The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-25
SOUTHERN eLEANINos.

Dy mad dog two years ago, and q lew
days before his death was stung by bees
on the same arm.
1t has been discovered in the Georgia
Comptroller's Office that persons are on
the rolls fraudulently drawing allowances
under the manned Confederate soldier
act. A case recently exposed is that Of
David Gam, one-legged, who was made
engineer at the State Capitol some years
ago at seventy-five dollars per month,
claiming to be a Confederate. He waH
recently discharged for neglect of his
work, and has been proven to be a fraud,
having lost his leg in 1865 in railroad
accident.
George w. Milkman, arrested in Provi-
dence, R. L, recently by Detective Porter,
of Nashville, Tenn., was taken to Nash.
vile few days since and lodged in jail to
await trial for receiving money and goods
under false pretenses. Mill1man, who is
sign painter, located in Nashville several
months ago, and after securing money,
clothing and jewelry valued at six hun
dred dollars, left the city. He was indict-
ed and was returned on a requisition.
Judge Allen of the Nashville (Tenn.)
Criminal Court was hanged in effigy in
the Court house in Murfreesboro a few
nights ago. 1t is thought by some that
the act was committed in condemnation Of
the action of Judge Allen in having At
torney General Washington arrested for
alleged contempt of his court. Others be-
lieve it was due to the fact that Judge
Allen had announced himself as an inde-
pendent candidate for reelection against
the convention nominee, who resides in
Murfreesboro.
Louisville (Ky.) street fakirs sell what
they are pleased to call sneezeIess snuff.
| A colored woman edits an influential
| paper published in Petersburg, Va.
| Peach trees thirty-two years old still
| bear profuseIy at Levyville, Ga.
| Two distinct streams jet from arte-
sian well at Albany. Ga.
! One trucker in Alachua County, Fla,
| recently got twenty five cents from New
| York as the total returns for six crates of
beans.
Two men in TalIapoosa County, Ala,
cut each others throats and died stimuli
/ taneously recently during political quar-
| rel.
Attorney General Miller of Mississippi
has brought suit against the penitentiary
lessee for $40, 900 due for 1885.
A Tallahassee (FIa.) merchant, who be-
gan business over three years ago, has not
been absent from his store a single day.
often having his midday meal sent to
him.
On the Waller farm, near Newmarket,
/ Va, a few days ago, two young colored
girls nearly beat to death an aged white
man and his sister, and fed with $3.50 in
money.
Two women, aged one hundred and four
and seventy seven years respectively,
were recently arrested at Louisville, KY,
for fighting. The eldest one held her own
for some time, but the youth of the other
finally triumphed and one hundred and
four was knocked out.
A beer war is going on at Rome, Ca,
and one retailer advertises it at one cent
a glass. Most consumers, however, have
for some time been buying it by the keg,
owing to the low rates prevailing.
An incend larry fired the grain, hay and
salt stores of NJ. B. Pitcher & Bro, at
Nashville, Tenn, few mornings since,
and the entire stock and buildings were
damaged to such an extent that they are
worthless. Loss on the building, Sc, 900 !;
on stock, $4,000 Insurance on building,
$4,000; on stock, s., 900.
A Louisville (Ky.) lady says that mill
liners are the sharpest dealers on earth,
and suit their prices to their custom ers'
pocketbooks. She knows, for, after trying
vainly a few days since to buy bonnet
for less than hetwenty-five dollars asked,
she went home and described the bonnet
to her servant, who went to the shop and
bought it for twelve dollars.
Wright f. Darling was arrested in Mer-
ldian a few days since, on the charge OF
stealing two registered letters from the
post office. Darling was the friend of one
of the clerks in the office, and by means OF
this friendship he secured admission be-
hind the counter, from whence, it is al
legged, he purloined the letters.
A meeting presided over by General Don
Carlos Buell. was held at Louisville, XIV.
a few nights ago to devise plans for the
erection of monument in memory of the
late distinguished Federal soldier and cit
izen, General Lowell H. Rousseau. Promi-
nent Union and ex-Confederate soldiers
were present, and many speeches OF
eulogy were made. General w. II. Jack
son pledged his ex-Confederates to con-
tribute to so good a cause in honor of such
a patriot. Committees were appointed tc
raise the necessary subscriptions for a
handsome monument.
A terrible tragedy was committed in
Lenoir County, N. c., q few days ago.
Ann Mcdonald, wife of William McDon-
aid, and Jane Dawson, the wife of Thomas
Dawson, had been intimate friends, but
while discussing some family matters, be-
came involved in an angry quarrel, and
abusive words followed. The husbands
were present at the time and took sides
with their wives. Finally the two
men became engaged in a fight, during
which Mcdonald shot and killed Dawson.
The murderer has been arrested and com >
mitted for trial.
A queer reptile was killed one day recent
ly near Americus, Ca. 1t was something
like an eel, being four feet and one inch
long, and had four small legs. The reptile
had pretty good-sized teeth and was ready
to defend itself. biting viciously at every
thing that touched it. 1t was about -four
or five inches in circumference, and was
devoid of fins of any kind, although it be-
longed TO the water.
The pilgrims are heading northward.
John Dauphin and Philip BIosome, who
are charged with passing two forged
checks bearing the name of Dauphin, the
New Orleans lottery man, on the firms OF
w. L. Foley and J. r. Seeligmann, al
Houston, Tex, were arrested n few days
ago, and some Of the money was found
sewed in the bands of their pantaloons
Dauphin says he is a cousin to the lottery
man.
McGraw, the Objectionable overseer in
the AIgernor mill at Augusta, Ga, has re-
signed, the threatened lockout in the
mills has bsen averted, and busine So is
running usual
A poplar tree in Wilkes County, Ca,
is twentv-seven feet in circumference.
The announcement that a company has
been organized in New York to make a
thorough experiment in jute-raising in the
South is a cheerful bit of news. The COM
pany has leased $4,000 acres of land in
Madison County, Alabama, and viii plant
it in jute and ramie; it viii also establish