The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

john Dozier, farmer at Deep Greek,
near Norfolk, Va, made himself obnoxious
to his neighbors by enforcing the fence law.
The other night his house was surrounded
by mob, who kept up fuSilade until Do
zier and n colored man left the house by
rear door, attempting to escape to the woods
The colored man was struck by ball and
killed. No arrests were made.
AT Claysville, Harrison County, Ky, on
the 22d, Thornton Mitchell shot and fatally
wounded James Snodgrass while the latter
was quietly seated in his Own store. The
only proyocation was that Snodgrass had,
as charged by Mitchell, threatened to whip
boy for some misdemeanOr. The murder
er fed.
Mrs. Clarke, a respectable married lady
living in the Garry neighborhood, near New
Linden, Cass County, Tex, was recently
murdered, after being brutally outraged.
Three men were arrested, one of whom con-
fessed the crime. de was horribly mutt
lated by a mob, his clothing saturated with
coal oil and set on fire, and he was after
wards hanged.
The little town of Cedar Chapel, in
Harnden County, Tenn, sixty miles north
east Of Memphis, was visited by a terrible
hurricane ON the night of the 18th, which
blew down a number of buildings whereby
several persons were injured. Three
buildings took fire during the storm and
were burned down.
"A man, claiming to be fTIssl Kansas,
passing under the name of jackson (kroba-
bly, an alias), recently played the confidence
game successfully at Sulphur Springs, Tex.
He. represented himself rs seeking home
and real estate investments in Texas, and
made terms for the purchase Of piece of
residence property, but had no money
nothing but a $4,000 check from national
bank in Kansas on the First National Bank Of
New York. He wanted s., 600 on the check,
which he would leave for collection. Tom
! linsOn, Henderson S Brothers, bankers at
Sulphur Springs, after carefully examining
the check, advanced him $3.50 on it, the
money to be applied as first payment on the
/ residence property. Mr.. jackson imme-
/ diateIy left the country and the bankers are
victimzed. He was heard from going
through Little Rock. kilograms have been
/ sent to various cities for his apprehension.
Josie Tatum, young woman, commit
/ ed suicide at NichOlasville, KY, by taking
arsenic. At the same time she gave dose
to a man named Wilson, by cOncealing it in
an apple. The man recovered, having got
an overdose. lie was married man, and
! Miss Tatum's mother had forbidden her the
house on account of her connection with him.
In the neighborhOod of Sweetwater,
Tenn, the army worm is making sad havoc
of the growing wheat crop.
At Hope, LaYaca County, Tex, Wm. Mar
tin and Felix Holland had a quarrel in the
street. Holland attempted to run to his
house after gun, but was prevented by
Martin, when Holland drew a knife and
| stabbed his adversary in the neck, but not
I oil 4 rafST nj md
at Holland, hitting him twice-Once in the
arm and one ball passing through the body
Hollands mother, aged 20, ran out of the
house to see what was the matter, when
stray bullet struck her in the stomach, NOR
tally wounding her.
r.. Alexander, an old resident of the vi
cinity of Gonzales, Tex, got mad at his wifi
and fell to beating her, when her son, Henri
Bunting, seized gun and killed his step
father. The murderer then went TO tow
and surrendered himself.
A recent visitor to Jefferson Davis, OF
his farm at Bcauvoir, says that he is hard a
work on his memoirs, his cotton crop TO
next season will yield 200 bales, and hi
wife and nephew, Gen. Joseph Davis, ar,
with him.
Mark Sumner, Baptist minister, ha
been sentenced by Judge Brown, in th'
l jHlIeu
Ky, to confinement for six years in the Al
bany IN. " Penitentiary, for forging pen
sion papers.
john Beason, a farmer near Columbus
Tex, the other night was aroused from be,
by loud shouting at the front gate. He arose
not suspecting danger, but as soon as h
opened the door he was fired on by unknown
persons and shot dead.
"A boiler explosion occurred at CLIPS saw
mill, on Deer Creek, four miles below Green
= vile, Miss, on the 9th. Two white me-
and one negro were killed instantly, and
: number of others horribly mutilated.
Miss Mary Louise Allen, of Louisville
Ky, was very seriously burned the Othe
2 day by her clothing taking fire from CRATE
} / Her mother and brother were badly burne
2 in trying to extinguish the flames.
The negro physicians Of Tennessee me
5 at Nashville recently and organized Stat
r Medical Association, with DR.. J. NJ. jaime
son as President.
Several hundred negroes from the yicin
> ity of Warrenton, n. c., are preparing
: Join the exodus to Indiana.
3 Mrs. Clark, an estimable lady residin
I II the western part of Cass County, Tex
= a few days since while going from her IA
. ther's house to her own home was seized by
r young negro, dragged from her horse an
] taken by force about hundred yards fro
the road where she was compelled to sub
m t to the most horrible treatment at Il
hands Of her captor, after which she W;
ki led in cold blood. The negro was caugl
. soon afterwards, confessed his guilt, an
: was hanged by an infuriated mob, near Il
0 place where the diabolical crime was con
= mitted.
e. Mr.. Joseph, a prominent dry-gOOt
/ merchant Of Columbus, Ga, has adopte
n and Will bring up in his family the younge
If OF the Hood orphans.
,s Prank Schuncke, a Memphis dairymaI
=, set a loaded gun inside his poultry house
Il hope of Furnishing some chicken-thievc
i and his wife, ignorant Of the fact, was kflle
e by it.
q Some colored children, living on N
j. JJhn HIPS plantation, in West Bate
1f Rouge, La, found a large bOmb-sbel al
le put II in the fire place, 1t is supposed f
il tue purpose OF using it as fire dog
: That night when q fire was built the she
g. exploded and three children were very bad
+ injured.
/ The Proposed New Public Land SysteT