The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-01-22
SOUTHERN eLEANINes.

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which entered the side, passing through
the heart and causing instant death.
The storehouse of E. C. Oakley, at Lucy
| Station, Tenn, on the Chesapeake, Ohio q
| Southwestern Railway, was entered by
| burglars few nights ago, who afterward
set fire to the building, which, together
with a stock of goods valued at $1,000,
| were destroyed. The thieves rifled the
store before setting it on fire.
Lucy Washington (colored), aged nearly
one hundred, was found dead sitting in
| chair in her room near the colored Baptist
| Church at Shreveport, La, few days ago.
| She was the mother of several children
when the battle of New Orleans was
| fought, and often related her experience
at that time. For some years she has been
an object of charity.
Bud Millsap was shot and instantly
| killed at Lynchburg, Tenn, a few days
| ago, by Officer Silvertooth, who attempted
| to arrest MiIlsap for being drunk and dis
| orderly. The latter tried to assault Silver
tooth, who fired three shots.
! Governor Lowry of Mississippi has ap-
| pointed Judge James NJ. Arnold of Column
| bus, Circuit Judge of the SixSG District, to
| fill the vacancy on the Supreme bench
/ caused by the death of Judge Chalmers.
| Judge Arnold is a lawyer of great ability.
The house of Mrs. Clay, at Sandhat,
| Smith County, Texas, was robbed and
burned few nights ago by negro named
/ Alex Robinson, in the absence of the fam
| lily. He was captured, and it was thought
he would be lynched a portion of the
| plunder from the house was found in his
| possession.
News is received of the lynching of Jno.
/ Stapleton, ST., farmer residing near Mt.
| Sterling, KY. A few weeks ago Staple
| toms son shot and killed Cullahan White,
| for which he was arrested and sent to Mt.
Sterling to protect him from a mob. The
father was arrested on pretense of being
an accessory to the murder, and a mob of
| thirty men took him from Jail and hung
him in front of the Courthouse.
/ A negro has been arrested and jailed at
| Nashville, Tenn, who answers almost per-
| fectly the description of the desperate,
| Tom Owens, the chief assassin in the
| torious Freedman murder case, for which
| Meyer Moskovitz is now under a life sem
| tence as instigator. Owens was reported
| killed in a fight in Nebraska, and the off,
GERS of that State claimed the large re-
ward offered for him. He is a notorious
desperate, and it was thought his reported
death was put-up job either for the re-
ward or to save him from prosecution, as
| not want him captured.
Ed Prentiss, for assault on a lady, was
sentenced at Sherman, Tex, to seventeen
years and three months Imprisonment. He
was taken to the Huntsville Penitentiary.
Joseph Nag entered the barn of Mr.. VIM.
Storm, in Surrey County, North Carolina,
a few days ago, and stole a bag of corn,
which he took to d hiding place and
swung up in tree. He returned the next
night to get it, and just as he stepped un-
der the bag it fell on him, breaking his
neck.
Rev. David McFarlin, aged seventy-six,
for the past fifty years a minister in the NJ. E.
| Church, was stricken with paralysis while
| at dinner few days ago and died at the
residence of his son-in-law, Rev. r. Thorn"
| son, at Marshall, Tex.
The steam saw w-mill boat Lee Richard
son, Jr., belonging to William Curply, of
| Vicksburg, Miss, took fire a few nights
| ago, and before the flames could be gotten
under control the hull had to be pumped
full of water by the fire department, and
| the boat sunk. She will be raised in a
! short time. Amount of insurance $40, 900,
| Amount of loss and cause of fire not
| known.
Thirty thousand people visited the
recent Sunday at half rates. Despite the
numerical proportion of the attendance,
| there was none of that crowding conse-
! quent on the presence of large bodies in
| places of less immensity. Visitors have
| begun to systematic their tour of inspec-
! tion.
Alicia Cruce, wife of prominent citizen
| of Laredo, Tex, went into her yard few
| days since, and was bitten on the foot by a
tarantula. A physician was summoned,
| but the poison was too active, and she died
| in horrible agony. The limb swelled to an
unnatural size, and she was unconscious
within an hour after receiving the bite.
While the steamer Hays was near Moe
| casin, Ga, on the Chattanoochee, a few
/ days ago, passengers observed a young
! man in a batteau, apparently superintend-
| ing some hands rafting in the river. He
| had shotgun in his hand. Suddenly,
while the gaze of all was turned away, the
report of the gun was heard, and, on look
| ing, they saw him tumble back into the
stream and sink to the bottom. Whether
| it was a case of suicide or not is not known.
/ He was in comfortable circumstances and
/ married, having welded Miss Horton, of
Macon, recently.
The City Council of El Paso, Tex, re-
| Gently resolved to reduce the police force.
The next morning one of the principal
stores was burglarized and about 500
| worth of revolvers taken. The electric
lights made everything clear as day, and
| relying on the brilliant lights no shutters
were up, so the thieves simply broke the
| glass and took the plumber. No clew.
There is a movement on foot among the
| influential colored men of Abilene, Tex,
to induce negroes from other parts of the
South to settle in that and other towns in
| West Texas. Negroes readily find work
| at good pay there; servants especially are
| in demand; and are paid from SO upwards
per month. Large numbers of negroes are
| already in some towns, and the movement
| is regarded with disfavor by the whites.
The Texas Legislature is in session.
John Gardenhire, who several days since
| robbed B. Levois, the Postmaster, and his
wife, at the muzzle of a revolver, near
| Eagle Ford, Tex, and subsequently bur-
| Qlarized John Luck's store at the point,
was arrested at st. Paul, Collin County,
and lodged in jail in Dallas. When ap-
preached by the officer, Gardenhire resist
| ed arrest, and a running fight ensued.
About dozen shots were exchanged, but,
| fortunately, none took effect. The pris-
oner surrendered only after emptying his
revolver He is reported as being rather
| tough customer. a confederate escaped
| and has not been captured.
Six persons were injured but none killed
| In a recent Florida railroad collision.
Mrs. C. o. Hays, widow of late Congress
man HAYS, of Alabama, was robbed of
sixty dollars in money and many valable
papers while on the Alabama & Great
! Soutbern Railroad a few nights ago. Three
meu. got possession of her satchel contain
| ing the valuables- Several parties have
| baen arres ted on suspicion.