The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-01-08
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

nm - duLl-ldL - crusade ~ mas DeeD
set on foot by the butter merchants of
New York, who claim that oleOmarga-
rine is not butter, but fat, and should be
sold as such and not for butter. They
declare that the. brand is made very
light and scarcely shows upon the pack
ages, while " creamery butter - is ''writ !
very large
Two brothers named Finch live in |
South Norwalk, Conn, who resemble |
each other so closely that when one of
them was arrested for fast driving re-
Gently, both brothers appeared before
the Justice, saying that they were
willing TO pay the fine if it could be
proved which was the guilty one This
could not be done, and the case was dis
missed.
THE reason why express search has |
been ordered to be made in Zululand
for the Prince Imperial's watch is that,
attached to the chain, his Highness
wore that relic Ga fragment of the true
cross) which belonged to Charlemagne,
came into the hands of the First Ma
poleon, and was always worn by the late
Emperor, who regarded it as a species
of talisman.
THE Jennings case, the original of
the Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce case in
"Bleak House, is again before the
English courts. The amount involved
is about $40, 900, 900. Charles Dickens's
father, in early life, was in the office of
n solicitor, where, his son assisting him,
this persistent, wonderful old case of
wealth drew the imaginative attention
of the great future novelist. Charles
Dickens himself confessed as much.
THIS is the way they have of distrib-
uting milk TO the citizens of Lima,
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sits on a chair which has been strapped
to the back of donkey, her feet rest
ing upon the neck of the animal, while
ON either side of her are two huge cans
of milk. The whole establishment, DON
key, cans, old woman and all, trots into
the kitchens of Lima, and the old wom-
an, without dismounting, pours out the
rations of milk.
Mr.. HENRY FRoUDsHAM, whose hus-
band was lynched by the Vigilantes at
Leadville, few weeks ago, announces
her intention of instituting suit against
the City of Leadville and County of
Lake, for $50, 900 damages at the next
sitting of the District Court. She has
secured able counsel, and the suit will
be a novel one at any rate. The city
and county viii fight the case, on the
grounds that Froudsham deserved
lyching-
A WOMAN in the hospital in Florence,
Italy, has a strange history. She en-
tered the Italian army in order to save
her brother, married man, from mill
tary service. She served with distinc-
ton during the war with Austria, and
received a medal for bravery in the
field. When these facts were known to
King Humbert he presented her with the
cross of his order, and gave directions
for her discharge on an annual pension
of 300f.
~. TUsOARAwAs, Ohio, is excited over
what is spoken of as 80 the gradual pet
rifaction " of a 2-year-old son of gosepht
Kinsley Last July the legs of the little
-. one became useless, and from that time
on have so hardened that they present
the solidity as well as the appearance of
stone. A living petrified child was
never before known, and the medical
men of Tuscarawas are reported to be
I dunbfounded.
A GIRL bought what she thought was
strychnine, ut Lisbon, Me-. but the sus-
7picious druggist gave her a harmless
drug, which she took home, swallowed
in the presence of her family, and babe
them farewell. Physicians were hur-
riedly summoned, and antidotes and
II stomach pumps were vigorously used.
The girl herself soon joined in the de-
sire TO save her life, and earnestly
prayed that a miracle might be added
to the more ordinary modes of treat
ment. She believed" that her petition
was answered until the druggist let out
the truth.
HORSE thieves are no better treated
in Russia than in our Western States
The Wilma Messenger says that horse
stealing had grown so frequent in tho
district of Troki that the population be-
came well nigh desperate about it, and
the owners of valuable animals sold
them at any sacrifice. At the time this
report was published, fellow who was
suspected of being one of the thieves
had been seized, tied TO a horses tail,
and dragged at gallOp around the
market place of the village of OllIeniks,
with a train of infuriated peasants and
farmers after him armed with sticks and
stones. A judicial investigation of the
occurrence was about to be made.
A SOMEWHAT novel method of an
nOuncing a marriage engagement was
taken by one of the younger Hartford
Comm clergymen last week. At one
of the regular weekday religious meet
ings of the church he took occasion to
inform his parishioners Officially " and
publicly of his engagement to one of the
young ladies of the congregation. His
motive was to prevent gossip-while at
the same time tins action must set at
rest a great deal of anxiety on the part
of numberless maids and mothers in the
church in question, for the attentions
bestowed upon the young and handsome
pastor before the decision of the mo
mentous question of whom he would Sc
lect were certainly very numerous.
PROF. LEUCHIN of Moscow has Just
published folio volume, under the title
of "The Mysteries of Hell and its In
habitants.' - In his preface he gravely
remarks: - We have heretofore only
been able, by the aid of conjecture, to
arrive at a dim apprehension of the tor
lures that await us in the subterTanean
realm; but have atlast, after protract-
ed and all but superhuman exertiOns,
succeeded in throwing light upon all this
more or less vague information, and in
producing an absolutely authentic de-
scription of he'll and its inhabitants.
Seventy striking original photographs
of eminent Internal peTsOnages, and a
faithful depictment of the Last Judg-
ment, viii be found to represent COM
pletely and eXhaustively all those phe-
nomena which have hitherto proved in
solubly enigmatical to humanity at
large"
A REPORT just issued by the munich
patty of Berlin gives some interesting
. information as to the growth of the pop
ulation of that city. At the end of the
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