The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

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his young and pretty wife, to whom he had
been married only three weeks. She was
barely II years old, and was the
daughter of Samuel Wayne, who commit
ted suicide about year ago. Prior to her
marriage with Comely she had been the re-
cipient of constant attentions from a young
dry-gOods clerk named Adams. She en-
coursged his attentions, but refused to mar
ry him because OF his poverty. Shortly af-
terward she was addressed by Comely, who
was reputed to be rich, and she married him,
much to the disappointment of Adams
About week after the solemniZation of the
nuptials Adams began visiting Mrs. Comely,
and was cordially welcomed by the husband.
These visits became so frequent, however,
as to excite the husbands jealousy, and in
duce him TO prohibit the young mans at
tentiOns. Comely found the pair together
the other morning, and Adams had just
time enough to escape through a
window. The unexpected entrance Of her
irate husband frightened the woman nearly
to death, and she fell upon her knees and
begged for mercy. Her husband was MOTTO
be moved by her tears or prayers. Uttering
| loud Oaths and brandishing a large meat-ax
above her head, he swore that her offense
could only be wiped out by the shedding Of
| blood; that he intended to kill her and then
! kill her lover. A colored woman, hearing
| the noise, rushed into the room and tried to
| dissuade COmely from his purpose. She was
| knocked down for her interference, and,
| picking herself up, ran off for help. She
hurried to the nearest neighbor, 200 yards
away, and returned Immediately with Mr..
/ Hendrix and colored man. When they
reached the threshold of Comely's house
~, ~
formed them that Comely had killed his wife
and fled. Upon entering the room they
found the woman lying on the floor, literally
| hacked to pieces. The news of the tragedy
! spread rapidly throughout the neighbor-
hood and oocasioned the widest excitement.
After the blundering mismanagement
Of the Rugby Colony, in Morgan County,
| Tenn, that nearly broke it up, there ap-
| pears to be a new effort making to revitalize
the settlement under different management.
| The fault OF things hitherto has been laid
upon the London board, their instructions
| being always impracticable and their ideas
| antagonistic to the mode and manner of
American life and customs. Mr.. Walton,
the new manager, has been given full au-
| thOrity as agent of the board in the affairs
| of the colony, and will at once set about an
| intelligent developing Of the very valuable
] property.
At Atlanta, Ca, a few days ago,
| lightning passed through a brick wall and
killed little girl named May Mitchell,
| prostrating Miss Eliza Mitchell and Mrs.
| Harden. The latter Fegained conscious
ness in short time, but she was blind, her
| eyelids being turned inside out. Several
| other persons in the vicinity were knocked
| 4
and horse and two mules were killed.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Burrows, of
Kaufman, Texas. were at supper, not long
| ago, a sharp cry from his wife caused the
| gentleman to look up. She held her teacup
! in her hand, which was half way up to her
| lips. Mr.. Burrows asked what was the
matter and she replied; ''I'm shot through
the head" AS she spoke second electric
current enveloped her head. The cup was
/ knocked from her hand. She tried to get
! up, but was knocked insensible by a quickly
I following current. Mr.. Burrows was not
| touched. The unfortunate woman was ra-
! tiOnal on the following day, but could not
] open her eyes. Last year two men and
! three animals we're killed within a few yards
! of the same house.
Captain G. P. Caldwell, of Winston,
| n. c., who has been travelling in the western
| part of the State, tells some remarkable
stories for this season Of the year. When in
| the valley of Balsam Mountain, toward the
| end of May, he was overtaken by a heavy
/ snowstorm, which had been falling all night,
and, being lost in the drifts, he only got out
after hard struggle, and was nearly frozen.
/ Balsam Mountain Is on the line between
/ North and South Carolina, and the ther-
mometer stood at 30 deg. there when Capt.
! Caldwell left.
The Martin (Texas) I11der reports a
newly discovered food for horses in Falls
/ County, that State. In the Brazos bottoms
| grows a weed, in height fifteen or twenty
| feet, that is said to be almost as nutritious as
corn. It is called the ''blood- weed" from
/ the fact that when broken there escapes a
! Juice that is almost as red as blood. Many
farmers feed their work-stOck but once a
day with corn. The other two meals are
made by ''staking' on blood-weed. There
are many instances where crops are raised
by feeding the work-stock exclusively on
this weed.
By a recent decision of the Supreme
Court the Grigsby heirs have triumphed in
the suit brought against about three hun
dred citizens Of Dallas County, Texas. The
suit was brought for the greater part of abe
land in the Grigsby survey. Suit was
brought seven or eight years ago, and has
hung upon the docket until the other day.
| In the court below, the Grigsby heirs won,
and the Judgment is now affirmed. Most of
the property is in the city, and improved by
persons ignorant OF the rights of the Grigs-
bys. Some three thousand acres of land are
| affected by the decision, valued, with i'm
provements, at from one to two million
dollars.
Rev Samuel Park, colored, was or
dained Presbyterian minister by the Mem
phis Presbytery, and was denied a seat and
vote in the PresbyteTy at its meeting at
Somervile, Tenn, last winter. The case
created a great deal OF excitement at the
time, and was appealed to the Synod, and
from the Synod to the General Assembly at
Atlanta, where it was decided in his favor
by a vote of , to /.
Meridian, Miss, talks of a silk farm.
The Texas & New Orleans Railway
Company have received the approval of the
Governor and State health officers OF a pro-
jeet TO construct quarantine warehouse on
| the Sabine at or near the orange grounds, to
be donated TO the State and tire State to
have full charge of the building. This makes
honors easy between Galveston and Houston
as regards the coffee trade.
The State Supervisor of Registration
was arrested at Charleston, S. c., the other
day, for refusing to allow United States
/ deputy marshal to remain so near him as in
his Judgment to impede registration.
The army-worm is said to have dis
| appeared from Northern Texas.
The Eagle and Phoenix Company, of
Columbus, Ga, will build q granite dam
across the Chattahooche, one thousand feet
long and eighteen feet high.
West Tennessee papers complain of