The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-08

NINE frame residences and stores burned
at Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 29th, caus-
ing a loss of SIS, 900; insurance, 5000. The
losers are: r. d. Peoples, John Sully, J. p.
Mcmillan, Sons and Daughters OF Zion and
r.. V, Brennan.
FIRE broke out in the store of John Hage-
man at Jullusbown, n. J., on the Goth.
The store, with its contents, were de-
stroyed, as were three dwelling houses.
1t was found that much of the goods were
missing, creating the impression that the
store had been robbed aud then set fire to-
ON the 10Th the rope Of an elevator in a
store in Philadelphia, Pa, broke, precipi-
tating Christian Stapleton, aged thirty
five, and Frederic Fisher, aged twenty
two, to the basement and seriously injur-
ing them.
FREDERICK FoorE killed Andrew Brink
at Fenton, Mich.
JUsTUs BaowY, a farmer near Wilson,
N. ", was burned to death in his house.
ON the Goth Henry G.. Kemper, small
grocer of Cincinnati, o., was found MUIR
dered In his store. A mulatto was sus-
pacted of the crime.
THE safe Of the Ipswich (Mass.) POST
Office was blown open the night of the
both and 500 in stamps and some money
stolen. This is the sixth time the same
safe has been bur glarized in eight years.
on the Both collision on the Michigan
Central Road, near Carrolltoa, Mich,
killed one man an1 fatally injured two
others, all residents Of Jackson, Mich.
ON the 3o5h the body of Alfred Thorn
was found in a hay loft at Rocky River,
near Cleveland, O. Thorn was fifty zone
years old and it is thought was from
Syracuse, N. Y. Suicide was the manner
of death.
ON the night of the 3lst James Kinkade
was fatally shot by a burglar at Mahon-
ingtown, Pa.
ON the 1st 1900 bales of cotton were
burned in the warehouse of J. s. Stewart
& Son at Macon, Ga.
ON the 2lst John Terwell threw a hatchet
at his son in Chicago, and slightly wound
ed his daughter. Horrihed at what he had
done he attempted suicide by cutting his
throat with razor.
ON the 1st D enuing & Walsh's agricul5
uraI warehouse at Elinburg, Ind, was
destroyed by fire.
Jm REYNOLDS was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Sidney, Neb.,
for the murder Of James and John Pink :
ston, of Fair vile, Salem County, Mo-
On the 1st Ferry'5 seed warehouse and
Whites Grand Opera house, with adjacent
structures, in Detroit, Mich, burned, in
volving a loss of nearly 81 ,000,0 with in
surance of about SS 100 0. Captain r. Fell
ban, fireman, was crushed to death by
falling wall.
ON tho 1st Miss Elizabeth B. Van Verst
lost her life in New Y Yorl1 by her Gle. ding
taking fire in an open CRATE. She was sixty =
five years Of age.
G. B. MAURER's Touring mill at Tall :
madge, o., was entirely destroyed by fire
at an early hour on the 1st. The loss on
the building and machinery is $4,000, and
on stock S., 900 to $4,000. There is an in
suranee of SIT $50 on the building and s., 900
on stock, distributed among a dozen or
more companies.
CAPTAIN GERRocI of the schooner Racer
is under arrest at Boston, charged with
scuttling the vessel. The penalty is death.
ON the I'd an old man named Nalien and
his wife, of Perth, Ontario, were burned to
death in their dwelling.
On the I'd Daniel Osborn, arrested for
forgery, near Columbus, o., was shot and
killed by the Marshal while attempting to
fire at the latter.
ON the Sd the Southern Hotel, New Or
leans, burned, and one unknown lodger
lost his life.
ON the Sd desperate attempt wss made
to burn the town of Tarentum, Pa.
GUsTAvE and Herman Knoch have been
arrested at Detroit, Mich, charged with
the murder of their mother
On the Sd the body OF George A. Cooper
was found in the woods near Columbus,
Ind, with his head badly beaten, one g.
and part of the nose gone and several bull
let holes in the body. Evan Fox, suspected
Of the murder, is under arrest.