The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE SOUTH.

There are seven competing models
fer the Richmond Lee statue.
Three cargoes of wheat have been
shipped to England from Charleston, s G.,
this season, being the first in the history OF
The mayor of Fernandina, telegraphs
that he needs $1,000 to keep the well from
saries.
Nashville requires drummers to pay a
license of $50. Five were arrested the
otheF day, Out released on the ground of the
Ignorance of the law
An order has been issued to the prison
emclals OF North Carolina to desist from
using the rod on cOnvic.s under any circum-
stances. Unconstitutional
sarah johnson; a young girl sentenced
to be hung at Statesyilie, y. C., for killing
her babe, has had her sentence conmuted to
ten years in the penitentary.
Alex. w. Pryor, who killed a negro at
Columbus, Ga, three or four years ago, and
was sent TO the penitentiaTy for ten years.
mas been pardoned by Gov. COlquitt
Florida oranges this season are re-
markabIy thin-skinned and unusually sweet
Ii Is said that the fruit from the same trees
last year were thick-skinned and more acid.
ana tnat drOuth produces the latter and much
rain the former condition.
In September one hundred aud twenty
one emigrants settled in Tennessee under the
auspices of the immigration bureau.
large colony of Quakers from PENNSYLVANIA
ls setting 10 BlOunt county. The Coffee
county IandhOlders are donating fifty acres TO
actual settlers
The San Antonio Herald of the 10th
has private advices to the effect that the
predatory bands of Indians on the Stsked
plains, as well as the dissatisfied Indians on
the reservations, are preparing to go to Mex
lco en- H1dSse to IOin the greasers preparatory
to brush with our army
Inc following IS communicated to the
san Antonio Tex Herald from Trinidad
Col: The weIl-knOwn Joe Griner, of Texas
was shot three times in this place bv the
sheriff and his posse in trying to arrest him.
Grlner drew his two pistols, and killed the
sheriff and wounded two of his men, and
made his escape. by the aid of his COW boys.
New Orleans Democrat: People will
begin to think that we of Louisiana are get
ting Puritanical if this sort of thing goes on
much longer. Parish after parish IS falling
in line under the prohibition banner, aud now
the largest parish in the state comes out with
Sunday law fully equal to the blue laws
OF Connecticut,
Vicksburg Herald: The present season
has been very bad one on cotton planters.
In the hill lands, by this date. the larger
potion of the cotton should have been picked,
but instead OF this being the case, only a
very small portion has been housed, and yet
the bad weather continues.
st. Augustine (Fla.) Press: About
hfty Indians from the fort took ramble on
the north beach on Thursday, aud picked up
several hundred sea.beans. The beans have
been washed ashore by the strong east and
southeast winds of late. They grow on the
West India islands, and at this season of the
year ripen and fall into the sea.
Wilmington IN. O. Star: The
heaviest hail storm ever witnessed in Halifax
county passed over a portion of that county
last Sunday. Some cotton fields were liter
ally stripped OF bOlls, leaves and limbs, and
the cotton beat into the ground so as not to
be worth gathering up. Piles Of the hail
were IN fence corners two days after it iell.
Galveston (Tex:) News: The grand
Jury Of GraysOn county in their report mem
tiOn one hundred and twenty-One indict-
mentS, of which two are for murder, i've for
aggravated assault, nineteen for carving
deadly weapons, fOrty-three for gaming and
ierty,Six Tor theft These, say the jury,
with the long list of other Offenses, show
great lack of respect by some of our citizens
for the laws of the land
The time for hhng applications before
the Hot Springs commissioners has expired
Nine hundred and fifty claims have been
| filed. One hundred and sixty-twO OF these
have been examined, and ten dismissed.
The commissioners are now engaged in tax
ing testimony. All claims not now fled are
barred. The claims have all been surveyed.
The survey o. topography is twothirds
done. The plan of the future city is vet to be
adopted and the claims fer new lots
awarded.
A Fernandina, Fla, correspondent
gives distressing account of the sufferings
of eight hundred helpless families in that
locality from the yellow fever plague, now
devastating the country. The temperature
has been up to 1859 for many days, and the
| fitted to withstand the ravages of the dis
ease. The poverty Of the afflicted region has
entailed additional troubles, but has heen
greatly relieved by the generous contribuo
| tiOns of $17, ,S02.4S from sympathizing north
ern and other cities. Over $4,000 Of this
| amount have already been expended.