The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-01
SOUTHERN GLEKNINGs.


| hatie nlOrElSOn, VINO claimed To nave Deem
eonjured. The woman was suffering in
tensely from convulsions, and in the inter-
walls Of quietude gave the following account
of her trouble: A few days ago she had a
fight with a woman named Jane Petty, in
which the lattercame out second best. james
to avenge herself, had employed an Indian
doctor named Charlie TO conjure her. To
accomplish his deviIfsh work Charlie called
| on her and, by some mystic numblings, put
a spell on her. He then gave her charm,
which he bade her hold in her hand a few
minutes and then made her smell of it. As
soon as she put it to her nose she dropped
into a trance, and for long time she was
powerless to loosen her grip on the charm,
but after Charlie left she threw it into the
yard, where it laid till picked up by poz
liceman, though fifty negroes had assembled,
all Of whom gave the charm 2 wtdeA berth
: At the instigatiOn of one Of the negroes, ofi-
GERS arrested Charlie, the conjurer, and
carried him to the victim Of his black art.
He denied cOnjuring her and claimed that
he had only given her a luck charm. BE
took the charm, which consisted OF three
folds of red flannel, in which was neatly
wrapped piece of green root of some kind
and in the presence of the sufferer unfolded
it and, biting of a piece OF the root, chewed
it up, which action at once removed the
spell.
A decided turn has been given to the
trial of the negro boy johnson for the killing
of Walter Rouutree, student at the Geof-
gia University. now in progress at Athens,
by the testimony of D. D. Twiggs,a student,
and friend of the dead man, who says that
he saw the whole encounter, and that Roun
: tree cursed and kicked johnson before
: Weapons were drawn, and that Barlow
4 Rountree, and not johnson, fired the shot
which killed his brother, saying a. he did
so, ''My God, have killed my brother3p
Twiggs is coFroborated by several white
witnesses, and johnson, in view of this evf-
4 denee, is in no danger of losing his neck,
but may be sent to the Penitentiary for as
sault with intent to murder, the only count
in the indictment which the prosecution can
now press.
A few nights ago Dooley County,
Georgia, farmer, whose place is ON the river,
was walking around near his stock yard,
when he heard a squeaIing among his hogs.
He looked over the fence to learn the cause,
when he found that large alligator had
hog, which it had killed, and was trying to
make off with its prey toward the
river. He ran to the house for his gun and
called to several of his hands to go with him
to kill the alligator. On arriving at the lot,
the hogs had disappeared and so had the
water monster. The party followed to the
river bank, and, instead of alligator tracks,
E. discovered those OF two persons, who had
used the skin of an alligator to accomplish
the purpse of stealing hogs. The rowing Of
boat could be distinctly heard.
Mississippi has something over So
600, 900 acres of land-much of them the
richest known to man. Less than 5,OOO,000
acres are cultivated. This is, however,
increase of several hundred thousand acres
over the number in 1870, and nearly equal to
that under cultivation in 1860. There are
now 5000 farms, compared with $4,000
ten years ago, and 42, 900 twenty years ago.
! The number of acres comprised in the plan
tations is nearly three times that actually
farmed-i. e., there are 100000 owned,
and but |, 200, 900 cultivated.
A revenue posse in Georgia captured
a large still near Elberton the other day, and
while lying in wait for the owners to come
up an immense black wolf approached one
of the beer stands and commenced helping
himself The wolf could have been shot,
but the officers were too intent on capturing
the owners of the still to molest the animal
Trees in East Tennessee are bending
with apples, peaches, and cherries, and
grapes promise an extraordinary success.
The best and largest peach crop ever
| grown in Georgia will be ready for the mar
ket in about month, but growers are COM
planning that they have not adequate facili-
ties for getting it to market. In CONSCIENCE
they anticipate that thousands of bushels
of the fruit will rot on the trees, and for
what is sold a comparatively small price
| viii be obtained. -Et f 81
Sewer County, Arkansas, boasts of a
negress 125 years of age, named Edna Good
man. Tamah Brooks, eolored woman
| living near Atlanta, Ca, is 123 years old,
and has given birth to seventeen children.
The spring meeting of the Louisville
I tKy.) Jockey Club opened with $1,000 peo-
pie in attendance. r-s
The Methodist bishops elected at the
Nashville Conference are Rev. Alpheus w.
/ Wilson, of Baltimore; DIR. c. CRANBERRY, of
Vanderbilt University; DR.. A. G. HaygOod,
of Georgia; Rev. r. *. HargrOYe, Of Ten
nessee, and Rev. Linus Parker, Of Louisi-
ana.
Corn in lower East Tennessee has
been plowed a second time, and throughout
this division the prospect is encouraging.
The solitary Confederate soldiers
/ grave in Abbevile, S. c., was decorated on
Memorial Day. a lone cedar marks the
| spot. poor Confederate soldier landed at
AbbevilIe near the close of the war, crazy
with small -pox, and died in a pest-house.
/ He could not tell his name and did not even
| know where he was. e# Ia1zfs1 .at
The plantation of F. A. Luting, about
| four miles below Hahnville, La, has been
sold for $104, 600, one-half cash and the 9TH
| er on time. The purchaser is Mr.. Viter-
| bo, a learned chemist of Paris, who intends
| to make it grand central place for the
| grinding of cane. The owner is said to be
backed by large means. r HlH
The yield of the potato crop in the
! neighborhood of Charleston, S. c., is proba-
] bly, the largest ever known. Thousands OF
| barrels are carried to the city every day
from the farms.
Otters abound about Tallahassee, Fla.
A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn,
4 saws: A man named John L. ID utton, who
! has been deaf and dumb for sixteen years,
was on the steamer Wilder, asleep in his
| berth, a few days ago, when it struck
snag and he was thrown out. He was over
! come with fright and became sick, and in a
few days his speech and hearing were en-
| tirely restored. He lost them by disease.
Artesian wells are to be bored at ev-
cry water station along the line Of the Geor-
gia Central Railroad.
The Key West sponge feet consists of
about fifty vessels.
School lands in Texas are being sold
at the rate of 10, 900 acres per day.
The Courthouse at Franklin, KY,
was recently destroyed by an incendiary fire,
with nearly all the records Of Simpson
/ County.
At Columbia, S. c., recently, the