The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-11-02
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


burying several workmen in the ruins.
Investigation showed that all of the
workmen escaped from the building
with the exception Of Michael Rose, a
carpenter, and an Italian named Caroni
fhey were badly hurt.
WHILE unloading a circular saw and
frame on hes farm near Romney, Ind,
on the 23d, Joseph Madden was caught
under the falling machine. His arms
and several ribs were broken, and he
received internal injuries which are
likely TO cause his death.
IL the report just made by Adjt.-
Gen. Ruggles, one Of the most crafty
ing statements is that desertions from
the army have fallen off from 1882.
the year previous, to 1,07s for the cur
rent year.
WHILE crossing the railroad tracks
| in carriage near jamestown, n. Y,
ON the night of the 23d, Alonzo Eddy,
his wife and two children were struck
by train. All were killed. The horses
were dashed to pieces.
a DISPATCH from Tien-Tsin says that
the Chinese officials report that bat
tie occurred near Yi-Chow, on the 22d,
and that the japanese were repulsed
with a loss of 5000 men on each side.
| OS the 23d Chief Harris of the Chero-
kee nation offered a reward of $500 for
the arrest of Bill Cook and his safe de-
/ livery TO Cherokee authorities.
The Big Four railway shops at Wa
bash, Ind, caught fire just after mid
night on the 23d, and were completely
destroyed. The loss is over 800, 900.
News was received in London, on the
/ cath, of the destruction of the schooner
/ Helen supposed to be a Danish vessel)
in the North sea, by the explosion of
her cargo of gunpowder. The entire
crew of the schooner perished.
THE big asbestos plant of the Philip
Carey Manufacturing Co. in Cincinnati
was completely destroyed by fire on
the cath. Loss, $50, 900; insurance,
about $4,000. Seventy-five employees
were thrown out of work.
A SENSATION was created in Cincin-
natl, on the cath. by the arrest of W.
w. and B. w. Bozeman, the largest
cigar makers in that city, for violation
of the revenue laws They were held
under $1,000 bond each.
The finance committee of the Span
iSh cortes has decided to establish q
| gold standard of currency for Porto
Rico. The Mexican dollar viii here
after be used only as basis of weight
/ for the value of silver.
A DISPATCH from Livadia, on the
25th, confirmed the report that Princess
Alix steadfastly refused to anathema-
tize her former faith in obedience to
the rites of the orthodox Greek church,
which requires such remuneration as a
prerequisite to baptism. Even the ef
forts of the car had not been success
full in changing her determination.
THE Hotel de Normandie, at 64 ST.
Gabriel street, Montreal, Can, was
gutted by fire early on the morning of
the 25th. The guests had to be rescued
by firemen by way of ladders. Twenty
people were taken out in a half-uncon-
scious condition.
JACOB SCHLoss, a New York photOg-
rapher, has begun suit in the United
States circuit court against the w. ID.
Boyce Co., publishers of the Chicago
Blade, for S275,OOO damages. The
Blade, in a recent issue, published a
portrait on which Schloss has a copy
right, and the suit is for infringe
ment.
OK the 25th Mr.. Justice jackson, of
the United States supreme court, ac-
companied by his family, left Washing
ton for Thomasville, Ga. where he will
pass the cold weather. Judge Jackson's
health has been in a serious condition
for some time.
FIVE of band organized to kidnap
of Nnnnvro10
killed in a riot at Maracaibo, and
seven were captured. The latter di-
vulged plan to proclaim provisional
government, with Gen. Pinango at it's
head.
w. S. SOMERs, of Charleston, w. Va,
a government inspector, dropped dead
at the works of the Variety Iron Co.
in Cleveland, o., on the Esd, of heart
disease.
VICTOR OCHoA, the Mexican revolu-
ZIONIST, was captured at Toyah sta
tion, on the Texas & Pacific road, on
the night of the 23d. by Deputy Sheriff
Leavel and State Ranger Smith.
THE new treatment by incubation
for diphtheria and Group, as practiced
in France, is the subject of a special re-
port to the state department by United
States Consul c. w. Chancellor at
Havre. He says that by this method of
treatment only one out of four diph-
thereto patients succumbs.
FOR several months the statistician
of the United States department of ag-
riculture has been conducting an in
vestigation regarding the acreage and
product of cotton for the year 1893.
His estimates are as follows: Acres
planted in 1893, 10, 525, 900: number of
bales harvested, 7,493, 900.
THE Venezuelan cabinet, feeling that
it is impossible to sustain President
CrespO, will resign.
4 BOND INVESTMENT COMPANY, doing
business at Toledo, o., has been de-
barred the use of the mails on the
ground that the company is conducted
on the same basis as lottery.
PRAIRIE fires. which started ia
Thomas county, Neb., on the Esd, were
swept by a fierce gale into Cherry,
Grant, Hooker and Sheridan coun-
ties. Up to the 25th four lives were
known TO have been lost, and thou
sands of cattle, driven from the south
ePn part of the state for better grazing,
were caught by the on-sweeping flames
and destroyed.
DR. f. I. HELNBoLD, of extract of
buchu fame, died suddenly of apoplexy
in the New Jersey asylum for the in
sane, in Trenton. on the cath He was