The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Clark, editor Of the Camden Journal. and
Charles Shannon, son Of Col. VIM. Shannon.
one OF the weathiest planters in the State
Shannon challenged Clark on account Of an
article published in the Journal rejecting
upon the conduct of the Board OF County
Commissioners, Of which his father was
Chairman. BY agreement of seconds only
one shot was allowed on each side and
neither OF these taking effect, the principals
withdrew from the field without any loss of
blood.
Some citizens Of Cherokee County, NC,
on the LIST took three Mormon preachers, who
had been engaged in PROSECUTING through
that section, and whipped them severely
Not content with this, several Of the converts
were caught and similar punishment infilct-
ed upon them. The newly made and the
carpet-bag MOrmons were driven out of the
country, and will return at once to Utah.
The abduction Of the pretty widow Pail
liam from her home in Ebert County, Ga,
continues to be the uppermost sensation in
that part Of the State, and at least half a
dozen different theories are put forth to ac-
count for the charming widows mysterious
disappearance. Some of these theories, rs
might be expected, do not picture the widow
as an altogether unwilling fugitive from her
home, but the general belief still prevails
that she was really fOrcibly abducted.
! AT Camdenville, Anderson County, KY,
on the 30th ult., Robert Mosely, Town Mar
shall, shot and killed Bud Oliver, one of his
neighbors. There seems to have been no
reasonable provocation for the deed.
/ james IL. Calling, a prosperous farmer
who lived near Murfreesboro, n. c., broth
| er Of the inventor of the Calling gun, was
! fOully murdered on the night Of the 1st on
! his own premises, by some person unknown.
To be g the belle Of the White Sulphur
! is one of the highest honors to which South
ern ladies aspire, and, with the exception of
! one or two seasons, the bellies of White Sui
| phur have always been denizens of the sun
ny South. This season the lady who is ac-
| knowledgcd 10 have achieved this distinction
! is Mrs Mamie Leary Of Richmond, Va.
AT a camp-mccting being held at Lam
! pasas, Texas, 1000 people being present,
| coal-oi lamp upon tho platform fell, broke,
and set fire to the dresses of two ladies and
child. They were soon in flames, and wild
CONSERVATION ensucd among the crowd. La
/ dies shieked, and men rushed up to put out
the flames. One of the ladies was fatally
! burned, but the others escaped with but tri-
| fling injuries.
| Georgia has grown so much wheat this
summer that the local mills are grinding with
out drawing supplies from the North-the
first time it has happened in the history Of the
! State. Both in Georgia and northwestern
! South Carolina the use of the drill and ma
nure has extended the cultivation of both
wheat and rye and produced excellent crops.
| r. G. Brady, printer, we'll known in
the West, was found dead on the railroad
near Bremond, Texas, on the night of the
I'd. His head was cut open and an AK found
lying close by with hair on it. His death is
a mystery.
DIR. Emmett r. Williamson of Chapel
Hill, Orange County, n. c., is under arrest
upon charge of defaming the characters of
two highly respectable ladies, by postal
cards sent through the mails.
"A delegate convention for the purpose
of discussing the labor question Will meet at
the Courthouse, at Vidalia, Concordia Par
ish, La, on the 20th of September. One
delegate will be sent from every plantation
The steamship ALBANIA, for Havre, has
passed through the jetties drawing % feet 6
inches of water. Her cargo, the largest ever
| carried from New Orleans, consisted Of So
$50 bushels wheat in bulk, rs 1867 bushels Of
corn in bulk, and LOO sacks corn; total 104,-
647 bushels. The steamship Hallamshire,
now loading with grain, will it is said draw
% feet, the largest draught ever carried out
the Mississippi. If she gets out all right it
will effectually determine the success of the
jetties.
Thomas Riley, an old and respected citi-
zen of Mountain Township, Garland County,
Ark, was feeding his stock on the evening of
the 9th, when, without warning, and appar-
emily without proyocation, Graves, his step
son and son-in-law, slipped up behind him
and discharged both barrels of a double-bar-
relied shotgun, no less than sixteen buck
shot taking effect. The old man fell to the
ground, and almost Immediately breathed
his last. The murderer is under arrest.
Elite, the siX-year-od daughter of
Chas. w. Tudor of Cynthiana, Ky, a few
days since was taken very i'll. Her body
began to swell until it was about twice the
natural size, then turned to a deep red
color, and in course of day two became
almost black, and covered with several hive
like sores. DIR. Henry Mcdowell, attending
physician, gives it as his opinion that she
was stung by large spider, and that
the poison has penetrated her whole sys-
TEN.
Mrs. Minnie Farley, wife of Harry Far
ley, and daughter of 4. J. Lewis of Hot
Springs, Ark, committed suicide on the 9Th
by shooting herself with pistol. She had
been married only three years, and it is be-
lieved domestic troubles were the cause of
|
Miss Emma LOllard, beautiful young
girl of Waco, Texas, died recently from the
effects of a dose OF strychnine taken by mis-
take for quinine. Here last words (referring
to her deceased father) were: "Oh brother,
1 can see father l am going"
There are 500 Confederate soldiers buri-
ed in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. A
monument will be erected to their memory
The Hotard plantation, on Bayou Crosse
Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, was re-
Gently sold at Sherif's sale for 500. The
plantation contained 700 acres of the finest
| land i'm the State.
Lee Hing, a Chinese laundry man, was
married in Houston recently to negro wo-
man named Annie Savelita.
Dixon : large stables at Calvert, Texas
were burned on the 4th, and u horses per-
she'd in the fumes.