The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-13

EXPERIMENTS with American cotton
seed in Turkestan and other Russian
trans-Caspian provinces are reported
eminently successful
THE international cable conference,
in session in Paris, has rejected the
proposal to increase the number of
figures charged for as one word by cable
companies.
A PARTY of drdnken Indians are said
to have murdered Chief Engineer Crit
tenden and his assistants in the Upper
Green river country of Wyoming. Crit
tenden was well known in St. Louis in
connection with the building of the
Eads bridge and was in charge of a
Government survey when he met his
death.
ZERE HUNDLEY, chairman of the State
Democratic Central Committee, was
murdered by his son Fred, aged sixteen,
at Huron, S. D., recently.
DURING the progress of Brotherhood
ball game at Cleveland, o., lightning
struck the pavilion. Three persons
were stunned and panic seized the re-
mainded No one was seriously hurt.
MILK from dirty cans Frustrated sixty
of a picnic party recently near Union
City, Mich. All recovered.
RICHARDSON Bios saw mandatory,
New York City, has been sold out to a
syndicate for $500, 900. The company
takes one-tLird of the stock. The syn
dicate is headed by Henry Disston & Co.,
of Philadelphia.
THE planning mill workmen of East
| Saginaw, Mich, struck recently for nine
hours work. The furniture workers
~were expected to follow
THE Supreme Court of New York,
general term. has affirmed the sentence
of ex-Sheriff Flack.
| M. CHRIsTIcs, formerly Prime Minister
of Servia, is about to bring an action
against his wife for divorce. Milan, the
ex-King of Servia, is named as core
spondent.
| BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended June numbered
2o5, including Canada, compared with
21S the previous week and 225 the cor
responding week of last year.
Two young men working near Ashley
Lake, Utah, named Workman and Bird,
were drowned the other day while try
| ing to rescue a Mr.. WINNER who had
fallen into a raging stream by the
caving of levee.
Two boys were killed and two men
badly injured by lightning at the Pion-
Ger coal shaft near Charleston, w. Va,
recently
TIE prospects for the coming wool
season throughout Australia are en-
couraging. The pastoral outlook is ex-
cellent, owing to plentiful rains.
POLIO, a Umatilla Indian woman,
was hanged in Portland, Ore, recently
by United States authorities for the
murder of an Indian woman on the
! Umatilla Indian reservation about a
year ago.
THE United States steamer Rush has
sailed from San Francisco for Behring
sea to watch for illegal sealers.
THE June condition of Michigan
wheat is reported officially to be 76 per
cent. of full average gain of per
cent.
THE Southern memorial day was OBJ
served at Baltimore, Md, on the
9th, graves of Confederate soldiers being
| decorated.
THE Louisville & Nashville eastbound
limi ted which left Louisville, KY, on
the 9th for Cincinnati was wrecked just
east of English, Ky. Quite a number
of persons were seriously hurt, among
them being Major Stickney and Colonel
Hodge, of the army.
Four section men were killed near
Rockford, Ill, recently by the derailing
of train, caused by broken wheel.
BY an explosion of gasoline at q fire
at Philadelphia eleven firemen were
| burned, some fatally.