The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-15
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.

Quoting all sums for improvements, paid
into the Treasury in cash S11,0OO
The manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company at Savannah, Ga, has
created a sensation by discharging the en-
tire force of white messenger boys and
substituting negroes. He says they are
more reliable and viii obey instructions,
while white boys are trifing.
At Birmingham, Ala, a few nights ago,
James Martin, of Chicago, woke up from a
drunken stupor and found that he had
been robbed of 81 900. J. Il. Cooper, his
room-mate, was suspected, and upon being
arrested the entire sum was found in his
possession. He was a stranger in the city,
as well as to Martin.
A well-dressed stranger was found dead
with his throat cut in Wilmington, N. c.,
few days ago. A knife covered with
blood was lying by his side, and on his
person was gold watch, $50 and a check
book on the South Bend (Ind.) National
Bank showing deposits of s., 800 by F. w.
Whitlow. He had cork leg.
The colored residents of Raleigh, n. c.,
celebrated Emancipation Day on the 1st
inst, despite the bad weather. There was
a parade of troops and firemen, and
large gathering at the City hall, where ap-
propriate exercises were conducted and
number of speeches made.
A feud which for several years has ex-
listed between the Stewart and Wharton
families, residing in the vicinity of
Blountsville, Ala, was renewed few days
ago by William Wharton slapping Lem
Stewart in the face. The latter then drew
his knife, and plunging it into the heart of
Wharton, left him dead on the sidewalk
The murderer was lodged in jail.
At ball at DOuglassville, Ca, on New
Years night, the dress of one of the dan
GERS, Miss Emmma Prince, caught fire and
great excitement ensued on account of the
flaming figure in the dance. The lady was
severely burned, and was in a precarious
condition. The occurrence broke up the
ball.
A plot was discovered in Vicksburg,
Miss, few days ago, to burn the County
Jail. Several prisoners confined in one of
cells had things pretty well arranged for
the deed, but had not set the exact time
for its consummation, when dispute arose
between them and it became necessary to
remove them to separate cells. When this
was done one of the parties became alarm
ed and 2jvulged the whole matter, thereby
frustrating the scheme.
The headless trunk of an unknown white
man was found in an old house near the
The body was in a state of decomposition,
and well dressed. The Coroner held an in
quest, but nothing in regard to identifica-
tion was developed. A bottle, marked
laudanum, was found in his room, but it is
believed that it was placed there designed
to deceive any person inquiring into the
cause of his death.
Francis Aldue, a Canadian, while trying
to burglariZe the residence of Mr.. Albert
Jones, in Memphis, Tenn, few days ago,
was fired upon by Mr.. Jones, who shot him
on the right knee-cap, disabling him to
such a degree that amputatiOn of the leg
may be necessary.
The coke ovens at Soddy mines, near
Chattanooga, Tenn, $50 in number, have
resumed opera
Two prominent sheep men, named Henry
Kuhleman and Joseph Stein, were MUIR
dered few days ago near Uvalde, Tex.
The Merchants Exchange of Dallas,
Tex, held meeting a few days ago and
indorsed the proposed National bankrupt
law, urging that it would be a protection
to credit.
Peter Howe, aged about thirty, Ger.
man by birth, originally from Indiana,
was found dead in bed at Marshall, Tex,
few days ago.
In Douglassville, Ca, few days ago,
James Newton drank too much and laid
down in front of bar-room fire, when his
clothes ignited and he was burned to
death.
A member of a convict gang working on
the Houston & Texas Central Railway was
shot by guard few evenings since and
killed, one mile north of Dallas, while at
tempting to escape.
The late lynching at Clayton, N. c., of
Tubn shot and thrown
into the river, receives sensational interest
by the alleged temperance of one of the
negroes, Henry Davis, in a neighboring
county.
A car of the United States Fish Commits
sion, in charge of n. Simmons, is making a
tour of Texas distributing German carp
and other fish for culture in Texas waters.
The car had 5000 on hand and will also
distribute in Western Louisiana, New
Mexico and Arizona.
John G.. Francis committed suicide at
Augusta, Ga, few days ago, by cutting
his throat with razor. He was a great
sufferer from neuralgia, and took NOR
phiRe freely to deaden the pain. He was
supposed to have been temporarily insane.
After cutting his throat, he said the pain
had driven him to desperation, and he
could bear it no longer. Francis was a
weIl-known and respected citizen.
Greenberry Bray was married during
the holidays sand took up his residence
about five miles out of Americus, Ga. For
some unexplained reason there was
great Indignation among neighbors
against him, and party ofthem, masked,
broke into his house, few nights ago,
tore him from the side of his;.wife and
rode him on rail, and perpetrated other
indignities.
On the oath of December, the schooner
Selma, loaded with fish and oysters,
sailed into Mobile Bay from Mississippi
Sound. and for two weeks was not heard
from when she was found bottom up in the
Bay. Nothing is known of the four men
on board - Captain Charles DrummOnd,
Mate H. X. Cleveland and Seamen Henry
Drummond and VIM. Mccullough. Doubt
less they were drowned.
Renters in New Orleans feel blue.
On account of the numerous highway
robberies that have been recently perpe-
trated in and about Nashville, Tenn, the
Grand Jury have been directed to show no
mercy toward persons presented for that
offense, Judge Allen pIedging that the
Criminal Court will vigorously prosecute
all highwaymen.
George a. Benson, representing the house
of Benson & Townsend. of Philadelphia.
Pa, committed suicide in Lawrenceville,
Ga, a few days ago by shooting himself
through the heart. He committed the act
because an officer was in town to arrest
him for cheating and swindling.
JOS P. Mckinney, a book-keeper OF
louisville, KY, committed suicide.
Two negro desperadoes, one of whom
committed murderous assault on Mrs.
Tyler, of Lawrence County, Mississippi,
and robbed her home, were surrounded
few nights ago in the Bahala Swamps by
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