The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

The steamer .. W. Pierce, en- route from
Shawnee village to Memphis, on.the 18th, in
making the crossing at FogeIman's, struck
the wreck OF the Alinneolas which penetrated.
her hull forward and raked her to her boil
ers, turning over the same, the hull hanging
on the obstruction. She viii prove a total
loss, with the exception OF part Of her ma
chinery,
.-Tho1bofler of an. engine attached to
material train, on the Greenville and Column
bia Railroad, exploded near Bolton, on the
18th; and instantly killed the engineer, fire.
man and another man. - .T.Erysf
Miss Annie HOff, who shot Chas. Schurer
at Newport, KY, on the 14th because he
would not marry her, has been discharged
| from custody, after a brief examination, in
accordance with the popular verdict that she
| served him right. -'s,.... ~ -F
| The receipts Of cotton at Memphis on
| the I7thswere 1927 bales, the largest number.
ever received there in a single day. ss. s.
! Samuel Afmes of Chillicothe, Mo-, manager
OF the Globe Comedy Company, was thrown
| from his carriage at MilledgeYille, Ca, on the
/ 18th, and instantly killed.
/ The charter of the Texas Trunk Railroad
| Company has been filed in the County Clerks
! office at Dallas. The following are the Off
| GERS of the company: Josiah B. Graves
| President; W. L. Cabell, Vice President;
Mafcom Henderson, Treasurer; D. A. Rob-
inson, Secretary. The proposed road COM
4 mences at Dallas and runs thence south
wardIy o.the gulf COAST at or near, Saline
Pass, with branch road from some point on
/ the main line in the county Of Angelina or
! Tyler to run through the counties of Jasper
and Newton to the boundary line between
4 Texas and Louisiana, in all distance of
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and North Texas another outlet to the sea
and another connection to New Orleans, and
i open up the unrivaled timber country OF
Southeast Texas. Engineers will commence
surveying the route in a short time.
| Says the Atlanta Constitution t: The
profits of the current crop Of cotton should
be put into spindles in the country, and into
both spindfes and looms in the. Southern
cities. The indications now are that the net
lprofit of the crop'will be fifty million dollars.
If half this amount could-be put into faetO-
Eiries- mostly of the Westminster FpatterIH
1--we would soon be able to. strfkeLof fbe COM
4 IRerciaI shackles with Which we are bound.
We are now bOnd-servants. OF the capitalists
of the North, and yarn mills are our surest
land best hope. -akS's > AkttstEF
The four-story furniture warehouse of
b. r. Davis 81 Bro, and three other large
Strand, Galveston, Texas, burned on the
night Of the 18th. DssVfs, Andrews & Bro,
and c. S. Mitchell76s Co.., are the principal
losers. Estimated loss, S150, 900; insurance,
about 100000. v-szr .5-3a -
The heaYiest fail Of snow that has been
known wears occurred throughout East
ern Georgia on the 10Th
-Dean3s store, IN Blrdesqn County,T Tex
as, YVES AIKEN possession of on the 21st by
three robbers aud about $4,000 in cash OBJ
famed from the proprietor. While the rob
bers were 40 work. two young men named
Sauls came along, and finding the store
locked they knocked to obtain admission.
When the,door was opened they unexpect-
edly found Themselves confronted with a
small arsenal of guns and pistols backed up
by the three robbers, who ordered them to
hand overall the property in their possess
sion. They had no valuables, however, ex-
cepting an old silver watch, and this they
were permitted to retain. This. same gang
of robbers has been operating for some time
in and about Burleson County.
The Dallas .(Texas) Herald says that
farInerssabout there receive on an average
$40 more per bale for their cotton this year
than they did last, and say that the cost OF
production has been no greater.
"A stock company has been organized al
Fort Worth, Texas, with a cash capital OF
$4,000, TO put up a cotton factory for spin
ming the yarn from the seed cotton. az
; The Falls City Steam Bakery, on Guth-
RE Street, Louisville, KY, together with
several adjoining buildings, was burned OF
the DIST. Total loss about $53,200; insur-
ance, $4,000.
At Atlanta, Ca, 1.-The 21st, Sallie Fem
handsome girl Of Is, killed herself with
morphine, on account of having been ruined
by Louis SchOenick, to whom she was en-
gagged to be married, but who afterward de-
serted her. She left a note denouncing hel
betrayerS at the close of which she added
FtDeath is so much sweeter Than life thatE
must de- ShOenick was arrested.
j. Gordon Baugh, colored, an employed
in the. Richmond CYa.) Post Office, is under
arrest upon charge Of pilfering from the
mails. Baugh is intelligent and we'll edu.
Gated, and lived in handsome style, although
his salary was only $500 a year. A large
number of missing letters have been re
!. ported during the. past year. most of then
containing money.
: e. NJ. Hicks was shot and instantly kill
ed by John D. Merritt, at Weldon, n. c., OF
Z tlie23d, in a quarrel growing out of a dis
puted lien of land. is3#tss ID
-ASeveraf cOlOred -inen. were Ilabbed a
Nashville, Tenn, the other night, while il
, the act of robbing a grave in, the coloret
cemetery. 1t is said they were in the EN-
ploy of a man engaged to furnish subject
fOI-the medical colleges --,--,
"A man named NJ. G. Hull, a carpente
by trade, committed most terrible outrag
upon a bright little girl only years of age
: at Atlanta, Ga. His defense is that he wa
! toxicated, but that will hardly get him off
as the crime naturally created great indig
= nation in the community.
Col. Norton, U. S. Marshal for the North
ern District of Texas, recently arrested al
the county officers of Wheeler County, Tex
as, together with a number of other parties
: principally ranchmen, upon charges of VIC
l lating the Revenue laws by the illegal sale o
$ tobacco. '-. |f-
"A German colony has settled in Escam
, bia County, Fla, near the, Pensacola Rail
) road, to engage in sheep raising.
5 Increased attention is being given to fist
: culture in Virginia. There are now tire
5 Matching houses in the State. .7 -
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