The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-09-25
SOUTHERN GLFANINGS.

"A strange and fatal disease of the maIa-
rial fever type is creating eonsternation /
among the people in three or four counties I
in the western part of Georgia. Out of 90 /
persons attacked within the past three weeks /
only three have recovered. The disease has I
some of the characteristics of typhoid fever,
but is more rapid and fatal. The tongue
swells until the mouth can not be closed; the |
victim chOkes and the blood breaks from the !
ears, eyes, and nostrils. The body is covered
with large black spots as death approaches. ]
The disease is spreading without appearing
to be contagious, and there seems TO be no
way to check it. No local cause can be as
signed for If. The people are panic-stricken.
Physicians from Atlanta have gone to in
vestigate the matter.
John Cline, farmer, living seven miles
from Kentucky Town, Grayson County,
/ Texas, was aroused by his wife in the night
/ and told that thieves We're depredating on
/ his vineyard. Cline and two hired men
rushed out with guns and in the darkness be-
came separated. They met under an arbor
and the hired men, installing Cline for the
thief, fired and instantly killed him. His
breast was pierced with load of buckshot.
James johnson, a we'll known negro of
Lexington, Va, made bet at the breakfast
table that he could eat more fruit than any
one present. Silas Jones and Peter Lindsay
took up the bet, and all three set to work
eating peaches, apples, watermelOns and
grapes. Johnson won his bet, having eaten
a whole watermelon and half, one dozen
peaches, u punches of grapes and four large
apples. He was taken sick an hour later, and
died the same evening. ti
In quarrel in Herndon County, Ga, on
the 10th, between James Coyle and his father,
the former killed the latter. The difficulty
arose from dispute over chew Of tobacco,
in which old Coyle applied some epithets to
young COyle's wife, who had intcrfeTed. As
the old man advanced upon the young one
with stick, the son fired upon him with a
shotgun and killed him instantly. Coyle
and his wife were arrested and refused ball.
Two children of 4 farmer named Home,
/ residing few miles-from Dallas, Texas, set
> fire to barn while playing therein, on the
10th. The barn with its contents was burn
ed to the ground, and the children, for some
reason not being able to get out, were burn
ed to death.
"A strange and terribly fatal disease is
said to be prevailing in Polk, Paulding and
: HARRISON Counties, Ga. Its most peculiar
characteristic is that it attacks young men
. alone. But one old man has yet died, while
! over 80 young men i'll the full flush of man
. hood and strength have fallen victims. 1t
q
yer, but has several symptoms different
= from those of regular typhoid fever.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution
writes: 81 know one prominent physician
who had % cases and not one recovered,
though all received the most careful treat
I ment. The people here are justly terrified al
the ravages of this fearful malady. God
knows what it is, but tits causing sorrow il
many a household, and spreading feaI
\ throughout the neighborhOod from which
r write. Physicians hope that the approaching
o cool weather will check it, -....
+ james Bradwell, white, and Tom Rash
n bow, colored, who We're to have been hanged
at Statesville, n. c., on the 18th for burglary,
had their sentences committed by the Gov
f ernor to imprisonment for life. This case
f attracted great deal Of attention on account
Of the prominent position of Bradwell, one
f of the parties. The friends of Davis, who,
y with two companions in crime, were hanged
in HillsbOro in June for burglary, are loud
p in denOuncing the Governors seeming par
TALLY i'll this case.
Five men, named Hill, Weldon, Beal,
Armstrong and ROak, residents of Tarrant
! County, Texas, have been arrested and taken
to Dallas, charged with violating the Civil
rights bill by whipping and intimidating a
white man living in their neighborhood NAM
, The arrest was made by a United States
Marshal.
A beautiful young woman, name not
4 given, but said to belong to one of the first
: families in the State, died in the house of a
negro woman in Stanton, Va, on the 18TH
,, after giving birth to a child, which also died
;. During her sickness she made no disclosure
. but once, in scmi-conscious state, she called
: Father" She had with her a spIendidly
! bound copy of the New Testament.
: Near Lebanon, Russell County, Va, on
: the 18th, a most horrible murder was COM
mitted by woman, the victim likewise be-
ing woman. The name of the murderess
: is Barty. She killed Mrs. Harmon by beat
ing her to death. They were both women
, of dissOlute habits, and their quarrel
: was about a man still more worth
less, who was married to Mrs. Barty, but
. provoked her jealousy by conserving with
Mrs. Harmon. Mrs. Barry was arrested and
I taken to Lebanon, but through the negli-
. gence or otherwise of the officer in charge
she escaped aud had not been heard of at last
= accounts.
. The first train on the Waxahatchie
a (Texas) Tap Railroad ran into that town on
: the 18th, and the occasion was celebrated by
= grand barbecue and other festivities.
q Robert Atwood, perhaps the most noted
prisoner in the Kentucky PenitentiaTy, has
, been pardOned out by Gov. Blackburn, after
serving sentences of six years, three months
and six years. Atwood was convicted OF
forgery, large amounts being obtained by
= him on bogus paper he had presented to
: | Louisville banks. Je came of good fam
= lily, and, while public sentiment was for a
; time against him strongly, it has lately been
in his favor,1
Peter Leach, who was confined in the
Jail at Lumherton, n. c., for killing Sam
Townsend, was fatally poisoned the other
8 day by some cake given him by his wife.
: Leach killed Townsend because he believed
= him to be unduly intimate with his wife.
Mrs. Leach is said to be very handsome
woman, and only q years of a &c.
"A boiler in c. Powers's slaughter house
; at Nashville, Tenn, exploded on the 18th,
I tearing Frank Duffy to pieces, killing him
instantly, and fatally wOunding Felix Cheat
/, ham, colored.
/ The Music of the Spheres.