The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

President Cleveland has Sent twenty
dollars to the Confederate Home at
Charleston, S. c., accompanied by SYM
pathetic letter.
The Mormons and Baptists at Hamilton,
Ala, are engaged in a heated religious
discussion, and hold joint debates two
and three times a week.
Some of the planters in Southside, Va,
have fin shed curing their tobacco crops,
but many more have green tobacco yet on
the hill.
There new prevails in Vicksburg, Miss,
an epidemic of dengue fever which is un-
precedented. 1t is estimated that there
are over one thousand cases under treat
meht. The disease, while of painful and
Frustrating character, is by no means
malignant or dangerous, there having
been over one thousand five hundred cases
without one of them terminating fatally.
In a bloody duel with one weapon in
Mobile, Ala. few days ago; a negro
woman named Maggie Bell killed her
antagonist, Lilly Harris, also colored.
The fight occurred in front of low bar
room, and was caused by Bell's disobey-
ing Harris injunction not to speak to her.
Harris had a knife and she struck at Bell's
heart, cutting her hand thrown to ward
off the blow. The knife fell to the ground.
Maggie Bell snatched it up, cutting Lilly
Harris throat from ear to ear.
Chief Post-O Office Inspector Harris
notified a few days ago of the arrest at
Lyon, Miss, Of George Hartley on
charge of appropr iating post-ofice
moneys. Hartly was assistant postmas-
ter at Lyon. Inspector M. A Fisher, who
made the arrest, says the assistant post
master took eight registered letters con-
tanning S1T5 from ths malls, and added
twenty-four dollars in stamps to that
amount. He was commi tied to Jail in de-
fault of 81 600 bail to await trial.
A large female school is being estab-
lished at Abbevi1le, N. c., by the Ronab
Cotholics.
A large moccasin snake was killed in one
Of the principal streets of Atlanta, Ca, a
few days ago.
The Georgia State elections resulted in a
clean sweep for the Democrats.
Charles White, of Chester County,
South Carolina, shot his wife q few days
ago and then hung himself
A cOlored girl in Laurens County, South
Carolina, bears this lovely name: ''Fair
Rosa Beauty Spot Temptation ToHch Ne
Not:''
From three bushels Of potatoes planted
on three-eights of an acre of land near
Cherokee, Ca, this season, 1O5 bushels of
potatoes were raised.
Not less than eight large cigar factories
are now being constructed at Key West,
Fla. This viii require not less than two
thousand operatives.
1t is claimed that the county Jail at Gal
weston, Tex, is an infringement of a pat
ent, and damages are demanded by the
patentees. The county will contest the
I claims.
The amount of the losses in Charleston,
S. c., by the earthquake is now estimated
at 5000, 900. The Ne1gS and Courier calls
for an extra session of the Legislature to
devise means for the relief of the sufferers.
In pulling down the undertaking shop
Of the late Godare Casanave in New Or
leans recently, workmen discovered mis-
laid coffin containing the corpse of a Gu
Dan planter who died in Italy thirty years
ago.
Jesse Brown, colored, killed Boston Tay-
Tor, cOlored, with dou Ie- barreled shot
gun a few days ago on the Willow Glenn
place, five miles from Alexandria, La. The
/ difficulty arose from a dispute concerning
a mule. Brown, it is claimed, acted in
/ seIf-defense.
/ The State of Louisiana has accepted the
/ bid of prison contractor for closing the
] MOrganza crevasse in the Mississippi. The
/ River Commission is likely to raise serious
objections to the employment of convict
labor
Preparations for the grand Exposition
/ and State Fair, which opens at Dallas,
/ Tex, on the F29th instant and continue
| twelve days, are being rapidly pushed
/ forward, and the indications point to
/ every thing being in readiness by the
! opening date.
! a disastrous fire occurred at White
! wright, Tex, a few nights ago, destroying
/ 260,0 600 worth of property. 1t broke out in
! the store of Batsell & Reeves, thence it
! swept west and consume ID every building
4 on the south side Of the square except two,
/ one Owned hy the Masons and the other
| by Patterson & Meadows. Eight build
/ ings were destroyed; only partly insured.
/ The Tennessee Conferenc ce of the NJ. E.
/ Church South, convened in Clarksville,
! Tenn, last week. Bishop Hendricks pre-
/ sid ed. Reports showed six thousand adj
! ditions 10 the church in the past year
/ The spiritual condition of the districts is
reported in good shape, and the financial
report better than ever.
There appeared before a local court at
! Sparta, Ga, a few days ago. a negro
named Cooper Lamar, who was captured
/ off the coast of Africa and brought to
America on the Wanderer twenty six
years ago, and consequently was one of
the last negroes ever stolen and SNUG
gled into slavery Notwithstanding his
twenty-six years. residence here, he
/ knows but little of the English tongue.
and had 10 be Questioned by signs.
A wonderful phenomenon may be seen
at the home of Mr.. NJ. p. Hoyle, who
resides cnly few hundred yards beyond
| the corporation limits of Dawson, Ga. 1t
is a constant fan of rain from cloudless
/ sky. The area in Mr.. Hoyle's yard that
/ is covered by the shower is about twenty
five feet square. Many citizens have been
/ out to see this remarkable freak of nature,
and all testify that there is a genuine and
/ ceaseless fall of raindrops. At times the
supply of water seems greater than at
others. Mr.. Hoyle first observed this un
usual sight three weeks ago.
Two Turks reside in Kingston, Ga.
Thomas Austin, aged fourteen years
son of c. F. Austin, farmer on Onion
Greek, nine miles from Austin, Tex, died
a few nights ago from injuries occas oned
/ in an attempt to rope a horse. The rope
got caught under the tail Of the riders
horse, throwing the horse and injuring the
/ rider fatally in falling.
/ The President Of the National Cotton
! Planters Association has addressed a cir
cular letter to the Governors of the cotton
States asking their cooperation in efforts
to secure a retarn of sixty odd million
dollars collected Illegally directly after
the war, and known as the cotton tax"
The people of Quincy, Fla, lynched
two men suspected Of firing a new mill.
In the case Of P. c. Thompson, a mer-
chant Of Knoxville. Miss, the Missis-
sippi Valley railroad, which was closed
at Meadville, Miss, few days ago. in
/ which Thompson sued said road for SO, 900