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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

THE Lookout Rolling Mil Company of
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 22d notified
their employees OF a 10 per cent. increas
en- wages.
A BILL has been introduced in Congress
requiring that West Point cadets shall
hereafter be appointed from sons of SOL
diers in the late war.
ROBERT LOWRY, JR., son of the Governor
OF Mississippi, and Geo. HarreIl, a sportin g
character, had a shooting match on the
21st. No one hurt.
A HEAVY snow storm prevailed through.
out Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba on
the Goth.
A TERRIFIC electric storm, accompanied
by pouring rains and hail passed over
Freesport, H., on the 20th.
A NUMBER OF persons were entombed by
the collapse OF quarry at Baxes, in the
south Of France, on the goth. Three dead
bodies have been rscoved.
PETER TALLMAE, seriously stabbed
Joseph Hagerty, at Nashville, Tenn, on
the 2Oth. The difficulty arose over moRsy
matters.
TIRE heaviest and most destructive snow
storm that has visited Dubuque in the past
Eve years began on the 21st.
FOR the year 1896 the number Of Ger.
nan who enigrated to the United SAaASs
was "a, $50.
THE first annual report Of the Bureau Of
Labor is completed. 1t viii cover 900
pages.
THE Knights of Labor have bought a
farm, which is to be used for aged avid in
digent Knights on the cooperative plan.
-Four notorious Mexican horse thieves
were overtaken by the same number q
Americans on the 10Th near LordsbuFg, n.
M, and in the hght which ensued three of
the MexicAns we. killed.
Ex-PREsTDENT DAVIS has accepted an
invitation 10 lecture at Montgomery, Ala,
in behalf Of the monument TO be erected
in u emory of the Alabama sod die:s who
Gied in the civil war.
LIGHTNING struck house in W atertown,
Conn, on the Goth, occupied BY VIA. Me-
Gsffey. Two daughters Of Mr.. McGaHey
were killed.
THE wife OF Henry Conrad, Of Dubeis
co1nty, Ind, on the 2oth gave birth to four
living children, each we'll developed and
of medium size.
ALL the inside operators IN dress and
cloak making in New York quis work on
the esd. They number nearly 1000.
/ TrrE Governed Of California has appoint
ed George Hearst United States Senator
eise John F. Miller, deceased.
THE Senate on the 23d passed bili
granting a pension Of 5000 q year 70 the
widow Of Gen. Hancock,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26

Paris, March 21.-The Journal des De
bats says that Russia refuses to join the
other powers in coercing Greece to com
ply with Turkeys policy in the Balkans
States. The press of Bulgaria denounce
the Russia policy of opposition 70
Prince Alexander, and declare that it win
be impossible to separate the Prince from
the Bulgarian Nation. The Russian Con-
sui at Phillippopolis. the capital of Eas t.
ern Roumelia, has expressed wish that
the politicians of The country refrain from
using the Cars name or that Of his gov
ernment for amy political purpose what.
ever during The coming Raamelian rler-
lions
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26

ON the 10Th a riotous demonstration by
Socialists took place at Liege, Belgium, in
which many rioters were wounded and
several hundreds were taken prisoners by
the gensdarme.
ON the 18th the officers of the National
Tube works at McKeesport, Pa, posted a
notice stating that the mill would resume
work on the 22d at an advance of seven
and half to ten per cent. in wages. The
strikers decided not to accept less than
fifteen per cent. advance.
On the 18th the House labor committee
had under consideration a bill proposing
authority to grant National charters to la
Dor organizations. This is regarded as a
matter of considerable Importance as a
basis for statutory arbitration in the set
tlement of labor troubles.
RoUMANIA has recalled her minister to
Russia.
PLANS for a settlement of the railroad
strike proposed by the Governors of Mis-
souri, and Kansas have been accepted by
Mr.. Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific, with
some qualifications It remains to be seen
how the strikers will view the "qualifca.
tions."
THE total exports Of specie from the port
of New York during the past week were
81 ,947 ,G62. The total imports of merchan.
disc during the same period were valued
at Sc, ,269. 1923. exclusive of dry goods.
GERMAN feeling is becoming embittered
toward France again.
A MEETING of unemployed workingmen
was held on Clerkenwen green, London,
on the goth. The affair was conducted in
an orderly and peaceable way. The po-
lice had adopted elaborate precautions to
prevent disorder.
DURING the year 1885 the number of Ger-
mans who emigrated to the United States
was S4,6S0; to Canada, 6,492; to Brazil,
1000; to the Argentine Republic, 726; to
Chill, 6S2, and to Africa, 294.
RUSSIA refuses to join the other powers
in coereing Greece in the Balkan settle
ment.
THE breaking away of the Menomonie
Falls, several miles west of Milwaukee,
Wis, on the 20th, caused flood in the
Menomonie valley and necessitated tenn
porary suspension of work at the West
Milwaukee railway shops, where 1000 men
are employed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the Senate on the 18th the bill allowing
drawbacks on imports for tobacco manu-
facture reported adversely. Testimony
taken IN Investigation of scientific bureaus
was laid before the Senate. A relief bill for
certain pensioners was reported House
bill increasing widows pensions was tax n
up and passed. senators Morrili, Gut
lOm, Maxey and Dolph made speeches
the Edmunds resolutions In the
House a resolution for Investigation of
charges OF corruption connected with Ohto
river Improvement passed Under the call
of States two bills relating 70 pensions were
introduced by Illinois members. resolu-
ti0n was adopted making the Free coinage
bill a special order for certain days IN April.
The II ter State Commerce bill was made the
continuing order for April Ii.
IN the Senate on the 18th the report OF
Special Agent Spaulding concerning fraud
uIent importa, ion of Chinese was laid be-
fore the Senate. A resolution was agreed to
directing an examination of alleged timber
stealing from Government lRud by the
Northern Pacific railroad. Mr.. Uoar ad-
dressed the Senate on the Electoral Count
bill, which passed. The Elmuuds resOiu-
tiOns were taken M, and Mr.. DOlph addressed
the senate Several others spoke, tnclud-
ing Mr.. Beck who scored Mr.. Edmunds
eral unimportant resolutions were re-
ported from committee and adopted. anu
the calendar. The deficiency bill re-
ported and It was voted not to agree to
dian Appropriation bill was considered.
IN the Senate on the 18th a motion to make
tue Inter State Commerce bill special or.
der for March 80 was agreed to. House
amendments to the Urgent Deficiency bill
we're concurred in. Two railroad bridge bulls
and several other unimpOrtant measures
were passed. The EdmUnds' resolutions
were then taken mp and spirited debate
occupied the rest of the days session -
/ In the House several measures OF minor i'm
pOrtaRce were reported from committees
and placed on she calendar, and the Indian
4 Appropriated bill was considered In com
mittee OF the whole
/ IN the Senate on the 18th after the pas
/ sage of two unimpOrtant measures and
| some random talk on others, the Chair laid
! before the Senate Il communication, which
/ the clerk started to read Discovering II
/ was executive business" he stopped, and
/ there was something OF a wUang e over the
/ affair, which was ended by the E,lmunds
resolutions beiDsg taken mp and discussed by
/ hlr. SpOOocr and others In the House,
/ in committee Of the whole, the pri ate cal
/ endar was considered. Several memorials
/ were presented. The bill for a national cat
i tie trail passed. April 30 was set for consid =
4 eration OF bridge bills. At evening ses.
zion thirty pension bulls we're passed
\ IN the House on the goth, Mr/Crisp having
/ been chosen speaker pro tenn, the free coin
age bill was taken u . and debated...... There
/ WRs no session Of the Senate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26
AN OLD SCORE.

A Long Standing Case of Uruguayan Bar.
barity Toward American Family
Brought to the Notice of the President
Chance For Little Diplomacy or Gun.
powder.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The atten.
tion of the President has been called to
very grave case where the rights of Amer
lean citizens were seriously invaded and
the most revolving barbarity perpetrated
without the least movement toward re.
dress. The story, as told in the very
complete reports to the State Depart
ment, is briefly as follows: J. d. Hale, a
citizen of the United States, with his wife
and son went from California some years
ago to Montevideo, Uruguay. Mr.. Hale
was quite successful in business, and
finally established himself as a hotel
keeper.
The people of that country evidently
became Jealous of his success and covet-
ed his possessions. At length the whole
family were arrested and dragged to a
common corral prison. Mr.. Hale was
handcuffed and harshly treated His
wife was placed in a small adobe house
in the inclOsure and abused by the keep
ers. The son approached these men and
asked that they desist, saying that the
prisoner was his mother. Fol- this he
was staked down to the ground and left
in that condition for twenty-foIr hours
without food or drink.
After a long imprisonment thhse people
| received a hearing before the courts and
were discharged, as there was found to
be absolutely nothing against them. In
the meanwhile they had been miscrably
plundered and suffered untold misery
All these facts have been known to the
authorities here for several wears, but
nothing has been done thus far. It is
thought the President will take prompt
action in the matter and demand that full
reparation be made. If this demand is
not complied with it will furnish nice
little expedition for some of the new
cruisers to go thither and try the effect
of their guns on this Insignificant country
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26
A Victim of somebody's Care1essness.

DALLAS, Tex, March 21.-About three
O'Clock yesterday morning as John w.
Carr was passing under the scaffoldine
at the new Kcating building on Elm and
Jefferson streets, a piece Of scantling
detached from its resting place by some
unaccountable means, fell through the
network, striking him on the head. The
unfortunate man fell to the ground with
a groan and died within an hour. Dc
ceas ed was about thirty-three years old,
and moved to this place from Chillicothe,
Mo, about three years ago, and was gen.
eraIy respected.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26

"A chemist has discovered an eX
tract from tar two hundred and thirty
times sWaeter than sugaFs--N' VI nAf.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

on the lGth Mr.. and Mrs. Yocheu, in at
tempting 70 drive across the track ot the
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus road near
Clinton, Pa, were struck by a passenger
train. Mrs. Nochen was instantly killed
and her husband fatally injured.
ON the 9th Harvey Mostller's daughter,
aged ten, was playing near tho fire in his
sugar camp near Greencastle, Ind, when
her clothing took fire, and before assist
ance could reach her, her entire body was
burned to crisp. She died after eight
hours suffering.
ON the 18th Geo. Wilkes, alias Willis,
and Joseph Reilly, alias Elliott, were
locked up at police headquarters in New
York on charge Of having swindled
Rochester u. " banks and others in
Cheyenne. Butte City and San Francisco
TO the amount of $4,000. Reilly is the
former husband OF the actress Kate Castle
ton.
OK the Is5h negro named James Biskei
killed % white man named Wni. Jones in
Spencer Cgpnyi Indiana
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02

Woolford. at Mr.. Loves reque u. visited
Kelpin several times, and. finally f,.1nd
ont that Kelpin was not taking the med.
iciAe that had been prescribed. go DR..
Woolford ceased his visits.
Edward Watts worked for Ke,pin for q
number of years and was very mnch at
tached to his employer. Ore day be
resolved to 20 to bis employer aaa muse
him. Watts slept in the room With him
for two or three months and nursed him
night and day. Watts said to-day that
there appeared to be nothing the matter
with his employer except that he be-
lieved Mr.. Love had put spell on him.
Mr.. Watts further said: "Both Mrs
Kelpin and her son Charles are firm
believers in witchcrsft. The son Charles
said to me one day: why don't you
give mother your shoes and let her burn
something in themT 1 asked him why
should give her my shoes for that pur-
pose, and he replied: That will Keep
you from getting bewitched, too Mrs.
Kelpin frequently told her husband that
he was bewitched and the man worried
himself to death. The last three weeks
before his death he didn't touch food"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02

separation was only . question Of time
A few months later Josephine made her
last appearance in public q empress OF
France at fete given by Berthier,
Prince de Wagram, at the Chateau de
Grosbois. A curious contretempe marked
the end of this festivity. One Of the d.
versions of the evening was . comedy in
which Brunei, the favorite comedian of
the day, sustained the principal part.
This little piece was the we'll known
play of cadet Roussel." Unfortunately
it contains numerous illusions to divorce,
aud one can easily imagine the en-
barasement of the host and the spectators
when Cadet Rouesel declares that he
means to get divorce ito have some
ancestors" and afterwards remarks, II
know what kiad Of q wife I have now,
and I do not know what sort of p one I
shall take" Napoleon sat glowering at
the stage in evident ill-humor. As to
the empress, she could with difficulty
restrain her tears. Four days later
Josephine took her departure from the
Tuileries forever.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02
EFFECTS OF GAMBLING.
She Was Little Prems ture In Her Re-
joicing.
Ans in TTox RyfOapd

She Was Little Premature in Her Rs
jolcing.
Aus in CTex) Rrigand.
Old Uncle Eph Simmons was q hot be-
lirver in dreams, and he was also an in.
veterate gambler: He would have gam.
bled more if his income from wood saw.
ing and "choring" had been larger. The
other morning he arose from his couch,
shook the partner of his joys and sor-
rows by the shoulder, and wildly ejacu-
latep: "Whoopee, Hannah; I've struck
de big prize in dat old policy snap dis
time. I done dreamed las night dat
seed six n,ggers ridin' on a golden
chariot hauled by fo'teen white mules,
an seen de figger forty-seven on de
gateway of paradis when dey dun druv
in. OATS my gig shuah-6-14-47. I
jes' takes dat quarter and gigs and
saddles 'em for about 81 ,0O0"
There was ecstacy in the household of
Uncle Eph. After the cornbread and
cracklin breakfast he brushed his old
hat, and before sallying forth he remark
ed to Hannah: Else gwine down now,
honey, to raise dat ole poliey-shop. When
you see percession comm up de road dis
afternoon you may jes' know dat I've
snaked de big prizs. Doan you be
afeard den. Jes' hist de winder an frow
dis old stuff inter de street. We's agwine
to like real folks from dis time on"
At three CLOCK in the afternoon the
watchful Hannah beheld dark cloud
a procession of colored people-moving
up toward her domicile. With a cry of
exultation she began tossing the house
hold effect through the window. First
a washtub, then an old straw mattress,
then stove, baby and few chairs.
Hannah was delirious. ''De ole man dun
struck 'em at last" she shouted. The
procession finally halted in front of the
humble dwelling standing in the midst
Of wreckage. Uncle Eph was there.
But he was dead. When the announce
ment was made at the policy-shop that
none of his numbers appeared on the
drawing, his heart broke and he expired
without a grcan. The cup of joy had
passed with too much suddenness. Han
nah still takes in washing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02
For Women Only.

Miss Mary Lee. daughter of Gen. Rob.
ert E. Fee, is visiting in Portugal.
4 bouquet of pond lilies is taken to
Miss Cleveland's room every morning.
Jennie June has turned her hand to
writing an account of the first tea flight.
The new town of Dunseith, Oak, offers
$500 and town lot to the frs: boy baby
bora in the place.
The woman who had leg amputated
and buried the other day is spoken of as
having one foot in the grave.
Princess Louise makes the drawings
for the illustrations which accompany
her husbands magazine articles.
The Mary who has been immortalized
in verse as the damsel who had q little
lamb, is still living in Somerville, Mass,
as Mrs. Tyler.
A marriage license in Pennsylvania
costs but SO cents, and a movement has
been started to reduce divorce fees to
the same figure.
Old names for girls, such as Gladys,
Elfrida, Wilfreda, Enid, Ethel, Clarice,
Rosabel, Christabel and Clarihel, are
again becoming popular.
One of the most prosperous planters in
Mississippi is Miss Virginia McAfee, who
manages her own establish ment and
beats the state on corn.
New York bellies 60 often to the den.
lists and take laughing gas for its exhil-
arating effects. 1t is said to be good for
the jaded brain and aching head that
follow late receptions.
Genevieve Ward is give a special per-
Torrance in Melbourne, the lowest price
of admission to which will be FL. At
last advices sl,0OO worth of seats had
been sold, with prospect thet the total
would reach $4,000.
Any woman will tell you that q
woman is far more seer and prophet
than man if she be given q fair chance.
As general thing wives confde the
minutes of their affairs and thoughts to
their husbands. The men who succeed
are the ones who make confidantes of
their wives.
Courtship among the Piute Indians is
attended with difficulty. If the lady
does not take her lover she tells her
grandmother, and when the young man
comes again the old lady takes a shovel
full of hot ashes and throws them in his
bis face. This is equivalent to giving
him the mitten.
There are no less than four queens of
Spain now living isabella, mother Of
the late Alfonso; Amelia wife of ex-King
Amedeo of Savoy, mother ofthe present
king o. Italy, who was two years king of
Spain and resisned in disgust; Christine,
widow of the late King Alfonso, and
Mercedes, the present queen. 5 years
old.
Miss Edith Minturn, who is to be in
troduced in New York society as q pro-
tege of the Astor family, in the niece of
Mrs. William Astor. She is tall and
very slender, but to compensate for .
faulty form her face is notably pretty,
frightened by beautiful blue eyes and
Swallowed by masses of dark brown
hair. She is Is years old. Her father is
Robert Minturn, q son of the founder of
the old mercantile. house of Grinnell,
MiLturn & Co., tut the family has for
years been wholly retired from despised
trade.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02

two feet in height. At each side is
located fifteen to twenty horse power
engine, which operates walking beam
to which il attached heavy cable and
the drilling apparatus.
! This consists of four parts. The upper
one is called the "sinker-bar," about
eighteen feet in length; next comes the
"jars," seven feet in length; then the
augur-stem," about thirty feet long. OF
34-inch cold rolled steel; and finally, at
the end of this is q 'bit" three feet in
length. Thus equipped. steam is turned
on, and the ponderous weight of 1000 to
5000 pounds, alternately raised and
dropped, as in pile driver, drives the
bit into the rocks at the average rate OF
sixty to one hundred feet daily. After
drilling foi some time the tools are hoist
ed and fresh bit is inserted. Mean.
while 'tsand pump" or "bailer" a
cylindrical tube with valves opening in
ward, is dropped down the hole to re-
move detritus or water. A casing" Is
fitted snugly to the walls of the wei to
keep out the water; and when 1t is
necessary to pump the oil, the we'll is
tubed. The tube is about two inches in
diameter, around which rubber packer
is inserted just above the oil and gas
bearing rock. This cuts off the escape
OF the gas, forcingit up through the tube
and causing the well to flow. The bore
of the well varies from eight to six
inches, and its depth varies with the
geographical formation, averaging per-
haps 200 to 500 feet, and sometimes
reaching $500.
The cost of a well naturally depends
upon it's location, depth. and character of
rock. The owner generally erects the
derrick, engine, and tank, at an average
expense of 81 500, and then contracts
with driller to furnish the tools and
sink the we'll. This charge will prob
ably average sixty cents per foot. It is
perhaps safe to say that wells in the
larger fields average in cost from $500
10 $1,000.
Torpedoes, which were first introduced
about 1855, were received with distrust,
but ale now in general use, and have be-
come a necessary part Of the equipment
OF well. They are cylindrical tubes,
varying in size, but generally eight
inches in length and four in diameter, |
containing fluid nitro glycerine. These
torpedoes are carefully lowered into the !
wells and exploded by dropping TWEEN
ty pound cast-iron weight upon them |
from above. The explosion skaters the
walls, giving greater exposure of sur
face to draw oil from, thus stimulating
the wellsand increasing their production.
Though this treatment hastens the ex-
haustion of well, it is believed by many
that the amount of oil obtained exceeds
what would otherwise be procured. At
first only five or six quarts of nitro
glycerins were introduced, but now it is
no unusual thing to employ 120 to 200
quarts of glycerine. equal to 3,24O to s.
400 pounds of gunpowder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02

When you come we will receive
you cheerfuIIy. It would be highly
improper for us to extend to YOU
this public invitation to call on Us,
and then fail to treat you kindly.
Call, whether you want to make =
purchase or not. /
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02
Petroleum Well.


HApers magazine.
Prospectors in selecting Q promising
spot to test new territory are often in.
dnenced by "belt theory" first ad-
vnnced by q man named Angel. In a
general way his idea has been verified
By experience. It proceeded upon the
hypothesis that oil lies in belts or pools
having . northeast and southwest trend.
sometimes called the "forty-five degree
l(ne.s In districts known to be oil-bear-
5ng the wells are frequently located near
IL boundary of the owners property.
IhD object Is to drain as much Of his
1G69hbor's oil a. possible, for there are
- partitions in the subterranean
1Gnbeu corresponding to the lines of
1855 ownership. The driller's motto
ze come, first served" hence there
q 9 saoe to see who shall iirst
s ~ exnct spot for tho well NJ
Uinod ppon. 5 WI ho11s u
6fto6n ~ - dsrl. a1 n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-02
Strictly Honest.
Wall Street Daily News.

Wall Street Daily News.
He entered the Office Of Saginaw ma
chinist one day last fall and said that Ii
believed he had salt well on his farm
and he wanted to know what it would
cost to develop it. Il see." said the ma
chinist; "there are two ways of develop
ing salt well. If you desire to plant
several barrels of brine and pump from
one to the other until you catch green.
horn, I'll send yor out an old engine
some second hand pipe and" "Sir
I'll have you understand that Pm an
honest man." "Oh, of course" "But, to
please the boys and give 'em something
to do this winter, you might" "Send
out the old materials? Come out into the
yard and select what you want"