The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

cigar dealer of Galveston, Tex, has dlsap-
peared it is said under something of a
financial cloud
Three negroes, Abram Watkins, Tom
Lee and Albert Davis, were recently SEN
fenced to be hanged at Winston, N. c.,
! December 2S. The three murdered Ander-
son Mcconnell, also negro.
At Pine Hill. Ky, few nights ago
J. K. Polk had a quarrel with Martin
Owens, went home, got shotgun and fired
at Owens in the street, killing him in
/ stantly.
| w. G. Mullins, of Pine Hill, KY, shot
/ VIM. Black, few nights ago, mistaking
! him for his brother, TiIford Black, man
| with whom Mullins had a feud.
/ John A. Talbert, of Chambersburgh,
| KY, was shot and mortally wounded re-
Gently by Andy Weitluf, whose saloon Tai
bert was attempting to rob.
Turfmen representing ten clubs re-
Gently held a convention in Louisville, KY,
to frame uniform set of rules. The senti-
ment of the gathering is represented
hostile to fraud on the track, and it was
/ proposed to forbid reinstatements.
A passenger named John Jones, en-
route from Mississippi to Verona, Tex,
with his family, over the Texas & Pacific
Railroad, fell dead of heart disease while
overhauling the family baggage a few
evenings since
A cyclone near Ogden, Tex, few
nights ago blew down small dwelling be-
longing to James Burch, severely injuring
Mrs. Conway, who was within. Two chill
dren with her escaped almost unhurt. The
i storm was over in moment, leaving
track seventy five yards wide bare of trees.
E. G. Brown, Treasurer of, Haverly's
Silver King Theatrical Company, recently
| playing in New Orleans, has been missing
since Tuesday night, the 10th inst, and the
police have been notified and description
| furnished Mr.. Brown has not been seenn
since he left tie st. Charles Hotel at 10:30
O'Clock on the evening mentioned. He is
believed to have had on his person at the
time of leaving about 5000 in money, be-
sides a gold watch and other jewelry and
important papers. He is not suspected of
crool1edness, but is supposed to have met
with foul play.
Hayward Brahan, Financial Agent of
the Texas State Penitentiaries, makes his
monthly report, showing the amounts col
lected and owing to the prisons. On leases,
hire of convicts, etc, $34, 100, which, with
the surplus last month, makes S63, ,762 on
hand, leaving a clear profit to the State on
convicts during October. and September of
"a, 1886. This shows how convfcts are made
more than self-sustaining in Texas, and
makes 1t decidedly to the interest of the
State to see that prisoners are convicted, in
order to make a good showing for the Ad-
ministration.
Governor Ireland, Cf Texas, will not
recommend a reduction of taxes, unless
thorough examination shows that the reve-
nue. will be sufficient to meet expenses af-
ter the reduction. Taxes are now thirty
cents on 800. Occupation taxes for last
year are now all paid into the Comptroller,
and amounted to $653, 900. The Comptroller
has furnished the Attorney General with a
statement showing the assessment and liza
bility of the Pullman Palace Car Company,
in order to use it in a suit by the State
against said company for taxes due the
State. The tax is $3.50 per mile run by
each car. The company refuses to pay.
Three mulattos were arrested at Rose
dale, Tex, recently supposed to be horse
thieves. They had in their possession two
horses and a mule, and told conflicting
stories.
The freight handlers went out on a
strike in New Orleans because of the en-
pIoyment of union men.
Henry Miller, the suspected murderer
of the King family of Hickman, KY, has
been arrested.
Charles o. KeufIal and his clerk
were murdered in their own store at
Feodor, Lee County, Tex, few nights ago
by robbers, who secured only fifteen dol
lars.
{ Last year the total assessed values of
the State of Texas, were 1851, 900, 900. This
, year the amount is $685., 100000. Last year
the value of lands assessed averaged $J.Se
per acre. This year, with the uDprece
dented increase in the number of acres
rendered, the average price per acre is
S2.13. The total debt of the State, shown
by the Comptroller's report, is 81, 119,69S
bearing about S24S,0O0 interest per annum
? The debt is met as fast as it natures.
A negro named Lewis Houston, ar
rested al Birmingham, Ala, on a charge OF
l attempting to outrage a widow lady, was
S recently taken from Jail by a mob of -
men and hanged to a pine tree in the negro
) settlement. He protested his innocence tx
+ the last. Two mobs had formed without
L knowledge of each other. A rumor that the
military would be called out hurried mat
/ ters, and the two mobs united and acteC
Q together. The keys were taken from th'
n jaiIer after a struggle. The mob all wore
masks.
= At Navasota, Tex, an incendiary fir'
e a few nights ago destroyed H. A. Jacobs
t general store and damaged the surround
ings. Jacobs loss, $35, COO; insurance, $23,
q 600. Other losses, 10000; insurance, 81,
: OOO
Z. The wife of William Carter, at Pain
,, Rock Valley, Ala, while getting breakfas
4 a few NOR nings since had her clothing ig
D., nited and was so badly burned that sh
died the following day. Her mother wa
> terribly burned in attempting to pull tn
a. clothes off her daughter, but it was though
"a sLe would recover.
IS Georgia papers are urging the use Q
the whipping-post in that State.
N Deer are dying in the mountains Q
E. Tennessee with black tongue.
r DuvaI County, Fla, has forty-tw
towns
IS Hon. A J. Leo, of Hidalgo. Tex.
al died recently of poisonous fly bite.
y Marshall, Tex, has had a tornado
At Bradford, KY, Eliza Burriss, eldes
~ son OF II. Burriss, a prominent farrnel
: met an untimely death by the accidents
discharge of gun while hunting fe'
l. days ago.
+ Joe and Andrew Ogle, the Fulto