The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

! AZ one lILn6 10 piOuuC6 u6dtu.
The Texas House of Representatives
lately passed bill Withdrawing the fifty
cent land from market, intending to make
| the minimum price 3.
The other night Thomas Champion,
a well-liked young man, was killed at a-baH
near Santa Maria, Tex, by a desperate
named George Cinicrez, who escaped. 1t
was said to be his third murder.
Cope J. Snapp, clerk of Baek-tax
Collector Ferguson, was arrested few days
/ ago for completely in the City Han frauds at
Louisville, Ky. Warrants were sworn out
by Mayor Jacobs.
There was a very large meeting of
cOlOred men at Wilmington, NC, the other
day to inaugurate the first railroad enter
prise ever started exclusively by men of
that race. Several thousand dollars was
subscribed. The projected road, 1t was
said, would run from Wilmington inA0 the
eastern counties of North Carolina. There
Uas a strong probability that the road wauld
be built.
A German named Jacob Schreinsy
and family, living near Fredericksburg,
Tex, ate pork containing trichina, from
the effects OF which one Of his children a few
days since died, and the rest Of the family,
it was thought, could not re- cover.
The Southern Cotton Manufacturers
Association was organized at Atlanta, Ga,
the other day. More than twenty cotton
actories in the Southern States were repre-
sented. j. F. Hanson, Of the Bbb Factory,
Macon, Ga, was elected President OF the
ass ociatiOn and S. p. Dallas, OF the Nash
vile Mills, Nashville, Tenn, Secretary.
The Texas State Senate passed bill
the other day to Withdraw all public lands
from sale except to actual settlers until
ninety days after the adjournment Of the
present Legislature. This was done to pro-
tect the lands until a proper legislation
could be had.
DR.. and Mrs. Durham and Mrs.
Shanks, OF Thompson. Ga, were poisoned
the other day by a colored girl ten years of
! age. The girl was bound to DIR. Durham,
and in revenge for punishment she put
poison in the coffee. All were in a critical
condition.
It was reported the other day that
the Attorney General of Tennessee would
bring suit for 5000, 900 against certain banks
which paid checks on the order OF the de-
faulting State Treasurer, not countersigned
by the Comptroller.
William Graham, of Larkinsville,
Ala, having lost his fortune by signing
bonds for others, killed himself in the pres
ence of his family few days ago.
A telegraphic messenger boy named
Barnes, aged fifteen, was drowned at the
wharf-bOat at Nashville, Tenn, the other
night by falling from the boat, where he had
been to deliver a message.
George Grandjean, head clerk OF
LORDS Hotel, San Antonia, Tex, died the
other morning Of smallpox. He was said
to be one Of the best known clerks in the
State.
Two cases of smallpox were discov-
cred at San Antonio, Tex, lately, and the
afflicted persons were conveyed to the Pest
house. There was no fear Of the disease
spreading. The cases were supposed to
have been taken there from Ell Paso.
Hanover County, Va, has become
noted as being the home of the willy coOns.
Seven Of these animals were found in one
hollow, one day recently.
At Fillmore, Bossier Parish, La, the
other day, J. A. Williamson, a weIl-known
cattle dealer, shot and killed John Justice,
] keeper of stage stables at that place. 1t was
said Williamson aimed the fatal bullet in
= self defense, as Justice pulled pistol and
attempted to shoot him. Williamson sur
rendered. Justice had been a stage driver
/ and hOster in that section for the past
twenty-five years.
A wheel broke under car of coal
train on the Georges Creek & Cumberland
Road, near Pompey Smash, seven miles
west OF Cumberland, Md, few days ago,
; throwing about sixty loaded ears and two
locomotives down an embaukment narry
Baldwin, fireman, and William Lyons and
James MEG ettigen, brakemen, were killed,
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after from injuries. Daniel Bradley, fire.
man; james Dolen, engineer, and George
@ Focken and Solomon Gross, brakemen, were
= injured. All the killed and injured resided
d in Cumberland. The body Of Baldwin was
- not yet recovered from the wreck, which was
Il said to be Of such extent as to block the
/, road for several days.
y Capitalists the other day offered to
II supply Hot Springs, Ark, with electric
= lights within four months, if, by ordinance
d the necessary right and privilege was &C.
corded them.
!, Four revenue officers of Louisville,
d penetrated the mooushfne region Of Gallo
n way, KY, and in daylight raid destroyed
t two Illicit stills.
i Rioting was reported to have been
l. renewed at Opelika, Ala, the other day
: and the Montgomery militia were said to be
u under marching orders.
! At Washington the other day a com
= munication was sent from the Interior De-
" partment to the War Department suggest
ing that no land be taken at Hot Springs,
" Ark, for hospital which would necessi
tate the destruction Of buildings now stand
> ing. This will, in a measure, satisfy citi
= zens Of that place, who feared that thei
y City Hall and two bath houses would be de
stroyed.
e At a mass-meeting in Louisville, Ky.
4 the other evening, $4,000 was subscribed
d toward the cotton exposition, making th'
At amount pledged S250,OOO Work on tn,
le building it was said would begin at once.
Texas is shipping much game.
Il The Coroner's verdict after an in
quest over the body of Mary Lewis, poo
woman found dead the other morning in
- room where she had been living alone a
Louisville, Ky, was death from cold ant
70 exposure.
4 Mrs. johnson, living near OwingsviIle
r Ky, left her little daughter alone in tn
Of house the other day to 60 to the spring 70
5. water, a distance OF about a quarter Of
~ mile. On her return she found the chill
lying on the hearth in front Of the fire, be
: clothing entirely consumed, and the littl
~ one fairly roasting in the flames.
IF Smallpox was lately reported in sew
- eral small towns OF North Texas.
ID 1t was reported recently that citizen
or OF Hot Springs, Ark, were greatly agitate
>, over an act of Congress authorizing tn
Il building Of a hospital at that place, aud tina
they we're sending TO the Secretary Of tn
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