The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-02-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

the King of Naples, lived there when Ma
poleonic misfortune exiIed the familss from
| Europe. A price having been set upon his
| head, he lived like a hermit upon this plan
tation, then at the edge of the primeval for
est. Here he met a relative of General
Washington, who, with her father, had en-
igrated from Virginia. She was a charming
young widow, less than 20 years of age, and
she lived in q log cabin with but two rooms.
The consent of the Murat family having beer
obtained, the young widow was married ia
Prince Murat, and they lived. together in
| Tallahasse3 for twenty y-fve years. During
| the Florida war the Murats were protected
! by the friendship OF an Indian chief, who
came at night and slept beneath their roof
He quieted their fears by saying: "You and
| your squaw safe" After Prince Murat' S
death his widow visited England, and was
received by Napoleon III. and Eugene.
! She returned to her Southern home and died
there. During the war she was much inter-
ested in hospital work, and she sold some OF
her jewels to feed the destitute.
Near Paudling, Miss, while a well was
| being bored, at a depth OF thirty feet the
auger was taken out, and a considerable
roaring was heard down in the well and i'm
mediately volumes of smoke were dis
/ y
/ The smell is said to be very offensive. The
auger struck a rock, and consequently moth
| ing more has been done for the present, but
| there is talk of blasting the rock and going
| deeper. One OF the strongest features
about it is that the well discharges this
| smoke about three days, and then draws
the air in about the same length of time E;
then it discharges it again.
An Alabama man named Allen swap
| ped his wife for the sister OF a young man
at South Pittsburg, Tenn, some time ago.
1t appears there was an agreement between
| Allen and Ayers to the effect that Allen was
| to take his seven children and Ayers's sister
and Ayers was to take Allen's wife. So, on
a recent Sunday, Allen delivered his wife to
Ayers, and took his (Ayers's) sister. The
next day Ayers, who is only about twenty
years old, was married to Aliens wife. The
authorities, finding out that she was an un-
divorced wife, had them arrested and lodged
in Jail.
A New Orleans lady whose husband
was away from home recently heard noise, as
if some one was trying to get into the house.
She went softly on to the gallery, revolver
in hand, and, sure enough, there was man
down at the window, prying open the shut
ter with long knife. After watching him
for a moment, undecided what to do, know
ing that il she chose she could kill him, she
leaned over the railing and called out,
''Shall l shoot you, sir?'' The astounding
question caused the man to stop work. He
turned and looked up at her, but made no
pretense to run. She then fired at him, and
he retreated to the fence, where he inso-
Iently regarded her in the moonlight. The
brave little woman, not a whit discouraged, i,
then determined to show him that she could
scare him if she pleased; so, taking good
aim, she put bullet through the rim of his
hat. In less time than can bettold the
would be burglar was over the. fence and
out of sight.
The La Sale celebrations in memory
of the discovery of the Mississippi River,
will occur at New Orleans on the 10th and
11th Of April. The literary exercises will
take place on the 10th. The Hon. Charles
Gayarre will preside and the Rev. B. NJ.
Palmer, d. D., will deliver the address of
Welcome at the City Hall at p. IN. The
Hon. Francis Parman, Hon. e. B. Wash
burne, and Hon George II. Pendleton have
been invited to deliver addresses at Z p. m. !,
with the suggestion that Mr.. Parkman be
requested to speak on ola Sale and His
Companions;'' Mr.. Washburne, on ''The
Valley OF the Mississippi and Its Relation to
Comparison of America in 1852 with Amer
lea in 1882" On the 11th there will be an
excursion on the Mississippi to all points of
interest connected with La Salle's discovery,
such positions having been previously To-
Gated.
There are a number of cOlored stu
dents in Maryville College, East Tennessee,
and one of them recently applied for MEM
bership in one of the literary societies con-
nected with the college, and was promptly
rejected. Two members who voted for the
negro were Immediately expelled from the
society. Anticipating trouble from the IA
Guilty, the society vacated their hall in the
| college building and rented a room in
Maryville. While engaged in moving they
were ordered by the faculty to desist, but
disregarded the orders. twenty-five mem
bers OF the society were suspended.
The receipts of cotton at Selma have
fallen off fifteen per cent. compared with last
year.
A vein of coal has been discovered
near Dardanelle, Ark, only four feet under
ground.
The shipments of cotton from Waco,
Texas, for this season will hardly reach so,
600 bales.
At sale in Vicksburg, Miss, recent
Iy, a plantation containing 1909 acres
brought only 50, 225.
There will be eleven days of racing at
Louisville, KY, this year, and fifty races,
without counting the probable extras.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad Com
pany are establishing an experimental farm
three miles west of Abilene, in the valley of
Elm Creek.
1t is proposed in the Legisla ture of
Mississippi to appoint a commission to treat
with the authorities of Alabama for a re-
survey of the boundary line between those
States.
Tennessee has a State law which i'm
poses a fine of $500 for failure to report
smallpox cases to the State Board of
Health.
All the rivers are booming.
After a recent fire in Mobile, Ala, a
catfish eight inches in length was found in
the pumps of a steam fire engine. The en-
gine received its water from a hydrant, and
the fish must have come six miles through
the pipes.
The coal product of the Sewanee
mines, Tennessee, for the year ending Jan.
81, was 241, 1852 tons, against 196,277 tons for
the preceding year.
The ice factory at Pensacola, Fla, has
lust turned out its first product, and the first
ton was sold and delivered "with appropri-
ate ceremonies.
The small grain crops of South Caro-
Ina are doing well.
In single school at Charleston, S. c.,
there are !, 400 negro children. The teach
ers are all white-the principal is a man,
and the other teachers are women, many of
them ladies of great refinement, themselves
once mistresses Of slaves, whom necessity