The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-25

TIE Mason City & Fort Dodge Rail-
way Company of Iowa has defaulted on
the interest on 50, ,25O, 900 bonds held by the
New England Loan and Trust Company.
THE public schools at Albert Lea, Mimi,
have been closed because of an epidemic
Of diphtheria.
TIE Republican members of the Oregon
Legislature have unanimously agreed to
re-elect ]. n. Dolph United States Sena-
tor.
THE murderers Of Byron Dennis and
John Godown in the Indian Territory have
been arrested.
DR.. ABE1ARDE LENAMoN. United States
collector Of customs at St. Paul, Mimi,
died recently of heart disease.
MISS BELLA MOORE, once a noted young
actress, died in Cincinnatirecently OF con-
sumption. She had married and retired
from the stage last February.
THE eighth annual convention of the
National Association of Baggage Agents
began in San Francisco on the 10Th.
THE Democratic members OF the Illinois
Legislature have selected John NJ. Palmer
as their candidate for United States Sena-
tor.
LYMAN U. HUMPHREY, the new Governor
Of Kansas, sent his first message to the
Legislature oon the 10th. The message
covered many subjects. Executive super
vision of State institutions was wanted,
Prohibition was advocated and changes
were desired in the death penalty.
Railroads, banks, alien ownership,
public debts, labor legislation, trusts,
/ education, apportiOnment, length of Sos
sion and other matters were also venti-
lated and improvements suggested.
EX-SHERIFF PINo. of Valencia County,
/ N. NJ, who left Las LuHns January with
/ $500, has not been seen since January s.
/ when he was in Albuquerque, and there
are fears that he has been murdered.
CHARLES c. TINKER, the youthful for
| ger of Cincinnati who obtained $4,000 by
| his bad work last September and was ex-
| tradited from England, has pleaded
! guilty.
THE recent advance in the freight rates
TO all points west of the Missouri river has
| compelled the three large trunk factories
| in Racine, Wis, to shut down for an in
definite period, and 300 hands are thu;
! thrown out of employment.
! HUGO GOLLMER, secretary of the execu
tive committee of the North American
Turner Buud and one of the oldest mem
bers of that society, died in st. Louis re-
Gently, aged fifty-nine.
PERRY s. WEsTFALL, editor and proprie
| tor Of the Saturday Evening Mail, Terri
| Haute Ind, died recently, aged tifty-five
The other night a heavy wind blew {
| freight car from side track to the mail
| track of the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st
| Paul at Svlvania, Wis. Two men wer
| fatally aud another seriously injured.
ENGINEER ED DIETz, an old employe 0
| the Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad, wa
| discharged recently for alleged color blind
ness, when his fellow employees threatene
TO strike.
FATHER HYNEs, of Pierce City, No, wa
suspended for five years by the eccle
siastical court held at Kansas City on tn
18th for disobedience. Hynes said h
would take no notice of the ruling of tn
court, as he had appealed to the Pope. H
would not give up his church at Pierc
City.
GENERAL w. d. WAsHBURN has bee
selected by the Republicans Of MinnesOt
to succeed Senator Sabin.
EDITOR SHUMAN, connected with til
Chicago Evening Journal for thirty-thre
years, has retired fIom his post on accouI
of ill-health.
BARNETT & IICHTENSTEIN the largeS
retail mercantile firm in Des Moines, low,
have failed with liabilities of SO, 900,