The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-01-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

entrance at her door. Just before his death |
Wilson denied this story, showing a note, !
which he alleged the woman sent him, ask
ing him TO come to her house, and that his
presence was in response thereto.
A lamentable tragedy occurred recently at
Dexter, Cooke County, Tex Several young
men from the country visited that town dur
ing the day, and, having drank pretty freely,
rode out at night. On their way home they
began firing off their pistols. During the
fusilade Mathew Hill was shot and MORALLY
wounded by VIM. Washington. He has since
died. WashingtOn's friends say it was acci-
dental, but others think not.
st. Patrick's Cathedral at Galveston,
Tex, on the night Of the DIST, was robbed Of
all its valuables by thieves, who washed
their hands In the holy water and wiped
them on the priests vestments. The police
traced the articles to the house of bad
woman named Mrs. Hogan and also to the
house Of Mrs. Camford, both of whom were
arrested.
Edward COnnery, James jackson and
Frederick Wing, Directors of the suspended
Louisiana Savings Bank and Safe Deposit
Company at New Orleans, have been indited
by the Grand Jury for wrongfuIly and feloni-
ousiy concealing facts relative to the condi-
ton of the Bank and signing fraudulent
report Of the condition Of the same.
Saturday, December 20, was, CONNER
cially, the greatest day in the history of New
Orleans. Fifteen vessels departed from
that port with cargoes consisting of $500
bales OF cotton, toward 100, 900 bushels of
grain, supplemented with a great deal of
miscellaneous wares and merchandise. The
fleet comprised eight steamships. Never
before were the clearances of the New Or
ba
gate value of these shipments was about
$1,000, 900. They were consigned to various
ports on the North Atlantic Ocean, the Ca
ribbean Sea, the English Channel, the Ger
man Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
james Irwin, of Berne, Texas, was out
hunting, and while drawing his gun out of
the wagon, accidentally shot and killed him
self, the whole load entering his heart.
ID. w. Heard, a prominent citizen and
real-estate dealer of San Antonio, Tex, has
been sentenced to two years in the Peniten-
tiary for committing land frauds. Many be-
lieve him to be the victim of prejudice, and
a petition will be sent to the Governor asking
for his pardon.
The Police and Fire Departments of
Houston, Texas, have both been disbanded
on account of there being no funds with
which to pay their salaries.
"A destructive fire occurred at Waynes-
boro, Ga, on the night of the 22d. The
stores of w. A. wilkins, W. L. Marshall, 2.
r. Beall, X. e. Tant, j. A. Pulhill, McCath-
rine 81 Co. and S. Schwarzweiss were con-
sumed. Several persons were injured, one
colOred man fatally. Loss not stated. In
surance 900.
1t is reported that large number of
cOored people from Louisiana and Texas
how in, 1,o Ind
ry, along the line of the NJ, X. and I. Rail-
road, and that many more are to follow.
They claim the right to settle anywhere upon
Government lands.
David Urquhart, President of the late
New Orleans Savings Institution, has been
indicted on charge of felony in appropriate
ing to his own use $1,000 belonging to said
corporation. He was bailed in $4,000.
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 2Gth, Ellen
Lee, negro child aged years, while play
ing with small brother, let him fall into an
open CRATE. he was burned almost to a crisp
before assistance could be rendered.
AT Brooks Station, KY, on Christmas
Melville Thomas poured powder from a
flask into the fire, to brighten some young
/ girls by the sudden flash. The flask explo-
| ded with such sudden force as to cause fata
! injuries to Thomas, and seriously hurt Miss
! Jennie Sloan.
The boiler of j. NJ. Head & Co.'s new
! distillery, at Getheseman Station, Ky, OF
| the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, ex.
ploded on the 26th, killing Robert Cecil anC
demoishing the building.
AT Memphis on Christmas morning the
dead body Of a man, registered at the Com
mercial Hotel as F. Howell of Arkansas, wa,
found in an alley in the rear of the building
The Coroner's jury returned verdict of ac
cidental death by falling from third-story
window above.
| w. II. Jones, a merchant at Black Jacl
! Grove, Texas, was shot and instantly killed
on Christmas while assisting the Sheriff t.
prevent the rescue of a prisoner by the lat
ter's friends. One of the party blew Jones''
brains out with a shotgun.
Miss Julie jackson, the 16-year- old daugh
ter of Stonewall jackson, was presented OF
Christmas by ex-Confederate soldiers il
Maryland with a handsome silver pitcher
inscribed, 'To Gen. Stonewall jackson
daughter, from Confederate soldiers il
Maryland, Christmas, 1879" The presenta
ton was made in a quiet manner at Mis-
Cary's school, where Miss jackson is pupil
! Mrs. jackson was present. Gen. Isaac r
Trimble made the presentation, and Mis-
! jackson responded feelingly and gracefully
and asked the General to convey her thank
to the donors for their beautiful gift.
Near Cleburne, in Johnson County, Tex.
a few days since, j. +. Irwin was killed b.
his brother-in-law, Golden Bifiles, becaus
Irwin abused his wife. He was ordered fro1
the house, refused to go, and Bitiies sho
him four times and stabbed him seven times
then mounted his horse and escaped.
Thomas Edmunds has been sentenced t
be hanged at Ozark, Ark, on Feb. 9th, 70
the double murder of Miss Julia Asesbroo
and her child at Spratt's Landing in August
1878, while the three were ON their way t
| kentucky, their former home.
Robert Whitaker, we'll known citize
of GAINESVILLE, Texas, while riding, on tn
9th ult., was met in the road by two me
who fired on him. II returned the fire wit
a double barrel shotgun, Five shots i'm a
were fred, The dead body of Whitaker wa
subsequently found in the woods, with tn
back part of his head literally shot o If.