The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-09
GENERAL BREYITIEs.

infant along.
w. w. STEWART, who has neither
arms nor legs, has married the daughter
of the manager of the Boston side show,
in which he IS on exhibition.
GEORGE LECLERCQ of Cooper City,
Pa, stuck giant powder cartridge into
his mouth, lit the fuse, and the explO-
sion literally blew his head off.
THERE are SIX counts against the de-
faulting Treasurer of the Massachusetts
Home Missionary Society. In each case
he had counted the money of the society
as his own.
AT the 21st birthday of a Stratford
Comm lady recently her health was
drank from a bottle of champagne 81
years old, which was presented to her
father by friend at the time of her
birth.
THERE is in Sandersville, Ca, blind
negro man who is a professional we'll
digger. He not only digs and cleans out
wells, but can rive boards and shingles,
and nail them on a house in as straight
line as though he had perfect sight.
JOHN CHINAMAN looks upon the whole
world of trade as his oyster, and eX-
poets to open it. The following appears
upon Denver sign-board: Wa Kee,
Headache Medicine and Black Tea, Silk
Handkerchiefs, Washing and Ironing,
Sewing on Buttons and Mending."
Two-THIRDs of Cyprus is at present
I" a parched Undiscovered Wilderness
but Sir Samuel Baker says that there is
a supply of water, believed to be mex
haustible, within a few feet of the sur
face, and in days gone by, when irriga-
ton was practiced, the sterile place was
a granary.
DANIEL STANsBERRY, a prominent
farmer, residing near Keokuk, Iowa,
was recently gored to death by mad
bull. The animal had to be shot before
the body of Stansberry could be recov-
cred, and it was then shockingly mu-
tilated. The deceased leaves a wife and
IA children.
A MAN named Phelps, in Cumberland
County, Ky, has named his children as
as follows: Robert Goderich Charming
De Ausbrey Phelps, Quitman Fremont
Iturbide Cadwallader Phelps, Belchis
Zenobia Semiramis Phelps, James Rich
ard Augustus Phelps, BOthenia Pamela
Melvina Phelps, Esau Mahurshal AL
hashbar Phelps, Dionysius Edric Robert
Turner Phelps, Thompson Baker Samp-
son Boanerges Phelps
THE Liverpool Post says that the enor-
nous richness of the old gold fields on
the Guinea coast has not been exagger-
ated in the reports received of late. Sir
John GlOver's statement, that he had
travelled over districts where one might
dig up gold like potatoes, is all but liter
ally realized in recent discoveries which
give 5000 per ton of quartz at depth
of so feet, and SO on the surface. Their
extent Is practically unlimited.
49, a
Missionary Society was the official who
organized the movement to ChristianiZe
Central Africa OF the six missionaries
who made the first start for Lake
Tanganyika, two abandoned the journey
and two died by the way Mr.. MullenS
decided to go along with the next party
so as to learn for himself the difficulties
aid the dangers OF the enterprise. News
of his death has just been received.
Mrs. JAMES BRYANT of Lowndes
County, Ala, donated last year hel
colossal fortune of natural black hair fol-
the benefit of the Memphis yellow-fevel
sufferers. 1t realized several hundred
dollars, and has now come back to the
original owner by the kindness of Bos
ton merchant, who was the last pur
chaser. II will be ratified for in Mont
gomery for the benefit of Gen. Hood
children.
A CURIOUS happy family is now anus
ing the Russians at the Geological Gar
den of St. Petersburg. There are in
large cage two young lions, two yOun;
bears and two large dogs. The mem
bers of this family live in perfect peace
playing heartily together. 1t is pro
posed to add 10 the family pair O
young hyenas and couple of youn
wolves. The managers hold that tn
peace of the happy family viii remain
undisturbed, even after it is thus en-
larged.
Col. j. G. FAIR of Nevada, who ha
been visiting the King and Queen of tn
Sandwich Islands, relates a pleasan
little story of a water excursion whic
he took with them. When they mp
preached the island which was thei
destination, the breakers were found (
be so bOisterous that no small boat coul
land Not ut all discouraged, the Kin
jumped overheard, the Queen afte
him, and both swan with e2
ceeding grace and GOODNESS to tn
shore.
AMONG the many queer epitaph
found upon the tombstOnes in ancier
burial places is the following, from tn
old Dutch Church-yard in Paramus, \
j. The son of this man yet lives, an
is over 90:
Casper Rough is my name,
Small Lofts is my station,
Heaven Is my dwelling place,
And Christ is my salvation.
When ! am dead and laid in grave,
And all my bones are rotten,
This ieave for you to see,
That may never be forgotten.
When the bel begins to toll,
OIL Lord have mercy on my soul.
AN "asylum for aged domesticate
animals " has been opened by a beney
client citizen of Concise, n suburb {
Paris. Among its inmates are 81
year-old COW, n 25-year-old pig, and n
1S-year-Old goat. The senior membG
of the fraternity is nonchalent mule
aged 40 years, that eXcellently exempt
fies the benefits of the passionless phi
osophy of Epictetus, with which n
Theirs used to say he quiete
the Paris mobs-as much as he could
Angus SMITH of Harrisville and Nj
Leonard of Detroit were looking at Ian
along Otsego Lake, Mich, and campo
Friday night in the woods. Early Satu
day morning, before break of day, Smit
awoke, and, feeling cold, went out
the tent to gather material for fir,
Leonard awoke, and, not knowing Smit
was outside, discovered n dark obie,
moving outside the tent, and, supposin
it 10 be bear, discharged his revolve
1t proved to be Smith, and the shot el
tered his abdomen, from the effects
which he died.
IN Rothermel's painting of the g Ba
tie of Gettysburg" a Confederate SO
der is represented as in the act of fal
ing from a Federal gun, upon which /
had endeavOred to Chamber. Hem