The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-01
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by the appointment of First Lieutenant
Theo. Z. True, Fourth Infantry, and
First Lieutenant John f. McHyde,
Eighth Infantry.
AT the Granger Qnd.) crossing of the
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan and the
Grand Trunk railroads, on the 23d, a
Grand Trunk engine exploded, instantly
killing Engineer Thomas Callahan and
Fireman John Maddox. Low water in
the boiler caused the accident.
WHILE train of coal cars and a truck
were being hoisted up the Ashley plane
in Luzern County, Pa, on the 22d, the
wire cable broke just as they had almost
reached the top of the mountain, and
the cars descended the plane at fright
full speed, and were smashed into frag-
ments at the bottom. There were three
men on the truck, all of whom were bu-
ried in the debris, but strange to say
they were taken out alive, though very
badly injured.
THE jury in the case of William II.
Bartholomew at EastOn, Pa, charged
with the murder Of Aaron W. billiard,
returned verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree on the 22d.
DIR. PHILIPPE RECORD, the celebrate
French surgeon, who was, for many
years known in Paris as ''The Great
American Doctor" is dead. DR.. Ricord
was born in Baltimore, Nd, December
10, 1900.
THE typhoid symptoms among the
Yale College students is causing much
uneasiness, and several of the men who
showed symptoms of typhoid in a mild
form and several suffering from typhoid
malaria have been sent to their homes
to recuperate.
A SUDDEN rise in the river Neva has
flooded the whole lower portion of the
city of st. Petersburg and large num-
Der Of streets are under water from one
end to the other. No lives were re-
ported lost, but in many instances wom-
en- and children living near the river
bank were only saved from drowning
by rescuers who won't out to them in
boats.
A COLD day but warm reception met
the Pan-American delegates in the
Cream City on the Esd. After a day of
royal entertainment, spent in visiting
points of interest, they left at midnight
for Minneapolis, Minn.
MONsIGNOR GADD sailed, on the Esd,
on the steamer Adriatic, from Liver
pool for New York, to take part in the
ceremonials connected with the coming
Baltimore centenary.
THE Hungarian patriot KOssuth is
about to become a naturalized citizen of
Italy, and is to be nominated as can
didate for the Italian Senate.
CHARLES MCILvAINE was found guilty
in Brooklyn, on the esd, of murder in
the first degree for killing Grocer Luca
while committing a burglary on the
premises of the latter.
By the burning of barn at Tisenaich,
SaNe-Weimar, on the night of the 22d,
six boys who were asleep inside were
burned to death.
WHILE Cashier George c. Werner of
the German Savings Bank of Newark
n. J., was counting his cash, on the 22d,
two men entered the bank and told him
that a lady who was seated in a carriage
outside wanted to speak to him. Wer-
ner went out, followed by one of the
men. When he returned he found that
g., 600 in bills had disappeared. The
thieves made good their escape.
COUNT OKUMA, Japanese Minister of
Foreign Affairs, upon whose life an at
tempt was made few days ago, was
more seriously wounded than was at
first supposed. The wound, which was
in the leg, assumed such a state that
amputatiOn became necessary.
THE viii Of the late Herr Tauchnitz,
head of the wcll-known publishing
house of Leipsic, whose reprints are to
be found in every library ip America,
leaves his entire estate to the city of
I II. IL i
ficent purposes.
The will of the late B. T. Babbitt
leaves the entire fortune OF the testator
to his wife and two daughters, and di-
rects that the soap business be con-
tinued.
TIE city of Bradford, England, has
voted G25, 600 to extend the city's cleo
trio lighting system.
The subteFranean river recently dis
covered in the Department of 10th,
France, has been traced distance OF
seven miles to point where it takes an
abrupt lunge into the bowels of the
earth to a depth impossible to fathom.
DURING the few moments that the New
York Worlds Fair guarantee fund was
open, on the oath, the following amounts
were pledged: c. Vanderbilt, 500. 600;
New York Central e Hudson River Rail
road Company. 500, 600; Wagner Palace
Car Company, $4,000; Joseph Pulitzer,
$50, 900.
The special commission to inquire
into the charges made by the London
Times against Mr.. Parnen and other
members Of the Irish National party in
Parliament resumed its sessions on the
cath, the proceedings being confined tc
summing up by counsel for the various
persons interested.
A NEW Socialist newspaper has been
started in Breslau, Prussia. called Die
WalSurt. If it redeems the promises
made in its first issue, it is safe to saw
the editor, whose business it is to go to
Jail for the papers ofIense against Bis.
marck's press laws, viii have q steady
job.
THE places Of the striking switchmer
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad
at Evansville, Ind, were rapidly filed
by men from East st. Louis, who were
attracted by the offer of five dollars pei
day and board during the strike, and a
guaranty of permanent situations after
the trouble is over.
TIE election for member of Parlia.
ment for Brighton, England, to fu the
vacancy caused by the death of Sir Will
lam Tindale Robertson, who recently