The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17
SOUTHERN GLEANINos.


/ South Carolina in 1865, died recently at
/ Greenville, aged eighty-one years
A bed of conglomerate gravel near Pa
| dNcat, KY, is said to be filed with dia-
monds and other precious stones.
The Governor of Georgia has pardoned
! George T. Jackson, the Augusta cotton
/ mill manager, who embezzled 100000.
/ His health suffered greatly from the con
/ fnement
! The sugar house and machinery on w.
/ L. Shafer's Cedar Grove plantation, Terre
BOnne Parish, La, were destroyed by fire
a few days since. Loss, about 10000; ID
| surance, 50, 600.
George Noble, general manager of tha
| Texas q Pacific railroad, died at Dallas,
| Tex, few days ago, after short illness.
John Franklin, a drummer representing
| B. Veerlzamp & S On's carriage manufac-
tory of Cincinnati, died at Memphis tTenn..
a few nights ago from an overdose of NOR
phine taken to quiet his nerves.
Joseph II. Hays, a switchman employed
by the Louisville & Nashville road, was
run over by coal train in Memphis few
! days ago, and so badly crushed that he
/ died within a half-hour
P. Underwood, a mail carrier, was found
dead in the road three miles west of
! Pierce's Mill, in Marion County, Ark, a
few days ago. He had been shot with
pistol and the mail bags cut open and rifled
of their contents. A search is being made
for the murderer, who, if caught, will be
swung up
At recent meeting of the Chickasaw
Guards of Memphis, Tenn, it was re-
solved that they would attend the Nation
al drill at Washington in May and CON-
pete for the prizes offered, provided Cap
tain T. Carnes can so arrange his business
matters as to command them.
There are 1861 cOnvicts on the chain
ofC al coli I
white), 161 white males and the rest col
ored.
VIM. Morrison, a tough character of
Christian County, KY, was killed a few
| days ago in a fight with the sheriff.
VIM. Phippin and son, Henry, were shot
and killed in Stewart County, Tenn, a few
days ago, by VIM Cooley, in a road fight.
Governor Lee of Virginia has granted
Cluverius a respite until January A.
The Charleston earthquake relief com
mittee has looked after 1,S03 cases Of dis
tress since SeptemScf :
A fire in JOnesboro, Ca, few days ago
resulted in the destruction of the Story
House block; loss, $4,000
The sheriff at Hot Springs, Ark, raided
every gambling establishment in town
few days since, and burned the tables and
chips in the street.
A negroes protective union has been
formed at Memphis, Tenn, its object being
''the advancement of the moral, social,
financial, intellectual and political inter
ests of the negro race"
Quite number of Mississippi companies
have entered for the grand National COM
petitive drill at Washington next May.
The recent snowfall throughout Vir-
ginia was the heaviest for thirty years.
The street-car tracks at Petersburg were
blockaded.
Lewis Edward, an eighteen-year-old ne
proprietor, at Jesup, Ga, few days ago
Smith was threatening him with a knife
The sugar house and machinery on w L.
Shaffer's Cedar Grove plantation, TerrS
BOnne Parish, La, were destroyed by fire
a few days ago. Loss about $4,000; in.
surancG, 50, 600.
Another shock of earthquake was felt at
Columbia, S. c., few days since. TWAS
so severe as to wake the sOundest sleepers.
AS it was not felt at Charleston, the i'm
preston prevails that the area of displace-
ment has drifted westward.
The leader of the Prohibitionists iE the
South lCarOlina Legislature is Hon. Mr..
B OoZer.
Austin Carnicle emptied both barrels Of
a shotgun into the body Of Jim Kennedy,
at Ralston, Tenn, few days ago, inflict-
ing mortal wounds. The difficulty be-
tween them grew out of a dispute about
some pasture land.
A company composed of local capitalists
have purchased the Lagrange iron works
in Stewart County, Tenn, and will develop
the rich iron resources of that section.
Much of the emigration of negro laborers
from South Carolina is attributed to short
crops. Many families have nothing now,
with little prospect of bettering their con-
dition under the priority lien law, which
gives landlords the preference over mer-
chants and all other creditors.
TTiUbty-tbTpp mon are confined in
Federal Jail at Fort Smith, Ark. Thirty
eight are awaiting trial, twenty-One are
serving out Jail sentences, six are under
sentence of death, and eighteen are await
! ing transportation to the Chester Tll)
prison.
A disastrous fire occurred at YaZOo City,
Miss, few days ago, resulting in a loss
of about s66,000; partly insured. 1t was
by hard work that the compress and about
5000 bales of cotton were saved.
W. L. Gibbs, travelling salesman, died at
the Maxwell House, at Nashville, Tenn,
few days ago, aged thirty years. Mr.
Gibbs arrived from Atlanta five days pre-
viOusly, suffering from nervous exhaus-
ton. He was from Rochester, n. Y,
where his mother resides.
Fire at Washington, n. c., few days
since, burned the extensive lumber kilns
owned by E. NJ. Short, who loses 50, 900 on
them. Other losses are: S. r. Fowle,
lumber, $1,000; E. NJ. Short, lumber,
$1,000 The latter had only $1,000 insur.
ance.
A negro reached Columbus, Ga, few
days ago who imagined that he was rich.
He had in his possession $500, which he
vainly endeavOred to spend. He was ar
rested for burglary in Hatchechubb bbee. It
seems that the $500 which he secured was
Confederate money, and it was this clew
which led to his arrest
int hae FaI4 To bn
position of the present Legislature Of
Georgia in regard to prohibition, as it was
the intention of the dry people to ask for
more rigorous statutes. In the cOnsidera-
ton of the tax bill the Prohibitionists
moved an amendment to raise the Hcens
from $50 to S100 This was defeated by
vote of GA to 80. The Prohibitionists were
much chagrined to find themselves out
numbered, while the antis were lubi liant
Heavy snow is reported in Virginia.
The roof of the stOc,z-house of the Day
ton Coal and Furnace Company. of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, caved in a few nights ago
on account of the heavy fall of snow. The
building is nearly two hundred feet
square, and more than half the roof caved
in. Usually there are about one hundred
men in the house, but fortunately all had
gone to supper but a half-dOzen negroes
and a boss named Kerkner. They were
all badly injured, and two Of the negroes
may die. Kerkner's injuries were fatal
The Natural Gas Company at Bowling
Green, Kentucky, has set upa drill weigh
ing nearly two tons, and will bore to a
depth of fifteen hundred feet.
Eight colored men will occupy seats in
the next South Carolina Legis lature.
One hundred and seventy-two bales Of
cotton and box car of the Louisville, New
Orleans & Texas road were burned at
Greenville. Miss, q few days ago. The