The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


seriously damaged by the recent inunda-
ton, and a careful examination will be
made.
FATHER DAWN, a Catholic priest, was
murderously assaulted and badly in
jured. at the scene of the JohnstOwn dis
aster on the 4th, by a Hungarian with
whom he demonstrated for robbing the
bodies Of the dead.
THE late food in the west branch of the
Susquehanna was unprecedented. Every
bridge on the river from SunburY to
Cleartield, Pa, was washed away.
THE various funds established in Phila-
delphia for the relief Of the sufferers in
the Conemaugh Valley had reached a to-
tai of over $500, 900 on the 4th.
FoR the first time in the city's history,
the Democrats Of Norwich, Conn, made
q clean sweep, on the Sd, electing their en-
tire municipal ticket, with the exception
of second sheriff, by a majority Of over
300.
THE Charleston Is. CO. News and
Courier, Of the 4th, says: 1--WE have
learned to know what timely help means
in a season Of disaster and distress, and
we at least should give without waiting to
be asked"
THE Garibaldi Legion and many other
Italian societies of New York City made
their annual pilgrimage, on the Sd, to the
house on Staten Island in which Carl
bnldi once lived.
PRESIDENT HARRISON presided at the
meeting held in Washington, on the 4th,
to raise money for the relief OF the food
stricken districts of Pennsylvania, and
made an eloquent and impressive speech.
Ten thousand dollars was subscribed be-
fore the meeting adjourned, and still
more valuable subscriptions of food and
p1nfhfncr nnnntad hxr1 merchants n ~
the city, for immediate dispatch.
THE report, circulated on the 4th, Of the
loss Of 1000 lives in China, turns out to
have been a misunderstanding. A Chi
nese firm in San Francisco who received
the news of the Pennsylvania disaster,
made the facts known to their country
men, who, in circulating the story, trans
ferred the scene to China.
In Claiborne County, Tenn, Marion Nc
Carthy ambushed and killed John Pierce,
on the 4th, after q quarrel over pay for g
hired horse.
THE Massachusetts Legislature, on the
4th, passed the resolution approprlating
$50, 600 for the Pennsylvania sufferers.
On the 14th the coast guards at Skib-
bereen, Ireland, picked up the log book
Of the British steamship Danish Prince,
Captain Potts, which sailed from Swan
sea on May 2S for Montreal, and there
are fears that the ship foundered in the
heavy weather which prevailed of that
coast.
IT is asserted that the Vatican is be-
coming seriously alarmed at the position
which Russia has recently assumed Of in
terposing objections to the continuance
of Catholic missions in the Balkan States.
JOSEPH CRABBs, vice president of tht
City Bank OF Wabash, Ind, was adjudgeC
insane on the 4th.
INSTRUCTIONS were issued from Ottawa,
Ont, on the 4th, to release the captured
American schooner Matte Winship, upon
the American Consul giving security for
value.
THE English syndicate has bought th'
the Ballantine brewery at Newark, N. j..
the second largest in the country.
On the 9th, President Harrison appoint
ed John Vigneaux, a Democrat United
States marshal for Western Louisiana
He was recommended by Louisiana Re
publicans for his efforts in protecting
negroes from violence in the Noyembel
election.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, suffered a loss o
| 100000, upon which the insurance wa
but light, on the 9th, by cOnhagration
| which consumed every thing for an are;
| Of FIVE blocks, bounded by Hawk street OF
| the west Adams on the north, Selay OF
| the east and Greek on the south.
AN extensive fire occurred at Biloxi
/ Miss, on the night of the 4th, resulting il
/ the destruction of twenty five buildings
/ at loss Of $4,000, upon which there wa!
/ but $4,000 insurance.
| BELATED Pennsylvania railroad passen
| gers, the uncertainty Of whose fate hat
caused much anxiety, arrived in Pitts
burgh on the 9th. Their experience ha
been one Of hardship and exposure. Tn
/ journey from Altoona was made vi
| Ebensburgh. From the latter point t
Johnstown the journey was made il
/ wagons.
LORD SALISBURY entertained Primo
/ Albert Victor at dinner on the evening o
! the 4th. Mr.. Lincoln, American Minister
was among the guests.
GEORGE G, EATON, of Cincinnati,
nephew of President Harrison, died a
! Ashoville, N. c., on the 5th, of consump
ton, aged thirty-dve. The remains wer,
| taken to Cincinnati for interment-
D. b. Dyer was elected mayor of Guth
| rie, Okla, at the election on the 4th, beat
/ ing A. V. Alexander by 800 to 500.
Mr.. PORTER, the new United State
Minister to Italy, presented his creden
tials on the 9th.
A NEWLY MARRIED couple were fOun
in the ruins of the Johnstown Method
! ist Church. where the ceremony that mad
them one had just been performed whel
the fatal waters overwhelmed the struct
ure. They we're so tightly olasped il
each others embrace that they had to b
buried together. The minister, togethe
with nearly all of the guests, escaped.
JUDGE SULLIVAN, Of the California SU
perior Court, has set July IS for hearin
the motion of Sarah Althea Terry to ap
point a receiver for the Sharon estate
and refuses to recognize the injunCtiO
from the United States District Court.
Up to the 5th Pittsburgh's donations 70
the food sufferers of the COnemaug
Valley in money and goods, amounted
a quarter OF a million dollars.
AMONG those believed to have bee
swept away by the food in the Cone
maugh Valley, were "Blind Tom," Ii
well-knOwn pianist and his manage
who left Pittsburgh on Friday mOrnin
for Johnstown, and have not been hear
Of since. 1t is thought they were bot
drowned. Being strangers, and one
them q colored man, it is more than likel
that IL their bodies were recovered the
were unidentified.
THE pOst-ofice authorities report thi
none OF the mail sent through the floodC
district was lost. Even that sent
Johnstown escaped.
PoRTIoNs OF the wreckage OF the Con,
maugh Valley began to pass Cincinna
on the 9Th. Not much of it was caugh
and nothing of interest or value WI
/ found.
THE Marchioness de Chesteler, belOAt
ing to one Of the Oldest Of the noble fan
lies Of Belgium, was found murdered
her bed at her residence, the Chate5
Moulbaix, at Mons, on the morning
the 9Th.
The dock laborers Of Glasgow, Greer
ock, Belfast and Londonderry Joined q
seaman's strike on the 9Th.
COUNSEL. for Judge Hilton assert tn
the overtures for a compromise OF Il
Stewart will case came from the contos
,raMts. The terms Of the proposed settl'
! / rnent have not been made public.