The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
NEWS SUMMARY,
SOUTH.


The severe weather north is sending
swarms of people to Florida.
A MOfett bell-punch bill is before the
Louisiana legislature for adoption.
The greenbackers of Tennessee hold q
state convention in Nashville February 8.
Mississippi legislators are required to
furnish their own newspapers and stationery
Every member (12O) in the lower house
OF the Mississippi legislature voted in favor
Oh congress remonetizing silver.
Atlanta has in circulation over FIVE
thousand Mexican dollars, and one-third of
them are thought to be counterfeit.
The criminal court at Nashville sent a
pistoltoter to the workhouse for one hun
dred days.
1t is feared that the extremely cold
weather injured the orange crop. Heavy
frost is reported.
The first greenback printed is kept
under glass case at Nashville, Tenn. It is
dated March 10. 1868.
A sale of good farming land was made
IN Stafford county, Va, a few days ago at
less than one dollar an acre.
The Star says $145, 900 has been taken
in few months from White Hall gold mines,
in Spottsylvania county, Va.
The southern papers say the negroes
IN the south are dying almost at the rate of
tour to one as compared to the whites.
A memorial church, in memory of the
late Bishop Marvin, is to be built at Shang-
nal, China, by the southern Methodists
a Florida paper remarks, with an air
OF astonlshment, that frost was visible in
every part of the state during the week.
The mayor of Nashville has ordered
the police 20 break up all brace" and
bunko games of the gamblers in that city.
The legislature of Mississippi is asked
to abolish the corporation of Vicksburg, to
relieve that town of a big debt.
A negro, the only one that has ever
applied, was admitted to the bar at Mont
gomery, Alabama, few days ago.
Savannah News Who wouldn't have
home in Georgia? A two-hundred-acre
farm was sold by the sheriff, in Early county,
for sixty dollars.
Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, attrib.
1tes the destruction of the pure agricultural
talr system to horse racing, three-card monte
and prize candy.
Charlotte IN. CO. Observer: A few
shad from Savannah have appeared in oul
market within the last few days. They are
nice, but cost two dollars pair.
The suit of Caroline George for dover
IN the estate of w. 0. George, who, she al.
leges, married her while she was his slave, is
! set Tor trial in Richmond on the 28th. II
has already resulted in two hung juries.
At Hope, In Lavaca county, Texas. on
Saturdy night, James SumerIin and E. Leslie
| 4narreled over a game of cards. Leslie
| stabbed Sumerlin and Sumerlin shot Leslie
Both died from their wounds on Friday
morning.
Louisiana and Mississippi papers are
urging the abolition of the obnoxious and
expensive registration system, and the i'm
| position In its stead of poll tax and a re
celpt Tor It's payment as a certificate of the
right to vote,
Our southern exchanges are all tellins
| about the big hogs slaughtered in their re
| sPectlve localities, and while they are no
all as big as they might be, it shows that the
south is becoming more and more inclined
| tb "saVe her own bacon"
Nashville American: Controller Gaine
| has gone to New York with view to th,
settlement of the debt of the Mississippi anC
Tennessee railroad to the state, amountin,
to a little over $500, 900. This is the only
railroad that is now in debt to the state
Mr.. NJ. Fl. Arnold, of Oglethorp,
county, Ca, has lost all his fattened hog
this winter by the cholera, and, for the frs
time in his experience as d farmer, has t,
buy meat. The swine around Lexington, II
that county, are also dying from this disease
Harley, who fell in the Fishburne
Harley duel, near Savannah, wrote in hi
memorandum book Just before the fata
shot: "My Darling Wife-I am about t.
meet Fishburne. 1 will not widow Claudia
for do not intend to shoot at him. w. S. H.