The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-24

A eolored bog ffom Ferry, Ga. re
Gently arrested Tor stesling, declared that
ne derived his kleptomaniacai proDensities
from wearing a pair Of old shoes which had
belonged to q convict, and that the said
convict had put "spell on him He ins
formed the SaundeYsviIle Courier that this
plea was considered sound by the Intelligent
court and jury before whom he was tried,
and he was discharged.
Charleston News and Courier: The
southern press has done its part. Now for
judges, 1urles and gOYernorsl The hanging
OF two or three /" gentee1" murderers viii
stop the bloody pistol business. Nothing
else will Every one Of the asssssins relies
on his money or his connections to save him.
Treat the rich and Influential as the poor
and friendless are treated, and they viii
think twice before they shoot once.
Nashville Banner = Mr. Christopher
Brandon of Stewart county, the father of
Col Nathan Brandon. senator from Stewart
and Montgomery, presents q remarkable
case Of vitality. He is lightweight years
old, and IS apparently as active and spTightly
now IS at sny time of his life. He has mar
ried four times aud is the father of twentysr
seven children. They range all the way
from one year old to sixtysthree years.
Savannah News; The number of little
negro children cremated in the interior of
the state through earelessness is really start
ling. On last Monday evening Dick Walker,
coloYed, living on the place of Mr.. c. H,
/ Walker, seven miles from Dabiin. left his
three little children in the house in charge
of their older sister, about twelve years Of
! age. Soon afterward the house took fire,
and the girl raGso out leaving the ehildren Ia
the house, where they were buIned up. Z
Assumption (La) } Pioneer: The crop
prospects throughout the entire length and
breadth of this parish are very fatteriBg.
| On nearly every sugar plantation the cane.
both plant and stubble, is springing up
/ handsomely in response to the caressing
spring weather, and occasional opportune
rainfalls. The season was unusually faYora-
! bic for planting the we'll preserved seeds
cane, and at present writing, for cultivation,
the earth is in splendid condition. Labor
seems to be plentiful.
Houston Telegram Every day mur-
derers are turned loose or condemned to
nominal imprisonment in the already over
/ crowded penitentiaries, and on ali hands are
heard complaints of the expense of main
/ tanning thousands of criminals in prison.
So violently has the fever of economy in
spending money on the punishment of Grim
inals taken hold of our authorities in Texas
that it is considered perfect gOdsend if
prisoners will only take the trouble to escape
and keep out of sight of the law officers.
f Such murders as those of Aston and
of Elliott are not without their good effects.
The grand jury in Atlanta returned seventy
five true bills in jiffy, and demanded of
the county's representatives in both branch~
es Of the general assembly an effort to pass s.
law that shall put an effectual blockade and
stop to the " buying, selling, owning, pos
sessing, loaning, born owing, or bringing into
the state, any pistolOr pistols, or in buying
or selling any pistol cartridges" Among
those Indicted for carrying concealed deadly
weapons are two women.
The act recently passed by the Tens
nessee legislature regulating the sale of pis-
tolls, makes 1t misdemeanor to bring into
the state, either for the purpose of selling,
giving away or otherwise dispOsing of any
belt or pocket pistol except army and navy
pistols. ANY person guilty OF a violation OF
J this law shall pay a fine of not less than
twenty-five nor more than 'sne hundred
dollars, and may be imprisoned at the dis,
cretiOn of the court. Grand jurors are re-
quired to present persons charged with q
violation of this law, aud they May be pre-,
: sented without a prosecutor.
We learn that over 80 600 tons Of
guanO have been regularly inspected and
sold in Georgia during the present season
This amount is absolutely enormous. The
cash value of it is not much less than three
J million five hundred thousand dollars. This
is total that will make the farmers shud,
der. It is estimated that fully two>thirds oi
the amount might have been kept within the
limits of the state if It's natural resource.
had been developed, and that One-hslf of tbs
total amount might have been saved to tbs
I farmers themselves if they had only utilized
: the natural resources of their farms. Tht
inspection fees for this vast quantity of fer
tilizers amount TO over $40, ,0O0-the fee bein;
fifty cents for ton. This viii prove a YER
handsome Fevesue for the state, and vii
much more than support the agriculture
t bureau, under whose auspices it is made.
: The Virginia legislature passed tn,
MOffett register bill (amendstory to tn
i present law. The principal amendment
4 are; First, that the registers are required t.
j. be placed on the counters; one painted il
: red and the other in black tax on the alec
!. hOlic drinks reduced from two and a-hal
; to one and half cents, and malt drink
a half cent a drink. On spirituous Iiquo
sold by the gallon at retail, "a cents for tn
g first gallon, and for slI above that quantit
z 20 cents; the record of sales to be kept in
e book furnished by the auditor, and paid 70
by the dealer. Monthly returns to be vel
9 fed by the dealer upon his oath. The bi
+ came back to the senate Saturday, and tha
4 body eoncurred in the house amendments
The bill goes to the governor. The change
IN the law will reduce the revenue to one
Z half what it was for the past year.