The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-18


AN express train dashed into tho
midst of gang of track men who were
at work on the line near Gla sgow on
the 10th Five of the laborers were
killed.
LEWIS RENEI. has been arrested at
Phillipsburg, N. j.. on suspicion of hav-
ing attempted to wreck train on the
Lehigh Valley railroad. In a trunk
belonging to the prisoner was found y
quantity of dynamite and other evil
dence that will probably convict him.
Remel has bad record. He caused an
explosion on the Daniel Drew on the
Hudson in 1879, and after serving a
seven-years' sentence, wrecked Della
ware & Hudson train at Plattsburg, N.
Y, killing several persons He Is also
well known as confidence man.
JOHN A. BANDcRoFT's brick barn, at
Worcester, Mass, was partially de-
stroyed by fire on the I1th. Fourteen
horses and several valuable Swiss cat
tie were burned to death. Loss, $780,
900; fully insured An employe named
Frank Wood has been arrested on sus-
picion of having caused the fire.
On the 18th William III. Galley, a col
ored student at the Harvard medical
school, shot himself in the breast, dy-
ing in few minutes, because his fa-
ther forbade him to keep further COM
pany with a young colored girl of
whom he was greatly enamored.
ScHIFFERsTADT, in Rhenish Bavaria,
was nearly destroyed by fire on the
11th. The disaster originated in tho
saw mills, and Notwithstanding all ef-
| forts, the flames spread rapidly, con-
verting flourishing town to ashes.
THE captain, several of the crew and
forty cabin passengers of the italian
steamer Taormina were drowned, on the
11th, by the sinking of the steamer, in
collision in the Egean sea off Capc
Colonna with the Greek steamer Thes-
salia-
Mr.. AND Mrs. CLEVELAND will close
Gray Gables, their seaside mansion ut
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, probably the
Goth. returning thence to New York for
the winter.
SECRETARY PROCTOR is making final
tour of the military stations of the west
previous to his resignation of the war
portfolio. The secretary will visit the
posts in Minnesota, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Nebraska and other points He
is accompanied by Quartermaster Gen
eral Holobird, Maj Schwab and Lieut..
Howard. He will retire from the cabi-
net, he says, November L.
ACTING TREASURER WHELPLY says
that never in the history of the coun-
| try was there such demand upon the
United States treasury for moEey with
| which to move the crons The freasu1-v
is doing its best to meet the demand
What is most in demand are notes of
the smaller denominations
A DISCOVERY of petroleum oil has
been made at Cologne, Cal, fifty miles
southwest of Fresno. The oil is de.
clared to be of the best quality yet
found in the state, being easily refined.
Machinery has arrived from Los An
| geles to operate the wells on large
scale.
| CLAIMANTS, as well as the govern
ment, are getting ready for the litiga-
ton before the private land claims
court established by the last congress.
Not single petition has been filed by
claimants as yet, but flood of business
is known to be in course of preparation.
THERE are on file in the department
of justice the applications of about ESQ
more or less eminent lawyers from ALI
sections of the country for appointment
on the bench of the new United States
circuit court
THE pension Office Turing the month
of August issued 24.4is pension certif-
Gates of all kinds, the average first pay
ment on each being SIG.