The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-29


Disappearance of Miss Arnbelln
Hazard, a Maiden of Thirty-Three SUM
mers-NobOdy Seems to Know Why, How
or Where She has Gone.
CINCINNATI, O., May -
The disappearance of Arabella Hazard
has become as mysterious and creates as
much excitement as did that of Mary
Churchill, of st. Louis. If the search for
the missing lady, which is now being rig
orously pushed, results as happily, her
relatives and friends will consider them
selves very fortunate. There are certain
reasons which render this case even more
startling than the Churchill disappear
ance. The st. Louis girl was young and
handsome, and there might have been
reasons to suppose that she had cloped
or been abducted.
In Miss Hazards case the circum.
stances are entirely different. She was a
maiden lady, aged thirty three years. She
had been an invalid for a long period, and
was not attractive in form or feature, and
was so wasted from sickness that she did
not weigh over ninety pounds. She was
therefore a fragile creature, and ali ideas
of liaison Or an elopement must neces-
sarily be absurd in her case. She resided
with her uncle, Colonel John II. Mixer,
on the Mount Hope road, and, of an un-
usually sweet disposition, was beloved by
the entire family. She was withal Il de.
vout Christian.
She was last seen on Friday morning,
when she left the house to 90 to the Office
Of DIR. Taylor, 4 dentist, on Elm street.
She called there at ten o'clock, but as DIR.
Taylor had patient in the chair he could
not attend to her want at the time. She
said she would not call again that day.
This was about 10; SO a. IN. Halfan hour
later she called at the banking house of
5. S. Davis, on Third street, and checked
out the sum of $50. After this she seems
to have disappeared as effectively as if
she had been swallowed up in mael-
strom. There is absolutely no evidence
that she was seen by anyone after leav-
ing the bank. DIR. Taylor states that her
manner Friday was changed. She did
not seem as SociablC and Chatty as usual,
| but addressed him in an distracted, list
| less way. The teller at the Davis Bank,
who knew her well, noticed the same dit
| ference from her usual style.
The only clew, if clcw it can be called,
so far received is letter addressed to
! Colonel Mixer 1t is written on a Gin
! Cinnati Southern Railroad letter-hcad
! from station in Kentucky. 1t states
| that the writer, while in Cincinnati Fri
| day afternoon, saw woman in the I'm
| ion DepOS who answered the description
| given of Miss Hazard exactly. She
| boarded an outgoing Southern Road train
! with a conductor He was not certain
| what this conductors name was, but
! gave the name and address of two whu
! reside in Newport One of them was the
| one whom she was with. Friends were
! busy all day yesterday looking for the
! conductors in question. They were
| found, but neither of them remem-
| bered having seen woman answering
| the description.
The efforts being made to gain some
! knowledge of the missing lady's where
/ abouts are prodigiOUs. UnstiDted use OF
| the telegraph is being made. The Post
! office authorities everywhere are notified
| to be on the lookout for any mail that
| may be addressed to her. All station
! agents and passenger agents on roads
| leading to Cincinnati, conductors, olii-
! ci2ls, and the passengers on the train in
which she was said to have left, have
been notified At first it was thought
! she might have left for the home of an
| uncle in Virginia, but a telegram from
! him received yesterday stated that moth
| ing had been seen or heard of her up TO
| that hour. BY this time every steamboat
| captain whose boat left the city since
| Friday has full description of her.
! Miss Hazard was lady of beautiful
| character. Pain and sickness may have
robbed her of physical charms, but her
| sweetness of disposition and the nobility
! of her mind endcared her to ali who
| knew her wei. Because of her piety her
| friends are inclined to scout the idea of
| suicide, and have begun to think that she
| wandered away in a fit of mental de-
rangement. They had also noticed
| that previous to her disappearance she
! seemed to be melancholy and disheart-
| encd. The most puZzing part OF tho
whole affair is why she should draw from
| the bank the $50. What would she want
| with this if she was not going awayI She
| took no extra clothing or baggage with
| her, but carried small hand-sachcI
such as ladies usually carry when
out shopping. From this she re-
moved her monogram before
| leaving home. When she left on Friday
she wore a red flannel combination suit
ofunderwear, laced Kid shoes, uRbleachcC
hose, camels' hair black polonai4e, ruff
fed silk dress skirt. black straw hat
trimmed with velvet and feathers, small
| gold ball drop earrings, with brcast-pir
to match and plain gold ring. Her hand
| kerChiefs were all marked with her name
in full, "Arabella Hazard" All goOC
people in the country are requested by
the family to assist in finding the woman
Colonel Mixer offers liberal reward fol
any information of her whereabouts. AM
one who has seen her or has any knowl
edge of her movements will confer a grca
favor by addressing Colonel John IL
Mixer, Mount Hope road, near Pric
Hill.