The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-18
SOUTHERN oLEANlNos.

kelly'S 1eWeirY store and HenderSonfS
store at Hopkinsville, KY, were destroyed
and the city bank badly damaged by fire
few nights ago. The losses will aggregate
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
A man named Linck. seventy-six years
of age, at Castroville, Tex, few days ago
descended a fifty- foot well for a bucket at
the bottom. On again reaching the top
he was in such an exhausted condition
that he fell back, going to the bottom. He
was taken out dead the next day.
A horrible double murder was committed
at Tyro Shops, Davidson County, N. c.,
q few nights ago. While A. J. Mcbride
and his wife were eating supper they were
murdered in their seats and the house
robbed and burned, together with their
bodies.
Much excitement prevails in the neigh
borhood of Hunters Chapel, near Bam-
berg, s. c., over the recent eowhiding Of
Mr.. John Studley by Messrs. w. 7. Con-
nelly and A. L. OFT. It seems that Stud
ley had been circulating false and damag-
ing reports concerning Connelly's sister.
In order to obtain full satisfaction for the
| offense, Messrs. Connolly and OFT pur-
chased a whalebone whip, waited upon
Mr.. Studley and administered thirty
tashes, wearing the whip completely out.
An OcOnee (Ga.) man, aged eighty-six
years, recently split 225 large rails in one
day.
A farmer at Newberry, Tenn, has a hen
that takes care of 40 young chickens and
one turkey.
A female in New Orleans recently caused
| the arrest of policeman for calling her
q woman. The judge decided that she
was a woman and discharged the police
man.
Colonel Luther J. Glenn, grand secre-
| tary of the Odd Fellows of the United
States. and formerly member of the Con-
federate Congress, died recently at At
lanta, Ga, aged eighty years.
Vicksburg, NJ iss., now has the base ball
fever, and the Memphis and Shreveport
clubs are to be invited to a series Of games
at the former place at an early day.
The New Orleans Times Democrat ex-
| horts the Louisiana legislature to first
| bring the expenses of the State govern
ment within its revenues, and then devote
| itself to a comprehensive and liberal sys-
tenn of levee protection,
Captain Hughes and posse, of the Inter-
nal Revenue service, report the capture
and destruction of two large Illicit distil-
| leries near Waterloo, Overton County,
| Tenn, with 1000 gallons of beer and
! twenty tubs. The proprietOrs escaped,
but an empIOYe was arrested
. Quite a sensation was caused in Vicks-
| burg, Miss, a few nights ago by rabid
! dog rushing into the parlor of DR.. James
| NJ Hunt, a prominent physician of that
| city. The family were assembled in the
| parlor, but the dog was killed before it
had an opportunity to bite any of them.
| Elias Oppenheimer has the distinction
| of being the first one prosecuted under the
recent act making gambling in Kentucky
! a felony. He was detected through the
Law and Order Club in the operation of a
| quiet little game of poker, and was indict-
ed at the last sitting of the grand jury.
jeff Cane, an employe of the Sunset
| yard at San Antonio, Tex, some time ago
| collected 5000 for the benefit of Engineer
Ben Shaw, who was i'll. Cane misappro-
| priated the funds, and when asked for it
recently, promised to pay, but skipped 70
| El Paso. He was arrested at Uvalde ant
taken back, and is now in jail awaiting
indictment by the grand jury for embez-
/ Element.
! The wife of John Honesty, living on
| Cedar Creek, eight miles from Bolton,
| Tex, was found dead in her bed few days
ago by her husband upon his return from
| work in the field to dinner. She had been
entirely alone during the morning, and
| there is no possible explanation of her
| death.
Frank B. Harris, alias w. P. Barley, was
arrested at Nashville, Tenn, few days
ago by detectives by au' hority of letters
received from officials at Winchester, Ind,
and Washington Court House, o., where
| he had figured extensively selling Bo-
hemian oat seed, from which he guaran-
teed wonderful results. He is said to have
succeeded in duping many farmers.
Agriculture, gives the general condition
of the growing crops in Georgia during
June as much bel, W the average for the
season, the only crop above being Irish
potatoes. Crops are ten to twenty days
behind in growth Corn is 50; oats, II;
wheat So; cotton stand, 81; plant, 81; rice,
30; Irish potatoes, SO; sweet potatoes, 81;
| ground peas, 95; melons, 80; peaches, 70; +;
apples, "a; grapes, 81; wool clip, SO.
Ben Freeman, aged about twenty-five, a
| married man and farmer, living about five
miles from Versailles, KY, cut his throat
from ear to ear with suicidal intent. The
cause of the act is mystery. A physi-
clan was hastily summoned, who sewed
up the CHASTITY wound, and says the
| chances are about equal between recovery
and death. Freeman is a brother of George
Freeman, the Versailles policeman who
|
At Fort Gaines, Ga Willis Hudson was
sentenced to be hanged on the 10th of July,
and his accomplice, Mrs Isabella Roney,
was sentenced to the penitentiary for life
! Miss Roney, who was also an accomplic
in the murder, died in Jail few week
ago.
Edwin, the sixteen year old son of Jacob
Sherman, was blowing with mule near
Cartersville, Ca, the other day when
storm came up. The animal became un-
| ruly and threw the lad, who became en-
tangled in the plow line. The mule then
commenced running as hard it could,
| dragging the unfortunate boy behind it.
AS the animal jumped a fence the boys
head was dashed sainst the rails, burst
ing out his brains.
Vicksburg is figuring on water-works.
A fire at Catlettsburg, Ky, few days
ago destroyed the saw-mills of Smith,
Mitchell & Co., valued at $4,000.
Lynchers Stephen Allen, VIM. Brown,
Thomas billiard and Edwin Weber were
acquitted at Chattanooga, Tenn. They
were said to Eave hung Charles Williams
in that city.
Dravton and Arthur williams, the first
convicted of murder and the other of Grim
inal assault, from which the victim died,
were hanged at Orlando, Fla, few days
ago. The hanging was private. DraytOn
| confessed his crime. Arthur Williams
persisted that he was innocent.
The drought-striczen region OF Texas
has had some rain, but not enough.
The Texas newspapers stipulate with all
! legislative candidates for change in the
| libel laws.
Thos. J. Cluverius, who murdered his
sweetheart at the Richmond (Va.) reser-
voir and is condemned to hang, recently
exposed a plot of prisoners in jail to es-
/ cape.