The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-24
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gun first by holding to the muzEle. The
locks of the gun struck a rail, which ex-
ploded both barrels, the charges complete
Iy tearing away the right side of his head.
Ths Associated Press distributed five
hundred dollars at Charleston among those
reporters who furnished the details of the
earthquake.
Hall, Bill and Lester Matthews, three
brothers, were arrested in Caddo Parish,
La, few days ago, charged with the
murder of Alexander Carrick, all being
colored. Bill Matthews had a fight with
Alex Carrick at a dance. Han Matthews
struck Carrick over the head with bottle
of brandy cherries, from the effects of
which he died.
Wash Freeman, a negro of Frankfort,
Ky, went about a mile in the coun try, a
few nights ago, to steal some roasting ears
of corn. While in the act he was fred up
on by a white man named Wallace, the
ball entering just below the chin and
causing his death. Wallace says he
thought it was hog, else he would not
have fired.
negro named W ukerson was lynched
near Millen, Ga, few days ago. He de-
served it.
Atlanta (Ga.l citizens consume fifteen
hundred quarts Of wine every day.
Libby prison, Richmond, Va. is now
fertilizing factory, and Casle Thunder
has been burned TO the ground.
Andrew Harritt, a brakeman on the Sum
set Route in Texas, was killed by the cars
at Converse station few days ago.
A company has been formed in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, with a capital stock of $780,
600 to erect new 1O9-ton blast furnace in
that city at once.
One of the finest Baptist churches in the
Southern States, costing $4,000, was dedi-
Gated recently at Lynchburg, Va.
Charleston Is. CO real-estate dealers
say that ther has been no falling off in the
sale of lots in that city since the recent
earthquakes.
william Olney, of San Antonio, Tex,
was out riding twelve miles west of the
city, a few days ago, when lightning
killed him.
A gander was killed near Lexington,
Tenn, recently, that was supposed to be
at least fifty years old. Its owner had
got tired waiting for it to die natural
death.
High tides are making serious inroads
upon the beach at Galveston, Tex. Con-
siderable fear is expressed that the usual
fall gales will do great dam ge to the
city.
"Old Banv the faithful saddle-horse of
W. E. Pearson, of Scooba, Ala, died re-
Gently, aged twenty five years. 1t was
thought to be the oldest horse in the State,
and was well known for miles around.
The white house" of the Confederacy al
Richmond, Va, is now used as a public
school, and the halls in which the Davis
Cabinet held their war councils now echo
with the voices of children reciting lessons
in geography.
General Devens' dress sword is being
handed down as an heirloom, it appears,
In the families of officers of the North
Carolina brinade which surprised the
/ judges headquarters at Charlottesville.
There are two families of the name of
/ Dodd in Barlow County, Georgia. They
/ are not related, and interest in them arises
/ from the fact that one of the families is
! composed of nine girls, while the other is
made up of eight boys.
/ One of the results of the recent earth
/ quake was to cure the rheumatism of a
| citizen of Columbia, S. c. He had used
/ crutches for years, but when the quake
+ quaked he ran out of the house like a four
/ year-old steer, and he hasn't used his
! crutches since.
! The Taylor brothers, rival candidates for
/ Governor of Tennessee, occupied the same
room in a hotel at Chattanooga, recently,
j where they entertained their friends in
I the evening, with familiar melodies on the
/ violin.
The sheriff of Covington, Tenn, has in
/ custody a man who confesses having MUIR
dered ex-Mayor Bowman, Of East st.
Louis, III. The prisoner states that he
was paid $1,000 for the work by the vice.
/ president of a railway company. Tho
confession lacks some elements of con-
sstency.
The Board of Elucation of Savannah,
Ga, has passed resolutions forbidding
the infiiction of corporal punishment
! There has been some trouble growing out
of the infiction of such punishment, and
the board thought its abolition would be
the shortest way to end 1t.
The DiurnaI, a packet steamer running
between Louisville, KY, and Cannelton
struck a snag near Alta Ind, n few lay
| ago, ripped several planlzs off her keel and
| sunk. The passengers and freight were all
removed without accident or incident to
the City of Owensboro that happened to
be passing. The freight was considerably
| damaged by water. The loss is estimated
| at $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
VIM. p. Ferris, manager Of Bradstreet's
Mercantile Agency at Birmingham, Ala,
died at Nashville, Tenn, few nights
ago from an overdose of chloral admin
istered while he was i'll. Mr.. Ferris was
returning to Birming gton from Northern
| trip. His body was cared for by friends.
He was for several years the manager of
| Bradstreet's agency in Nashville. He
afterward went to Little Rock, and from
there to Birmin CHAM.
A terrible accident occurred on the East
! Tennessee, Virginia 4 Georgia railway,
near Chattanooga, Tenn, few evenings
since. A north bound express train struck
a COW a sharp curve while entering the
! city. The engine turned over a slight en-
bnnkment, crushing Engineer Tom Buck
/ lev and Fireman aris to death. Buckley's
body was not recovered for several hours.
The tracks of the East Tennessee, Cincin-
natl Southern and Western & Atlantic
were badly blocladed un il midnight.
! Charl est on is becoming tranquil.
The strike of four thousand cotton oper-
atives at Atlanta so touched the SYM
pathies of the people that an appropria-
tion Of S1, 900 for the relief of the needy
was made by the City Council.
Several negroes got into a fight at Dix
ie, Ca, few nights ago, during which
Mansfield Horton shot Wash Barnes.
The pistol-bail struck Barnes directly in
the forehead, but finding his skull impen-
etrable it glanced of, leaving only a
slight scar.
The colored fair of south Mississippi
will be held at Brookhaven, beginning Oc-
tober %, and continuing five days.
The Memphis (Tenu.) timers won their
strike and returned to work.
A party consisting Of the wife and ehild
of Roy Turner, two sons Of John Nelson
Turner and two young nen named Hood
were fordiug Green river, near Fountain
Bun, KY, few days ago, in a wagon.
when the horses became frightened and
ran down stream into deep water. The