The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-23
SOUTHERN, GIE4NISGs..1l !,

j ! In the Common Pleas .COurt Of Louis
iNille Ky, /. on the 18th, iadgnedt for $50,-
i O0Oiyyas rendered sagainstl b. w. Bachelor
! and suFeties on his bond az FORMER cashier
Of she Planters Bank, (Which went into,
! liquidation some years ago.. irregularities
on she part OF LOnis lRehm, dr., ftellerYef
the bank, caused heavy losses. and Iliqnida5
tion Of affairs. Suit was brought against
! Bachelor and rsureties to recover losses by
parties affected, on fhe groundeof d lack Of
! close Supervision OF thelteileras accounts by
the cashier.9 In the tirst3 and second trials
thel jury failedEt0s make a Yerdict.. 4 The
third tlial resulted i'm q verdict for plain-
liffss but the Court Or Appeals reversed u
| and granted new trial. which. resulted as
above. Bachelor & Coz defendants, are
| gentlemen Of high standing. in Kentucky.
Rehm, the defadftfhg teller, who eaused'
this trouble fur rfnn0Eeutnien, was aTrested
in 1870, charged with roi6ing the bank OF
aboutse 900 ight, IA ad dition q his
defalcatfons. The mpney taken was recov-
| cred. Rehin, -sghen arrested, gave bail, and
Runaway. An inyestigatiOu5 Of THE banks
books brought to light his other alleged
wrongful transactions, resulting n the suit
mentioned. ~ .---,-,f = -s.'f. -
About three hundred men ofT'John ii,
SIorgan's. command metin Lexington, Ky,
I the other day, and formed permanent or
| eanfzatfon, with Ger, Basil Duke, as Presf- /
dents Mrs. Morris, or Chicago, sister OF
Gov, Biaek burn,ss was epresentg and yves
elected honorary president, and the mother
Of Gen. Morgan ana wire OF Gen.i1uke were
made Honorary rice. .presfdents. 1t.was de-
termned to hold Il aBand reunion in camp
near the. city next July, and invite all who
served the Confederacy Speeches wefe
made by GEN. Duke, Gen. rTi. NJ. Gano,
LIEUT. Gov. CantFill, and Rev. Father Ma
jor, Of Seneca, H. Those present marched
to the residence of Mrs. Morgan, and paid
their respects to the mother Of their COM
mander. Inside the hall, accompanying an
oil portrait Of Gen. Morgan, hung the stars
and bars. Outside, in front of the build
ing, hoated the stars and stripes. ld
Particulars have just been received of
double tragedyIon the Red River, a few |
miles from Texarkana, Texas, a few Rlghts
since Charles Hewey, Jr., a merchant at
Lost Prairie, after quarrel with two broth
ers named Butler, went home, and was
pursued, the Buffers following him 10 ne
gro's cabin where heshgd taken refuge, and
kicking the door down. Hewey had a
doube-barrelled shotgun, aud killed both
brothers as they crossed the threshold. He |
was wounded in the arm by a ball fred by
f
Martha Robinson, colored, was ar
rested in Louisville, Ky, on the 10th, for a
horrible crime. She stripped the clothing
from her child, aged IL years, and laid it
on its back on top of a red hot stove. After
time she took the child off the fire, carried |
it to factory near by, and left it in the hall
way. The cries OF the child were heard by |
officers, who took it to the hospital. When
asked why she committed the crime, the |
mother said she wanted TO get rid Of tie.
child. 4 fA#tfHs E#& AE# Nt#tFf II
Thereis ID Ghilfords County, North
Carolina, a house concerning one room of |
which there is singular superstition. Years !
ago in that room lovely and saInted young
woman dietls Her spirit hovers ever near,
invisible, intangible,-and makes her pres
enee felt only y-by turning to pure whit. any |
dark -Iiusd fiower1sft In the chamber. xs
The authorities of Montgomery, Ala,
have so modified their quarantine as TO per-
NIT the passage of a lady from Oakfel3s /
near Pensacola, to Atlanta, Ca. There is |
much desire for speedy removal Of az re-
strietiou upon travel.
Two masked men fired the stable of |
Mr.. Brandenbury, near Erin, Georgia, re-
Gently, and while he was attempting to ex- /
tinguish the flames the robbers entered the |
house, fired at the ladies, anil carr led away /
"a trunk containing $1,000 in> money and /
s. 900 in Government bonds. ,rrrrra
There was a eonfiagration in Shubu-
ia, Miss, the other morning. supposed to
have been started by an incendiary. For
tunately there was little or no wind, or the |
whole town would have been consumed.
The Democrats of Dallas, Texas, paid /
81 900 in 1876. for a challenge banner, which /
was awarded to Georgia for the largest ma
Jority. In 1880 it was taken by Texas, and
it is now in possession OF james B. Simpson, T
OF Dallas, who will doubtless be Instructed |
to forward it to New York. .-.,t...--,.tI
The Alabama Senate elected George
P. Harrison president, and the House chose
w. f. Foster Speaker. The Governor's
message, gives the bonded debt OF the. State I
as 50, 407, 500, and recon- mends "a reduction
in taxation. IUFFs en- THs3TT 20
The trial of Judge j. Norwood for
killing Il. j. Polk, a lawyer, at Floyd, Fla. +
in July last. has resulted in his aequittal.
The Governor of Virginia has. com
muted to imprisonment for life the sentence
of Mary Booth,sa anegro girllof J. 4lyears, ,fSsho
was to have been hanged at Surrey Court /
house for poisoning Mrs. R. g. Gray and
Travis Jones. EzH tsH lG aHH g." #4a&fi
Three sisters in Butler, KY, named
Phillips, were. married at the same altar, 4
the other day, in presence OF one hundred
guests. ~ t-.lsAtA .Nk p ~
The Kentucky Supreme Court has de-
cided the Gaines case, ruling that whisky I
held in that State and belonging to non
residents is subject to State, codnty and
munlcipaI tax = hQ Q.42 7
The State Fair at Columbia, S. c.,
was most successful in every respect, and
closed with a grand display Of fireworks.
Northern and Western States were largely
and e71ceIlently represented IN the agricul-
tural machinery department. .5 t'''t .t'4t
The North Carolina Congressional
delegation consists of six Democrats, two
Republicans and one Coalidonist.
The Alabama State Fair at Montgom-
cry was well attended and creditable ex-
bibits were made in the various depart-
ments.
Tommy Wfllett, bright-eyed lit
tle lad, eleven years old. fell from a
window of the third story of block on
the Hill Corporation, Lewiston, Me-,
while reaching out of the window with
a Squirrel in his hand, during his din
ner hour, the other day He alighted
n ,,1aI~ak Far.ao vaFoes hrysef~r mn ~