The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-05-30
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.


belooking up. rses-rm
\ The frost has been Furnishing yegeta-
ton in Virginia.
There were only forty deaths in Char
lotte, n. c during the year ending May /.
A Bepedictine monastery will soon be
dedicated on Skidawsy island, near Savan-
nah, Georgia. ~
The cool weather has seriously dam
aged the sea island cotton plants on the
South Carolina coast.
Governor Hampton says that no more
bachelors should be sent to the general as
sembly OF South Carolina.
The execution of Brown Bowen, in
Texas. the 18th inst, was the first legal hang
ing that has taken place in the state for over
year.
One hundred and sixfy<hine newspa-
pers and periodicals are now published in
Texas, and yet there is not paper mill in
the State.
Peter Cooper proposes that his school
at Limestone Strings, South Carolina, shall
be made self-sustaining through the revenue
to be derived from lime kilns.
The San Antonio Herald plaintively
remarks: In their summer and fall cam
palgns all circus companies ignore Texas
It is utterly impossible for them TO make the
taxation and clear expenses. Our tax Law
upon them amounts to prohibition.
The mining and manufacturing of the
phosphate rock in South Carolina have be-
come one OF its leading and most important
interests. From small beginnings the ship
ment and manufacture of phosphate rock
have risen in nine years to the large amount
of 199, ,0S6 tons IN 1s77.78, OF which lis, 65
tons were shipped TO foreign ports, 64,4S6
tons cOastWise, and 16 .635 tons consumed by
our manufacturers.
Lexington (Va.) Gazatte: On Friday
last the grave of General StoDewall jackson
was handsomely decorated. The sods and
evergreens were neatly trimmed, and bou-
quets and wreaths OF beautiful flowers and
lmmortelles were placed upon the mound.
The grave is under the special charge Of Mrs.
DR.. Waddell, who each year, with the assist.
anee of others, pays this tribute of love and
admiration to the fallen hero of the Confed~
eracy.
Galveston German Post 1t is known
to our readers that the last resting place of
General Sam. Houston is in Huntsville. The
! grave Is marked by marble monument, with
the following inscrip iption:s 8 General Sam.
| ii ,usson. born March 2, 1898, died July %,
! 1868 The grave IS inclOsed by a light picket
! fence, which is fast faliingtO decay. visitor
! has truthiulIy written, on beholdIng the con
/ diCon of the grave, cit is a shame for the
! state of Tea as"
Beaufort, S. c., correspondence Savan-
| nah News: Before the war Beaufort was the
| summer residence of the planters of the
! adjoining s'a islands. At The fall of Port
I RDyai in 1861, the TOW N was abandoned by Its
! Inhabitants to the mercy of the invading Zoe
1 Shortly after this the United States govern
! ment levied direct tax set" upon all the
! states, and the property of the inhabitants
was sold under its operations, which was, il
| fact, nothing more than Il virtual contisca
ton. The whole town of Beaufort and parish
OF ST. Helena were put up snd sold at public
outcty, white the rightfui owners of the land
and houses were away serving Ia the oonfed
crate army. OF course they could not bt
present at the sale, and thus their loved
| hOmesteads and broad acres passed INTO tht
msrcileSs hands of those who bought then
! for a mere song. 4 large number of tht
! handsOmest and most imposing family man
siOns in Beaufort are still held by the fedora
authorities, while their rightful owners ar,
homeless exiles.