The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-10-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.


passing through Fort McKavett, Texas, was
shot and killed by gambler named DebOre-
den. The murderer was drunk and the
shooting unprovoked. The deceased leaves
a wife and children in the city. The muir
derer was arrested and placed under strong
guard.
The warehouses of the Wilmington IN.
CO. Compress Company burned on the 1st,
with 300 bales of cotton. The new n.y.
draulic press was badly damaged. The
total estimated loss is $4,000; fully in
sured.
The little town of Livermore, KY, on
the o. & n r. R., was nearly destroyed by
fire on the morning of the 9th uls Reeds
large tobacco factory, the Methodist Church
and nearly all the business portion of the
town, 16 buildings in all, were burned.
Mary Matthews, daughter Of DR.. T. P
Matthews of Richmond, Va. was accidental
ly shot by her young playmate, Agnes Walk
er, on the 9th ult. An old pistol lying on q
mantel, which Agnes did not know was
loaded, did the business. The wound was
thought to be fatal.
Some Of the young men Of Mobile were
amusing themselves the other evening by
throwing cannon balls. Thomas Walker
started to throw a small one, which slipped
from his hands and struck a young man
named Mullan in the face. 1t is reported
that young Mullan died that night from the
blow.
Jules Settegast, prominent and wealthy
citizen of Houston, Texas, together with
three of his children and a man named Bus
ney, were poisoned on the 1st by eating milk
curd, supposed to be saturated with arsenic.
The children were recovering, but Settegast
and Busney it was thought would die.
The Georgia Legislature has passed a
bill giving $50 a year for five years to he1
one-Iegged or one-armed soldiers. This is
the only pension or bounty bill ever passed
for the Georgia soldiers.
Some time ago party OF marauding In
dams from Mexico crossed over the Rio
| Grande. Most of them were driven back
Eleven Lipans, however, found their way
| into the interior and Incorporated them.
| selves with the Indians at the MuscalanC
Agency, Texas. The question what to dc
with them has been considered, and it ha'
! been determined to take them back to Mex.
leo and deliver them TO the authorities. i
has also been determined to pursue a similar
course with any Indians who may become
similarly situated in the future.
John T. Simmons, a farmer residing a
shot and killed man named Byars for com
hitting a horrible outrage upon his daugh
ter, young lady. Byars had lived in Sim
mons's family for several years. Mrs. Sim
mons was a witness to the assault, but tn,
scoundrel threatened to kill her if she in
terfered. Simmons voluntarily surrendere
himself for trial.
The wife of Geo. w. Wood, living o.
| blackberry Creek, 10 miles from Stephens
vile, Texas, was recently found dead in
well. The manner of her death is shroude,
in mystery.
The Southern cotton-mills are NOR
prosperous this year than ever before. TIL
total consumption of cotton in the Sout
was 1S6, 4S9 bales during the year 1S7S-'7E
against 147,747 bales in the preceding year
a gain of 26 per cent. Georgia is the frs
cotton manufacturing State in the South
having 100000 spindies, North Carolin
standing second, and South Carolina third
Texas manufactures the least cotton. Tn
North gained only per cent. in cotton man
ufactures last year, while the Southern gai
was 2G per cent.
"A man named J. S. Reed was murders
and robbed in Dallas, Texas, on the night @
the Sd. Reed was stranger in Dallas. He ha
been at work shearing sheep in Bosque an
been on his way to st. Louis. While passin
through Dallas he fell into companionshi
with some bad characters, was taken to
house of ill-repute, and in the morning hi
dead body was found lying in field. II
was killed by blows upon the head. A ma
named James COnlee was one of his compan
ions on the previous night, and he is unde
arrest charged with his murder. Robber
was probably the cause, as the stranger wa
known to have quite large sum of none
upon his person.
joel Hancock, farmer living near Al
lington, Texas, went out the other night wit
his son to shoot a vicious bull, which Wa
depredating on his farm. They separated
and the father installing his son for the an
mai, shot and killed him.
The Mississippi State University at Ok
ford has this year 345 students.
"A boiler in the cotton-gin of B. Whit
at Middleburg, n. c., exploded on the At
killing two negroes.
-CountPrfeiting operations have bee
successfully carried on for some time in I'll
; Kentucky State Prison at Frankfort, and IL
neighborhood has been flooded with couI
terfeit silver coins and nickles from tn;
source. Diligent investigation by the prise
authorities developed the astounding IA
, | JIilL IL was inc WOIk OF SOlnc OF the pElSO1
ers, and in one of the cells w;
found n complete apparatus Il
, conterfeiting, beside large quantity
the spurious coin. 1t is supposed that the.
counterfeit coins were given to the trustee
z who are allowed to go ON the streets, an
they did the business of either showing it c
the merchants or giving it to cOnfederat,
who did the same thing.
The Chickasaw Guards of Memphis tn
year again carried off the first premium Isl
! 5OO) for the best drilled company at the S
, Louis Fair.
5 "A boiler in Spoilers saw-mill at Will
Texas, exploded on the 9Th, killing jam
= Henry, MORALLY wounding Nep Powell al
J John Clare, and seriously wounding an
scalding five others.
AT the meeting of the Old BaptiSts' 4
ISOLATION, held near Pennington, Ky, on Il
5 9th, 10 persons were poisoned. The breG
they ate was accidentally made up with a
senic instead of soda. 1t is not stated tn
the results were fatal.