The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

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and we'll known to the profession, having
played with the Henry Irving and Madi-
son Square companies.
On the 9th Fred Carroll, catcher for the
Baseball Club, and Ed Will
.amson, shOrt-stOp for the Chicagos, were
arrested in Pittsburgh, Pa, for "intoxica-
lion and disOrderly conduct" Carroll
was fined SO and costs, but Williamson
his deposit of $50.
On the 9th the election to fill the par
vacancy in Mid-Lanarkshire,
England, resulted as follows; Phillips,
3,S47; Bonsfelds COnserva-
tive, 2,917; Hardie, Labor, GIT.
on the 9th General BOulanger, re-
spending to a toast to his health at a ban
quet given in his honor at the Cafe Richie
said he desired to protest IN the most en-
phatic manner against the charge that he
aspired to the dictatorship. Moreover, he
declared if the question was raised in the
chamber, that body would vote to abolish
the presidency.
On the 9th a banquet was rendered to
Miss Clara Barton, president of the or
ganization, by the Red Cross Society Of
AT Herbertstown, Ireland, on the 9th,
a large meeting, John Dillon
the justice of the ''plan Of the
Notwithstanding the inhibi-
tion Of the Pope.
DIR. N. P. POTTER, Of Bridgeton, Ne,
who lately returned from Europe, is
quoted as saying that he saw Mr.. Blaine
at Naples, and he was looking finely and
in the best spirits. He spoke Of the COM
ing election, and said the Democrats could
not succeed without New York. He
showed no signs of ill-health.
IT is said that Claus Spreckels will soon
l. s1s,Tv,H rs,aT
city he designs to make his future home.
In New York, Harry Cooke, the young
man who recently disappeared on the eve
Of his marriage to Miss Jeannette Minor,
was found by his father, on the 9th. wan
dering aimlessly about the streets in G
demented condition.
OK the Goth DIR. Clemence Sophia Lozie1
died at her home in New Y Ork. She grad
uated from the Syracuse Medical CollegC
in 1853 with high honOrs.
On the 9th funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Ex-Governor Hoffman
were held in Grace Church, New YOrl
City, after which the body was taken Il
Sing Sing for interment.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the night of the oath the negroes o
Bessemer, Ala, took possession Of tht
town and attempted to burn the place, il
revenge for the lynching Of one Of thet
people charged with attempted outrage.
In fit of jealousy William Butler,
car inspector, of Newark, N. J., shot hi
wife and killed himself, on the 25th.
AT New York the machine and patterl
shops of the De la Mater Iron-works wer
burned on the 25th, entailing a loss o
500, 900.
on the 25th n. b. Wells, the Senec
Falls On. " bank defaulter, was jailed
in default of S. 900 bail.
WHILE President Carnot was laying th
cornerstone Of a new lyceum at Agen, Ol
the 2Gth, twenty persons were injured b,
the collapse of a platform.
AT Dayton, Tenn, on the 26th, piec'
of slate weighing ten tons tell on miner
crushing his body into jelly.
AT Denver, on the 26th, B. s. Robbins
assistant United States district attorney
for Colorado, cut his throat, but will prob
ably recover. He was despOndent owe
private troubles. Mr.. Robbins was for
merly a prominent politician in Ken
tucky.
on the 26th the Indiana (Pa.) tow
election officers were sentenced to on
years imprisonment for election frauds
SHORTLY after midnight on the mornin
Of the 26th General Abraham Merritt, o
Nyack, N. Y, committed suicide by swal
lowing dose of laudanum at the Fift
Avenue Hotel.
NEAR Yardly, Pa, on the Goth, Conduct
or Westham and a brakeman were killed
in a collision between two coal trains O1
the Reading railroad.
On the 26th Mrs. Julia Raynor, of Brook
lyn, was thrown from her carriage, ru
over and killed by a train on the Atlanti
Avenue railroad.
NEAR O'Fallon, Mo, on the 27th, Erns
Kleesohulte shot and killed his wife an
one of her sons, and desperately wounde
the remaining sOn,at their secluded coun
try home. The murderer soon after too
his own life. The couple had lived apal
for two years
On the Northern Pacific railroad owe
one thousand feet of snow-sheds wer
burned near Mullen Tunnel, Mont, on tn
9th. The fire was started by sparks frOl
q passing engine.
OK the 27th three negroes were hange
at Fort Smith, Ark
On the 9th Herbert J. HOxie, on trial {
/ New Bedford, Mass, for the murder of b
| infant child, was declared not guilty
| the jury.
! On the 27th the TT. Madison (Ia.) Lun
/ Der COmpany's sRw-mills were burne'
| entailing a loss of 5000. The fire caugl
/ from sparks from a locomotive.
NEAR Cooper, Tex, Young BOydstol
| who recently shot Miss Lulu Frazier, an
/ then committed suicide, left letter
which he said it was desperate love ar
/ evil tongues that caused him to comm
/ the awful deed.
ON the 9th Jack Prater, colored, We
! hanged at Orangeburgh, S. c., for Il
/ murder of Andrew Jackson, also cOlore
On the 9th, in Overruling the motion fl
a new trial in the Billings murder case,
/ Waverly, Ia, Judge Rudick said:
think the jury made mistake in the We
dict; it should have been murder in Il
first instead of the second degree"
/ then sentenced the prisoner TO the pen
tentiary for life at hard labor.
NEAR Orleans, Neb., on the 9th, OF
man was killed and five persons we
seriously injured by the derailing of
sleeping car.
Ar Anderson, s. c., on the 27th, Jasp,
Davis was hanged for the murder of h
/ wife. He was undoubtedly insane befor
if not at the time of committing the dee
MISCELLANEOUS.
ON the oath about fifty New York cor
mission merchants met for the purpose
permanently organizing the Wool,
Goods Association.
AT Albany, n. V, the brewers lock-
Z
ing the agreement required by their er
plOyes.
OK the gath the Keystone Investme
Company of Philadelphia, said to ha'
been a big ''bucket-shOp" and backer
about twenty similar establishments
Philadelphia and neighboring cities, su
pended business with liabilities placed
so, 900; assets unknown.
On the gath the Eagle Consolidated r
hning Company of Lima, o., commenc
suit against the New York Tribune Ass
citation for libel, for alleged false repr
| sentation of the business of the compan
On the 23d the Judgment of the SupreI
Court of Kansas, awarding damages
Patrick Mackey, an employe Of the nj
souri, Pacific Railway Company, for I'M
/ ries received through the negligence
another employe, was affirmed by the :
I preme Court of the United States.