The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07

for food and shipments have already COM
menced to meet the demand
-Attorney-GeneralW Williams has received a
report from United States Marshal Ochil-
tree, of the Eastern District of Texas, giving
detailed account Of a serious hostile feeling
between party of desperadoes led by one
Sam Roam and the coIored people on the line
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
railroad.
| The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad company are considering the building
of branches to the coal fields of Martin, Owen
and Green counties, Indiana, and to the iron
deposits in Martin, Monroe, Putnam and Green
counties. In this connection they propose to
establish blast furnaces at New Albany, and
extensive coal yards at New Albany and Louis
Vile, to supply Indiana coal at low prices
"A special from Cave City, Ky, states that
a difficulty occurred between D. L. Graves,
the proprietor of the Mammoth Cave hotel,
and E. Wilcoxen, an agent for the cave, in
which pistols were used and several shots fred
by both parties. Graves received wound in
the bowels which is thought will prove fatal
Wilcoxen is unhurt. The cave guides and 9th
ers witnessed the shooting but were unable to
prevent it.
The bale of cotton which was donated by
Col. Creed Taylor, of Arkansas for the bene-
lt of the orphans Of Memphis, and sold in
that city fer 81, 500, and subsequently shipped
to St. Louis and sold there for ninety dollars,
was forwarded to Cincinnati, and sold on
change and purchased by the members of the
Chamber Of Commerce for two thousand and
thirty dollars and cents. It viii be shipped
to some other cities to be cold for the same
purpose.
The war department has received dis
patch from Fort Jefferson, Florida, giving an
account of a severe hurricane there on the 9Th
inst. Nineteen beef cattle we're washed to sea
and drowned, the cattle yard damaged and the
slaughter house stable undermined, roofs were
carried away and windows broken, and. many
rooms we're flooded, doing great damage to
clothing and stores, and making necessary the
removal of sick. One hundred Thousand dol
lars will be required to put quarters, barracks
and storehouses IN good repair and make the
fort habitable for troops.
"A dispatch from Greensboro, n. c., gives
the names of the counterfeiters brought there
by deputy Bosher and Shavender, and ar
raigned before United States Commissioner
Harden, as follows William R. Blackwelder,
Flynn Bradshaw, Daniel Lipe, Edmund Lipe
William A. Houcke, and G. F. Louder. Five
were bailed in the sum Of $5,0 600 each to ap-
pear on next Thursday before Commissioner
Ball. C. T. Louder, in default of SO, 900 bail,
was committed. David Earnhardt and J. A.
Louder escaped on their route hither. Sixty
eight arrests have been made in addition to
the names given above, all of whom have ar
rived at Ashevine in charge of the officers.
These offenders belong to the band whose
leader Cthe notorious McFee) was arrested
year .ince.
The Southern Claims commission. having
spent the summer months writing up some
thing like 1900 reports on claims prepared for
their decision, have resumed their sessions, |
and have taken oral testimony in proof of the |
following cases From Little Rock, Ark, |
claims of James B. Keats, S107,875; H |
Keats, deceased, S64, 200; Marie E. Thibault, |
deceased, $40, 700; from Fort Smith, Ark, |
claim of Joseph Brogan, S49, 726; Dalton, Ga, |
Nathan P. Harben, $57, ,438; DR.. BENZ. Hamil-
ton, $44, ,814; Lake Providence, La, Julia II.
Morgan, $139, ,297; T. o. Van Tassen, $65, 600; !
Natchez, Miss, Andy Brown, deceased, $91,-
900; James Bontura, 31,773; Charlotte L.
Brandon, 81, ,2O5; Vicl1sburg, Miss, Zebalon
NJ. Lawrence, S4, 926; Raleigh, n. c., United
States Marshal T. T. Carron 81, $40; Alexan-
dria. Va, Allan Pierce Sc, ,552; Nelson Pierce,
%, ,966; Norfolk, Va, J. f. Fines, deceased, |
814, ,41O; Allegheny county, Va, John Kelly,
SO, ,407; Farquhar county, Richard Stone, $5,-
$50; Nelson county, Daniel ". Kennedy, $11.-
472. They will continue to take testimony IN
til. the middle of November, when they will
suspend until after their report is made up
and in possession of Congress-