The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-02-10

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Fatal Railroad Accident-We ldarn.
that the boiler of down freight train on che
y. o. Road, on Wednesday last exploded
resulting In the killing of three men, and
the wounding of several others. Among
the killed was Col FOrno, formerly of the
New Orleans police; and, during the war,
Colonel of the 18th La. regiment - Canton
Mail 7-. s..l- 41sa.l .- s-s..
The Kosciusko Chronicze- This excellent
paper has changed hands, having been sold
out lock stock and barrelT," by its old
editor and proprietor, Mr.. S. E. Wilson, to
Mr.. G. p NJ. Turner The latter has con-
elnded to change its name to the National
Star. 80 r7a
It's reported from Washington that Maj.
Gen. Steadman is to be Sc cretary of War
Gen. S. was printer in the Louisville Jour
nal Office thirty years ago, .arr z~
A life Of Bohn Morgan is i'.e active pre-
peration by his devoted friend and comrade,
Basil Duke. The biography, it is said, will
fully vindicate the personal character and
military fame of that celebrated Southern
partizan- ~ 8 TF5.@ SAsl s&A
A London firm began business on six
hundred and fifty dollars three years ago,
and has just failed for over million.
Ex4Govs Allison, Of Florida, has been re-
leased from Fort Pulaski, and has arrived at
Savannah, sgo}f ass sy SIS s2Sss1b
| Tip - Prentiss, son of Major General B.
N. Prentiss, left Quincy, Illinois, recently on
skates, with dispatch for Lagrange, IA miles
abovei and made the run up in so minutes.
He remained there 80 minutes, and then
started on his return, and ran down in So
minutes, having made the round trip of %
miles In an hour and forty-fve minutes,
running time, and been out only two hours
and a quarter. IS .e .ea,
In the Georgia Legislature, on Tuesday
! the 80thulk, AleEender 81. Stephens was
on the first ballot. elected United States
Senator by asa yetes to 50 for Mr. Hill
HerschelYs johnson was elected for the
short term, receiving 156 votes.
| Gen. Thomas,giyesPKery eheerfgI Rccopn
Of affairs in Tennessee, quite the opposite
in tone to Governor hBFownlow's letter t.
| Speaker .Colfax. He will probably be called
upon to give evidence before the Committee
on Reconstruction 7E5 va
Captain Semmes has prepared an elaborat
argument, which was presented to the Pres
ident, Saturday night by his counsel, Judg
Hughes, in which he claims the benefit 0
the Sherman-Johnson parole, and that
under This parole, he is entitled to be dis
charged from prison until he shall be trie'
and convicted
SMALL o9-Dr. T. Taylor has accepted
the appointment as physician to the Small
Pox Hospital, in which he reports twenty
two cases, up 70 date There are outsid
cases, here and there, but we know not tn
: number. DR. Taylor requests Us to stat
I that the precaution taken by him, after. hi
visits to such cases, preclude the danger o
his communicating the disease to others
We again urge the Importance of vaccine
ton as the only safeguard and it is almos
5 criminal in any one to neglect the preeau
! ton. CLarksUiLLe Chronicle Sd.
. Previous to the close Of the war, the mel
= composing the Stonewall Brigade" an
the "RockbFidge Artillery" subscribed 81
r 600 to erect a monument over the grave {
!, General Jackson, at Lexington, Va. AS
> was not deemed practicable to erect tn
s monument during the war, the money wa
f converted into Confederate bonds, which al
now worthless. The Virginia papers, hov
: ever, contain an appeal from H. K.Dougla
d of Winchester, to the surviving officers an
Q privates of the brigade and artillery to con
n tribute again a sufficient sum to carry GU
4 the original intention.