The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-04-02
SOUTHERN eLEANINes.

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whGle trying to extract the cartridge, was
seriously injured.
A bill making telegraph and telephone
| companies common carriers was defeated
in the Texas Senate.
/ James Adams, who lives one mile north
! of Seneca, Ga, left his fifteen year old
| daughter at home while he went to town
few days ago. Returning, he discovered
/ his house in flames and his daughter
| burned to death.
p. J. Biggers, one of the wealthiest
| planters, in the vicinity of Columbus, Ca,
| whose name was connected with the sem
sational Biggers poisoning case, in which
| three lives were lost, is dead.
Mat Roberts and Charles Smith. con-
victs, were shot and killed while attempt
| ing to escape from the guards at Big
| Creek, about four miles from Marlin, Tex,
few days ago.
A train of cotton on the Mobile & North
western Railroad caught fire few DAYS
ago, and before it could be extinguish ed
large amount of cotton was lost.
Henry Watson, watchman at Mt. Ster-
ling, KY, arrested boy named johnson
| few days ago, and the boys father de-
| manded his release. Watson drew
! pistol and shot and killed Johnson. John
sons step-son fired three times at Wat
son, without effect. Watson was hurried
to Jail, as there was much excitement and
| threats of lynching.
At st. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans,
the 18th, while mass was being said in
honor of st. Joseph's Day, Rev. Antoine
Durier was consecrated Bishop of Natchi
toches in Louisiana, Most Rev. Archbishop
F. x. Leray officiating.
Hon. Mark A. Cooper, eighty seven
years of age, died at Carriers vile, Ga,
| few days ago. The deceased was one of
the pioneers of Georgia and a resident of
Barton County. Forty five years ago
| Colonel Cooper was a member of Con-
| gress, where he gained a reputation as a
| practical, Woodworking man rather than
brilliant orator-the characteristic of
the average Southern Congressman.
| The colored people who have focked
| from South Carolina to Arkansas are
| having hard time. It is said the Arkan-
sas mountaineers do not like the idea of
| turning the State into an asylum for
negro emigrants, and violence is threat
! ened.
A large number of employees on the
Alabama Great Southern Railway stru ok
| few days ago for wages due them. They
claim that the company is nearly three
| months behind. There is no prospect of
| immediate relief A general strike is
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| not paid.
Policeman John Shallow, of Chattanoo-
/ ga, Tenn, attempted to arrest a steam
| boatman named Jim Looney, a few nights
| ago, when Looney cut the officers throat
| to the windpipe and ran. The officer pur-
sued and shot at him five times. Four bull
lets took effect. One passed through his
arm, another through his thigh, thild
| through his shoulder and fourth through
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cover. The officer is badly wounded.
| MARCEL Won Haxhausen, editor ana
publisher of the DeutscHe Zeitung, at Hous-
ton, Tex, shot himself in the forehead,
| few days since, the bullet penetrating the
| brain. His wife and five children were at
the breakfast table in the room beneath
| and heard the shot, His wife, thinking a
sash had fallen down, went up to her room
and found her husband on the floor, dead,
his face covered with blood.
There is great excitement in TazeweIl
County, Va, over repeated murders in
that region during the last few weeks, to
say nothing of minor infractions of the
| law. A few days ago John Harris, a
| special officer, was shot and instantly
| killed, for which crime four men were ar
rested and are now in jail at TazeweH
| Courthouse. County Superintendent w.
o. Davis was fired at by some unknown
party and narrowly escaped death. Sew
eral meetings of citizens have taken place,
and it is proposed to organize a vigilance
committee to preserve order.
The Southern spoke and handle factory
at Henderson, KY, was destroyed by fire
| recently; loss. $4,000.
Three men were fatally injured a few
days ago in a cutting affray at Louisville,
| KY.
The Grand Central Hotel at Fort Smith,
Ark, burned a few days ago; loss about
| $4,000.
THE town of Henderson, N. c., was re.
! Gently visited by a fire which destroyed
$40, 900 worth of property.
G. J. Wise, wealthy cotton buyer OF
| jefferson, Tex, was thrown fromj his
suky few nights ago, and his horse TAX
| ing fright, dragged him distance, injur-
ing him severely.
Mrs. Margaret Griggs, while standing
at the dinner table at Columbus, Ga, a
few days ago, suddenly fell to the floor,
| and before assistance could reach her she
| was dead. 1t was a case of heart disease.
A very sad drowning occurred in Walker
| County, Ga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, q
few days ago. A farmer named James
! Bond and his son attempted 10 ford a creek
which was considerably swollen. The
swift current swept them from their horses
and they were drowned.
Quite a sensation was created a few
| nights ago at the First Presbyterian
! Church at Chattanooga, Teun., one of the
most popular in the city, by the pastor,
Rev. J. w. Bachman, condemning progress
| sive euchre as a modified form of gam
bling.
| Frank Bickle, a switchman employed in
| the yard of the Texas & Pacific at Baird,
Tex, got fastened in the track while
coupling cars few days ago, and had an
arm and leg badly mashed
| The Tennessee Senate adopted a resolu.
| zion rendering the United States the use
| of the Hermitage, President Andrew Jack
sons old residence, as a home for vet
erans of the MexicanIwar and the war IF
| 1872.
To winter, gladly, au urevoir.
In the Texas House of Representatives
a few days since joint resolution submit
ting a prohibitory amendment to the Con-
stitution to a vote of the people passed:
| Ayes, 70; noes, 16.
The Governor of Texas recently sent a
message to the Legislature calling atten-
| tion to the fact that there are large cattle
interests in certain sections of the State
using the school lands free, and from
which no taxation is derived. He suggests
that some means be adopted by the Leg
islature by which they shall be compelled
to pay taxes and to pay for the use of the
lands
Two large mills were burned a few days
ago at Petersburg, Va.
Six Texas convicts fed from a ranch in
Grimes County few days since. Two OF
them were shot down by the guard, and
four y1rere Eafuor Dursued hv bIOodhounds