The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-10-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

John Segenfeltes, a merchant of Padu-
cab, XIV, was seriously injured few days
ago by the breaking of an elevator in his
store.
Cooks warehouse, with $40 bales Of cot
ton, at Albany, Ga, was destroyed by fire
a few days ago. Loss, $4,000; covered
by insurance.
There is now circulating in Tennessee a
subscription for the purpose of erecting
monument at Shiloh in memory of the
Confederate dead who gave their lives in
defense of the Lost Cause.
Jonathan F. Payne, an old and respected
citiz n of Lswispor5, KY, died few days
ago from the effects of injuries received
from falling over a river bank few days
previous.
A pet bear recently broke his ch ain at
Gainesville, Fla, and attacked a number
of bathers in the water, so seriously
squeezing one that he drowned before he
could be rescued.
Students of Vanderbilt University, at
Nashville, Tenn, held up one of their
number for fun few nights ago, and he
had them arrested for highway robbery in
earnest.
At Weatherford, Tex, child, eight
years of age, while at play in front of the
school-house, stepped upon broken ink
stand, cutting his foot so badly that it was
feared he would die.
There has been a remarkable increase in
the number of small farms at the South
since the war. In South Carolina there
are now five small farmers where there
was one twenty years ago, and the num-
Der is steadily growing.
A man living near Edisto, in Aiken
County, s. c., boasts of having three
mothers.in-law still living, twenty mine
brothers-in-law, thirty sisters-in-law, the
most of whom are living, over 120 nephews
and nieces, and only one grandchild.
1t is officially reported that an examina-
tion of the affairs of Newcombe, Buchan-
an & Co., the failed Louisville (Ky.) Ii.
| quor firm, shows that duplicated receipts
for 5000 barrels of whisky, amounting to
S150,000, have been found thus far.
A boiler explosion occurred a few days
ago in a cotton gin at Fredericks burg,
Tex, in which J. Boecker was blown to
atoms and two other persons seriously
wounded. The cotton gin was a total
| wreck.
| The saw and planning mill of T. V. Rish
! vile, of Alexandria, Va, was destroyed
| by fire a few days ago, together with a
large quantity of machinery. Adjoining,
| the wood yard of j. E. Rose was also
burned. Loss. $4,000, partially insured.
John Gaulding, aged eighty years, one
of the oldest settlers in northern Texas,
! died at Marshall, that State a few days
| ago. Mr.. Gaulding's wife died September
| 29th, 1857. About three weeks since MIR.
| GauIding expressed a desire that if death
! should occur anyways soon to die on tie
| day of the month on which the death of
| his wife occurred. He did die on that
same day and at the same hour-nine
| o'clock a.
| A murderous attack was made a few
nights ago on B. F. Briggs and wife, an
aged couple, while in bed at their home
at Vanceburg, KY. Mrs. Briggs skull
/ was fractured and she will die. The hus-
band was badly beaten and seriously in
/ jured. Louis Bivens and James Burns
/ (colored) have been arrested.
The shops of the Queen & Crescent
/ Route at Meridian, Miss, were burned
| few nights ago. The fire was not discov-
cred until the entire building was wrapped
/ in flames. The shops, which were the
| largest in the South, contained quantity
| of fine machinery, all of which, together
| with three locomotives, was destroyed.
At Louisville few nights ago Patrick
Burke was fatally stabbed in a fight with
| William CorkhiII, ex-Asssistant Fire
| Chief.
Hill, Fontaine & Co.'s report of the cot
ton crop for the Memphis District shows
a less favorable aspect than last month.
The body of a colored girl, aged eleven,
who had been assaulted and murdered,
was found few days since near Mortons-
vile, Albemarle County, Va.
w. S. Robinson's planing-miIl at Long
view, Tex, burned few days ago. Loss
on mill and lumber, $4,000; on cars, $13,
900. No insurance.
A Newport (Ky.) policeman recently
tried to shoot a rough who assaulted him.
His aim was poor and he killed Christian
| Weber, bystander.
Fire destroyed the business houses of j.
! B. Miller and D. D. Conway and the resi-
dence of John S. Vimont at Millersburg,
KY. few days ago. Loss, $4,000; small
| insurance.
Three bodies were discovered washed
ashore at Galveston, Tex, few days ago.
They are supposed to be part of the crew
| of some vessel wrecked by recent storms
off the island.
A sensational tragedy occurred at
CIarksvilIe, Tenn, few days ago. Coun-
tv Trustee Shelton had long been jealous
| of James Trice, a cousin of his wife.
| While drinking on the day in question he
| met Trice in a store and openly accused
him. Trice denounced Shelton as a liar,
when the latter advanced with an open
knife. Trice fired three shots, one serious
Iy wounding Shelton and another passing
directly through the heart of Robert Pool,
q bystander. Shelton got shotgun and
opened fire on Trice, but without effect
| Pool was very pro minent, having won
high rank in the Confederate service.
Lou Townsend (colored), wanted at
Shreveport, La, for striking white wom-
an and causing the death of her unborn
babe, was captured at Mumm's Ranch,
thirty miles north of Colorado City, Tex, a
few days ago, and taken to Abilene,
| where he was detained at the Ranger en-
campment, to await the action of the
| Louisville officials. Townsend was cap
tured in Abilene when he first escaped,
but colored confederates broke jail and
| freed him.
Picton, n. c., has pugilistic parson.
The body of washing machine agent,
supposed to be Isaac Suttles, was found
| living by the roadside near Abilene, Tex,
few days ago. He had been shot through
| the head. He had in his possession $40, a
| derringer pistol and a valuable watch.
| The Coroner's Jury decided that he had
been murdered, but County Judge Porter
believes otherwise. The body was buried
| Immediately.
At Lockett's Camp, near Atlanta, Ca, a
few days ago, J. NJ. Faulkner, a white
| convict, plunged into the river and tried
to escape, when he was shot and killed
bv a negro convict named Dock jackson.
1t is cheaper to buy a house now in New
| Orleans than to rent one.
A gang of counterfeiters were discover
ed recently at Colorado City, Tex The
outfit was captured and one man arrested.
j. B. Boatwright, for some time past
| sybariR Of TTvaIde County Texas and who