The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-10
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

tor, received fatal injuries recently by
falling from a window.
William Cox, of Danville, KY, in shoot
ing at two burglars who were breaking
into his house few nights ago, killed his
mother.
The wife of a prominent citizen OF Dal-
las, Tex, was assaulted a few nights ago
in her Led chamber. A negro was arrested,
but proved to be the wrong man.
Near Caledonia, Miss, few days ago,
Aleck Leach, cOlored, was hanged by a
body of lynchers, and his body riddled
with bullets. Leach had made disParag-
ing remarks abo1t several respe ctable
white ladies.
Blair's buclxet-shop at Dallas, Tex,
financially "busted" few days ago and
forced to close. A Hebrew merchant and
dealer in futures tapped the concern for
over $4,000 profit.
Mollie Franklin, a Dallas (Tex.) girl,
took morphine with suicidal intent a few
days ago. The doctor saved her, when she
went down town and got another dose,
which killed her.
william Tanner, a young man of Vicks-
burg, Miss, while in a somnambulistic
state few nights ago, walked out of his
bedroom window, and fell distance of
nearly thirty feet, striking on the top of a
Miss Fannie Perry, of Atlanta, Ca,
driven desperate by the desertion of her
lover, resorted to morphine. But little
hopes are entertained of her recovery. She
declares that she will repeat the attempt
if not successful this time.
Fire destroyed three frame buildings on
the plaza at Cleburne, Tex, a few days
ago, and five stores were burned out. The
stocks were badly damaged. The total loss
is estimated at $4,000: insurance, $4,000,
mostly in Eastern companies.
The judiciary committee of the Louisi-
ana House of Representatives has sub
mitted elaborate impeachment arti cles
against Judge Theodore ForteIcu of the
Twenty first Judicial District, composed
of the parishes of st. Martin and Iberia,
charging him with incompetency, NAL
feasance, etc.
An iron manufacturing company has
been organized at Rome, Ga, with
capital of $4,000. A gold mining COM
pany, to operate in Towns County, CAPT
tai 100000 has also been organized.
Probably the last of the annual reunions
of the Kentucky soldiers of the war of 1912
was held at Paris, KY, on the 18Th inst.
Only four attended. These were S. M.
Berry, aged eighty-eight; DR.. J. G. Chinn,
aged eighty-seven; Gilead Evans, aged
ntu6by5 H. NJ. CdIlpDe1Jy dB6u ninety -Cu6s
The names of eight who had died since
last years meeting at ages ranging from
eighty-seven to uinetY-seven, were report
ed DIR. C. C. Graham, ninety mine years
and eight months old, wrote that he
was too feeble to attend this year,
but hoped to be able to meet any one who
might still be living next year. When
these reunions were first begun, some
twelve or fifteen years ago, they were at
tended by quite a body of white haired
but hale and stalwart old soldiers, able to
make the tour of their old battle grounds.
But so few were left this year that the idea
of meeting again was abandoned and the
four veterans ans wered their last roll-call
On earth.
A Houston County (Georgia) man made
$3.50 clear profit off seventeen acres of pea
nuts last year, besides fattening drove of
| three hundred hogs.
a painter named Robt L. Gardner fell
! from a house at Austin, Tex, few days
ago distance of thirty-ive feet, landing
| on the top of his head. His injuries were
! serious, but not necessarily fatal
In a difficulty few days ago over his
false arrest at Wharton, Tex, H. Gibbs
shot Sheriff W. c. Brooks, of Wharton
| County, and his brother, e. n. Brooks.
| Gibbs escaped. The Sheriff was fatally
and his brother severely wounded.
Quarantine has been established against
! the smallpox section of Harris County,
Georgia. DR.. Degraffenreid, physician in
charge of smallpox patients, insisted on
visiting t he city, which brought about this
action.
Frank Mays, while operating a thresh.
| ing machine on the Lensing farm, six
miles from Austin, Tex, few days since,
| had one of his legs so badly mashed that
| amputatiOn was necessary. His injuries
were thought to be fatal.
! Two Texas men report a narrow escape
recently by poisoning from a centipede.
\ Each had drank coffee at breakfast and
! soon became violently i'll, recovering for
short time, only to be subjected to a return
of their complaint They finally recovered
! from the effects, and upon examination of
the contents of the coffee pot found that
centipede had crept into it and had been
distilled with the coffee.
The Grand Jury presented five indict.
ments against G. NJ. Klein, late President
| of the defunct Mississippi Valley Bank, of
! Vicksburg, Miss, charging him with OBJ
| tanning money under false pretenses. The
| grounds upon which the indictments were
based was his receiving deposits on the
day before the bank closed its doors.
| Orphan Asylum, situated about six miles
south of Newport, KY, a few days ago.
| The building was a total wreck. 1t was
| presided over by Sister Marguerite, as
| sisted by seven sisters of Notre Dame
| There were fifty-four boys in the asylum.
/ They all had time to save most of their
| wearing apparel, which they carried with
| them on foot to Newport. They have tenn
! porary quarters in Weingartner's planning
mill. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
! Captain John A. Stevenson, Republican
candidate for Governor at the last Lou
isiana State election, died at his plantation
in Iberville Parish, a few days ago
VIM. Larkins, of Waverly. Tenn, an.
/ noyed VIM. H. Owens a few DAYS ago bv
| pulling a revolver on him, when the latter
| opened fire with a shotgun and killed
! Larxins.
! Cotton is reported looking we'll
! Near Mount Carmel, KY, a little son
| of Charles Nieman, aged about twelve
| years, was out in the pasture a few days
| ago sailing some stock. A mule kept run
ming at him and he finally struck it with
a whip, when it wheeled and gave him a
/ terrible kick in the back Of the head crush
| ing the skull. The poor little fellow lin
| gered in an unconscious condition for
| about twelve hours when he died.
| Several negroes have lately died under
| mysterious circumstances at Rome, Ca,
| and Robert Holmes (cOlOred), practicing
medicine without authority, has been ar
| rested for malpractice.
The Postmaster at Redallia, Pitt Coun-
! ty, N. c., receives nine cents annually.
A double murder occurred in Jackson
/ County, Alabama, a few days ago. Thomas
J. Moody, a prominent and wealthy
/ IA in aTterrsfion