The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-20
PERSONAL AID GENERAL

President Arthur weighs 10 POUNDS
An ordinance is to be introduced
into the Chicago common council to
| prohibit and punish boys from smok-
ing tobacco on the streets.
The Brooklyn bridge has thus far
cost over $l3,000,OO0. Il thousand tons
of steel are, it is calculated. still need
ed to complete the structure
Frank Hudson (eelored) was hang
ed at Dawson, Ga, on the 18th for the
murder, in August last, of David Les
/ and wife and colOred girl.
The Crown Prince and Princess Of
! Denmark have come into fortune Of
about $15,000,000 by the death OF
| Prince Frederick of the Netherlands.
Texas Siftings says that there are
! so many sharks in Galveston Bay this
year that parties contemplating sui
| eide are afraid to throw themselves OF
| the wharves.
Delaware still continues its whip
ping punishments. On Saturday sx
culprits, four cOlOred and two white,
received from ten to twenty lashes
for larceny.
Frank Lucky,a a negro, was taken
from the Jail at Wertham and hung
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now, hewiIl wonder what there is IN
a name. anyhow.
The tobacco crop Of Virginia will
be only half crop this year, but Mis-
souri, and Connecticut will furnish
enough to keep the supply of imported
cigars up to the average.
An electric headlight has been sue
| cessfuIly used on locomotive in Aus
! tralia. 1t illuminated the track clear
" for 500 yards, but the atmosphere
| there is exceedingly clear.
A panther is loose in Connecticut
and young lovers are content to dis
peRse with the usual moonlight prom
enades and spend the time in swap
ping tafTy in the dim light of the sit-
ting-roOm lamp.
The San Francisco Post quietly OBJ
serves that several of the $IO,OOO
beauties now travelling with circuses
will put in the winter months work
| ing in pickle factories and scrubbing
steps at 81 week.
Brakeman: "The train is now about
to enter the State of Missouri. Gen
| tlemen who have not provided them
selves with carbines will pass forward
/ to the locomotive and crawl Into the
tender Western WG9.
The San Francisco doctor who at
| tended James Lick presented a bill
for $4,000. He finally accepted S5,-
600, not wishing to allow little mat
ter of $4,000 to stand in the way OF
an amicable settlement of the matter.
The entire Bible has been translated
into the language of the New Hebri-
! des group Of islands in the Pacific
! Ocean, and the natives have paid the
| whole expense of printing 1t. The
people there are bound to have the
best literature going.
Adams has challenged Edmunds to
| fight a duel at Milledgeviile, ga, In
order to "whip out an insult with
blood" The result offered by Ed
munds consisted in marking some of
the coin in his money drawer, so that
Adams was exposed wheL he stole IT,
A. Bronson Alcott having stated
that love, vegetarian diet and plenty
of folks to talk to, were the three
things essential,to a long life the Bes-
ton Globe has discovered the purpose
Of the Concord School. It Is to keep
him alive by giving him a chance to
work off his superfluous gabble.
COmbe: Seen in his crimes, his
wars, and devastations, man might
be mistaken for an incarnation Of an
evil spirit, contemplated in his schemes
of charity, his discoveries in science,
and his vast combinations for the bene-
fit of his race, lie seems a bright intel
Iigencs from heaven
Carlyle: What is incredible to thee
thou shalt not at thy peril, at thy
souPs peril, attempt to believe; else
where for a refuge or die herel Go 10
prediction if thou must, but not with
a lie in thy mouth; by the Eternal
Maker, mol
The residence of John Miller, re-
spectacle planter living in Randolph
county, was visited the other night by
ten or twelve men, who were heavily
armed and wore muslin masks on their
faces. They surrounded the dwelling
and called loudly for Miller TO come
out. Miller was absent, in attendance
at a Baptist association some miles
away, upon learning which, the mob
entered the house, and taking TIVE
bows, aged fifteen and eighteen years,
into the yard, whipped them in a ter
rible manner. The youngest boy In
attempting TO escape was fired on, no
less than twenty shots taking effect
in his body. He fell to the ground,
and the desperadoes, after threatening
the lives of Miller's wife and dRugh-
ter, rode away, remarking that at the
next visit they would clean ont the
whole rancho and kill every one abous
it. After they left Mrs. Miller follow
ed them some distance without their
knowledge, and identified some or
them. No cause for the outrage is as
signed, 1t was feared that Miller
would be assassinated while return
: ing homeward, but he is reported %
have reached his family without mo