The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-02-05
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

30, was arrested upon charge Of breach OF
the peace. Upon searching his person and
his baggage there were found 500 in gold
and $40 in silver, all counterfeit. He was
held for further investigation.
Sam Sparks, prominent citizen Of
Houston, was assassinated while walking the
streets of Giddings, Tex, on the night Of the
18th, by an unknown murderer. No motive
is known for the crime. Parties living near
the spot heard the shot fred, but paid no at
tention until next morning, when the body
was found.
"A man named Taylor, brother Of Rev.
Joshua Taylor of Harrisburg, KY, was re-
Gently killed at South Fork trestle, on the
Cincinnati and Southern Railroad, by Mack
Young and two brothers named Updegraf.
He was shot and then cut and beaten with an
AK. The murderers were arrested. They
had been drinking.
President Porter Of the Memphis Tax
ing District, who recently rendered his resig
nation on account of the Legislative Council
having refused to sanction certain recon-
mendations for pleasing and sewering the
city, has been induced to retain his position
by the assurance that the former obstruc-
tionists would cease their opposition to al
necessary sanitary reforms.
AT Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, La, on
the 14th, Sidney Cole, aged about 10, owner
of three-fourths of Chatsworth Plantation,
rode up to the gate of j. B. Wofford, man
ager of the plantation, and informed Wof-
ford he had come to kill him, meanwhile adj
vancing towards the house, revolver in
hand, Wofford thereupon seized a shotgun,
and, being unable to prevail upon Cole to
put up his pistol, he fired, shooting Cole
through the breast and killing him instant
ly. The Coroner's Jury declared the shoot
ing justifable.
"A great social sensation has been created
at Frankfort, KY, by the marriage recently
Of Mr.. Hiram Berry, well known and
wealthy citizen, to a Louisville woman of
the town named Mollie Taylor. Berry's
family occupy a high social position in
Frankfort, and his wife, a most estimable
woman, has been dead only three months.
Berry's friends say that he was inveigled into
the marriage while he was not in his right
mind, and for the purpose of extorting
money. A divorce will he applied for.
On the night of the Sd DR.. John S. Har-
ris, Deputy Sheriff Of Pamela County, Miss,
was shot in the Sheriff's Office, at Sardis,
| by an unknown person on the outside of the
building. The assassin is supposed to be
man named Crew, who had a grudge
against the Doctor.
| The opening of a new highway between
! Harrisonville and Russellville, Ark. - by
which it is claimed shipments from Boone
! SeaIcy and Newton Counties, that have here
] tofore gone to st. Louis, will be diverted tC
Little ROck-was the occasion of much
! jubilation. A train of 300 wagons loaded
with produce and accompanied by large
| delegation Of citizens of the counties named
arrived in Russellville on the 10th, and thu
delegates thence proceeded to Little Rocl
by rail. At both Russellville and Little Rocl
the newcomers were handsomely enter
tanned.
1t is believed that between 800 and 40
miles of railroad will be built in Texas dur
ing the present year. The Galveston, Har
risburg and San Antonio Road, from Hous
ton to San Antonio, is making arrange
ments to push its extension at once to E
Paso.
Gov. Wilt and Lieut.. Governor S. D
McEnery Of Louisiana were inaugurated o
the 14th. Gov. Wilt sent long message t
the Legislature, much Of it devoted to a re
eapitulation Of the new Constitution anC
pointing out legislation necessary to give i
effect.
AT Hinton Station, Scott County, Ky.
on the 18th, Henry Green shot and killet
Alcade Stubs in cold blood. The partie
had previously quarreled, but at the time o
the shooting Stubs was unarmed and plead
ed with Green for his life.
The working men at Houston, Tex, hav
organized a Vigilance Committee, 100
strong, for the purpose of Kidding the cit
and suburbs of tramps, who have congregat
ed there by hundreds and are committing al
kinds of depredations.
Miss Elizabeth Hammond, a young anC
pretty girl of about %, has been committed
to the Virginia State Penitentiary to serv
out a sentence of three years for hors
stealing in Russell County. The fair pris
oner belongs to highly respectable famiI,
in that section, is well educated, and refined
in appearance. She is petite in form, will
soft, dark brown eyes and chestnut curls
with face of peculiar attractiveness. This
is believed to be the first case where WON
an has been convicted on the charg,
of horse stealing, and is certainly tn
only one Of the kind that ever occurred il
Virginia.
AT Elberton, Ga, on the 14th, PER-
Gunter and Lindsay Cleveland were blown
out Of a well while making blast. TIL,
bodies were terribly mangled, and pieces O
flesh scattered all around the surface of tn,
ground, near the opening of the well.
AT New Liberty, owen County, KY, o.
the 18th, D. G. Garvey shot and fatal
wounded his cousin, Frank Lewis. TIL
shooting grew out Of feud of long exist
ence between the families OF Joe and Ton
Carney and Mrs. Daniel Lewis, their sister
who live on adjoining farms.
"A desperate and fatal fight took plac
recently between two brothers, AleXande
and Ed. Jenkins, on one side, and T. B. an,
Jack Mcdonald on the other, about u mile
south Of BastrOp, Tex, Jack Mcdonald wa
shot and instantly killed, and T. B. Melon
aid slightly wounded.
The New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration
takes place February 10. Memphis viii no
make any display this year.
II. W. House, one Of the oldest and bes
known citizens of Houston, Texas, died sud
denly Of paralysis at San Antonio on tn
10th.
Henry Van Pelt, engineer in Van AIRS
dell's distillery near Harrodsburg, Ky, o.
the 18th was crushed to death by bein
drawn in between pair Of cog-wheels.