The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-09-27
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

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Darlington County, S. c., few nights ago,
by the Intendant of that town. Allen was
resisting arrest by the town police, who
were assisted by the Intendant, and he at
tackled the latter with knife.
Jos. Furguson had started from home,
in Jonesboro, Tenn, few days ago, to go
hunting. AS he entered a woodland near
his house a shot was heard, followed by
groans, which attracted the attention of
relatives, who ran to his assistance and
found him dead, the entire contents Of the
gun having entered his head. An investi-
CATION. led to the belief that the gun was
discharged by catching the hammer on
twig while trailing the gun.
Bowlan & Horne's cotton gin, seven
miles west Of Hillsboro, Tex, was destroyed
by fire a few days ago. John Mann was burn
edto death, and man named Ripley was Sc
riously injured. The fire was caused by a
match passing through the gin head. The
loss was $4,000; no insurance.
At Brownsville, Tex, a few days
since the Customs Inspectors arrested and
jailed Gil Coras, a mescal smuggler, who
has been the source of supply to the secret
and scandalous liquor dives in the lower
part of town, near the garrison. A supply
of the cactus wine was found buried in his
kitchen.
Bell Thomas was jailed a few days
ago at Dallas, Tex, for the murder of Frank
Thomas, her husband, who died at Fort
Worth, as it was supposed from wounds
received at the hands of Anthony Boyd.
He made a dying declaration that his wife,
Bell, inflicted the wound on his head which
caused his death.
Reports from East Tennessee say
there has been a general drought.
Deer plenty in Manatee County, Fla.
Recently three prisoners escaped from
the Mcdowell county IN. O. jail. In es-
Gaping they rudeIy pushed Mrs. Finley, the
jailer's wife, aside, injuring her slightly
The fugitives were captured the same day
and returned to Jail. Repeated pistol shots
attracted the attention of the citizens, who
were surprised and indignant to find the
jailer, enraged by the treatment of his
wife and inf1amed by whisky, shooting one
of the prisoners, negro, as he stood in his
cage, chained and handcuffed Four pain
full wounds were inflicted, none of which,
however, would prove fatal.
The engineer OF a west-bound freight
in crossing the Trinity River bridge, near
Dallas, Texas, few nights ago, felt the
bridge sink under his train. An examina-
tion showed that one of the bents or piers
nau SOUUen OuJ Oh pOSllIOH9 1eGLIuS dO"n
the three stringers attached to it, leaving
no support for that portion of the track
Immediately over it. This discovery was
made just in time to save the west-bound
passenger train, which had big trip, all
the coaches being flll A bridge gang was
telegraphed for at Forney. The bridge was
repaired and the passenger train went over
it about daylight.
Near Liletown, Green County, KY,
a few days ago Joe Bagby was shot and
mortally wounded at the same spot where
his brother was killed two months previ-
ously. A deadly feud existed between Geo.
Edwards and Bagby one side and James
Owens, Dode Dowell and Mike Rogers on
the other side. Joe Bagby was shot from
ambush, the ball apparently being from
Spencer rifle. Mike Rogers had been ar
rested; the others were still at large.
A fire at Atlanta, Ga, a few days ago
damaged the stock of Simons & Drum
mond, produce merchants, 900.
Jacksonville. Ala. was partially de-
stroyed by fire few days since, the loss
being $4,000.
The peanut crop of. Virginia is al
most total failure, the loss being esti-
mated at S2OO,CO0
Ineendiarie5 at Corsicana, Tex, fired
thirteen thousand cedar rails inclosing the
pasture of A. B. Love, and wire fences had
been cut at several points in the vicinity of
| the town.
Hon. Parish Furm IN, the most prom
inent planter in Georgia, died at Milledge-
| vile a few nights ago.
"A large forest fire had been raging in
Copiah County, Miss, doing much damage
to cotton and fences.
The city of Charleston, s. G., has
been divided into twelve wards out of four
formed in 1910 and a growing suburb.
| An experienced cotton statistician es-
Inmates the cotton crop of 1S83-s4 at less
than 5,50o, 900 bales, inferior in weight and
| quality to the crop of last season.
/ Ed S. Sl1iles fell dead from heart dis
/ ease while on his train ON the Texas &c Pa
| cific Railroad few days ago between Mar
shall and Jefferson, Tex.
A locomotive exploded a few days
ago while crossing Trinity River bridge
near Palestine, Tex, but fortunately in
| jured no one.
| A few nights ago at Fort Worth, Tex,
| Louis Kunkel ana H. A. Franey, a Prussian
| and a Frenchman, became involved in an
| angry alteration over the respective
merits of the two nations, when Kunkel
/ SalQ ne COulu uOWn a rTenCnI1an5 ana ne
whipped out his knife and and stabbed
| Franey in. the right side, between the
second and third ribs, The knife penetfat-
| ed the cavity, inflicting wound from
which Franey viii probably die.
The corpse of man named Butler,
a ringleader among the tence-cutters, was
| found a few days ago near Henrietta, Tex,
| perforated with bullets. Two companions
/ of his are known to be badly wounded.
| The body was lying near where the fence
on Sherwood's ranch had been cut for sew
| eral miles.
The Georgia delegates to the Ma
| tional Colored Convention at Louisville
have formally announced their determine
l. ton to demand admittance to the hotels,
| and 10 insist on irst-class accommodations.
/ The managers Of the principal hotels say
that they will not admit them as guests at
/ all.
Shelbyville, Tenn, has no fire engine.
Revenue Agent Powers, who has been
| Investigating the planting of distilleries in
! Pickens County, S C., has discovered three
/ instances where stills were located to Sc
I cure from the Government the fees Incl
/ dental to-the capture of an Illicit distillery.
/ Two Deputy United States Marshals are
said to have been the instigators of these
frauds.