The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-19
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

his spine. He partoolz of no solid food
afterward, and died, on the morning OF
the 9th, of starvation. A week before
he told his friends that he would die
| August 8, his twenty-second birthday.
His prediction missed ver1fcation only
four hours
Mr. GLADSTONE, in his address to the
commons, on the 9th, in reply to the
queens speech, clearly outlined the
liberal policy of pushing home rule to
the front.
SIX of the houses of the most prom
inent citizens of Maytown, Pa. were
entered by tramps, on the night of the
sth, and considerable property was
stolen.
THREE negro laborers were killed and
two severely wounded by landslide
on the Central railroad, near White
burg, Ga. on the night of the Sth.
FRED LANGHoFF, who has been a
ranchman in Wyoming for ten years,
and who is man of means, was landed
in the county Jail at Cheyenne, on the
9th, on the charge of DEMONSTRATING. II
is claimed that he has been changing
brands and shipping to points in
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio,
Wisconsin and Michigan
SAMUEL HATE, hitherto respecta BILE
farmer of Catawba, o., has been arrest
ed for sheep-stealing, and has caused a
sensation by confessing to carrying on
a scheme of systematic stealing for the
past twelve years.
The execution of the eight-hour law
as applied to the construction of public
buildings, has proved so embarrassing to
the officials of the treasury department
that the attorney-general has been
asked for a legal construction of the
provisions of the act
The discovery was made, on the 9th,
that Rev. J. G. Tate, of Nebraska, can
didate for acknowledgements on the
republican ticket, is not a citizen, his
second naturalization papers not hay
ing been taken out He was considered
one of the strongest on the ticket. His
name will be taken off.
THE death sentence of Col. III. CLAY
King, condemned to die at Memphis
Tenn, for the murder of David III.
Poston, was commuted, on the 9th, by
Gov. Buchanan to imprisonment for
life.
THE boys parade was the event of
the second day of the Knights Templar
conclave at Denver, Col, on the 10th,
and attracted almost as large crowd
as did the event of the 9th. The pro-
| cession was over mile long, and sew
eral of the divisions were uniformed in
! exact imitation of the full regalia of
n knight.
THE August report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture
shows reduction in the condition of
cotton during July from 500 to s2.S.
This is the lowest average since Au-
gust, 1886, when the general condition
was one point lower.
RAIN fell at Topeka, Kas., on the
night of the 9th, accompanied by high
winds, almost developing tornado.
Trees, awnings, etc, were blown down,
plate-glass windows were broken, and
wagons and carriages overturned. No
one was hurt
DURING a thunder storm at Nyack,
Y. V, on the night of the 9th, Mrs.
Mathew Rose was strdck by lightning
and seriously injured while asleep in
bed She was still in an uncon scious
condition on the morning of the 10Th.
THE war department has decided to
retain four companies of troops at Wal
lace, Idaho, until the safety of.the lives
of the citizens and public property are
assured. Forty-two prisoners were re-
leased on bond on the 10th.
EIGHTEEN Indians of the Balla Coolla
and Wakeeneb tribes of British Column
bia were lost while engaged in sea
lion hunt near Queen Charlotte ISL
ands. In the dense mist their canoe
struck rock, and the Indians were
| precipitated into the water and all
| drowned.
AT Talladega, Ala, on the 9th, r. L.
Raspberry, a bartender employed by N.
| Simmons, was discharged. Pulling out
a pistol he fired at Simmons and killed
him. He then placed the pistol against
his own heart and fred. Before he
died he fred two more shots ut the
body of Simmons, lying near by ON the
| ground.
THE Iowa state institute FOR the deaf
and dumb, located three miles south
east of Council Bluffs, was destroyed
| by fire on the 11th. There were but
| few pupils in the school at the time,
| and all escaped without harm. The
| loss was estimated at $4,000.
A NEW form of epidemic prevails at
Helmeta, near New Brunswick, n. J.,
which, up 10 the 10th, had already
claimed twenty victims More than
fifty people had been stricken.
BENDER Bros planning mill at Ham
ilton, o., was burned. on the morning
of the 11th, throwing 200 men out of
work. The loss is nearly 500, 600. In
cendiarism is suspected.
SEVEN soldiers were drowned at
Neisse, Prussian Silesia, on the 11th,
while practicing in the military swim
ming school. tzt IS
CRUISER No. II was christened the
"Marblehesd" and launched at South
Boston on the Nth.
Mrs. ELIZA ROBERTS from Battle
Creek. Mich, one of those who sus-
tanned injuries in the Santa Fe wreck
near Denver, Col, on the 9th, died at
St. Joseph's hospital in hat city on the
I1th. The husband accompanied the
remains home.
II. CLAY KING, the Memphis murderer,
was safely lodged in the Tennessee pen
itentiary as Nashville on the llth, the
threatened lynching party not having
been encountered. King had been drink
| ing SO heavily for some time that he
was in danger of an attack of delirium
| tremens.
The Danish minister at Washington
has notified the state department that
he has been informed by his govern
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