The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-04-19
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

son who shall keep a room, hall, or house
for the purpose of encouraging or promot-
ing, aiding or assisting the playing of
monte, mustang, red and black, high-ban
roulette, twenty-one, hazard, or who
shall keep or exhibit such gaming tables,
or operate the same, either as owner or en-
ploye, upon conviction shall be deemed
guilty of a felony, and shall be fined not
less than 500 nor more than 500, and i'm
prisOned in the State Penitentiary not less
than one nor more than three years; that
change of names of any of the games emu
merated herein shall not prevent the convic-
tiOn of any person guilty of violating any
of the provisions of this act.'
T. S. Walton, bOokkeeper for Sauer
& Smith, grocers, San Antonio, Tex, was
jailed few days ago on a charge of doctor
ing the firms books in his favor.
The case Of the United States against
Stillwell Fl. Russell, ex-United States Mar
shall of the Western District of Texas, was
concluded at San Antonio the other even
ing by a verdict of guilty. Russell was
charged with misappropriating Government
funds and destroying accounts.
Governor Boynton, of Georgia, is SAID
to be about to marry a maiden of Walton
County, in that State.
" IALlI Oll Il ilSllIu2 anu lAtiAbAliS N-Ni'S-
dition the other day in the Trinity Bottoms,
William Kelton and j. Gordon, of Corsi-
cana, Tex, were badly burned by the ex-
plosion of a quart of gunpowder, which was
set on fire by spark from the cigar of
Kelton while he was showing the other the
amount necessary with which to load his
gun. Both of Kelton's eyes were badly
burned, one of which he would lose. His
breast and right hand were fearfully lacer-
ated. The other was burned in the breast
and face, but not fatally.
A dispatch from Washington saws the
Hot Springs Greek contract will be relet on
the 23d inst
Miss Sarah Duncan, aged twenty
three, died at the Shirley House, Baltimore,
Md, the other night, from the effects of an
overdose of choral. The affair was some
what shrouded in mystery, and the jury
which was called upon to make an investi-
cation could not determine whether the
dose was taken with suicidal intent or not.
She was a niece of William Butler Duncan,
the weII-known New York banker.
A panther measuring seven feet in
length was killed near Palatka, Fla, re-
Gently.
In Bowling Green, KY, recently, two
men named Walton and Cullender were
playing cards, while Scott Oliver kept the
pot, fifty cents. There having been a mis-
deal the principals asked for their money,
instead of a. decision. Oliver declined to
surrender it and, it was alleged, without
warning, fired at and killed Walton.
Duringthe month of March thirty-nine
vessels left the port of New Orleans, La,
carrying 1, ,7S6,619 bushels of corn and 513,-
S64 bushels of wheat, a total of 2,30O, ,5S3
bushels of grain, against 393, ,421 for March
of last year-an increase of about 800 per
cent. Among the departing vessels was
the Briscoe to Belfast with 119,5O0 bushels
of corn, equivalent to :, 100 tons, the largest
grain cargo that ever left the port of New
Orleans.
For charging illegal fees, L. NJ. Carr,
of Louisville, KY, has been debarred from
practice as an attorney before the Interior
Department at Washington.
The contract for constructing the pro-
7 posed Marine Hospital at Memphis, Tenn,
has been awarded John Reed, of Memphis,
for S3s, 80.
/ Richard Crowley, New York, has re-
/ signed his position as special assistant
/ counsel for the United States in the prose-
cution of alleged election fraud cases in
/ South Carolina.
The directors of the Louisville (Ky.)
Southern Exposition the other day closed
/ a contract with the Seventh Regiment band
of New York for the first fifty days of the
exposition, and Gilmore's band Of the same
city the remaining fifty days. This in
wolves an expenditure of So, 900.
An alleged incendiary fire destroyed
two residences at Dallas, Tex, the other
day and caused J. ROthschild and Herman
Goslin, the occupants, a loss of some
$500.
l.. L. Polk & Co., dealers in agricul-
tural implements at Raleigh, n. c., have
made an assignment, with liabilities of $13,-
900, and assets S11 900. 1t was thought the
business would be continued.
The other morning the incoming train
on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad ran
over negro six miles east of Memphis,
Tenn, completely severing his head from
his body.
A few days ago near Clinton, Jones
County, fifteen miles from Macon, Ga, a
nine-year-old son of Buck Jordan accident
ally, while playing with old gun, killed
Mrs. Wheeler, an old lady, and wounded
her daughter and her baby.
A South Carolina court has decided
that where person adopts a periIous en-
ployment, knowing it to be such, and is
kllIeO III ilc pursuit OF HIS dNOCdlIDIl, his
heirs have no recourse against the en-
ployer.
John Bassett, a prisoner held te an
svver six indictments for cattle-stealing,
died in jail at Corsicana, Tex, the other
night from the effects of injuries received
in attempting to escape 10y jumping from a
running train.
At Augusta, Ga, the Industrial
Works, a mandatory of barrels, buckets,
tubs and similar articles, was burned a few
days ago. Loss, $4,000.
The safe in the store of Stubbs & Co.
at Moreham, Tex, was blown open lately
and 81, 200 in money taken. Most of the
money belonged to depositors. The bur
glars made a clean job of it by drilling a
hole in the center of the top of the safe.
The explosion burst the safe asunder in all
directions.
Wheat looks well in East Tennessee.
Northwest Texas Stockmen's Association
held a secret meeting at Weatherford the
other day, it was understood for the pur-
pose of discussing shipping rates and OF
settling differences between cowboys on the
Panhandle and ranChmen.
The Governor of South Carolina alb
spAuteiy ItAuSts 10 tdAA q SpeCldl session OF
the State Legislature for the purpose OF
making an appropriation for the defense OF
persons charged with violating the United
States election laws, stating that in his
opinion such action would be unwise.
There are now 331 students at the
University of Virginia.
An alleged incendiary fire at Cadiz,
Trigg County, Ky, the other evening de
stroyed seven business houses and large
livery stable. Loss $4,000, with no insur