The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-10-04
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

hu1IdlH is raging u d 16dT1uI oALe0l
among the cattle in Northern Georgia. II
by the disease dies. This dreadful disease
prevails more or less all over the South this
season.
Augustus F. Schneider, who has been
in the employment of o. w. Thomas s. Co.,
of Louisville, KY, for nearly twenty years,
has been missing for several days. He was
last seen on the 18th on WenzeI street, be-
tween Main and Market, about $3.50 or Z
O'Clock p. m. When he got to his fathers
house some unknown man was with him.
He went into the house, paid his father
some money and left, saying he was going
to his mother-in-law's on Story avenue,
near Johnston street. He drew out of the
bank that day 500 on certificate of de-
posit and left $40 with grocer on .Jeffer-
son street, saying he would call for it on
Monday.
A few days ago little son of Clabe
Bowman, living near Oalzdale junction,
Tenn, was in cart driving a mule, with
the lines around his neck, when the animal
became frightened and ran away, throwing
the boy out with the lines still around his
neck, and he was thus dragged to death.
John Jarvis shot Clodius Bonney in
since, with a shotgun, killing him instantly.
The murderer escaped to a neighboring
swamp.
A few days ago, near Mexia, Tex,
Joe Barber, from behind house, perfo-
rated Lee Wood with buclzshot. Wood was
unarmed. He will die. They were near
neighbors. Barber. surrendered.
Judge August Siewering died at San
one years. Decea sed emigrated to Texas
from Germany in 1S49, and made his home
in San Antonio. At the last State election
he ran for Lieutenant-Governor and re-
ceived fine vote. At the previous election
he was strongly favored as the Republican
candidate for Governor.
Larry Russell, mail carrier between
lockwood and Kings Creek, was arrested
a few days ago at Lenoirs, Tenn, and
lodged in Jail at Chattanooga charged
with robbing the United States mails. A
registered package was put in the bag at
Kings Creek which failed to reach its des-
tination, hence Russell's arrest. He made
a full confession duplicating others.
William Harris, a native of Harbor
Keys, died recently at Key West, Fla, at
the advanced age of 105 years.
The total amount of funds in the
Texas State Treasury, according to recent
report, is s., ,79S, ,296 in currency, ST., ,4S7 in
gold and $4,476,370 in bonds. The prin-
cipal items are as follows: Revenue, S345-
154; available School Fund. 1924 ,961; per-
manent School Fund, 81 ,327, 1908 in currency,
ST., ,4S4 in gold and $37, ,672.85 in bonds; per-
manent University Fund, S253,S23 in cur
rency and $35S, ,591 in ponds; Asylum Funds,
$SS,736 in currency and 500, 400 in bonds;
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
81, 200 in currency and 100000 in bonds;
special School Fund, S1O,4 ,479; land sales ac-
count, $3.50, 400; available University Fund,
SCI, ,315. The amount disbursed for the quar-
ter ending August 81 was 81 ,036, 1884, and
the amount paid in by the Comptroller du-
ring the same time, $4O2,476
Archie Johnson, colored, was hanged
in Richmond County, N. c., a few days
ago.
A referee in South Carolina recently
gave Judgment for $4,000 against the Char
lotte Railroad in favor of the administrator
of man named Hook, who was killed by
train.
Colonel R. S. Strader, leading
horseman of Lexington, KY, had an affray
with a colored employe a few days ago,
killing him with shotgun.
Jacob H. Cronise, mailing clerk of
the Roanoke (Va.J Post-office, was arrested
a few days ago on a charge of robbing the
mails. He confessed the crime. Over $500
was found on his person.
The granary of Prof. Sam'l ?. Wright,
situated about two miles from Waco, Tex,
was destroyed by fire few days ago. His
entire crop had been harvested and the in
surance was comparatively small.
A few days ago at Atoka, Tenn, a
drunken man by the name of Hill stabbed
and killed the son of Mr.. John Manassa, of
Upton County. The murder was unpro-
vozed, as young Manassa had had no quar-
rel with him and was in the act of mount
ing his horse to return home when Hill ran
up behind him and stabbed him several
times. Hill escaped to the woods and had
not been captured.
Twenty members of the Texas Press
Association have gone on an excursion to
Louisville and St. Louis for the purpose of
seeing the Exposition and the Yelled
Prophets.
A white man named Price was run
over by freight train on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad, fifteen miles
from Columbia, a few nights ago and
killed. His body was horribly mutilated,
the right leg being cut off at the hip, the
left foot cut Off and his bowels torn out.
He was drunk and had fallen asleep on the
track. A jug of whisky was found near the
body.
At Dallas, Tex, few days ago w.
W. Walker, John McMann and Miss Ellen
Kemlite were adjudged insane. Miss Kem-
lite is German, aged about twenty-five.
She was formerly member of a German
opera company and talented and accom-
plished vocalist. She has been confined in
Jail for several weeks. The loss of her
mind has not affected her voice, and she
sings for half day at time.
The Georgia Legislature has deliber-
ately refused to pay the bills connected
with the funeral of the late Governor Ste
phens, and the citizens of Atlanta will be
called upon to reimburse the undertaken
Postmaster II. H. Meng, of Vidalia,
La, was arrested few days ago, charged
with robbing registered mail. Meng ac-
knowledged the crime.
The Texas pecan crop is large.
The Jacksboro (Tex.) stage was
robbed few evenings since eight miles out
by lone highwayman, one of the same
two who robbed the stage few weeks ago.
The passengers, three ladies and one gen
tleman, were not molested, the robber de-
handing only the mail-sacks.
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