The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-08-21
SOUTHERN GAEANINGS.

Gulf of Mexico, with the design of Great
ing rival city to Galveston.
cast in plaster of paris has been taken
of a monster watermelon recently exhib-
tied at Corpus Christi, Tex. The weight
of the melon was sixty and one-half
pounds. The cast will be painted like the
original and sent to the Worlds Fair.
The mari beds of Western Alabama are
said to be practically inexhaustible and
valuable as fertilizers. The richest depos-
its are found along the Tombigbee and AL
ALBANIA Rivers and theic tributaries.
The management has been authorized to
negotiate with the French Government for
the exhibition of Bartholdi's statue o. Lib
erty at the Worlds Exposition in New Or
leans for a short time before it is finally
set up at Bedloe's Island.
In Alabama is a China tree ten feet
in circumference. Its top was torn away
by a storm; but six feet UP the trunk
two more trees have taken root and grown
up as high as the old tree is. Half
way up the trunk of the original tree
peach tree stands out, and now Is filed
with fruit.
Near Freedonia, Tex, few evenings
since, horrible encounter took place
between four desperate men, in which
one was shot through the heart, another
was fatally stabbed, the third received
deadly wound III the shoulder, and the
other shot in the breast.
The GeOrgians rightfully claim that
their State gave the women of America
and of the world the first college. The
Wesleyan Female College, created in
in 1888 by the State of Georgia, adopted
| by the Methodist Conference in 1919, en-
| dowe1 and remodeled in 1882 by George
| L. Seney, is to-day the monument which
marks the earliest complete recognition of
| woman's claim.
| Savannah, Ca, is shipping fresh
| oysters to the North. A dealer there
| says: "The oyster is as good and "a
| healthy food in July and August as in
September, December or April, but you
must know where to get him. There are
extensive beds of oysters Oh the South
ern coast that have scarcely been touched,
! and there is no danger of the supply run
ming out for many years to come, if ever"
Tom Green County, Tex, which is about
the size of Massachusetts, though it has
no towns, has an assessed valuation of
/ 5000 900 and a population of 900 sheep
and cattle.
Over a million pounds of Sea Island cot
ton was shipped from Lake City, Fla, last
year. There were also fifty cars of cotton
seed, each car containing 22,5)) poun Is,
making a total of seed of /, l25 00) pounds
Reports upon the cotton crop from the
Memphis district are favorable.
Among other purposes for which the
| counties of Georgia are permi ted to pro-
| vide by local option legislation is the taxa
ton of dogs. The law was adopted for
( Floyd County, and the returns just com
ple5ed by the Tax Receiver show that
1920 dogs have paid their taxes.
! David McEVOv- Dallas how
was shot and probably fatally wounded a
few DAYS ago while stealing watermel0ns.
Rtotous negroes broke up party a Dal-
las, Tex. Il few nights ago, and one OF
them, a lewd woman, was thrown into the
water of Long Lake.
broker at Macon, Ca, advertses for
bills of sale for negroes, Offering in pay
dollar for dollar in Confederate money and
bonds.
Prof. Guerin, prominent educator in
Tennessee, was thrown from his horse in,
Dickson County a few days since and in
stantIy killed.
a recent fire at Cattletsburg, KY,
caused a loss of $75, ,O00 Falling walls
buried a number of fremen. James NJ ,,
Kenzie, David Kinner, jr., and John Gra
ham, were killed. Robert Miller and Sam
uel Kelly were fatally hurt.
few nights ago at Rogers & Ballen
tines railroad camp, on the Wilson Rail
road, twenty miles below Harriston, Miss
two colored men were shot by one Taos
johnson, also colored. One of the men,
name unknown, was mOrtalIy wounded
and the other, Charlie McCulloch, bar
ber, was killed. No cause is assigned for
the shooting other than that of the reck
lessness of the murderer.
Mr.. Charles Tilden, President of the
Bank of Louisville, and also President oil
the Louisville Board of Managers of the
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
died suddenly few nights ago from ncu
ralgia of the stomach, at his residence
near Louisville, Ky. Mr. Tilden was at
the bank Saturday and seemed as well as
usual. IN the afternoon he drove to hi,
home on the Bardstown road, near tht
city, and continued apparently well unit
a few minutes before IL p. IN. when he wa
attacked by violent pains, dying before
physician reached him.
J. Bruce Halsted, Professor of Highe
Mathematics ut Princeton, has been elected
to a similar position in the University O.
Texas.
The Fruit and Vegetable Shippers As
sociation of Madison County, Miss, at
recent meeting resolved TO distribute thei
shipmens in the future, thereby avoidin,
overstocked markets. Upon a full heariuj
of evidence the association exonerate
Chicago merchants of unfair dealing in tn
past.
In a row between colored people at Ste1
ling, Ga, a few days ago, negro woman
whose favor was i'm dispute between rw
suitors, was shot and killed by one O
them. Mr.. Halzendorf, a merchant, wa
probably fatally wounded by flying bul
wounding him seriously.
A suit for $1,000 damages has bee
brought at Vicksburg, Mss, by the owr
ers Of the steamer Headlight against tn
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroa
Company for building their bridge owe
Rolling Fork River last season, and ther,
by obstructing navigation, interferin
with the business Of the boat to that ez
tent.
Cotton picking has fairly commenced.
A few nights ago as the family of Jon,
Higgs were returning from church in
wagon near Mt. Vernon, Montgomer
County, Ga, the party was fired upc
by David H. Connor. Alice Higgs, a si
teen-year-old daughter was killed. Conn,
, was a rejected suitor of Miss Higgs.
The CITY Council of Houston, Tex, hi
, passed the long-expec. ed anti-ga1ublir
ordinance. This makes the keeper Of
CamUlng house liable foreach ofTense, ar
any police officer who knows Of a gambliT
house and neglects TO report the same,
liable 10 a fine Of ff y dollars and impri
onment for thirty days.
One of the features Of the Louisville z
position will be competitive drill.
} R A. Linsay, of Arlington, Tex, mu
: dered his step-father, James A Wrigh
and his step-sister, Miss Fanny Wrigh
a few days ago. No definite eau