The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15


Orleans, La, the other morning, by shoot
ing himself in the head. No reason wa
given for the act.
The District Court at Dallas, Tex.
the other day ordered the sale of the Texa,
Trunk Railroad in May, to satisfy mort
gage for $32S,8l4 held by the Internationa
Trust Company of Boston.
a freight train on the New River
Railroad started out from WytheyiIle, Va,
the other evening, and brakemen Banks and
| Irvine went into a bOX-car to get warm.
Their wives had quarre}ed, and they con
| tinued it unconscious of the whistle fol
down brakes, until Banks fell mortaIly
wounded with a ball from his eomrade's
| pistol. With his dying breath he shouted
"LOok out for the brakes!' and Irvine put
! them on Just IN time to save the train from
| destruction.
The COurt-HOuse at Richmond, Little
River County, Ark, was destroyed by fire
| the other day. The fire was thought to be
the work Of an incendiary, and it was only
after long struggle that the business pOr-
tion of the town was saved. About half
the county records were removed.
Alfred G. Thomas, of Beaufort, S. c.,
! committed suicide a few days ago by hang
! ing. No cause was assigned for the deed
! He held two or more public offices, and was
editor Of the Weehly Sea Island Ne,0s.
John Bennett and Mike billiard,
| brothers-in in-law, had a difficulty near Oolte-
! wah, Tenn, a few days ago, in settling
| which it was said billiard was stabbed six
times by Bennett, and would probably die
After the row, as Bennett was returning to
Ooltewah. he attempted to cross the rail-
road in front of train when he was run
over and instantly killed.
A man named Thomas Davis, living
near Kingston, Ga, committed suicide a
few days ago by shooting himself. He was
twenty-three years old, and had been mar
ried only two months.
A difficulty between John Mccoy and
Robert Haywood was settled at Savannah,
Ga, few days ago by Mccoy stabbing Hay
wood in the throat. Haywood died two
hours afterward and the CorOner's jury re-
turned verdict of murder against Mccoy,
but he had fled
1t was reported at Columbus, Ca,
the other day that young man named Ike
Starne had vicjimized a number Of Northern
firms by ordering goods for parties without
instructions, then notify the house that the
goods were thrown on his hands, when they
would Instruct him to sell for their account,
"NASh hC 'FOuiu NJ5 pJChGbttR buG proceeds
He was said to have gone West.
7. j. Jarratt, Readjuster, who was
elected Mayor of Petersburg, Va, by the
City Council, accompanied by the Com
monwealth Attorney, made a formal de-
mand of 7. II. Archer, Democratic Mayor,
the other day for the office, which Archer
refused to surrender. By mutual agreement
neither would hold court until the Supreme
Court of Appeals Of Virginia passed on the
cases. The duties of the Mayor in the mean
time would be discharged by one Of the
magistrates.
A fire at COrsicana, Tex, the other
night destroyed a livery stable and eleven
horses and number OF vehicles were burned
up. The stable attendants were asleep, and
barely escaped with their lives.
The Courthouse at Lafayette, Walker
County, Ga, was destroyed by fire the other
morning, said to have been the work of an
incendiary. Everything in the building was
totally destroyed, including many valuable
records.
John b. Smith, a merchant of Bir-
mingham, Ala, and William Donohue
quarreIed over a game of cards at Mobile
the other day, and agreed to fight it out
with pistols. Smith was killed.
The explosion of lamp in the store
of j. Z. Nolen at Denton, Tex, the other
night caused fire which destroyed over
$4,000 worth of property.
A construction train on the G. & o. !
Railway ran into hand-car near Lexing-
ton, Ky, the other evening, killing one man
and seriously wounding four others
In the case of r. S. Montgomery, of
ShelbyVile, Tenn, on trial at St. Louis.
Mo-, a few days ago on charge Of obtain
ing money under false pretenses, a verdict
of acquittal was rendered under instruc- |
tions OF the court.
Six saloon-keepers of Atlanta, Ga,
were being sued for $4,000 each a fe W
days ago by Mrs. Margaret johnson, who |
alleged that they had made a confirmed |
drunkard Of her eighteen year old son.
In a duel between cowboys, near San |
Antonio, Tex, the other day, a Justice |
named Williams, who was writing in his |
office at the time, was accidentally shot and |
killed. Neither ofthe dueists was seriously |
hurt.
Track-laying on the vicksburg &
Railroad was begun at Anthony's /
Ferry, on the north side OF the Yazoo River /
a few days ago.
Griffin, Ga, has 5-fngered pigs foot.
Several Illinois parties bought seven
teen thousand acres Of Texas land about |
year ago, and lately sold the whole tract at
an advance Of thirty three and one-thfrd |
per cent.
Thomas F. Hudson, for several years
one of the heaviest merchants Of North
Texas, filed a suit in the Tarrant County |
District Court few days ago against p J.
Wills q Bro, Of Galveston, for $500, 900 |
Willis & Bro. closed Hudson
up recently, as he claimed, Illegally. He
sued for $3.50, 900 for value OF the stock
seized.
The East Florida Seminary was de-
stroyed by fire the other day.
August Hampe, City Marshal of New
Braunfels, Tex, who was shot bv negro
named Pitts, died from his wounds. pitts
was lodged in Jail and few days ago fortv
armed with guns and axes. broke
the Jail door to secure and lynch PITTS.
With revolver in each hand the taller
drove the vigilantes pell-mell into the street.
md theyabandoned their design.
jonas Reynolds was shot and killed
n Somerset, Ky, the other dav by Marshal
from whom he was endeayoring
% escape. The Coroner's Jury found the
killing was not in self defense.