The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-08-03

THE cOnvicts at Tracy City, Tenn,
were In a state of mutiny on the 27th.
They loaded a pipe with explosives,
placed it in the coal car and attached
a slow fuse to it. Deputy Warden Nell
son and assistants were passing along
another entry to bring the convicts
out for the night, and when they ar
rived opposite the bomb it exploded.
Nelson was instantly killed and Guards
Terrell and Thurman slightly wounded.
A negro convict named Pete Hamilton
was killed by volley from the other
guards. Escape was the object of the
mutineers.
j. II. BOwDEN, who achieved motor
iety as the manager of the Duval Ath-
letic club, which organization pulled
off the Corbett-Mitchell fight last Feb
ruary, was horsewhipped to within an
inch of his life at Jacksonville, Fla,
on the 27th by the husband of a woman
whom it was alleged he had insulted.
FAILURES for the week ended July q
Dun's report) were 249 in the United
States, against 36s last year; in Canada
80, against 23 last year.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
the week ended July 27 showed an av-
erage decrease as compared with the
corresponding week last year of 1870;
in New York the decrease was 20.7;
outside, 2.7.
THE Wellman Arctic expedition was
reported safe on the 27th, Norwegian
sealer having spoken the Ragnvald
Jarl.
TIE steamer Decraitis collided with
a ferryboat at Grodneau, on the river
Nieman, Russia. Fourteen people lost
their lives through the accident, and
eleven others were severely injured.
DUN's review of trade for the week
ended the 27th said the uncertainty
about the tariff bill overshadowed in
dustries. Wheat had sold below SIS
cents, making the monthly average
the lowest known in New York. Corn
was stronger on account of reports of
injury to the crop. Sales of wool were
greatly swelled by speculation in the
belief that it would advan ce sharply if
tariff changes failed.
THE steam yacht Alert, owned by S.
T. Johnson, of Clayton, n. Y, was run
down and sunk by the steamer Islander
off Round island. 1t was reported
that several persons were injured.
FIERCE forest fires were repol ted
raging in Wisconsin and several towns
were nearly wiped out of existence,
many people rendered homeless and
others compelled to flee for their lives.
Forty million feet of timber was
burned at Mason alone. Several rail-
road bridges were also DESTROYED.
THE Syrian Temple Shriners from
Cincinnati at Denver, Col, went on
thousand mile tour of Colorado in
special train and the other visiting
shriners scattered to points of interest
or started homeward on the 26th. The
next annual session of the imperial
council will be held the first Monday
after the Knights Templar conclave in
August, 1895, at place to be selected
by a committee named for that pur-
pose.
JOHN COLLINS, market gardener of
Birmingham, Ala, thought he heard
thieves in his garden ON the night of
the oath and started to investigate.
He was followed by his daughter Mag
gle. Mrs. Collins heard the two and
supposed them thieves. Arousing her
son William, he got his gun and shot
both father and daughter. The former
is dead and the latter was reported dy-
ing.
THE first suit of the many that are
to be brought against the city of Chi
cago by the railroads for damages in
Cured during the strike was fled by
the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
railway on the 26Sh. The suit will
serve as a test case and is for S. damage
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