The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-07
SOUTH.

The debt of Mississippi is about S.
100000.
The cotton worm has appeared in
Limestone county, Texas.
Gen. A. W. Bishop was installed pres
ident OF the Arkansas industrial university at
a late meeting of the trustees.
Gen. BeaUregard has left the United
States for South America, to accept the ap-
pointment recently rendered him there.
Information from Austin, Texas,
states that the Indians visited the town Of
Sansaba and carried Off a large number of
horses and mules.
In twenty out of twenty-seven dis
tricts in southeastern Maryland, majorities
were given, at the elections held last week,
against the sale of liquors.
The cotton oaterpillars have made
their appearance in force in Orangeburg
county, S. G. In the interior of the state as
well as on the coast the unfavorable weather
and lateness Of the crops make planters ap-
prehensive that the worm will do serious harm
The big end of ihs horn of plenty
seems to rest in the state of Alabama this
year. Tho most pleasing reports relative
to the corn crop outlook come from many
parts Of the state. It is believed that two
years supply viii be gathered the coming
autumn
One stroke of lightning killed six
persons in Woodford county last week. viz ::
Mr.. Mindy and wife, Mr.. Blank, wife and
daughter, and a colored man living in the same
house During the same storm the lightning
struck many points in Central Kentucky, in
one instance burning Darn to the ground.
Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, has
signed death warrants, ordering execution on
the 2lst Of August in the parish OF Assump
tion, five men who in April last murdered and
robbed Elisha Eastwood, an old fiat boatman
in that parish for his money One is a white
man, two 30 light as TO pass for white, one is
a mulatto, and negro.
The White river CArk.) Journal has
the following "We are informed by Capt J.
M. Barker who lives in Arkansas county, near
Mt. Adams, of an indiscriniinate slaughter
OF seven persons near st Charles, Thirty miles
below here, on Tuesday last, and the finding
OF their bodies in what is known as Sticking
bay, and White liver, on the following day.
There is no clue to the perpetrators OF this
foul deed, or the causes which led to it. The
names Of only two of the victims are known
at present, aud they are Esquire Afford and
his son.
The board of engineers recently ap-
pointed by the president to devise some plan
for reclsiIning the overflowed lands along tho
Mississippi river, during the recent session at
Newport, r. l., distributed its duties among
it's members as gollows The district of Lou
isiana was assigned to Edgar Herbert the
district OF Mississippi to Capt. Bengaurd; the
district OF Arkansas and Missouri to Col. J.
z. Seeker. Gen. II. L. Abbott was igned
to the duty OF Investigating the cause aud ef-
feet Of the flood of 1874 as compared with
previous floods. Gen. G. K Warren was as
signed the duty OF collecting all information
now in the departments bearing on the oues-
tion. The board adjourned subject to the call
of the president, which will be made as soon
as the reports come in from the various states.
The following is telegram of Gov
Ames, Of Miss, to the president in relation to
the yiclsburg trouble:
Jackson, Mss, July 29.-PresideEt L. S.
Grant, Washington regret to inform vou
that I find upon returning here that an alarm
ing condition OF affairs exist at VIcksburg.
Infantry and cavalry organizations exist, and
it is reported that a number of pieces Of ar
tillery have been sent to that city, and these
bodies are armed and organized in violation
of law by those supposed to be the guardians
OF peace. '2his is political controversy. On
the one side the democrats, represented by
the whites, claim that they fear frauds on the
part of their opponents. The republicans,
consisting msinly OF blacks claim they fear
frauds and also violence on the part OF ths