The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-21
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS,

~ 1he merchants of Corpus Christi,
iexas, have forwarded to their representa-
wv! i've IN congress protest against the free
Importation of foreign wools
The Mobile board of trade is consider
ing the subject of a steamship line from
Mobile to Aspinwall, the mouth of Mao4aS
lena river, Barbsdoess Bemafata and Tfini-
dad.
Memphis Appeal: Work on the Gus
tom house will not be recommended until
congress determines whether or not the
building is to be finished with Tennessee
marble or other stone.
Travel in Florida Is reported steadily
on the increase. The rush is not SO great as
in years past, but the visitors all seein dis.
posed to remain lenger; aid to be well salts.
fed with tseiT experiences,
Sumter Ella Advance: Never before
IN the memory of the oldest inhaBitant has
there been so much rain during the winter
as in the past one, The prairies and fat
woods are oVerhOwed, and cattle are suffer-
i.g terribly, being driven from the grazing
grounds. We learn many are dying of star
vatiOn.
The grand jury of Brazos county,
Iexas, In It's report says: While it may be
out of place for our body to suggest any
change in the criminal laws of this state. we
would state for the smaller Offenses that
whippiDg-post be established in each county,
giving to each criminal a quick and certain
punishment for his Ofense."
Rockdale (Texas) Messenger: Rock
dale, on Monday, witnessed a strange phen>
omenOn. 1t was a shower of leaves. As far
as the eye could reach the heavens above
were filed with them, reminding one of the
days of the grasshOppers. There was no
commOtiOn of the atmosphere to be observed
in any direction on the horizon. The sup
position is that they were lifted up by an
immense whirlwind and carried great dis
tance. They were falling all day long
Galveston News Another consign-
Hent OF bat manure from one of the caves in
LlanO county reached this city this morning
and was shipped per one of the Morgan
steamers. So far there has been received
about forty tons of this manure, which is
pronounced by those who have chemically
examined its properties to be the equal of
the best guano ever imported into this coun-
try. In appearance it looks somewhat like
coffee grounds, lntermingled with steel i'll
lngs and parcbed rich Beans. 1t comes TO
this place In barrels, and is beginning to
form feature in the commerce of the port
A letter from Col. A. Bur1ell, a
prominent lawyer of Vicksburg, is printed
IN the Memphis Appeal, in hich the claims
OF Memphis as the eastern terminus of the
southern railway route to the Pacific are
urged, and the disadvantages of Vicksburg
which he styles the "dOomed city," are clear
ly set forth, Col. Burwell states that he is
actuated to this opinion against mis- own per
sOnal interests by facts too palpable to be
ignored, All his worldly possessions are at
the south end of Vicksburg, but he cannot
help but recognize the superior advantages
Memphis possesses for the eastern terminus
of the great trunk line of the Southern Paci
cifc railway.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: Several large
and important colonies from the northern
| and eastern states have recently fixed them
selves in the northwestern counties of Texas
| They are from Ohio, Pennsylvania New
Jersey and Illinois, and are remarkable as
Intelligent, thrifty people, with abundant
means In hand to make good their foothold
in our young empire. They come banded
together to secure the advantages of schools,
churches, stores, ETC., and indeed possess the
germ of a complete community in and of
themselves. The great advantage is that
| they fling themselves with impunity beyond
the line of our Uttermost settlements, and
wrest new territory from the clutch of nature
and the savage.
| New Orleans Democrat: At the pres
| ent time there are in the port Os New Orleans
| twenty-One steamships, forty ships, forty
! two barks, four brigs and fifteen schooners,
making an aggregate of 122 vessels against
| ninetystwo last year at this date. The Brit,
ish steamer Texas has cleared for Liverpool
| with 26, 1893 bushels OF corn in bulk, and the
steamer Ithuriel, for the same port, with
! $4,000 bushels of wheat in bulk. Thus, it
| will be seen, our export trade in grain goes
| Dravely on. The exports of corn from New
/ Orleans THUS far foot up 1857 1897 bushels,
| while last year at this date they amounted
| to ,0S2, ,635 bushels. The receipts of coffee
! at this port from Rio Janeiro to date have
| been 150,635 bags, while last year for the
| same period they were 104, ,4SS bags, a most
gratifying increase.
| A Texas camel breeder, speaking OF
the rearing of the "ships of the desert, y
says: They are NO more troubleto raise than
horses or cattle. The colts for the first three
| or four days are rather tender and require
close attention, but-after that take their
chances with the herd. They feed on cactus
and brush, eschewing all grasses that cattle
and horses eat If the favOrite cactus can be
had. The females, with proper care, give a
colt every year, and the price at which they
are sold, the ease with which they are raised
! their extreme docility, and the aaaptabiIity
| OF our climate to their nature, would seem
| to indicate that embarrassing is g profitable
| business in Texas. Mr.. Lanfear SAYS there is
| one camel in the herd that has travelled 15C
miles between sun and sun, and that most
any well.biO Oke camel is good for more than
100 miles in a day.
The New Orleans Times commenting
on Gustave Labutst, the wife murderer
His account of the tragedy, however is full
! of a certain picturesqueness. g then told
| her,' he says, your late Is sealed, but vii
give you time to pray and, God bless her
she did pray. After she had prayed l put
my arm around her waist and, taking the
knife from my pocket, 1 stuck it to the hill
in her stomach. 1 thought the first blow
had killed her, but on finding she was no
dead, picked her up, kissed her, and said
God bless you, love you; you are mo-
dead pray again, because l am going Il
finish you.' She placed her arms arounC
my neck and said, Gustave, 1 love you.
Oh, God it was the happiest moment of my
life l saw she was suffering, and, as / coulC
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