The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-26
HONIE And FOREIGN GOSSIP,


IT is proved that Gonzales, who Shot
at King Alphonso, is a mere drunkard,
without political animus.
The Princess Amazula, the Zulu lady
who is at present visiting London, is a
bright and volatile person about "a
years old. She is GRACEFUL but not
Beautiful, has a fine flow of language
and quick sense of humOr, sings well
and loves to dance. She is accompanied
by suite of two Zulu ladies and four
male attendants.
A SICK woman at Westford, Wis, be-
ieved she was bewitched by an old bag
who lived near by, and number Of
superstitiOus women we're of the same
mind. They took the supposed witch
10 the invalid's house, read the Bible to
her, and pounded her cruelty, one of
them using a club. They areto be tried
for their assault.
THIS is the way they catch sea gulls
in Maine. First catch small fish, then
punch hole through its tail, put stick
through, and leave it on the beach.
The sea gull comes along and tries to
swallow the fish head first 1t swallows
him up to the cross stick, and then can
neither complete the job nor disgorge.
So the bird strangles and falls over.
The captor relieves it and takes it home
alive.
WILLIE JOHNSON of Fairgrove Town
ship, Tuscola County, Mich, put seven
inches of powder, shot, and waddihg
into a gun, intending to blow a certain
dog OFF this planet; but not finding the
dog the load was not drawn. A few
days later his brother Walter went hunt
ing with it, and the explosion which en-
sued killed him.
A WHIP with a lash six feet long and
an inch thick is used TO drive hogs In
Chicago slaughter houses. An expert
enced man can take out a piece of a
hogs tough hide every stroke. Another
instrument of torture is plant strip oi
wood with heavy knob at the end,
with which the brutes shouts are
whaeked. a wagon follows every drove
to pick up the disabled hogs. - -
ELDER ROUNDS, pastor of an Advent
Church at Portsmouth, n. H., has COM
pleted chart 200 feet long, on which Is
the result of seven years of hard figuring.
1t proves conclusively, he says, thai
Christ will come in September, 1881,
and remain q thousand years, during
which time t'alls nations will be con-
verified, and ut the end of that time the
world will be destroyed and rebuilt, and
we reign forever in Paradise
A RHODE ISLAND amateur sportsman
shot at a covey of partridges, missed
the birds and fatally wounded his horse,
which he had hitched to barn A
''sportsman," near San Francisco fired
at what he believed to be wildcat,
and fatally wounded a little girl, and
seriously wounded her elder sister--a
young lady of s1S--who were standing
ha,fn1 n1,,e,,,. = -,
teur sportsman is a dangerous man to
be near. fsss Z 80 Ah-g
THERE are 90 lakes in Iowa, estimat-
ed to cover about 90, 900 acres ofland.
If these lakes should dry up, the land,
as the law now stands, would vest inthe
Government, and there is now a move
ment on foot to tryand induce Congress
to pass q law to have the title rest in the
State, instead of the United States
As some of the States are rapidly be,
coming waterless, the Importance Of the
scheme can readily be imagined. -
THE Sultan has 10 Servants whose
special duty it is to unfold the carpets
for him when he is going to prayy 1Dte
take care of his pipes and cigarettes
two to dress his royal hair; and 20 t.
attend to his most noble clean shirts
There are a multitude of ether attend.
ants about the palace; indeed, it is
stated that 800 families and about 4, OOC
persons live at his Majesty's expense
He is an extraSagaht housekeeperI the
annual expenditures of the palace are
mentioned as nearly S14,O00,000.
Young PELHAM of Manorville, Wis,
desired to commit suicide He swal.
lowed poison in the presence of a young
woman, in her own paFlor; but she sand
fhaf a lols1 uorrI1 L. 4
died there, and he obligingly took the
antidote that she got for him Soon af.
ward he drank poison inwhisky at a
bar; but the proprietor complained that
n suicide in the place might lead to 8
revocation OF the license. So Pelham
submitted to the use of a. stomach.
pump, His next and effectual effort
was to hang himself.
ANOUNG Chinese widow pubIiclv An.
nounced that she would hang herself
rather than yield to the wishes of her
parents and marry again, and the sac.
riiice was actually consummated Ia
broad daylight. "a crowded. the woinan's
friends and admirers assembled, and
the tragic ceremony was performed bv a
reception of visitors on platform erect
cd for the occasion. After receiving the
mingled applause and coincidence of her
friends, the young creature mounted q
chair, placed the rope around her neck
and swung herself off in the presence oi
the gathering.
III IS an eTrcr to suppose that Chinese
of the wealtbier classes make IL eir meals
off the almost illimitable number of
strange dishes which we read of in
books of travel. These dishes exist and
appear Mt official banquets, which.
however, do not give a more correct
idea of Chinese cooking than public
dinner in London or Paris would of the
achievements which good chef here
eoultE accomplish for a small party oi
gOdiralets- The big dinners of the kind
described are generally given at restau-
rants in China, which, contrary to the
general custom, have two, and even
three stories, the public room being on
the ground floor, and private rooms
above, as with us.
THE Choctaw COW is polled and OF
good size; has many of the, marks of a
good mixer beside that of a. cal1aciosls
udder; is mostly black and white. OF
dark abriRdled, but may be of nearly al
eolors, except thesieep red ofthe Devon.
and the deeper chestnut of the Hereford
And in spite of the three and a half cen
turtles of neglect (she is said to have
been introduced into the South. and
given TO the Choctaw tribe of Indians in
1915, by De Soto,) to-day she offers to
the eye of the stranger. (who may ac.
cept all her good pointsewifhout know.
ing her bad ones) the substantial base
for the foundation of a native milking
herd which, when established, might dc
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