The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-02-12
SOUTHERN oLEANINes.

! charged with larceny. It is alleged he
stole twenty dollars out of the money
drawer, also a pair of gold bracelets.
Oates has been cutting quite figure lately
as a society young man.
A fire at Shreveport, La, a few days ago
destroyed a one-story store occupied by H.
SegeI as a second hand clothing store, and
Abe Bronig, fruits, confectioneries, etc.
The flames did considerable damage 90 adj
joining buildings on either side, occupied
by Sam Bergman as a saloon; Brauning
Bros, dry goods; B. NassiIle, groceries; !;
Felix CohB, CRY goods; Ebsterin, clothing; !;
Sam Bergman, general merchandise. Loss
about S45, COO; insurance, over S25, 600.
A sensation was created at Nashvill e,
Tenn, few days ago, by the discovery of
an attempt to blow up the passenger ferry
boat Pearl with dynamite. Henry Robert
son, the fireman, found in pile of coal
from which the furnace is supplied, a
dynamite cartridge one foot in length,
with fuse attached. It is not known at
what time the cartridge was placed in
the coal or by whom, but it is evident
that the intention was TO blow up the
boat.
There viii be trotting races at Jackson
vile, Fla, from February 16 to 90.
Moses likes, working at the saw-mill of
Burns & Townsend, at Camilla, Ga, fell
against the saw a few days ago while it
was running, and his body was cut in two
from the crown of his head down.
A fire at Greenville, S. c., few nights
ago destroyed the stores and stocks Of L.,
Rothschild, R. G. Mcpherson, Muuane &c
Co., and N. Rosenthal. Loss, $50, 900: in
surance, $40, 900.
Frank Russell, brakeman on the Louis
vile & Nashville road, who was run over
while coupling ears at Henderson, KY, a
couple of weeks ago has since died of his
injuries.
At Denison, Tex, a few days ago, Hon.
Alex Rennie's little fve-year-old son
Johnnie accidentally shot himself while
playing with a gun, the ball entering his
face near the nose, ranging upward into
his head. The attendant physicians failed
to find the bullet, and decided that the
wound would prove fatal.
The large carp breeding ponds leased
by the State of Texas at Austin were
frozen 10 the bottom during the recent cold
spell, and three thousand young carp were
frozen to death. The State will probably
abandon the breeding of fish.
Harvey Grady a sixteen -year-old son of
w. F. Grany, prominent farmer of Hen
derson County, Ky, met with fatal acci-
dent a few days ago. He was opening p
large farm gate. when the hinges broke
and the gate fell on the boy, telling him to
the ground and breaking his neck.
Martin Bates has been arrested near
Benton, Polk County, Tenn, for the mur
der of his wife over eight years ago. His
children, who were quite small at the time
of the murder allege that he and his wife
quarreled and that he kicked her in the alb
domen; she gave birth to child the same
night and died the next day. Bates
dressed the dead woman fsfore the neish2
bors had time to arrive in order 60 hide the
bruises. The children kept the affair Sc
cret, fearing the wrath of their father, who
is a very desperate character.
The singular spectacle was presented at
Atlsnta, Ga, few days ago, of the at
tendance of Governor Mcdaniel and
official staff at the burial of negro, Owen
Smith, from Big Bethel Church. Smith
had been ianitOr of the executive offices for
sixteen years, and was popular with all
the State-house officials.
Tne smallpox epidemic has disappeared
from San Antonio, Tex, and at last ac-
counts there had been no new cases for
several days.
The United States Grand Jury at Calves
ton, Tex. returned true bills against the
four deputy sheriffs from Hill County who
recently beat the conductor of a Missouri
Pacific passenger train, terrorized the pas
sengers and interfered with the running of
trains. They are charged with obstructing
the mails.
News comes from Crawford County, Ca,
of the elopement of Della Mathews, the
daughter Of q respectable planter, with Sim
Sanders. Sanders is a Texan, who had
FO n NTr of hon
he met Miss Della and induced her to fly
with him. The father, with a posse, put
out in pursuit, overlook the party and re-
covered the girl. Sanders has a wife and
child in Texas.
Thomas Burt and family, residing at
Turkey Creek, Coffee County, Tenn, five
miles south on Tullahoma, were aroused by
a knock at the door a few nights ago. Burt
| opened the door and was confronted by
! five masked men, who presented revoIvers
and demanded his money or his life. Burt
| replied that there was no money in the
! house and was endeavoring to secure a
| pistol when one of the men fred, the bullet
striking Burt in the hip. After ransack-
! ing the residence and finding no money the
men Withdrew. Burr's wound is a very
! dangerous one.
Oscar Coulter, of Walker County, Ca, is
/ a
| the youngest and talIest man in the SER
| vice in Georgia, standing six feet eight
| inches in his stocking feet. Mr.. Coulter
/ has FIVE brothers and the shortest one
! measures six feet four inches and the
/ taIlest six feet eleven inches, one six feet
! seven inches, one six feet six inches, and
/ the other six feet five inches, the six
brothers measuring together thirty light
| feet seven inches. The average weight of
/ the men is two hundred pounds.
Great excitement reigns in Roane
! County, Tenn, where the two supposed
! burglars were killed recently by posse
| of citizens who were in pursuit of them,
over the rumor that the dead men were
/ tourists who were merely camping in the
/ mountains. The two men are only twenty
! years of age. They were fashionabIy
! dressed and wore valuable diamonds and
| other fine jewelry. Their appearance be-
tokens refined habits and good living.
| Texas has suspended cash payments.
John Blair, alias HornbucIzle, who mur
! dered George Finch, the Logan County
farmer and ex-outlaw. was taken to Louis
/ vile (Ky.) and placed in jail for safe keep.
| ing.
/ A determined effort is being made to
! wipe out the lottery evil in Louisville, KY.
! 1t is contended that a recent decision of
the APPELLATE Court in the gas matter Incl
/ dentallv declared the laws which permit
! lottery unconstitutional. In view of this
/ fact, a petition has been prepared, ad-
dressed to the Legislature, praying that
4 body to abrogate the lottery laws of the
! State, and thereby stamp out the evil.
! A negro riot was threatened at Waynes-
/ vile, Miss, but was prevented.
! The sheriff of Cherokee County, Ala.
with posse Of thirty men and requisi-
/ ton from the Governor of Georgia, went
to Rome, Ca, few days ago and ar
] restAa Ward. who murdered Crawford