The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-27

over new 'finds," supposed to be sill
yer. 1t must be valuable, as they viii
not suffer so much as an ounce of the
ore to be wasted. The miners found
this at the depth of seventy-fve feet.
TEXAS.
An entire block of buildings at
Whitney was burned on the 18th.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
Jefferson Democrat: The wife of
Mr.. Uhle, a farmer living about two
miles from New Braunsfels, was Bit
ten twice by a rattlesnake about 3
o'clock on the night of the 10th while
in bed. She at once drank a pint of
whisky and was brought to DR..
ClaessOn, of New Braunsfels. in a cri-
tical condition. The doctor thinks
she will be saved.
San Antonio Express: A gentle
man just in from the distant west
tells thrilling story about the recent
capture of a bear by one of Lieut..
Neville's brave State rangers. Sever
al of the rangers were accompanying a
party prospecting for sheep ranch
near Fort Stockton, and while riding
along a bear was discovered. The
rangers and all gave a short chase,
when the bear, a very large fellow,
plunged down a precipice. One of
the rangers hurriedly dismounted,
loOsed his lariet and followed the bear
He succeeded in roping the animal,
when he shot him, and with the as
sistance of others finally succeeded in
pulling him to the top.
Weatherford Herald, IA: Last
Friday night out at Toyah a desper-
ate shooting affray occurred between
Frank Hathaway, formerly a resident
of this town, and three other men, in
which one Babcock was killed by
Hathaway, and he himself was dan
gerOusly wounded in the back.
Hathaway was keeping bar there for
Tallant 81 Hall, and these three men
were in the saloon and raised a quar-
rell with and gave him a most hOrri-
bic beating, when he went and obtain
ed a pistol and returned. The firing
then ended with the above result.
Hathaway was shot in the back Just
between the shoulder blades and the
bullet passed through his body and
came out near the right nipple.
Mr.. Maddigan, of Golfad county, ex-
planned how it could be done in
Texas: eyes, I was born in the old
country, and would have staid there.
too, could 1 have kept myself, wife
and children half decent. / sold out
our place and took ship with my fam
lily for New York, and only had
about SO when 1 arrived there. 1
rented room, and finding nothing
else to dc, went to saving wood
while my wife took in washing
After while I got chance as a dray-
man at $l.50 a day, and staid at that
until we had near $3.50 laid up. All
along 1 had decided to go out west,
where land was cheap, and where l
could make plenty for my family by
farming. | had been reading about
| Texas for long time. and all at once
decided 40 take my family there with
me. L went Immediately to GOliad
county, got a few acres of land, put
up shanty, planted potatoes and
| corn, and now have a good home an
| money in the bank"
San Antonio Cypress: Attorney
General NcLeary few days ago de-
cided that it is unlawful for boys to
be employed about saloons, and the
! decision is one that interests some of
our citizens. There are many boys
between twelve and fifteen years of
| age employed by saloon men in this
| city both as waiter boys and bartend-
ers. In some saloons and at beer
| gardens boys do the main work.
Yesterday a rattlesnake bit one of
| Col. Raub's Shetland ponies on the
nose, and death ensued shortly. When
! it was reported to him that the pom,
was dead, lie went out to view the
remains, bloodhound which he had
purchased from Mr.. Z. Dosch, of this
/ city for $25, followed him. Turning
away from the dead pony, he heard
his dog yelp, and soon found that the
| animal had also been bitten on the
/ head by the snake. When he left
| home the dog was dying. The snake
could not be found.
A special from LOngview says: The
most horrible crime ever committed
n Texas was peTpetrated last
Wednesday, near Brockville, by a
/ family of negroes named White. A
family named Sloan had recently
moved into the neighborhoOd TO pick
/ cotton on the farm of Mr.. Hill. A
! dispute arose between the SlOans and
a negro, Lum white, because of an ac-
cusation made by Lum that the Sloan
/ children had been grabbing peanuts
from Lum's patch. Lum went to the
house Of Sloan on Tuesday,aBd want
ed to whip the children, but was
/ prevented by Mrs. Sloan and heI
daughter, about fifteen years of age
For this he swore revenge, and next
morning, upon the plea that she would
show her where some fime muscadines
were, the wife of Lum eHticed the cir
to a deep ravine, where Lum was in
waiting. While his wife held the girl
Lum outraged her, and then using
his pOcket-knife cut her bowels open
both lengthwise and crosswise, delib
erately cutting OFF pieces Of the en-
trails that protruded, and scattered
the fragments far and near. He theI
cut the girls throat and left the body
where it was found. At the inques
the woman confessed to all the revolt
ing details, when a young man nameC
Hart, incensed at the recital Of fiend
ish brutality, shot th negro MAJ
dead. The wife Of Lum and an elC
negro man who lived with them wer
started on their way to Carthage, bu
a crowd OF men met the escort, tool
the prisoners and shot them.