The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-05-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE organization of the seventh an
nual convention of the Order of Rail-
way Telegraphers was completed in
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 18th. The
report of Secretary Cox, read during
the afternoon, shows 10 divisions and
e2, 500 executive members in good stand
ing. The protective fund amounts to
$50, 900, and the treasury's general fund
to $40, 900. The circulation of the of
fcial organ, semi-monthly, is 80, 900.
A CLoUD-BURsT, on the morning of
the 18th, caused the waters of the river
Floyd, which passes through the center
of Sioux City, Ia, to overflow its banks,
and in few minutes large portion of
the city was inundated, and, although
the work of rescue was promptly inau-
gurated, a number of the unfortunates
were drowned. Seventy-five houses
were carried away, and 500, with their
contents, were ruined.
SIXTEEN cottages in the lower por-
ton of the city of New Orleans, valued
Mt $2O, 900, were destroyed by fire on the
18th. Loss covered by insurance in To-
cal companies
The earl Of Hopetown, governor of
Victoria, refused to postpone the exc
cution of the murderer Frederick Bailey
Deeming, is set down for the Esd.
THE mail carrier from Marshalot
carried news to Guthrie, Okla, on the
18th, of battle between United States
deputy marshals and horse thieves in
tho Sac and Fox country, in which two
of the thieves and one of the deputies
were killed. These are the thieves who
killed William Stormer, of Orland, re-
Gently.
WHILE riding in New York Central
express train Albert L. Stetson, an en-
ploye of Cross & Begun, dealers in dia-
monds and jewelry in New York, sud-
denly became insane. Just as the train
was passing Hyde Park, N. Y, he
leaped from his seat, shouting They're
after me" in loud voice, and standing
in the aisle drew a pocket-knife,
plunged it into his throat and with two
twists of his wrist drew it to the right
and left, cutting his throat from ear to
ear.
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN, third daughter
of Queen Victoria, represented her
majesty at the second drawing-room of
the season, held on the 18th, at Buck
L
coin, wife of the American minister,
presented Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chi
cago, and Mrs. Grubb, wife of the Amer
lean minister to Spain.
Mr.. III. K. GARDEN gave dinner at
the Manhattan club, New York, on the
18th, in honor of ex-President Cleve-
land, ex-Secretary of State Thomas T.
Byard, ex-Minister to England Edward
]. Phelps, Mr.. George G. Williams and
Mr.. George S. Coe, comprising the ad-
visory board for the bondholders of the
state of Virginia. There were also pres
ent Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, John Inman,
Senator Brice, ex-Secretary Fairchild
and others
JOHN x. WADE, a book-hinder, went
hunting on the 18th, in the vicinity of
Laramie, Wyo. His dead body, into
which had been fred two charges Of
shot, was found eight miles from town
at dusk. Investigation indicated that
Wade accidentally shot himself In the
groin, and that after suffering intense
ly for some time he ended his misery by
emptying the second barrel of his gun
into his heart.
The great relay bicycle run between
Chicago and New York was begun on
the 18th, at noon The riders carry a
dispatch from Gen. Miles to Gen. How
ard, and no delay is made day or night,
each relay being ready and started to
receive the dispatch bag. Much inter
est is manifested by wheelmen along
the route
LORD SALISBURY, the British premier,
made speech at Hastings, on the 18th,
in which he surprised his hearers by
declaring that the free-trade policy Of
England had been carried too far, and