The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-04
SOUTHERN eLEANINos.

| A colored man in Georgia, who was shot
last February and carried the bssllst about
in his head for many weeks, dropped dead
in the street recently.
J. A. Jackson and Owen Allen, disagree
| ing over the candidates for the probate
| judgeship in Tallapoosa County, Ala, the
other day, clio sed in upon each other with
| knifes. For five minutes a bloody slash
ing progressed, when Allen dropped dead
from thrust in the abdomen. Jackson
has five serious wounds, from which he
may die.
Marshal Mathews returned to Jackson
! vile, Ala, few days since from the chase
| of the murderer, Jerry Hudson, after hav-
| ing had several bullet holes made in his
hat. Jerry Hudson and Isaiah WHY, both
married, were at a ball Of hard characters,
when quarrel arose over the favors of one
| of the inmates. Hudson drew knife, and
with one long, quick cut, completely dis
| embOweled WHY. In the confusion the
murderer escaped to the mountains, where
he now deties arrest.
Mrs. Francis Gould, who lived at San
| Antonio, Tex, for some time in menial
| employment in different households, has
inherited S150,O0O. She is the widow of
| Charles Gould, only son of Carlos Gould,
| of Cincinnati. Old Carlos, now dead, was
q relative of Jay Gould and a multimil-
| lionaire. He disapproved his sons mar
| riage and held but little communication
with him after. His grandson and only
| heir, young Hal, has lived with him since
he was fourteen years of age. Thus Mrs.
Gould, through her young son, comes into
| a hands ONE fortune.
Henry Newberry was recently convict
| ed of gold-brick swindle at San Antonio,
| Tex.
| L. E. Curtis, a jeweler, committed sui
eide a few days ago at Dallas, Tex.
| John King, colored, and his grandson
were burned to death while asleep in a
| cabin loft in Jefferson County, KY, a few
| days ago. Six or seven other occupants
| escaped without injury.
John Mcfarland was convicted at Leb-
anon, Tenn, few days since, and award
| ed ten years imprisonment for the abduc-
/ ton of Miss Rebecca Lyons for immoral
purposes. Mcfarland is thirty years old
and Miss Lyons is thirteen.
The decomposed remains of an infant
were found floating in the canal at Louis
VILE, KY, few days ago. The child had
evidently been strangled, as a piece of
twine was twisted tightly about its neck.
| Some time ago the leg Of woman was
| f1shed out of the canal, and it is thought
| that there may be some connection be-
tween these two discoveries.
! The house of Isaac Kincaid, at Fellow
| ship, Marion County, Fla, burned a few
| days ago. Three children, aged six, four
and two years respectively, perished in
| the flames. Kincaid is under arrest for
| criminal negligence.
! A Frankfort (Ky.) man was before the
| Court of Claims the other day who has re-
ceived an annual appropriation as pau
/ q I
continued next year because he had bought
! some more land and needed the money to
pay for 1t.
! A resident of EImwood, N. c., has new
! ly-foaled colt that has no name and its
tail resembles a rats; its body is covered
with wool like a sheep. The owner sheared
| it a few days since and obtained a number
of pounds of wool, which is as good as any
| sleeps wool.
The Virginia organized militia contains
/ thirty four white companies, nineteen col
ored companies, three batteries of artillery
and three troops of cavalry.
It is estimated that fully $36, ,000,0 900 of
Northern and English capital was invest
ed in new undertakings in the South in the
! first three months of the current year.
Captain John Miller, of Jimtown, Chick
asaw Nation, is now defendant in a muir
der trial at Fort Smith, Ark. This typical
hero of the cowboy kind is now seventy
years old and is said to have killed thirty
| men in his long and glorious career.
A little girl at Elmwood, n. c., Is said
to be able to spell any column of a SPELL
ing-book after the first word of the line
has been given her, and to recite any les
son in the first reader from memory.
Four men were tried for larceny in
Dooly County, Georgia, recently. One
was convicted, and the other three, who
were cleared by a technicality, were
notified by the citizens to leave town
forthwith. One of them fingered too lon g
and was taken into the swamp and hogged
numerically.
A thief in Fort Valley, Ca, recently
hired little negro to go down the CHM
ney of a certain store and open the back
door, promising fifty cents and half of
| what he could carry away. The boy went
down several feet and then stuck fast and
he could go neither way. He yelled for a
| long time before he was heard, and
seemed very glad to go from the chimney
! to the lookup.
Ben Millen, of Elkton, KY, a young man
of good connections, and well known in
social circles, was found dead in his room
at the Pepper House, Nashville, Tenn, a
| few days ago. a bottle of chlOroform and
pocket handkerchief were discovered at
his side showing that death had resulted
from an overdose. Whether Intentional
or not can not be learned.
Advices from Pablo Beach, summer
suburb Of Jacksonville, Fla, on the coast,
state that General T. E. Spinner, ex- United
States Treasurer, is i'll in his tent on the
| beach, and threatened with pneumonia.
Owing to his advanced age, upwards of
eighty years, it is feared that he may not
recover. General Spinner has spent sew
eral months on the beach, devoting his
time to fishing and idling.
Twenty five hundred people attended
the recent commencement exercises of the
Tennessee Normal College. Diplomas
were awarded forty-six graduates, repre-
senting every Southern State. The class
valedictory was delivered by Miss Jessie
Phandora Simson, of Virginia, and the
general valedictOry by Miss Amanda Lou
StoItzfus, of Tennessee.
JEFF Davis is still indisposed.
The horses attached to a vehicle contain
ing Fred Weise and his three daughters at
| Louisville, Ky, a few days since, became
frightened and ran away, and all were
thrown violently out. Weise was in
stantIy killed, his head striking a stone.
| Katie, his daughter, had three ribs broken.
The others escaped with painful bruises.
Samuel Pinkerton, aged fifty five years,
hanged himself at his home in Nashville,
| Tenn, a few days ago, after having ap-
pointed his son executor of his estate and
arranged his business affairs Pinkerton' 8
wife committed suicide several years ago,
leaving several children.
The coal-hel1s of Alabama comprise
more than tenth Of the State.
The steamer Dean Adams burned at the
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