The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-10-17

which it is supposed ignited the gas from a
/ leaking can. 1t was With the greatest Difficult
/ ty the man was fextracsted from the flames
and the car saved from destruction. He died
soon after being taken from the car.
/ ANNA Garrett, colored, Of PIymoath
/ North Carolina, who, becoming angry at her
4 grandchild for stealing sevepty-fVe cents,
whipped the child to death, then creased it,
Z and was clughkin the act of tossing it into a
/ fire. is to be hanged in December. Further
more, she is eighty years of age.
J. Memphis Nearly hundred laborers and
a large number OF carts are at work in the in
fected district, under the personal direction of
Major O'BannOn, and thorough overhauIing
| of the almost depopulated First ward, Is vigO-
rously prosecuted. 1t is probable that the
| locality known as Happy Hollow, in the First
ward, viii be burned out and most powerful
disinfectants applied to the grounds where
the shanties formerly stood. From the earn
estness manifested by the new board of health,
much good is expected to result from their
labors Itiss1ow reliably estimated that there
are between 700 and 1000 poor children left
orphans and homeless by the ravages of the
disease, and much anxiety is felt for them.
The orphan asylurns are full to overf1owing,
their power to provide homes for them. Con-
tributions continue to pour in from every
quarter, and all are disbursed either by the
Howards, of the Citizens commission, or by
the pastors Of the different churches. The
ten thousand ratons ordered by the president
are consumed at the rate of one thousand per
day. The applicants in each case bring a GER
tificate from a minister, physician, or some
one Of the different relief committees.
Scattering reports from the cotton states
mention that much damage has been caused
to late cotton by drought and worms, especial
~ in Arkansas and Tennessee.
"A quarrel between two negroes at Mound
City Ark. resulted in the death Of Morris,
who was shot three times by Smith. The lat
ter escaped into Kentucky.
The warehouse of Lowry & MCGEE at Full
ton, Arkansas, was burned last week Loss.
$40, 200 no Insurance.
Columbia, 5. CA son of the colored
secretary of state, Kohn, has been admitted
into the South Carolina University as a stu
dent. Three of the principal professors, Tai
ley, Gibbs aud Laborde. have resigned in con-
sequence. ---..- .- -....-...... a. ..-.
--Telegrams received from Key West and
Punta Rosa. Florida, state that a most de-
structive cyclone swept over these stations ON
the 9Th. At Key West the wind reached a We
locity of eighty miles an hour; at Punta Rosa
of ninety At the latter station the sea rose
fourteen feet over mean tide level, overflow |
ing land and washing away every moveable |
thing. The few iRha 5itants Of Punta Rosa
are entirely without drinking water. /
"A committee of Memphis merchants re- !
siding in New York, acknowledge 80, sos sub
during the past two days, for the |
yellow fever sufferers in that city. The total .
amount received by the committee is -, ,O69.
New OrIeans-Of the sixty-three nurses
and physicians sent by the Howard association
to Shreveport not one of them have taken the
fever Fifty-six nurses have been sent by
them to Memphis.
"A Shreveport special tothe PieayUne says:
DR.. Bruins says the backbone of the epidemic
is broken, but only ice viii destroy it. The
poison is more maHgnantthan he ever met.
Hon. JEFF Davis, who has been extremlyill
at the Gait House, Louisville, has partially re-
covered.
. The national banks at Augusta Ga, re-
ported as broken, viii continue business.
The New Orleans National banking associ-
alton, c. Cavorck, president, has gone into
liquidation. "
AT Owensboro Ky. on Saturday, 9Jen.
Underwood, a gambler, was killed by Budd !
Borie. . a.-es-eE