ia his back there
was deep hollow, where, ia other
elephants, there WAS "A large convex
curve, and his head was curved in a
marked manner where other elephants
are hollow. His knees, too, were not
in the same place as are those Of other
elephants. They were much nearer his
thigh, making the upper part Of his leg
unusually short and the under part am
usually long g.-Kent (EHg.J Her0iG 49,
An eminent .oculist, DR.. IT, Cohn,
thinks that reading and writing are
much more likely 10 produce short
sightedness and impair the sight than
matchmaking and other minute indus-
tries
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19
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a Remarkable Story.

A curious story comes from Norway,
The fishing smack Columbine left one
Of the Shetland Islands with a captain,
two sailors and an old lady who insist
ed on making the trip to Norway, al
though the weather was very rough.
The captain was washed overheard and
the two sailors lowered the boat in the
hope Of rcscuing him. They did not
succeed. and when they turned back
they found the smack was going out TO
sea. She rapidly gained on them, and
soon disappeared. Steamers were sent
in search. but could find no trace Of the
Columbine. and all hope was given up.
Now comes the news that she grounded
near Lepso, on the Norway coast, after
driving before the wind for seven days.
The old lady, when rescued, was al
most exhausted, her only food being a
bottle Of milk and two biscuits. She
will probably recover. " i. Post.
The r0i lcr-et-afr manufacturers are
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19

| ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a
1 general strike for an advance III wages
/ among the 'Iongshoremen on ron union
/ piers at New York. On many Of the piers
the men are paid only twenty Eve cents an
hour. The union rates are forty cents AZ
| hour for day and sixty cents for night
1 work.
| on the 18th notice was given the labor.
ers employed at the Atlanta Iron works az
| Sharon, Pa, that their wages had been
advanced to the price paid before the last
reduction. The increase amounts to fifteen
| cents per day, and was made by the firm
without solicitation from the workmen.
INJUNCTION proceedings have been taken
at st. Louis and at all important points on
the Gould lines, and the railroad officials
say if they can keep the strikers away
from the tracks they can run their trains
There was no developments of interest on
the 14th
on the 18th the Dempsey -LeBIanche
fight came off at Larchmont, N. Y, and
resulted in victory for Jack Dempsey after
thirteen well contested rounds. Only
about twenty persons witnessed the mill,
which is said to have been one of the gam
est on record.
On the 18th an immense socialistic meet
ing was held at Glasgow, at which Burns
OllG Ol L4t iCDClullSb t6duGiS5 lAltN4C du dtA'
dress.
Two HUNDRED and fifty thousand francs
have been donated for the proposed Pas
teur institute at Paris.
On the 18th representatives OF the sugar
interests had a hearing before the agricul-
tural committee at Washington.
ORDERS have been issued for the reduc-
tion Of the Egyptian army Of occupation,
and the withdrawal cf the British troops
from AssOuan.
SWEDEN refuses to levy tax on foreign
wheat.
THE strike OF furniture workers at
Evansville, Ind, resulted in a victory for
the workmen.
FRANCE will issue a new loan Of a thou.
sand million francs.
THE laborers al the Atlantic iron-works
at Sharon, Pa, two hundred in number,
have been granted an advance of ten per
cent in wages.
A DAUGHTER Of a member Of the British
House of Commons has eloped with her
groom.
THE imports of general merchandise at
the port of New York for the week ended
the 18th were valued at S., 1884, 1913, and of
dry goods at y, ,9l2 ,464.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19


on the eth tho huge paper mills at FreEs-
dorf. Germany, We're burned. The inn
mense structure was completely reduced to
ashes. Hundreds OF men and women are
thrown out Of employment i'm consequence.
The damage viii reach q million marks.
ON the iOth John Johnson, a convict
confined in the Jail at Pittsdeld, Mass,
made q murderous attack on Keeper Full
Ter, and the latter, to save his life, shot
johnson through che heart.
On the sth q horrible double murder and
a robbery We're committed at the farm
house of John T. Everhort, near Licking
vile, Pa. A boy ia the family, returning
from school, found btrs. Eyorhart ly-
ing ON the Hoor with hcr throat cut from
ear 20 ear, aud her mother Mrs GiufalIen,
I'm the sprinE-h1uss also with her throat
cut aud lie extinct Tan house had been
ransacked and 800 taken.
ON the loth the tur-boat John Market
was blown "a? m BOSTON, eul i've men.
composing her crow. loss thrir lives.
AN attempt was majr on tue l1.h Co as
sassiuote jules Verne hy his nephew at
Amiens, France.
On the Iuta George ~. CJrtin, a peddIer
81 cheap iewelry. surren larel himself to
the poles in New Vors as the murd darer OF
the barkeoper Malloy, who was sho, in his
saloon on South Fifth avenue. Curtin de-
clares that MalIoy hal previously robbed
him OF part of his Stock.
VIsCouNr DuPPLrN, Earl of Kinnoul
lied 40 Monte Carlo on lhs llth. Il is ru-
mored th8t he committed suicide, owing
60 losses at gambling. he had led wild
und dissipatei csro-r ana was thirty sew
en- years oil.
Os tbe nisht or the lGth - farmer named
Heeula was l.uisl t. al,u sinners at Xii
rushs C0un = Cldre, Ireland.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19
CoNGREssIoNAL PEocEED1NGs

CONGRESSIONAL PRO OCEEDINGS.
IL the Senate on the eth letters from the
| departments in response to requests for in
formation were laid before the Senate. The
| bill authorizing a railroad bridge across the
river at Alton, III , was favorabIy reported
| ana passed. The Elmunls resolution was
| taIep up, and the senator from Vermont
mad lengthy sp ech on the Pfestden IS
| refusal to furn sh the Senate the pa
| HerS IN relation to suspensions LIN
the IL 'uss the Dill requiring tn Pa"iuc rail
road to pay for sury evs of tHeir lands was
passed. Among the bills reported from COM
lnittees was one granting pensions to Next
can veterans. The bill fOrbjdliug the EN-
plOvment of convict contract labor, as re-
Iating to United States prisoners, was passed
/ The Indian Appropriation bill was taken up
in committee OF the whole.
IN the senate on tine IUth, after a lively tilt
between Messrs. RtddIeberger and Logan
concerning a letter from Captain Epds print
ed III the Record, Nj. Pugh replied to Sena-
tor Edmuuds' speech on the subject OF sus-
pensions .....-In the House a bill to increase
the naval establishments was reported. The
bill repeating the Civil-Servtce law was Bd-
versely reported The bill removing the
limit of time for presenting claims Tor p"u-
sion arrearares was discussed In commit
tee of the whole the Indian Approximation
bill was taken up and debated at length.
II the Senate on the lth two letters from
the Secretary of the Treasury, furnishing
informal ON called for, were laid before the
| senate. Nj Jones (Nev.) presented a petit
ton from the National Bi metallic Coinage
Association ana addressed the Senate on
IL. MIR. Naucc's bill for repeal of the Civil
| Service law was adversely reported.
| Senator Logan presented minority
report nom the military committee on
the Fitz John Porter bill. Mr.. Wilson (Ia)
then addressed the senate in favor Of the
Edmunds resolutions. the House a
resolution was adopted calling on the Secre-
tary Of the Navy for statement of money
expended at the Washington Navy Yard.
Two reports were made from the Judiciary
committee on the right OF the Government to
cancel patents. a long debate followed.
IN the senate on the 18th, after the passae e
OF the bill to perfect the title to certain
lands granted the State of Iowa to aid rail-
roads. Mr.. Edmunds' resolution was taken
up ana Mir. Kenna addressed the Senate
.-....ln the House a resolution calling for
information as to the accounts between
the Uuited states and the several
states and Territories on account OF the di-
reCt;taX of 1861 was referred. A resolution
that IL shall require the objections of two
members to prevent consideration was Ob. .
! je@ted TO. A bin granting a peusiOn Of % 900
a year to the widow of General Hancock was
reported. several unimpOrtant private bills
were passed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19

The rOller-skatc manufacturers are
no" turning their attention TO making
imitation tortoisc-5hcll buttons chs
cogg Herqld.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19
Loss of the Cunard Steamer oregon.

SANDY HOOK, N. J., March 15.-On hel
way to this port, while between Fire Is
land and Shennecock, the Cunard steamer
Oregon coIlided with an unknown deep
laden, three-masted schooner at 40 a.
m. yesterday. The schooner struck the
Oregon on the port-side, Immediately un
der the dining-salOon, tearing large mole
in her side under water The chief OFF.
Ger was in charge, Captain Cottier being
below. The hole was a very large
one, aud the water poured through
L in volume. TIE big steamer
Immediately began To settle in the water,
and finally sank. All the passengers and
crew were saved.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-19

Supposed to be Lost with All on Board
SANDY Hook, March l5.-The steamer
Fulda passed Sandy HOOK at l a. N.
bound in with the Oregon's passengers
The Oregon filled rapidly, and went down
head first i'm aboat twelve faith
oms of water. The upper parts
main, mzzen and jigger masts-
remain above water. The schooner
that crashed into was the Oregon seen in
the wake of the steamship for a moment
after the collision, her bow aud all heI
head gear wrecked. Then she disap-
peIrcd. 1t is supposed she sank and that
all her people were lost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

Col. BOB INGERsOLI. shrewdly OBJ
serves that he would like to see the
workingmen of the country have a
majority in Congress, with a president
OF their own, so that they could salts
fy themselves how little, after all, can
be accomplished by legislation. "The
moment responsibility should touch
their shoulders" he argues, "they
would become conservative" by rea
son of discovering that making liv-
ing in this world is an Individual af-
fair" with which the government
practically has little or nothing to do.
In other words, they would quickly be
made to understand that the true
secret of p1 osperity is to be found in
personal industry and economy rather
than in the attempted regulation OF
everything by law.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
A Sad Tragedy.

A double tragedy occurred on the after
noon of the 30th, at the Bennett slope of
W. G. Payne & Co. IS colliery, near Kings
ton, Pa. William Moses. one of the oldest
mining engineers in Luzerne County, was on
duty at his eolliery. He was given the sig
nal to hoist the cage from the bottom of the
shaft, which was 800 feet deep. He SUP.
posed every thing was clear below, and
started his engine just as John Brodda, the
footman, was running car upon the cage
The sudden hosting threw Brodda off, aud
in falling he was caught between the cage
and the brattice on the side of the shaft,
and was instantly killed. AS soon as En-
gineer Moses was informed of what had
happened he walked to his room near by.
took g. revolver from his coat pocket, and
placing it to his forehead, fired, killing him
self
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

AN Upton, KY, couple, werer recently
married in haste on the Indiana side
whose elopement smacked of novelty.
The groom expectant drove to his
sweetheart's residence in a huckster
wagon, in the rear of which was q
chicken coop. While he proceeded to
interview the old gentleman with a
view to securing the daughters hand
in marriage, the latter slipped out to
the wagon and climbed into the
chicken coop. When the old man re-
fused. the young lover said: "All
right, [ didn't want her anyhow"
Her absence was soon discovered, and
the couple had a lively time in escap-
ing pursuit and lodging a benediction
of bullets. AS they showed the true
stuff Of Kentuckians they have re.
turned home and been forgiven.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
THE PKNAERTONS HELD.
Result of the Inquest Upon Terence Beg
lev In Chicago.

ANoBuAC OA GAo An4uObb OpUn x0T0ACo neg
ley In Chicago.
A coroner's jury to-day completed
the inquest upon the corpse of Terence
Begley, who was shot dead when de.
tachment of Pinkerton special police
returning from the stock-yards after
the recent strike at Chicago ended,
fired their Winchestersfr from the train
windows into q crowd on Halsted
Street. The verdict declared that Beg
ley's death shot came from q rifle in
the hands of an unknown Pinkerton
policeman, who was aided and en-
couraged by Guy Stivers, Richard E.
LADIES, George J. Betram and Merritt
E. Shaw, all of whom are Pinkerton
officers now under arrest, and by 9th
ers whose names cannot be learned.
1t was recommended that the officers
named be committed to the county
jail and held to the grand jury with
out bail. The verdict concludes as
follows: "We, the jury, believe that
the Pinkerton Detective Agency bar
been derelict in keeping and holding
the names of 1913 men on the train
wherefrom said shooting took place. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

Col. LocKHART, of the British army,
reports from Central Asia to the En-
glish government that the American
manufacturers of guns are underselling
the British manufacturers in that
far. away region. Yet the British have
the advantage in that their goods
are transported by water to the mouth
of the Indus, while the American artl-
Gle has TO be shipped by the long and
expensive overland route through
Russian Turkestan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Grasping at Straws.

The counsel for the seven condemned Chi
cago Anarchists submitted to Judge Gary
on the 29th, a voluminous document upon
which another motion for new trial will
be based. The papers were presented in
court without formality and few were
aware of the fact. They are for the Courts
private consideration and although their
full text is withheld from publication, it is
understood that the defense submits the
discovery in the ninth edition of Wharton's
Criminal Law of che principle that any
person advising crime in general terms is
not necessarily an accessory. This is at
variance witch Judge Gary's rulings and las
the state will claim, not in accordance with
the statutes OF Illinois, which prevail over
all rulings and court opinions. The matter
is left with the Court without date.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
THE AFRICAN MAssA CHE.
Details of the Atrocities Committed
Christians by King Mwanga.

Details of the Atrocities Committed
Christians by King Mwanga.
Details have been received of I
massacre of native Christians OF Ug,
da, Africa, by the order of K
Mwanga. The massacre began in it
and was directly due to the refusal
q Christian lad acting as the kin
page to commit an abominabe GRIN
Many Christians were tortured, mu
lated and speared and thirty two we
burned alive together. The appea
of the missionaries for a cessation
the atrocities were unavailiDg. TT
fate of these unfortunates did nj
serve to frighten candidates for bal
tism and within g. week after the ma
sacre, many natives were baptised 6
their own desire. Leaflets containi1
extracts from the Scriptures, prayer
and hymns in the Uganda languas
are freely bought by the people, a
though their possession involves dal
ger of punishment. The diary of Bisl
OPP Harrington, who was put to deaf
by the king, will soon be published j
London. It is a thrilling and pathet
narrative of his experiences in Ugand
up to the day of his death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

The opinions of number of English
and French naval architects on the
subject of iron ships we're published in
the New York Herald the other day.
The intelligence derived from these
high authorities was very interesting,
and unlike alleged experts generally,
they did not widely disagree il what
they said about the means of modern
naval warfare. The concensus of
opinion, as derived from the most in :
telligent sources of information, is
that the destructive energy of warlike
missiles has about kept pace with the
enormous additions that have been
made to protect armor, and that no
vessel can float and make any speed
which carries such a weight of metal
sheathing as will render it impregnable
against the projectiles of recent inven-
ton. If this is the case the world
might as well go back to wooden ships
first as last. To make g. vessel so
gtrong that it can resist the most pow
erful guns is not feasible, and g. great
navy Is no longer safe means of
national defense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
A MURDERER'S END.
His SeIf-Inf1icted Wound Takes Him Be
yOnd q MOb's Rage.


LEAvENWoRTH, Kas., Oct. 27.-Last
night Cyrus Lafferty, the wife murder
or, was stolen away from the county
jail by his guards, and hurriedly driv-
en- to the penitentiary. There being a
law against his incarceration there for
any length of time, be was taken to
Wyandotte at 4:3O O'Clock this morn
ing. A telephone message received this
afternoon, from the sheriff of Wyan-
dotte County, says that Lafferty
died there at 9 O'Clock, from the eff
fects of his attempt Monday to com
NIT suicide by cutting his throat. After
Lafferty had been taken away from
the jail, James Johnson, the brother
of Lafferty's wife, arrived from ST.
Louis and Immediately organized @
mob and led them to the jail. The
doors were thrown open and the jail
thoroughly searched, but of course
the fend was not found. Had this
man arrived an hour sooner, the
Wyandotte sheriff would not have
been burdened with. the corpse to-day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Bulgaria and Russia.

A Sofia dispatch of the 28th says: At
the private meeting at Tirnova of DEPUTIES
belonging to the government party, it was
unanimously decided to adhere to the gov
ernment's policy toward Russia. Gen.
Kaulbars telegraphed to the regency, ad-
vising the raising of the state of siege at
Sofia and Varna. The Russian consul at
Varna threatens to order the Russian war
ships to lombard the town unless the pre-
feet permits free access of Russo Bulgarian
partisans TO the Russian consulate, or if he
tries to prevent the landing of sailors from
the war-ships. The members of the So
branie are preparing to elect regent to re-
place Karaveloff
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Minor Mention.

At Cincinnati, on the 3Oth, II. s. Herzig
& Co., wholesale clothiers, assigned to
Louis Cramer, with assets estimated at
$125,O0O and liabilities about $3.50, 900.
Preferences to the amount of SCI, 900 were
made by chattel mortgage, of which $751;
600 was to Lazarus Price, who had en-
dorsed notes.
The schooner Mary Brown has been lost
off Bacalieu, says a st. Johns On. F. dis
patch, and three Of her crew and q lady
passenger, Miss G. III. liver, have been
drowned. The vessel broke in two soon
after striking and the captain and three of
the men succeeded in reaching the shore.
DR.. Charles Raymond, a clerk in the pen
sion bureau at Washington, dropped dead
at his desk on the Both
Three trains on the Central Vermont road
ccllided near Bellows Falls, VT, on the
goth. No one was injured.
Rothschild & Co., wholesale jewelers. of
Toronto, Ont, have made an assignment.
Liabilities, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

THERE is everything to praise In the
vigor with which the New York au-
thorities are dealing with the indicted
aldermen. Not only has their bal
been raised to $4,000, but when the
day of trial is fixed they are likely to
be thrust into prison. Evidently it Is
not intended that any more of them
shall escape to Canada. tits pleasant
to know that the bribe-givers are
to be punished as well as the BRIDE
takers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Seaman Killed.

young man named Garroch, wheelsman
on the tug Jessie, was killed by the schooner
M A. Muir, at the Wolverine dry dock at
Port Huron, Mich, on the 9th. The YES
sci was getting under way, in tow OF the tug
Castle. Garroch had let go the vessels line,
and in some way fell into the river. The
schooner came back, striking the pile that
Garroch was clinging to in the water and
damned his head and body to frigftful
mass. The crew of the Muir had got ashore
and pulled the body on the dock before the
current carried it away. Garroch's home
was at Corunna, Ont.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Labor Notes.

The puddlers of G. s. Bailey & Co.'s two
rolling mills at Harrisburg, Pa, who struck
August "a for an advance in wages from
So so to 81 ton compromised, on the
Both, with their employers, and will go to
work. They were conceded So. So a ton.
About 800 men were affected by the strike
The beef killing firms of G. F. Swift & Co.
and Nelson Morris, of Chicago, gave formal
notice to their men on the goth that the
eight-hour system would be abandoned and
work resumed on a ten-hour basis. The
beef-killers in these two establishments
were not involved in the recent strike. and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
Result of "Seeing the Town

Thomas L. Miller, a prominent tobacco
dealer at Stevensport, KY, was found dead
IN bead at Basler's Hotel, Louisville, KY,
on the 9th, with horrible wound Just
over the eye. He had been out ''seeing the
town" till an early hour and having money,
he fell into the hands of bad characters.
who got him into a game of cards and then
knocked him On the head. He got to HIS
hotel and died during the night. Charles
Null, saloon-keeper, has been arrested
charged with the crime. His accomplice is
unknown
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03

OLD DAME PARTINGToN is at it again
with her mop trying to keep back the
Atlantic Ocean. The Canadian Book
sellers and Stationers' Association
has passed q resolution instructing
the secretary to draw the attention OF
the chief magistrate of any city or
town where American Sunday papers
are being sold to the matter and re-
quest him to have the sale discontin-
rod
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-11-03
A Mysterious Crime.

While Lottie Frank and a man were
standing upon the street in Detroit, late on
the night OF the 29th, a stranger approached
them and said he had found the dead body
OF man near by. The stranger led them
to where the body lay and then disap-
peared. The dead body proved to be that
OF the woman's husband, and she said his
name was William L. Stewart. He had
been stabbed to the heart with a dagger.
There is no clue to the murderer, and the
mysterious stranger cannot be found.