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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES
A CABLEGRAM has been received at the
Argentine legation in Washington stating
that a treaty has been signed by the Gov
ernments OF Bolivia and the Argentine
Republic, by which the differences be-
tween the two countries in regard to the
boundary line between them had been
satisfactorily adjusted. Several times
during the past few years war was im-
minent between these two South American
republics over the boundary line dispute.
AMONG the early callers on the President
on the 2sth were Senators Plumb and
Manderson and Congressman Kinsey, Of
Missouri, and Anderson, OF Kansas. Later
the President gave a special reception to
the members Of the Swedenborgian con-
ference.
A SECRET meeting OF about eighty rep
resentatiye Republicans from all sections
Of Virginia who are opposed to GENERAL
Malone controlling the Federal patronage
Of the State was held at the Ebbitt House,
Washington, the other night and dis
cussed at length the situation.
SECRETARY Tracy has received a cable
gram from Admiral Kimberly dated May
p stating that the natives of Samoa were
disbanding and that peace is now as
sured.
ADJUTANT- GENERAL DRUM having
reached the age of sixty-four years has
been formally retired from active service
in the army. General Kelton, who has
been Assistant Adjutant-G General, will act
as Adjutant-Genoral until an appoint
ment Is made to hll the office.
SECRETARIES WISDOM and Noble both
left Washington on the 29th--the former
for New York aud the latter for Philadel-
phia.
JOHN b COTToS, Of Lewiston Ne, ap-
pointed Assistant Attorney General, will
have charge Of all Government business
before the Court OF Claims.
TIE President has appointed Orlow w.
Chapman, Of BingLampton, n Y, Solic-
or-General.
REPoRTs to the General Land-office
show twenty-six town sites entered in
Oklahoma.
THE widow Of General Sheridan, who
has been i'll in Washington recently, is
reported better.
SECRETARY WINDoM has affirmed the
decision Of the Collector of Customs at
New Y orl1 assessing duty at the rate of
35c per pound and 35 per cent ad valorem
on recent impoua;ions of so-called
wOrsted coatings, suitings, etc, used in the
manufacture of mems and boys clothing
ADMIRAL GEEH lRDT. who has returned
TO Washington from Hayti, reports to
the Navy Department that he does not
think there is any truth in the rumor of q
treaty between France and Legitime,
though he thinks it probable that Legi-
times representative in Paris has pro-
posed such n treaty.
THE Presidents granddaughter, Mary
Lodge Mckee, was christeued recently at
the White House by her grandfather, Rev.
DR.. Scott, in the presence of the family
and members of the Cabinet.
A COMMISSION has been appointed by
Postmaster General Wanamaker to in
vestigate the condition aud needs of the
New York City post-ofice.
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THE WEST.

BY small cyclone near Quincy, ILL.,,
the other day several houses and barns
were uuroofed and almost every monu-
ment In the cemetery was demolished.
No lives were lost
SINGLE tax party has been formed in
South Dakota TO urge the incorporation Of
single tax principles in the coming state
Constitution.
ALL tho ore handlers at Marquette,
Mich, have struck for higher wages.
Trouble wHs anticipated.
DISPATCHES from all parts OF California
regarding the crop prospects show that
grain, fruit aud grape will be the best
known in years.
PETER r MCLEOD, doaler in engineers
and machinists' supplies, Chicago, has
made an assignment with 500, 600 liabilities.
Born houses OF the illinois Legislature
have passed a law making IL criminal to
sell, lend or give away disreputable SEN
satioual papers and books
JOHN GRASS, of s anding Rock, the lead
ing chief OF tho Sioux Nation, and White
Swan, principal chief at Cheyenne, were
IA Pierre the other day. They conversed
freely about the Sioux bill saying that it
would be ratified. only one objection
was raised, because the bill did not give
the Nation the south bank OF the Cheyenne
river, bat the Indians will sign, as the bill
provides for the payment OF cash and they
want money more than land.
THE Illinois House has passed the Sem
nta bin 10 restrict the circulation OF GER
tain ssAash" papers. It makes il Un-
lawful Go sell, lend or give away, or
otherwise distribute TO any minor any
book, magazine, pamphlet or newspaper
devoted 90 the publication Of, or princi-
paIly made up Of criminal news, police
reports or accounts Of criminal deeds or
ra.cturev aud stories OF deeds of bloodshed
iuie d. crln1a.
THE Addystone pipe and steel works
near Cincinnati have rheen- aes trnyaaf by
hre. Loss $4,000
Two Canadian blood Indians coucaruatd
i'm e. recent raid into Montana, where they
murdered two Gros Ventre Indians. have
been arrested ia Manitoba and will be
sent 20 Montana FOR trial
john Earl heavy grain buyer Of
Echoolcraft, Mich., has faited tor about
F5500o Hia assets are small, Bad specu-
iafion was TIE cause
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07

TIE State Board of Railroad Assessors Of
Tennesses met on the 1st and organized by
the election of Reese K. Henderson, of Muir.
freesboro, president and w. V. Williams,
OF Milan, as secretary.
CARTER B. HARRISON, of Murfreesboro,
brother of President Harrison, who was
recently appointed United States Marshal
for the Middle District of Tennessee, on the
lst took the oath of office. Mr.. Harrison's
bond for $4,000 was signed by eight Demo.
Gratis and one Republican.
COMMISSIONER HoRD, of the Tennessee
State Bureau of Agriculture, in his May
crop report states that cotton, specially in
the Western division, is in bad condition.
Mrs. CATHARINE SCHMIDT, of Wichita,
Kas., was, on the 1st, found guilty Of SELL
ing three glasses of beer, and was SEN
fenced to three months in the county Jail
and fined $500. This is the first instance
in the State where a woman has been sent
TO jail for violating the prohibition law.
THE Hon. E. Barksdale, candidate for
Governor of Mississippi, has withdrawn.
Snow fell to the depth of six inches at
Benton Harbor, Mich, on the 31st.
WHILE Ephriam Kassner was returning
to his home near Corydon, Ind, on the
?
were seated five persons besides himself,
instantly killing his wife and so shocking
a lady named Cline that she has become
insane.
Holly SPRINGs, Mss, is now a dry
town. The last regular saloon, also a
wholesale liquor house, closed on the night
of the 31st at u O'Clock.
THERE was quite a heavy frost at Co.
lumbus, Miss, on the 31st, though not
enough to do any serious damage. This is
the latest that frost has ever been known
there. The Thermometer went down to 35
degrees.
Mr.. THOMAS PACE, the proprietor Of a
large sawmill near Newbern, Tenn, was
struck in the face on the 30th by a piece of
timber that caught in the saw and severely
and probably fatally injured.
THERE was great storm in the section
surrounding Harrisonburg, Va, on the
3lst. The wind blew perfect hurricane.
Wheat was blown down, trees uprooted,
houses uuroofed AMI fences laid low. The
damage is great.
AT New Orleans on the 3lst Judges
Pardee and Billings, Of the United States
Circuit Court, decided the drainage war
rant case, involving 81 ,2o0, 900, in favor of
the city.
DISPATCHES from Oklahoma report the
6nding OF rich iron mines a short distance
from Guthrie. The ore is said to be very
Hne, and probably contains CO per cent. Of
iron.
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Marvellous Feat of Memory.

Marcus tells US, and had the state
ment solemnly attested by four Ve-
netian noblemen Of undoubted honor,
how in Padua he met young Corsican
who had gone thither TO pursue his
studies at the university. Having
heard that the young man was gifted
with an extraordinary memory, 50 that
he could retain and repeat a. many as
sc. 600 words, read over by him once
only. Marcus and some distinguished
friends asked II he would allow them
to test the accuracy Of what report had
stated. He willingly consented, and
there was read over an almost inter-
minable list OF words, strung together
without any consecutive meaning. in
every variety OF language, even many
of them mere gibberish. The young
Corsican stood all the while with his
attention deeply fixed and his eyes cast
down upon the ground When II was
time he looked up cheerfully and re-
peated tho whole uninteresting cata-
logue Of words without q single fault.
Then 10 show how carefully he re-
tanned every word, he went through
the list backward. then taking every
alternate word, first. third. fifth. etc.
till he quite tired ont and perfe3tly
satisfied Maretus that ha was tho most
extraordinary man he had met IN all
kistraveis. --L0ndon Pablo Opinion.
During ths - sveaiy ,rars 70
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GENERAL.

CHAIRMAN WALKER, of the Inter-Sta
Railway Association, has decided that one
railroad can not give free transportation
Of household goods 70 the employe of an
other road when two States are included
within the entire trip.
IT is reported in London that the people
Of the island OF Crete have declared in
favor Of annexation to Greece.
PRESIDENT DIAz on the 9th officially
received Minister Ryan. There was a
large concourss and the usual speeches.
General Brage. the retiring Minister, left
the same night.
TIE late Count Tolstoi's proposed re-
forms have been nnally elaborated and
win be laid before the court of the empire
with a view 20 their PRONUNCIATION. The
scheme will be tried Ia six OF the Russian
provinces
ADvIcEs stats that great connagra-
tion has occurred at Padhajaee. Galicia,
and that coo ho2ses have been destroyed
tcgether with a church and synagogue.
Many lives Tare gepgfted to Eava been
fust while battling efirh the famsa
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TIE EAST.

THE new Rhode Island Legislature con.
gened on the 2sth.
BY collision between freight trains
near HULL Conn, the other morning two
men were killed and two badly injured
and both engines and several cars were
destroyed. Disobedience Of orders was
the cause.
THE creditors Of @. l.. and l.. I. Frye,
shoe manufacturers of Boston, have re-
dollar and propose to wind UP the affairs
Of the firm.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND was the
guest and made notable speech on the
prospects Of the Democracy at the BAN
quet Of the Young Mems Democratic Club
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the night Of
the 27th
KILLING frosts are reported in several
counties in Central New York. The dam
age was especially great in the vineyards
and truck farms.
EXT UNITED STATES SENATOR IL. II. RoL-
Inns, of New Hampshire, has had another
paralytic stroke aud is very low.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, who murdered John
Sharpless, of Delaware County, Pa, and
was to be hanged, has had his sentence
commuted TO imprisonment for life.
THE ooroner's jury at New York iuvesti-
eating the cause OF the death of Irving
Bishop rendered a verdict that Bishop
died while in a state Of coma, and that
Drs. Irwin, Ferguson and Hunce acted in
good faith in the performance of an
autopsy.
REV. MIR. HOOPER, of the Reformed
Church Of America, was deposed recently
in New York for lying and cOntumacy.
EXtenuating circumstances were not ad-
mitted
PULLMAN has entered new suits against
The Wagner Company on the vestibule
patents.
REV. WILLIAM i. GAGE who was said
to reside at Hartford, Conn, jumped from
a fourth story window of the Orthopedic
Hospital at Philadelphia the other morn
ing and died few hours later from his
injuries. He came to the hospital for
treHtmentfor insomnia
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coNsOLABLE WIDOWS.
A Bereaved Wife Who Was Only T.
Thankful for Release.

A Bereaved wife Who Was Only Too
Thankful for Release.
Once l was with a friend of mine
when the news of her husbands death
was brought TO her. He had been
killed in a railway accident. She was
shocked by the news and the dreadful
suddenness of it, and turned so white
that / thought she was going to faint.
1 made her sit down on sofa that was
near, and she whispered in my ear:
"Get them all out Of the room, Madge,
l am so afraid they will see the joy in
my face that feel in my hearth He
had been a brute TO her and TO his
children. He used often to knock the
little ones down in his RACES, and,
though his wife never told me so,
fancy that he more than once had laid
his hand upon her by no means ''in the
way of kindness.
Now, was not that a release from
misery for her and her children? They
arc happy as possible now, and when
any one suggests a second marriage to
her she smiles in a way that a few of
her friends understand thoroughly.
Leila, our American friend, is great
on the subject Of widows. 'I know, +"
she says, ''that society expects wild
ows TO sit on their husbands coffins
and make every body uncomfortable,
and society is just the first to turn and
rend them for doing it. just you wait
till Pm a widow; I'll be a real smart
one. This is the sort of cap III wear, -
and she sketches her own pretty head,
with cap about two inches square on
the top and pair of "weepers''
streaming on the air behind. ''Therel
shan't look niceP Oh, girls! I wish
I'd been born widow, that / dor'-
''Madge,n in London Truth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07
Driven 10 the Upper storles.

BRADFORD, Pa, May 31.-The heavy
rains of last night and this morning have
branches), into rivers. Several streets
are under water. People living on Hilton
street were compelled to move their ef-
fects to the upper stories. The tracks of
the Buffalo, Rochester g. Pittsburgh rail-
way are flooded with foot and a half of
water, and all trains south have been
abandoned. No trains on the Western
New York & Pennsylvania road have ar
rived or left this afternoon. This even
ing the water was falling slightly. but
the rain continues and may cause further
foods.
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Two Hundred Dead Bodies Counted.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 1.-Pennsyl-
vania railroad officials in Pittsburgh
state that they have advices that over two
hundred dead bodies have been counted
floating down stream at J Johnstow alone,
while all along the line many additional
lives have been lost. JOhnstoWn is de-
scribed as wholly submerged, only two
houses being entirely above the water
line.
A special train has left Pittsburgh with
Pennsylvania railroad officials, newspa-
per men and telegraph operators on
board. A telegraph Office viii be opened
at the nearest available point to Johns :
town
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07

"A puzzling fact. noted by the New
York Tribune, Is that multitudes Of
people, who are impeled by their hun
ger for land to leave Europe and come
TO this country, appear to lose their
land hunger as soon as they arrive.
They settle for life in the crowded ten
ement districts of our large cities.
where their condition is little better
than what it was in their old homes,
and absolutely refuse TO go West.
where they can have good land for
nothing.
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SIMPLY APPALLING.
Deluge in the Conemaugh an Kis-
kiminetas Valleys in
Pennsylvania.
Towns Swept Away and the People
Hurried to Death on the Breast
of the Dreadful Rush
of Waters.
A Tale OF Death and Destruction that
Makes One stand Aghazt in Con-
tempIating It's Fearful
Magnitude.


Johnstown. Pa, Washed Away by a Flood.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June IA Green's
burg (Pa.) special to the Times says:
The banks Of the COnemaugh river are
overfowed for miles, and the whole coun-
try is deluged with water. The Pennsy1-
vania railroad all along the river from
Johnstown to New Florence is washed
away, and travel is entirely suspended.
At Sang Hollow, the operator in one of
the railroad towers counted eighty-seven
dead bodies floating down the river on
tho driftwood. The river rose so rapidly
that all the operators in the towers be-
tween Sang Hollow and New Florence
had to fee for their lives. Ths bridges
at New Florence, on the Pennsylvania
railroad, and COketown, on the West
Pennsylvania, were carried away.
Houses, furniture, etc, are being carried
down the river. The latest report is that
JOhnstown is entirely submerged, and
the roofs of but two houses are visible.
while it is still raining and the river ris-
ing at very rapid rate. The cause Of
the food is attributed to the bursting of
a water-spout aud the breaking of the
South Fork reservoir which covers an
area of one square mile and has had
twenty feet of water in it.
The latest news is that JohnstOwn is
now gone.
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strurgIInr for Their Lives.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June IA Times spe.
cial from Biairsville station. on the Penn
sylvania railroad, says; John Barton, a
freight engineer, says that at ? P. m be
saw three men and woman struggling
forstheir lives IN the Conemaugh river
just below Jehnstown.
The Western Union Office IN Johnstowa
was swept away at four O'Clock yesterday
Afternoon. The water "a Cambria CITY
where are located the Cambria Ron
works, Is thirty- riTe feet and rising.
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Graphic story Of the pI.aster.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June LIS. ]. Heron,
solicitor for the Times, left Johnstown at
two O'Clock yesterday afternoon and has
Just arrived in this city. Mr.. Herron tells
q graphic story Of the disaster that fell
on the mountain city. All OF Thursday
afternoon and night rain poured down in
a deluge. The little mountain streams
swelled into torrents, pouring their
waters into the COnemaugh river, that
passes directly through the center Of the
CITY. Soon the banks OF the river over
flowed, and ths streets through the city
began to disappear beneath the rapidly
increasing current. Houses and bridges
from above the city we're swept away b7
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On the West Branch of the susque-
hanna.

WILL AMsPoRT, Pa, May 81.--The big
gest food since the memorable one of
1865 is now in progress on the west
branch Of the Susquehanna river. Much
damage is reported from points north of
here, but communication OF all kinds is
interfered with. Land-slides are report
ed all along the Pennsylvania road north
of here.
At Clearfeld the water is rising at the
rate of one and half feet per hour. A
half-dozen bridges have been swept
away and the streets of the town are
overhowed. The people are going about
in boats. The booms at Caledonia and
Curwensville have broken, and it is
feared that the Lock Haven boom will
break before morning and that the Will
Transport boom can not stand the strain
If this occurs.
Logs valued $1,000, 900 depend on the
Williamsport boom holding. The river
will be twenty feet above low-water
mark before morning. The rain is fall
ing in torrents.
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Along the Juniata.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June la special
from Tyrone, Pa, says the Juniata has
oyeEhOWed its banks at this place and
flooded the southern portion of the city,
causing great damage. People had to be
removed from their homes in wagons.
All of the railroads centering at Tyrone
are greatly damaged. One man is re-
ported drowned. A dispatch from Clear
field says that two young ladies were
drowned there while endeavoring TO es-
cape from the flooded district.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07

"A Santa Cruz (Cal.) man recently
found two headed snake about a foot
long. The heads we're distinctly sepa-
rate and both were perfect, each one
being little over an inch in length.
When aroused, the snake would throw
a forked tongue out Of each head
simultaneously as II hey were one
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Like a Tidal Wave.

BRADDoCK, Pa, June Telegraph
wires are down or Unworkable twelve
miles from JOhnstown. News received
here by the Pennsylvania railroad off,
cials corrobOrates the statements that
Johnstown is nearly wiped out. The sig
nal tower people at Sand Pillow state
that up to eight O'Clock they had counted
119 persons floating past on wreckage.
some alive and some dead. They res
oued boy, name unknown, who said he
and his father, mother, brother and two
sisters were swept away with their house.
He was washed off from the building,
but the others were in it when it was car =
Fied over the new stone railroad bridge at
Johnstown. The house went to pieces
then, and he thinks all we're drowned.
The alarm of danger seems to have
reached Johnstown about l p. m. The
railroad officials at once began carrying
people out of town, some on regular
trains, others on hastily y-imprOvised spe-
cials. Supe riutendent Pitcairn hap
pened to be in the vicinity and took
charge of the work. The water finally
came down like tidal wave, sweeping
everything before it.
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Destruction and Loss of life Along the
KIskiminetas.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June Reports from
along the Kiskiminetas river, into which
the COnemaugh empties, are most dis
tressing. The river near Salisbury is
filed with wreckage, and a number of
persons were noticed clinging to such
timbers as would bear their weight.
At Blairsville men are stationed on the
bridges and banks in the hope of rescu-
ing some Of those who are being carried
down the stream. The volume of water
is unprecedented. The iron bridge con-
Meeting Blairsville with BlairsviIle Inter
section has been carried away, and with
it a train of heavily loaded cars standing
upon the bridge to hold it in place. This
was the largest and strongest bridge on
the West Pennsylvania road 1t is
thought that all of the West Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridges will share a sim
liar fate.
All of the towns in the Kisktminetas
valley are expected to be submerged.
Among them are Livermore, Salisbury.
Apollo, Leechburg and AvenmOre, hay-
ing populations of from eight to ten thou
sand each. The inhabitants along the
river have been warned, but are almost
panie-stricken at the idea Of their great
loss of property, which is inevitable.
Later reports from Coketown are to the
effect that the entire town is submerged,
and mum Der of lives have been lost at
that place.
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Terrible Losses.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 1.-W. N. Hayes,
supervisor of the station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad covered by the Fl ood, tele.
graphed at ten O'Clock last night to Su-
perintendent Pitcairn as follows: "The
destruction is terrible. The dump at
Johnstown is gone between the bridge
and tower. West of Johnstown at some
points the tracks are entirely carried
away, and road gone. The river for
three quarters of mile above the bridge
is filled with buildings and driftwood,
forty feet high, and is on fire burning
furiously, and is entirely beyond control.
can not estimate the amount of damage.
walked over last night from John stown
to Sang Hollow flour miles). JohnstOwn
is literally wiped out
Superin ntendent Pitcairn, who is at New
Florence, sixty-fve miles east of Pitts
burgh, telegraphs that over one hundred
men, women and children passed Sang
Hollow clinging to debris. Seven were
rescued at Sang Hollow, two at Cone
maugh Furnace and two at New Flor
ence. Only forty-seyen of the one hun
dred and over passed New r lorence. The
loss of life and property will be terrible.