The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-12-27
SOUTHERN GLEANINCS.

by the convention az NeWDeTn.
In the Criminal Court at Memphis,
Tenn, recently, Bat Blocker, negro who
some months ago killed another negro
named Harold jefferson, was convicted of
murder in the second degree, and sentenced
to twenty years in the Penitentiary. The
jury was composed exclusively Of cclored
men.
A man giving the name Of John F.
King surrendered to the police of New Or
leans a few days since, saying he killed
Frank Willett, his partner in the fishing
business, in Savannah, in November, 1882.
He was remanded to await information
from the Georgia authorities.
Colonel j. r. Powell, a wealthy
planter of Washington County, Miss ssippi,
was shot by Charles F. Robinson, during a
dispute a few days ago.
The fine gin-house belonging to M.
Altman, of " alker County, Ca, was de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago, entajling
a loss of So ,0C0. Supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
Mrs. Caroline Hampton Preston,
relict of the late General John S. Preston,
and last surviving child of General Wade
Hampton, of Revolutionary fame, died in
Columbia, S. c., the 18th, in TIE 18th
year of her age.
At meeting of the A. NJ. Z. Zion
Church, at Raleigh, n. C., recently, B Bishop
Hood was sustained in his decision at the
Kentucky Convention whereby Bishop
Hillerey was silenced. The conduct of
Bishop Hillerey on said occasion was
strongly condemned.
Among the prisoners who recently
escaped from the Jail at Chattanooga,
Tenn, was Edward Welch, charged with
robbery. He was captured near Rising
Fawn, Va, by Sheriff Byrd, of Dade Coun-
ty. He resisted and shot by the Sher-
iff. Welch was reported dying from the
effects of his wound.
Final decree was recently entered in
the Chancery Court at Nashville, Tenn, by
which $780, 600 assets of the Bank of the
State of Tennessee are to be distributed to
note holders. Half million dollars out
standing notes of this bank, issued during
the war, are to be funded and made receiv-
able for taxes.
Burglars entered the grocery house of
J. B. Stevens at Mobile, Ala, few morn
ings since and attempted to crack the safe.
Powder was used and the explosion blew,
off all the door rivets, but failed to open
the door. A second attempt was made
with sledge hammer and cold chisel, but
the burglars were frightened away before
/
George Blair, clerk in store at Cas-
kie Station, five miles from Hopkinsville,
KY, returned to the store after leaving a
few nights ago. The proprietor saw a light
| and thinking it was robbers got some
friends, all armed, and when Blair came
! out ridded him with bullets.
The State Comptroller Of Texas re-
Gently purchased as a permanent fund
Of he dc of bn ias of RaG
trop and Bexar
A large number of Georgia immi-
! grants have arrived in Texas recently and
located in the northern part of the State.
Charles Z. Block, of the firm of Gra-
| ham, Block & Co., has been elected Presi-
dent of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Kentucky has furnished more Speak
ers for the House OF Representatives than
any other State. Carlisle is the tenth.
-Four convicts who recently escaped
from the Rusll County (Texas) Peniten-
tiary, were recapturcd few days ago.
| Incendiaries caused the destruction of
seven business houses al Corsicana, Texas,
recently. the losses aggregating $4,000.
Thomas Locke and j. n. Campbell,
of Waco, lex, the latter prominent citi-
zen, have been arrested for counterfeiting.
The sugar house and refinery of Mr..
| Charles Walker, on Bayou Teche, about
three miles above Franklin, La, was burned
a few days go. The loss is very large, a
Mr.. Walker had, it is said, about 100000
pounds of sugar stored in the refinery, and
his machinery was of the most improve ed
and expensive pattern. Mr.. Walker is
! noted as one of the most enterprising and
! progressive planters i'll the State, and his
misfortune is a calamity for the whole State.
/ There is an insurance of $50 0O0
Sallie Smith, of Marion County, Tex,
was convicted at jefferson, of murder in
the second degree for numbering her grand
child, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for
four years. The case viii probably be
taken TO the Appellate Court.
l.. p Christensen, arrested at st.
Angelica, Tex, on a charge of horse steal
ing in Shackelford County, broke Jail and
escaped few nights ago. He is connect
ed with large gang of horse thieves, and
| is supposed to have had assistance from
| some one outside in his escape.
Spontaneous combustion of flour ig-
nited the mills of NJ. Livingstone at Padu-
| cab, KY, few days ago, causing a loss of
| $4,000.
| The jury in the case of Henry Camp
bell, colored, accused of numbering Police
| man Snow, at Houston, Tex, who was try
ing to arrest him for causing disturbance
| at a negro ball last spring, brought in a
verdict of guilty, and assessed his punish
ment at death. Campbell will be sentenc-
ed at the end of the term and will undoubt-
| edly be hanged.
A few nights ago at Houston, Tex,
/ a shanty occupied by an old man named
| Carmichael, burned. When the flames
/ were extinguished the charred remains of
| Carmichael were found ON the floor. 1t
was supposed that he had been murdered,
and the house fired to conceal the crime.
The hOusekeeper, Amelia Redmon, was ar
rested, and the police were looking for a
male acquaintance of hers. Carmichael was
somewhat dissipated. He was once q
wealthy slave owner in Alabama.
A Texas druggist has pet peccary.
At Calvert City, Marshall County,
Ky, few days ago, S. E. Lander, aged
sixty, a druggist and grocer, suicided by
taking morphine. He had been i'll and had
a disordered mind. He left a note exp, ain
| ing his act to have been caused by persecu-
| tion of men known to be his friends.
The residence of Frank H. Miller, at
| Augusta, Ca, burned recently. Loss, S21,-
600; insurance. So, 900. The warehouse of
| was damaged SS,oG0. The fire originated
from match ignited by a truck running
| over it.
| Four colOred men in Rome, Ga, are
| studying Tor the priesthood.
The four buildings of the World In
! dustrial and Cotton Exposition in New Or
| leans are to have 100000 square feet of
exhibition space, and are to cost in the ag-
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