The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

THERE has been grown at Pulaski
County, Ky, a ripe watermelon three
inches long, an inch and a half in diam
eter and containing five seeds.
A CARD-sHARPER in the wake of a
circus swindled Mr.. Baylis out of SO, at
Plain City, Ohio. Mr.. Baylis drew
corn-knife from under his blouse and in
stantly killed the gambler.
RAILWAY accidents, strictly so called,
do not appear to have caused the death
of a single passenger on the lines of the
United Kingdom during the six months
ending with June last.
FORNEY's Progress says there are
women who make a business of going
from watering-place to watering-place,a lat
the close of the season, and buying at
less than half-cost the cast off clothing
of the bellies of society. This they take
to the great cities and easily sell at
good profit.
A GERMAN medical writer, in a work
published in 1877, says there are but
two authentic cases known OF five chill
dren being born at one birth. A third
case is now reported from Ketting on
the Rhine. The children were well
formed, though very small; but they
lived only one hour.
A wELL-DREssED woman drew a
crowd together in Cincinnati street by
striking II man across the face several
times with a whip, and then finishing
the punishment with her fists. She
coolly explained that he was her runa-
way husband, whom she had laboriously
traced for the sole purpose of whipping
him.
A GERMAN family named Herbold,
and living in Louisville, have Just been
informed that by the death of an uncle
in Austria they are sole heirs to s., 000,-
600. There are seven HerbOlds, six
brothers and one sister, one of the
former being a barber, and the five
others bakers. One of them, a few
months ago, attempted suicide on ac-
count of poverty.
THE California Theater has a live
English aristocrat as its leading actress,
Adelaide Stanhope, only daughter OF
the late Rev. Henry Stanhope, and
granddaughter of the Earl of Harring-
ton, her father being the third son OF
that nobleman. She is, therefore, the
first cousin to the present Earl. One Of
her aunts was married to the Duke o.
Bedford, and another was married tc
the Duke of Leinster.
GEORGE IBER, a brakeman on the
Collinsville branch of the Canal Rail
road, in Connecticut, is regarded as tho
strongest man in that State. He car
lift a heavy freighting truck simply by
taking hold of the handles, and is said
TO have lifted twelve hundred pounds
Since he has been on the road he has
broken three brake-chains, and when hI
puts on a brake two men can with diff
Guilty loosen it.
SEEING n servant rushing out of ;
London house for medical aid, a rasca
said: 81 am a DOCTOR" and obtained
access to the room of sick child. II,
feigned to minister to him for hours
read prayers by his bedside, and then
descending into the dining room anC
taking advantage of the carelessnes.
wrought by the approach of death, tool
good meal, and decamped with all the
portable property he could lay his hand,
on
AT large public funeral of promi
nent citizen of Delhi, n. Y, the Other
Sunday, the mourners were dressed il
white, instead of the customary black
This was done in approval of the wishes
of the deceased, who, while living
strongly opposed the inevitable heavy
and expensive mourning" and re
quested them to dress in simple white a
his funeral, especially if they believed
him to have entered a happier world.
THE wife of banished French Com
munist was overioyed at the news of hi
pardon, and went to the railroad sta
ton, with her children, at the prope
time, to welcome him. But he had beer
very i'll for years, and was so much al
tered in appearance that she did no
recognize him. She went home in
Respondent mood, while he hunted i
vain for her in the crowd. At last h
found her residence; but she had com
mitted suicide, after writing n despair
ing letter.
AN instance of heredity in crime
furnished by Elias Phillips of Freetown
Mass, who recently appeared as a wit
ness in burglary trial, having turne
States evidence. He is a great-grand
son of Malbone Briggs, a notoriOu
criminal, who was in State prison wit
seven of his sons at one time. Briggs
ancestry is traced back to a noted pirat
in the time of Earl BellamOnt, and hi
branch of the family has for over a Ger
fury furnished noted criminals in ever
generation.
FRoLOFF, the eXecutioner, does tn
business of hanging for the whole Ru,
sian Empire. His residence is in tn
central State-prison at Moscow, an
he is ordered TO go wherever his service
are required. All the executions i
Russia this year were the work of hi
hands. In st. Petersburg he has hange
Dubrovine and Solovieff IN Kieff Brand
ner, Ossinski, Antonoff unknown
Bilcnansky, Gorsly, and Fedoroff Our
known) in Odessa, Lukianoff, Chubal
off, Lizogub, and Davidenko; in Nike
laieff, Vittenberg and Logovenko. Thi
makes fourteen victims in eight month:
and who knows how many there will b
in the remaining months of this year?