The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-04
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

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kinsvilIe, Ga, while in a field with his
younger brother the other day set fire to a
very large dead stump and then, in pushing
it over. the stump broke in lhe middle and
the upper half fell on the boy, crushing him
to death.
At ThOmasville, Ca, Lewis Sharp, a
colored blacksmith, died a few days ago,
from the effects of a bite from mad dog,
received two years ago. The wound had
never healed.
In McLenan County, Tex, the othre
day, Lilly Standifer, seven-year-old girl.
while returning from school, was struck by
runaway team and instantly killed.
An extensive fire at Texarkana, Ark,
destroyed nine frame buildings before it
was subdued. Total loss estimated at $780,,
coo; insurance, one quarter.
A brakeman named johnson, while
coupling cars near Mineola. Tex, few
ana crushed to death.
The dredge of the Okeechobee Drain
Ing Company, working up CalOOsahatchie
Ryer, few days ago entered Lake Okee-
Cbobee. This opens nayigable channel
from the heart of the Everglades Of Florida
70 the Gulf OF Mexico.
An Illicit distillcry in Cumberland
County, Tenn, was captured few days
since. A copper still and fifteen tubs of
beer were destroyed
Judge RICHTER, of New Orleans, re-
Gently decided that the City Council must
levy and collect a tax of $780, 900 per annum
to provide sinking fund for the consoli-
dated bonds.
The report of the Texas State Treas
gbn al baI In I
Treasury: Cash, 81, ,770, ,1S9; bonds, S4. 427,-
$40; the permanent free school fund of the
State consists of 1892, $50, cash; five per cent.
bonds, S219, ,4GS; six per cent. bonds, II, ,277.-
S67; seven per cent, bonds, 1923 900; rail-
road bonds, 81, 753,317. In addition to the
above the schools own thirty mil. ion acres
of land, valued at $40, 900 600; but the price
Of this land is certain to be raised by the
next Legislature to 53 and s. an acre, max
ing the aggregate value about $40. 900, ,OC0,
swelling the permanent school fund which
can never be disbursed to the magnificent
fortune Of $114, 17G, 3S2.
Sherman Black, young negro, of
Albany, Ca, thinking that he had gotten
hold of a good big drink Of whisky, the 9TH
er day, swallowed a cup of liquid used for
cleaning billiard balls. He died in a few
hours.
In jackson County, Ga, real estate
ia said to be about 100 per cent. higher than
it was three years ago.
The gin house of Mr.. A. S. Dorsey, OF
Athens, Ga, was burned the other night.
1t was said that the bulk OF his cotton crop,
none of which he had sold, was burned with
it. The gin house was insured for $4,000.
The stockholders of the Matthews
Cotton Factory at Selma, Ala, held meet
ing recently, and resolved to Increase the
capital stock from 500, 900 to S SOC, 900. Ex-
/ tensive plans for enlargement have been de-
termined on, and they will be commensurate
with the amount of increased stock taken.
1t was proposed to add new picker room.
to enlarge the cloth room building, and an
addition made to the main building. Anoth-
er hundred horse power engine would be
needed, and about $50 operatives in all
would be required.
The City Council of Louisville, Ky,
the other night formally impeached City
Auditor Phil Hinkle, Assistant Fire Chief
George w. Levi, and two Of the City Hall
officials are under Indictment for frauds in
the Assessors and Tax Collectors offices.
The managers appoin ed to conduct the i'm
peachmcnt reported articles to the Board Of
Aldermen.
William H. Often, having quarreled
With Joe Stiles at WaycrOss, Ga, a few
days ago, Stiles cut Otten's throat. Both
| cOlored
Diphtheria was creating some alarm
in Austin, Tex, few days ago.
1t was said a few days ago that the
cotton receipts at Greenvilie, Tex. had av-
! eraged two hundred bales daily for some
| weeks.
Ribbon cane in Van Zandt County,
! Tex, made % gallons Of sirup to the acre
! this season, it is said, and those who raised
| cane have found ready sale for~the sirup at
| fifty cents gallon.
j. NJ. Sturtevant, Superintendent of
the Tennessee Blind School for thirty years,
and well known as instructor of the blind.
! died at Nashville, Tenn, few nights ago
! from paralysis.
A man in Warren County, Ky, re-
Gently climbed tree to shake down an
| Opossum that his dogs had treed. rotten
| limb caused his sudden descent, and before
! the dogs learned that he was not the pos
sum he was badly chewed up.
j. w. Graham, of Kemper County,
! Mississippi, this season raised on 4 little
! over one acre Of ground four hundred bush
els of sweet potatoes, which, valued at 6fty
cents a bushel, amounted|o 800.
General Henry r. jackson, President
of the SesQui- Centennial General COMMITTEES
of Savannah, Ga, recently issued an adj
| dress to the people Of Georgia inviting them
to join the citizens Of Savannah in ceIebrat.
ing the 105th anniversary Of the landing Of
Gen. James Oglethorpe and his English
cOlonists.
There is a girl in Holmes County,
Mississippi, who is half white and half
black. Her nose, ears, eyes, and parts Of
the chin are white and the rest of her face
black. Her hands are small and shapely
! like those OF white woman. The girl is
twelve years old, and it is said the white is
| spreading. Her mother, a pure negro, has
tour other children, all of whom are black.
Mr.. TTOtter, of Gulf Hammock, Levy
| County. Fla, recently in one week killed
five bears and Mr.. Ely panther seven and
a half feet long.
Palatka, Fla, has an Opera-hOuse.
The Coleman Fulton Pasture Com
pany of Rockport, Tex, the other day filed
in the office of the Secretary OF State reso-
luton increasing the capital stock from
/ $500, 900 to $l,50O,000. The Meriuo Ranch
1 Company, capital stock 100000, also fled a
charter; obj Get, to raise meriuo sheep, with
principal business office at Weathertord.
Officer Laughlin and George Port
wood had difficulty in LswreDceburg, An
dersOn County, Ky, the other night when
each shot the other in the breast. Laughlin
was killed outright and Portwood died a
! short time afterward.
John Thompson Robinson, the oldest
editor in Virginia, died the other day.
Bent Elam, a wealthy farmer, but
lawless man, who has been in a hundred
broils the past few years, and whose fines in
that time would buy a good plantation, got