The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

way home from church. His aSsailant is
supposed to be Jack Mills, another negro,
who was jealous of Peterson's attentions to
his wife. Mills denies the shooting.
Robert Hollis has been sentenced by the
District Court at Stephensyille, Texas, to 40
years in the Penitentiary, for the murder Of
George Montgomery in Erath County in
March, 1878.
At Gainesville, Texas, few days since,
two well known business men, Ed. Bomar
and W. E. Fletcher, had an alteration with
shot-guns, in which Fletcher was shot dead.
1t was an old feud, broken out afresh.
Fletcher leaves a wife and four children.
Patrick Bannon, a well known citizen
Of Wiiiamstown, KY, on the 18th was
knocked down and robbed of over $4,000,
the proceeds of a sale of wheat. The rob-
berry was effected by a stranger who had
oYertaken him on his way home.
During the late storm in Southeastern
Texas and along the coast, the steamer
Vicksburg and schooners Try Again and Ar
temisia were totally wrecked, and the
steamer Laura driven ashore.
The Memphis appeal of the 9th pub
fishes this account of a recent affair at Aus
tin, Tuniea County, Miss: Last Sunday,
while the citizens of Austin were at church,
a crowd of nine masked men rode into
town and quietly proceeded to the Jail,
where ID. d. COwan was confined, charged
with numbering man by the name Of Pike
some months ago. The party was armed with
shOt-guns and navy revOlvers. Six
were stationed outside, and three,
with sledge-hammers and crowbars,
soon beat down the front door
and went upstairs to the cell in which
Cowan was confined, forced the bars, and
set him at liberty, mounting Cowan on an
extra horse brought for the purpose. The
whole party started to leave the town, but,
their proceedings having been discovered,
the citizens hastily armed themselves and at
tempted to recapture the prisoner. A num-
! Der of shots were exchanged, one of the
masked men, named Collins, who lived near
/ Senatobia, being killed. The marauders
| then fled, closely pursued, and after chase
4 of 10 miles they abandoned their horses and
! took to the cane, thus Guiding capture.
"A curious story comes from Ebert
| County, Ga. \ few nights ago Mrs. PulIian,
a wealthy and very attractive widow, was
| spirited away by a party Of men claiming to
/ be revenue officers. She was taken from her
bed in the dark, her daughter, who shared
her couch, being untouched. The most
thorough search has failed to show any trace
of her. Mrs. Pullian was lady of ire
| proachable character, and the whole affair is
yelled in impenetrable mystery.
1t is rumored that the Illinois Central
Railroad will Immediately proceed with the
building Of the New Orleans Pacific Railway.
The project of the Illinois Central Railroad
embraces the connecting OF Baton Rouge
with P0ntchatOula, on the line OF the Jack
son Road.
Owing, rs is believed, to the Eads jetties,
] customs 1t Orleans
showing a decided increase.
"A. f. Matthews of Lewisburg, w. Va,
has bought the White Sulphur Springs CIV.
Va.) health resort, for s 500, 900.
An Atlanta dispatch of the 29th gives
the particulars of n thrilling incident. At a
picnic held at Stone Mountain, Emma Jones
a little girl, lost her footing and fell over the
edge of the mountain precipice, which has a
nearly perpendicular height of 1 600 feet.
The little thing caught on an edge of rock,
and by sticking her fingers in the crevices
managed to hold on until the alarm was car
ried to the town, three miles off. At once
/ stores were closed, houses locked, and the
whole population with feYerish haste hurried
to the mountain. The child was 80 feet be-
low the brink, having slipped, or rather
| fallen outright. She was considerably
bruised. At length Jerry Goldsmith was let
ed the child Just as she was exhausted, and
was drawn to the top amid the most intense
| excitement. The mother awaited the child
at the brink. A man and dog have for
merly fallen over this precipice and were
dashed to pieces.
George Saunders, aged 81, a member OF
the notorious Crab Orchard gang of despeF-
ADDE'S, was shot and instantly killed on the
30th ult. at Stanford, Ky, by W. S. DIey-
ers, a stOrekeeper. The evidence shows
that the shooting was done in self-defense
Young Saunders had just been liberated
from jail, and he stood charged with at least
a dozen crimes, principally burglary and
larceny. He had long been terror to the
community in which he lived. His brother
Walter was shot and killed by the City Mar
shall of Richmond, Ky, about two years ago.
John 2. Gracy, Depot Agent of the p.
and Z. Railroad at Princeton, Ky, prom
inent citizen and leading member of the
Christian Church, shot himself through tho
heart on the 31st. He leaves wife and one
child. Cause unknown. His life was In
sured for about S &c, 900.
Louis II. Dallis, aged 80, a son of Cap.
tain J. H. Dallis, deceased, committed sui,
eide at the Gait House in Louisville, on thu
31st. He stabbed himself in the neck Will
pocket-knife. Cause not stated.
"A widOw lady living alone in the vicini,
ty of Cedar Springs, Green County, Ky.
was a few nights ago most shockingly NAL
treated by two scOundrelIy white
men, who left her tied hanC
and foot, in which predament she
was discovered on the following day by two
young girls who happened to call at hel
house. The citizens made every effort t
capture the villains, but up to last report.
had not succeeded in doing so.
A negro entered the residence of a re-
spectacle widow living in the vicinity O.
Pine Bluff, Ark, on the 2Sth, and finding
her alone, choked her until she became in.
sensible,t the blood gushing from her eyes anC
mouth Having cOnSummated his atrociOu!
villainy, he made his escape, but the neigh.
bOrhood was soon aroused and in pursuit
and his capture and summary punishment
was almost certain to follow.
AMONG the indiscriminate arrests made
in the beginning of April in ST. Peters
burg, was that of a clerk in a Govern
ment department. This young mar
was perfectly innocent of any completely
in the conspiracy, or even of acquaint
ance with any of the real conspiratOrs
but he had unluckily given his photo,
graph to a friend who happened also tC
be a friend of Solovieff's brother. I'm
mediately after SOlOvieff's crime all his
relations and their friends and acquaint-
apcaS 1S-ara a1.raStad Tho circIa ,,-ae