The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS m BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


auditor and superintendent of instruc-
ton, died atGuthrie, Okla, on the 18th,
aged go. He had been a very promi-
nent educator all his life, and held
many prominent positions in Kansas
and Ohio before going to Oklahoma.
The train bearing the body of Rep
rtsentative Warwick of the Sixteenth
congressional district of Ohio left
Washington, on the evening of the 18th,
for Massillon, his former home, where
the funeral services were held on the
10Th.
THREE THOUSAND mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine with cleaning lances and bril-
liant uniforms, afoot, in carriages and
on camels, wended their way through
the oasis of Omaha on the evening of
| the 18th. The caravan was a magnifi-
cent spectacle and 10000 people gath
er9d along the line of march to witness
the grand parade.
WM. CUDAHY, contractor of the firm
of Phillips & Cudahy, at the Michigan
| state prison in Jackson, was killed at
that institution, on the 18th, by life
| prisoner named Henry Blockman, who
is doing time for numbering his wife
and family.
JOHN DUNBAR, aged 2S, waded beyond
his depth while seining fish, inviolation
of the state law, in the Des Moines
river near Dayton, Ia, on the 18th, and
was drowned. A dozen companions
watched him drown, unwilling to risk
\ their own lives in trying to save him.
SHERIFF j. L. LOPEZ, of Las Vegas,
| N. NJ, telegraphed to Chief of Police
II II ,f
send him hangman's rope by express
Immediately, as they had a man out
there, supposed to be a horse thief,
that they wanted to hang right away.
The sheriff said the execution would be
legal and proper.
IN consequence of the dread prevail
| ing in Teheran, the Persian capital,
over the invasion of cholera, the shah
has taken up his residence at camp at
! Elburz, twenty-four miles from Tehe-
ran. In the city there is an alarming
increase in the number of cholera cases
reported daily. Every day the deaths
average 300.
| CANADA's sheep trade with Great
Britain has been a failure this season.
| Shippers have sustained heavy losses,
and are now dropping out of the market
altogether, SO the season is practically
over. The shipments up to August Is
amounted to IA, 763 sheep, against 25, 739
for the same period last year.
| The body of Russell Benedict, who
died in Austria, July 10, has reached
Danbury, Conn, deceased's former
home, encased in a solid silver caslet
elaborately embellished with gold. On
| the top is gold crucifix two feet long.
The casket is carried by means of eight
gold handles, and is supported by six
lions legs. Festoons of gold flowers
are draped around it. In each of the
corners is a gold angel six inches high.
| Or the 10th Major J. Houk, of Bald
win, Mich, met his wife Stella, from
whom he parted two years ago, in COM
| pany with her sister and Frank Gray.
| Pulling his revolver he shot and killed
! the woman and probably fatally
wounded Gray. He was prevented by
bystanders from killing the sister.
The town of Delmar, Del. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire on the 10Th.
The burned area comprises about three
| acres and includes all the leading
| stores, two churches, railroad station
and repair shops of the Delaware rail-
road company; the postoffice, Delmar
hotel and $50 dwellings Hundreds of
people were rendered homeless with
the loss of all their possessions
THE names of the members of the
new British cabinet were made public
on the 18th. The list comprises many
veteran statesmen of long experience in
various official positions, some of them
having been with Mr.. Gladstone during
| former terms as premier.
AN itinerant italian, travelling with
his little son and a trained bear, took
shelter from storm under a tree IN
| the Adirondacks. The tree was struck
by lightning and all three were killed.
THE duke of Devonshire was married
| at Christ church, London, on the 10th,
| to the dowager duchess of Manchester,
| with whom his name had long been
| associated.
= SIX workmen were killed and fifteen
| injured by the wreck of construction
| train, caused by an open switch, near
| Coshocton, o., on the 10th.
DRAFTS of the order of the Iron Hall
on NJ c. Davis, the supreme cashier,
which have heretofore been honored by
| the Meridian national bank of Indian
apolis, Ind, through the clearing honse,
went to protest, on the 18th, Judge
Taylor having issued an order thak no
more checks or drafts be honored pend
ing the hearing of the petition for the
appointment of receiver.
THE Brown-Ketchum iron works of
indianapolis has made the lowest pro-
posal for the interior iron work of the
| Massachusetts, state house extension
and will probably get the contract.
TIE front wall of "A new building be-
longing To Roster and Bia1, at Twenty
fourth street and Sixth avenue, n. Y,
fell, on the nth, burying five men in
the ruins
The Tennessee miners captured Oil
yer Springs convict camp, on the nth,
without struggle. the militia sur
rendering.
QUARANTINE has been established at
every port of Denmark against vessels
\ arriving from Ru ssian ports, to prevent
the introduction of cholera.
Gov. TuLMAN and Col Yeomans met
at Newbury, S C., at political speak
ing on the 18th. A quarrel ensued and
bloodshed was narrowly averted by the
fortunate breakdown of the platform
on which the friends of the parties had
crowded, pistol in hand
On the 18th Supreme Cashier Davis
of the order of the Iron HALL refused to
surrender his books to the investipa-
tion committee, and soon after disap-
peared-
ON the 18th the president hardened