The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-10-12
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

A6Ral limit OF Jn6 Standard uOilaTs II was
measured and found to be correct in diame-
fer. The reeding was counted and found
TO correspond with the genuine dollar. The
gentleman from whom the mint received the
dollar, having been telephoned that it was
counterfeit, and base one, gave permission
TO make a thorough assay, and the assay
showed it to be genuine dollar, and some
body had nickel plated ID.
In a cave in the mountains of Virginia
resides hermit of immense size, with long
white halr and beard. He is over 50 years
Of age, and for forty years has not spoken.
When he wants anything Of civilization he
indicates it by signs, but for months at a
time he seeretes himself and communicates
with no one. It is said that he has lost
the power OF speech by disuse.
The Texas corn crop is not so good
as expected. Cotton is fair, but a month
late.
A Boston company is about to organ
ize with the object of building up Bruins
wick, Ga. The corporation is to be known
as the Bruins wick Land Improvement and
Colonization Company. The company pro-
poses to improve lands in the vicinity Of the
town and to erect wharves, docks, etc. 1t is
said that British capital is at the back of the
enterprise.
A Chattanooga CTenn.) bicyclist fool
ishly attempted the descent of a steep hill
on his vehicle, but it went at such a rapid
rate that he lost control of it. At the bot
tom of the hill the bicycle struck deep
ditch. and the rider, whose name is Orion
Hurlburt, was thrown twenty feet, alight-
ing on his head and sustaining fatal in1u-
ries.
Mr.. P. H. Fuller was engaged to Miss
Mary Bell, but broke of the match to mar
ry young lady who had more attractions
for him. Miss Bell brought suit for breach
Of promise, in the Circuit Court of Law
renee County, S. c., laying her damages at
$4,000. The jury gave her $4,000. Fuller
has appealed to the Supreme Court.
Three girls from Austria, who spoke
no English, arrived In Comanche, Texas,
few DAYS ago, having made the entire trip
without an escort, to join relatives who had
emigrated before them.
The prairies of West Texas literally
swarm with plover, young doves, and quail.
1t is estimated that Alabama will turn
out $40, 900 tons Of pig-irOn in 1ssa
En- Woodruff, colored, of Gadsden,
Ala, recovered $4,000 Judgment against
the East Alabama & Cincinnati Railroad,
recently, for damages received by her while
a passenger.
Two convict guards on cotton plan
tation south of Houston, Texas, named
Tower and Thomson, fought duel with re-
volvers, the other day. Twelve shots were
fred and both fell dead.
Col. Mcleod Turner, who died re-
Gently at Raleigh, N. c., was pierced by
eleven balls at the battle of Gettysburg, and
his lingering so long was deemed a miracle.
He was wounded through the lungs, through
the body, was shot through the spine, be-
side lesser wounds. Both legs were par
alyzed, one arm partially; his shoulder was
dislOcated, and many of his bones were
broken and became diseased.
At the request of the City Council of
New Orleans, Governor McEnery has ap-
proved of the allotment of $40, 900 for closing
the crevasse at Bonnet Carre and giving
clear salt water to Lake Pontchartrain.
The fishermen of st. Augustine, Fla,
report that they have never seen for years
past such an immense shoal OF mullet near
the north beach as on one day last week.
These fish lined the shore as far as the eye
could reach down the coast, and were of
very large size. Although there were so
many it was impossible to catch any number
of them, in consequence of the great number
of sharks.
The Texas papers tell of young man
named Harrison who was attacked by three
cowboys and three Indians in the Nation,
and, after bloody battle, won the field.
The Indians were killed and all the cowboys
wounded.
The committee appointed by the Tul-
lahoma convention TO locate the ''Soutliern
ChautauQua" met in Atlanta and decided on
Mount Eagle Springs. The place selected is
on the top of the Cumberland plateau,
eighty -seven miles from Nashville and sixty
four miles from Chattanooga. The Uni
versity of the South is six miles distant and
Fairmount Female College is only half
mile away.
Two brave little girls in Ballard Coun-
ty, kentucky, named Neal, found a negro
under the bed, and, calling in the dog, they
armed themselves with brooms and the trio
soon dislodged the darky, Furnishing him Sc
verely before he succeeded in escaping. The
girls are aged respectively 10 and u years,
and were alone in the house.
Iowa capitalists, representing $780,
600, are ito build another blast furnace in
Birmingham, Ala, This makes a grand
total of So, SOC, 900 invested in the manufac-
ture Of iron in the district.
The largest cucumber on record was
raised at Jasper, Ga. 1t weighs thirty We
pounds.
A New Orleans man has invented a
device for opening iron shutters from the
outside in case of fire. Briefly, it is an iron
| handle which, being pulled, explodes a
cartridge on the inside Of the shutter and st
the same time draws the bolt. The cartridge
is designed to prevent its being used by
burglars.
Fully one-half of the brain of negro
boy, who was kicked by mule and had his
skull crushed at Hamilton, Ca, has been
| removed, but the boy has recovered and re-
tains all his senses.
Texas has 15S marriage associations.
The Florida orange crop is being mar
keted.
In Jacksonville, Fla, there lives an
Egyptian By the name Of Smith, Onth Nile
he was known as Hamet Monser, and his
father was captain Of the Turkish man-of-
war Domiteer. He came to this country
when fifteen years old, with an American
family, and settled in Utica, n. Y. Joining
the Connecticut Volunteers during the dis
agreement, he went to the front, and by
the viclssitudes OF war was thrown into
Florida. He returns to Egypt next year for
brief visit.
Immigrants are pouring into Arkan-
sas at greater rate than ever before.
Reports from the principal tobacco
growing sections Of North Carolina are to
the effect that the crop is very good. There
is a large increase OF acreage in Piedmont
and the western sections. The quality OF
the leaf IS high, particularly tha famous
brights. The yield promises an excep-
tional crop and is being rapidly gathered