The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

mayor.
THE cholera, which has been making
fearful havoc in Bagdad Asiatic Turkey,
has spread to other points in MesOpo-
tamia, Notwithstanding the precautions
which were taken to cut off all commune
cation with that city, aud is now ravag-
ing the entire province.
MRS. LEONIDA BUBLIN has brought suit
against the Sharon estate to recover
1927, ,047, which she claims her husband
paid TO settle the debts Of w. Q. RalstOn.
THE school directors Of the Conemaugh
Valley have issued an appeal for help to
rebuild the school houses washed away
in the JohnstOwn food.
LLOYD HEIsLER, aged sixteen, was in
stantly killed by heavy steam boiler
which he was assisting to load on a rail-
road car at BellefOnte, Pa, on the 9th
The hoisting-rope broke, allowing the
boiler to roll back upon him, crushing
his head in horrible manner.
BUFFALO BILL gave a breakfast to q
number of distinguished Americans in
Paris on the 27th.
KING LEOPOLD of Belgium has been al
most bankrupted by his expenditures in
the Congo State.
FIRE early on the morning of the 27th,
which originated in Cliffs hardware
store in Spring Lake, Mich, destroyed
nine store buildings and three barns.
Loss about $40, 0)0, with SIS, 900 insurance.
Half ton of powder, stored in the hard
ware store, exploded shortly after the
fire started.
PRESIDENT SHAW Of the Hooking Val
ley railroad refused, on the 9th, to re-
sign, as requested to do by the stock
holders.
THE explosion OF a boiler in the nail
factory at TOwanda, Pa, on the 9th,
partially wrecked the building and in
stantly killed five of the employees and
fatally injured two others. About
dozen more received slight injuries.
A RUMOR prevailed in London, on the
2Sth, that the dock companies had con-
| ceded the demands of their employees.
AT fully attended IN seting in Boston
of the creditors Of Brown, Steese &
Clark, on the 9th, the following commit
tee was appointed to select assignees
and report at future meeting: E. i.
/ Tead, president Of the National Exchange
| Bank; Charles q. Morrison, Of the
FaueuH Hall National Bank, and Jesse
Metcalf, Of Providence.
THE date for the general election in
France has been fixed by decree signed
by President CarnOt for September %.
ANOTHER raid was made on alleged
gambling houses in Saratoga, N. V, on
the 2Sth. The Saratoga Club House was
among the places visited by the police.
Not 50 much as a poker check was found
at any OF the half-dOzen places visited.
THE Mussulmans in Crete are threaten
ing to attack the Consulate and cathe-
drals where Christians have taken refuge
against their aggressions. Outrages
| continue to occur.
BURGLARS entered the post office at
DelauO station, on the Butler branch of
| the West Pennsylvania road, on the
night OF the 2Sth. and broke open the safe
securing 50, 500 in money and stamps.
! Mrs. E. z. BENNETT and her sister,
| Mrs. Dodson, of Wauwatosa, Wis, were
| killed at a crossing while riding in bug
/ gy in Milwaukee on the 2Sth.
| AMONG the passengers Of the City Of
| Paris, which arrived in New York from
/ Liverpool, on the 2St tn, were Mr.. Russell
/ B. Harrison, Andrew Carnegie and John
| A. KassOn.
| AFTER a consultation with the judges
| of the New York Court of Common Pleas,
| it was decided, on the 2Sth, to lay the no.
/ tOriOus Flack divorce case before the
| grand jury. The original papers have been
sent to the Bar Ass ociation.
AT the BoUlangist meeting in Paris, on
the evening of the 9th, the police arrest
| ed NJ. Thiesse, a Boulaugist member of
the Chamber of Deputies for interfering
with the performance of their duties.
DENNIS A. KELLEHER, the defaulting
| confidential clerk of Captain Beck, OF
| L IHlldQel puld, was, on IQe -Ntil, commute q
| to prison in default of $4,000 bail. Ksl-
leher, who is charged with swindling his
employer out Of SS000 was captured in
| Buffalo.
THE block bounded by Twelfth aud
| Thirteenth, Webs ter and Harrison streets
| ineOaklaud Cal, was burned on the 2Sth.
| The Dietz Opera House caught fire, but
was saved; loss about $40, OJ0.
SUMNER VINE, director Of the Imperial
,R J,
| ington on the 29th. Ha is on an extern
sive tour Of investigation among muse
ums and other institutions in the various
| parts OF the world. Prof. Langley and
Prof. Gorde will extend every facility to
| him for examining the Smithsonian In
| stitute and the National Museum.
THE safe in the post-office ct Cornwall =
| On-the- Hudson was blown open, on the
night of the 2sth, aud robbed OF 500 worth
| of money and stamps.
THE state Department was informed,
| on the goth, that Nathaniel Emmens, an
| American citizen, had died in Chilli
| A MEETING in connection with the de-
| parture of party of missionaries under
| the auspices Of the Uuitarian Board was
leld in Boston on the 29ih. Or the num-
Der sent away six sailed for Turkey and
| India and eleven for China or Japan.
| COLONEL THOMPSON, secretary Of the
I
| Montreal Can, on the 29th, trying tC
| trace the movements of Manager Moore
Of indianapolis, Ind, who abscoudeC
several months ago with 500 600 Of tn,
| company's funds. H found evidences oI
MOOre's having been there in February.
| THE explosion of a gasoline stove in the
back room of a hardware store at Weep
ing Water, Neb., caused the destruction
of property, on the % n, valued al $50 OO)
JAMES NJ. NEwBAKER, of Satartia
Miss, was assassiuated, on the night oi
the 2Sth, about niue O'Clock, as no wa.
entering his house. He was riddled witt
bullets. He was a prominent politicial
iuatiOn at the last county convention
An attempt was made about a year az,
! to assassinate him.
| THE Secretary Of War has authorize,
an expenditure Of SIS O)0 for the construc
ton of two double barracks at For
Smelling, Mimi.
| EMPEROR WILLIAM has conferred upOT
Prince George of Wales the order OF ths
Black Eagle of the first class.
THE carpenters of Birmingham. Ala
struck at "A good time, more than tw
thousand buildings being now ia cours
/ OF erection under contract iu that city.
] THE first Republican caucus was held il
| South Dakota on the 29th. Sol Star wa
elected chairman and E. W. CalJN ell, .
Sioux Falls, secretary,