The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-09-14
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The Texas Wool Gr01Uer has the fol |
lowing concerning a novel feature in the |
ranch business Of that State: 'FAs many
OF our readers do not know that there is
Shetland pony ranch in the State, we will
give them bit of information. Baron Won
Raub, Leon Springs, Bexar County, has
eight thousand acres, all under fence, prop
erly subdiyided and stocked with beautiful
Shetland and spotted ponies. His breeding
stock consists Of seven stations and forty
five mares, all thoroughbred, and two hum
dred small pony mares. He is breeding a
race of striped and spotted ponies to please
the children. He sells the increase to per-
| sons all over the world, and the supply is
not equal to the demand. These little po-
nies range over the prairie like sheep OF
| goats, and present novel appearance.
They are very gentle; every one is as docile
as a cat, and can be caught anywhere on the
range.''
The case of Priscilla Clark is quoted
| by Lexington, Ky, physicians as a most re-
markable one. Her skull was crushed with
stone recently, and piece of the skull
! was driven through the dura-m mater into
| the substance Of the brain and cut an artery
| in the brain, from which the blood spurted
H so that the surgeons could hardly work.
! The heavy stone so crushed in behind the
/
/ forward, and they were pushed back. She
is now perfectly conscious, and directs her
| household affairs. Her case is being writ
ten, and will be sent to the surgical journals
| If she recovers.
1t is related as remarkable circum-
stance connected with the unfortunate Miss
Blair, who committed suicide at Camden,
S. c., that only few days before her death
/ she had been sketching points Of interest
around her home, having acquired consid-
cradle skill in that line, and one of the
sketches made was faithful deIineation of
the gully in which she was afterward found,
with the dead body of young girl lying in
it. This furnishes a strong presumption
that the act Of self-destruction was premed-
itated by her for some time before its con-
summation.
Savannah is ahead of other ports in
the receipt of the first new rice.
A resident Of Shelby, N c., is making
good brandy from watermelons.
The popularity of prohibition in some
sections of Georgia is explained by the
statement that the cheap liquor sold these
days contains much strychnine and pep
per that it disagrees with the consumer.
A man started a goose ranch near
Taylor, Williamson County, Tex, about a
year ago, with flock of four hundred
geese; their bones now bleach on the prai-
Tie.
A woman in the suburbs of Colum-
bus, Ga, heard her pastor say on a recent
Sunday that the church needed new bible.
She went into the woods and prayed for
one. just then she heard 3 rattlesnake,
and, rising from her knees, killed the snake,
sold the rattles for $3.50 and bought a new
bible with the money.
Among recently-discovered docu-
ments is a series of resolutions secretly
passed in the Texas Secession Convention
of Feb. 4, 1861, proposing Southwestern
COnfederacy, to include Texas, Mississippi,
Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. To
negotiate for the formation of such a con-
federacy three commissioners were appoint
ed, whose credentials were signed by the
president of the convention, G. M. Roberts,
the present Governor Of Texas. The COM
missioners were also empowered to negOti-
ate for an alliance with the Choctaw, Chick
asaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole In
diaus.
A little boy at Rogersville, Tenn, was
the other day playing near where a lime
kiln had been burned, and, suppOsfng that
all the fire had burned out, jumped with
his bare feet into what he supposed was
ashes and Stacked lime. There was bed
of bot Goals buried under the ashes and the
hot lime, and before assistance could come
Z to him his clothes were burned off and his
, extremities frightfully charred.
A company of capitalists are putting
a good deal of money into the zinc mines of
East Tennessee, and expect profitable re-
. turns from their investment.
: North Carolina is getting famous for
, its ''yarbs." One day last week fifteen hum
] dred pounds OF roots and herbs were ship
} ped from Shelby to New York. A shipment
of similar importance was made the week
before, and another of cherry bark, butter
fly root, tansy, and catnip was to follow
speedily.
John Pritton, of Mercer County,
Kentucky, 50 years old, has never been on a
steamboat, train, or stage.
= 1t is claimed that North Carolina has
+ IFS varieties OF minerals, % more than any
other State possesses, and 112 varieties OF
wood, also more than can be recorded by
any other State.
Fifteen printing presses, at an aver
age cost of S2,OOO have been received in
: Georgia since the 1st OF August.
Port Royal, S. c., boasts of the cham.
!. pion female rover of the State. She is E
: dusky maiden, who can spin a heavy boat
- hours.
The little village of New Haven, Mel
son County, Ky, recently fined the Louis
> Vile & Nashville Railroad $1,000 for OBJ,
. structing crossing on Main street in thai
; place. The road has taken an appeal.
Capital is sought to initiate cassavs
culture on a large scale in lower Florida.
, The cassaya is an edible root of the tropics
!; and is very rich in glucose, which is the OBJ.
ect of its culture in this instance.
= Wild turkeys are reported as more
= numerous than usual this season OF the yoa1
> throughout the west OF Texas and on thu
: line Of the railroads.
!. The lumber trade of Apalachicola,
Fla, is becoming enormous. It is expected
that five hundred vessels will load there
. during the coming commercial year.
Il Confederate bonds are in demand.
e Jennie Roots, a negress, who ha:
= reached the advanced age of 12O years o.
more, died at Col. William Dukes resi-
:. dence, Boyle County, Kentucky, few day
!. ago. She related many incidents of the rev
olutionary period, and said that when sh,
came 10 Kentucky the country was ''full o.
:, Indians"
: There are nine hundred inmates O
the Georgia Insane Asylum, and physi
clan connected with the institution saw
y four -fifths OF them are insane from the eff
: feets OF liquor dranR by;themselves or thei
{. parents.
Texas has leased out 900 convicts a
+, an average Of S15 per month for each.
: The operator at the Mobile Office o
/ the Mobile and Gulf Telegraph Compan.