The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

s. Wiikerson & Co., Memphis, Tenn, was
| destroyed by fire a few days ago.
Marshall, Tex, is agitating the question
| Of a better fire department. and proper
water supply.
The Trustees of the Mississippi Female
Industrial College have decided to locate
the college at Columbus. Columbus gives
$4,000 in city bonds and $4,000 worth of
city property.
Abe Minton, colored miner, was killed
| by an ore bank falling on him, at Half
| Moon Island, Roane County, Tenn, a few
days ago.
A woman named Mrs. Mary Ellison was
shot and killed by Colonel VIM. NJ. Walls,
at Livingston, KY, few nights ago, for
harboring his drunken wife. Mrs. Eli
sons husband was slightly wounded.
A negro boy was stabbed by school
mate at McDonough, Ga, few days ago.
| The wound took effect between the first
and second ribs, penetrating the lungs. 1t
was considered by the attending physi-
clans as fatal. The boys ages were re-
spectively twelve and fourteen years.
John Hunt and jim Clark, two negro
miners at Kensee, KY, fought few days
ago and Hunt killed Clark with a club
and escaped.
Several attempts have recently been
Alld4S " WI0GK bu6 EdSb 10uASSSo0 bIdIu
near McDonough, Ga. A few days ago a
colored boy named Ed. Jenkins, aged
twelve years, was discovered placing OBJ
| structions on the track and confessed his
| guilt. He is in jail.
j. Westcott, sawyer at Gadsden, Ala,
became entangled in the main belt of his
saw few days ago, and was carried
under the wheel. There he was pounded
and turned until his flesh flew in small
bits all over the premises, and all that re-
manned of his body was a pool of blood
and mangled bits of bone and flesh.
| A dead man was found at the bottom of
the cliffs at High Bridge, KY, few days
ago, supposed to have fallen from the top
of the cliffs several days previous. The
body was decayed so that it was impos-
sible to give any description of his fea-
| lures.
DR.. III. R. Trumbauer, United States Vet
erinary Inspector, was recently ordered to
| Cynthiana, KY, to make an examination
of the Jersey herd of Frisbie & Lakes, be-
cause of the report that twenty-five dis
eased cattle had been bought by them two
months ago from NJ. J. Clark, of Geneva,
Ill. After thorough examination he re-
| ported the cattle in a sound and healthy
condition, with no sign of pleuro- pneu-
monia.
Price Connally was fatally inj ured a
few days ago at Dalton, Ca, while shift
| ing the band from the loose to the station
ary wheel in the spoke factory of Mr.
| Frank Hardwick. He was caught by both
| of his hands in the machinery, and was so
| entangled as to break both arms and frac-
| ture his skull as he was hurled over
against another part of the machinery.
He was reported in a sinking and hopeless
| condition.
A few nights ago W. L. Bingham, doing
a grocery business IN East Denison, Tex,
while on his way home to West Dsnison,
was robbed by three footpads when within
a few yards of his own house. The thieves
secured SO and made their escape. The
following night Sidney Lindsey, youth,
was robbed of So while going from the de-
pot to his home.
A crowd of colored boys, ranging in age
from ten to sixteen years, went across the
river at Memphis, Tenn, few days ago
to the sand bar TO bathe. During the time
they were in the water they indulged in
considerable reckless skyIarking. One
named James, aged fourteen, ventured
beyond his depth and cried for help, when
Eddie Williams, aged thirteen, went to his
assistance, but was caught by the strug-
Cling boy, and both were drowned to
gether. Their bodies were not recovered.
A young man named J. NJ. Tarleton, an
employe in the yards of the Missouri Pa
cific at Denison, Tex, was caught under
a car which left the track, and from which
he fell few days ago, and was killed.
He leaves a wife.
Warren White W as fatally hurt at War
rem, Ca, few nights ago, by a negro
named Ed Johnson, who went into store
to buy pair of shoes. The negro made
his purchase and then called for five cents
worth of candy, and when Mr.. White went
to get the candy the negro hit him twice
on the head with a large stick, knocking
him senseless. The negro then attempted to
rob the money drawer, but failed to get it
open. Mr.. White recovered sufficiently to
cry out, and the negro made his escape
Mr.. White was fatally injured.
A few nights ago six miles east of Mt
Sterling, in Bath County, KY, Steve
MackabeI shot and killed his brother
Henry, in the presence of an ged father
and mother, whose hearts are broken be-
cause of the action of their wayward boy.
The family and neighbors are indignant,
and say that the law, if enforced, will GER
tainly hang him.
In Texas the cowboys utilize steers for
steeds. One man recently rode 140 miles
astride one of these animals.
W. j. Kidd, Memphis machinist, killed
Louis Konnecher, a painter, a few days
ago, by cutting his throat.
The Lincoln Savings Bank at Fayette.
vile, Tenn. has closed its doors.
A ten year-old son of J. N. Hughes, of
Ringgold, Ga. poured powder from a flask
into the fire a few days ago, when the
flask exploded. Maggie, the daughter of
Mr.. Hughes, and the boy were both so bad
ly burned that their lives were despaired
of.
Richard Mohr and Robert Fossett, Office
boys, were scuffiing on awning in Gal.
weston, Tex, few days ago, and in their
struggles crowded against sign, which
suddenly gave way, precipitating both
down to the paved street below. Mohr,
falling underneath, sustained compound
fracture of the skull, from which he died.
Fosset es capped with few slight bruises.
New cotton is being marketed.
A few evenings since a serious affray
occurred at Gray son, KY, which resulted
in the death of one of the participants
j oe Bowling got drunk and began a quar-.
rel with James Kennedy, and made at
him with a knife, when Kennedy shot and
killed him. Two shots were fired, both
of which took effect, and Bowling died
two hours after.
c. A Kincaid, representing the Gov
ernor of Kentucky, has gone to Europe te
secure the remains of Joel T. Hart, the
American sculptor. The State of Ken
tucky will erect a monument in the latter's
honor at Lexington
Consumption is the most fatal disease o.
New Orleans.
The first section Of train carrying
Doris circus, while backing on the
Glasgow branch of the Louisville & Nash
vile Road, few days ago, ran OF the