The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-10-19
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

at Owensbor0, ky., elected the following
officers for the ensuing term; p. G. c., j.
ID. Powers, ,OwensbOro; G. c., A. J. Lovely,
Paris; V. G., c. d. o. Wilkens, Carrollton;
Grand Prelate. z. r. SClaf, Owensboro;
Grand X. OF r. and S., c.. f. BTinot, Louis
vile; G. M.-at-Arms, w. S. Saffell, Frank
fort; g. l., G. c. Cotton, Ludlow; q. O.
g., w. c. Quinby, Dayton; Grand Lodge
Trustees, James Steinberg, Louisville,
three years; r. II. Gray, Coyington, two
years; II. w. Longley, Dayton, one year.
Rumors of an uprising of negroes
caused considerable excitement in Lee
County, Alabama, the other day. Later in
formation is to the effect that all is quiet and
no trouble is likely to occur.
A child of John Jacks, on the Butler
plantation, Claiborne County, Alabama, was
killed by panther the other day.
The Vicksburg, Miss, papers COM
plain that, with population of from Is, coo
10 Is, 200, they can count upon but one mail
per week.
A West Indian has purchased ten
acres of ground near Tampa, Fla, which he
will plant in mulberries for the purpose of
raising siik-worms.
A jury at Laurens, South Carolina,
once awarded a young lady So, 900 in q case
of breach of promise. This encouraged
Mary d. Cunningham to sue Orion p. Good
win for $4,000 for seduction under promise
of marriage, and to attach his estate when
he fled.
Bradstreet's September cotton re-
port comprises 919 replies from 56s of the
642 counties in the South, having over 500
acres of cotton each. The counties reported
grow 94 per cent Of the total cotton crop.
Taking the meaning OF mail and telegraphic
advices together the situation bas distinctly
improved since the publication of the
August report. With the exception of Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas, there has re-
suited practically no injury from worms.
From Mississippi fourteen correspondents
report serious injury by worms and fifteen
say slight injury. Twelve correspondents
in Louisiana report serious injury, while
sixteen think slight injury has resulted.
Forty correspondents in Texas report SER
ious injury from the same cause, while
thirty-six report slight injury. Twelve cor
respondents in Alabama report slight injury
from worms. The prospects for top crop
may be reported as ranging from fair to dis
tinctly bad. In only one State, Texas, can
the prospect for a top crop be regarded on
the basis Of the replies as more than fair.
In the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Tennessee only twen-
ty-three correspondents all told report the
prospects good for top crop. Out of
total of S17 replies to the top crop out
look only 145 report good prospects, 289 say
fair and 3S3 say bad, or no prospects at all.
Out of S56 reports as to the health of the
plant and the progress in fruiting and grow
ing, 429 make the condition good, 12S say
fair, 215 bad and $40 that both growing and
|. fruiting were at end on September 25.
At the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs
George Harris at Mount Meridian, Va, the
bride refused to say ''Yes'' to the question
whether she would obey her husband. She
said that she saw no reason in such prom
ise, and he concluded no harm would be
done by emitting it, since he intended to
''make her mind anyhow" Two years
elapsed, and few days ago the unsettled
question arose again. George ordered his
wife to fry a chicken for dinner, and she in
sisted on roasting it. He brought in a
hOrsewhip and declared he would fog her
until she obeyed. She took down a gun
and killed him.
The New Orleans Chamber of Com
merce adopted resolution approving the
address of Samuel Mullen before the Tariff
| Commission in behalf of the rice farmers OF
Louisiana, advocating an increase of duties
| on cleaned rice from 1-2 cents n pound as
at present to 3 cents a pound, and on uu-
cleaned rice from to IL, aud on paddy or
rough rice to 2, and on rice flour to cents
pound.
Henry Coons, q member of the fire
| department, was shot dead by Policeman
Lapielle, at Portland, a suburb OF Louis
vile, KY, the other evening. Recently
Lapielle's daughter filed suit against Coons
for $4,000 damages for SANDER, and since
that time Lapiele and Coons have been talk
! ing roughly about each other.
In Heard County, Georgia, resides a
family of eight persons, named Ray, all of
whom are deaf-mutes. They are, however,
all industrious and happy.
The saloon-keepers of Dallas, Texas,
fifty odd in number, are paying, as the State
and city laws require them to do, sG75
license eaeh-$225 to the State, $225 to the
county, and 1925 to the city.
The Fort Worth CTexas) Street Rail-
way Company has been sued for $40, 900 for
killing little negro boy.
| The TFnaes-Den1ocrat, in an article on
! the health of New Orleans, claims that there
are no less than 1890 people in that city
over sixty years of age, or once eighteenth
of the population, while 1875 have passed
ninety.
The Nickel Church, to be built at
| Palestine, Texas, is to be paid for by not
less than 200, 600 persons contributing a
nickel apiece.
j. r. Ballard, colored, was recently
ordained in st. Johns Church, Jacksonville,
! Fla, which is called the most aristoeratic
! church in the State, by Bishop Young, in
| the presence Of a distinguished audience.
/ 1t was the first case in the State that a COL
ored man has been ordained in a white
church.
A rock weighing a pound and nall
was found in the center Of a white oak tree
recently cut down in Carter County, Ken
| lucky. The wood had grown solidly
around it.
The Mayor of Fayetteville, Ark,
claims that he has no Jurisdiction over a
drunken man, and that he will not try any
one who is intoxicated.
-" Who is the pretty girl with blonde
/ hair and deep blue eyes there in the
! iaunty hatg' asked Alfred, at the lawn
/ party. ''WhOpr replied Annie, '' that
/ tafy-haired girl with the tallOw ewes
| and that nightmare of blue rags on her
/ head? l never saw her before; nobody
we want to know That, brethren,
is the way different people look at a
| pretty girl in pretty hat-FarBl and
| FSreStde.
An intense agony of the time is for
a young lady to bring down her grand
mothers spinning wheel from the attic,
and, clad in polka dot simplicity. to en-
tertain her gentlemen friends as she
sits spinning 1t never fails TO eapti-
vate. Girls, try it.-M0der9s Arg0.
/ s--ss
A can of dynamite exploded in a