The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-03-05
SOUTHERN cLEANlNes.

convicted and once sentenced to death in
Crenshaw County, Ala, for procuring the
murder of DR.. Colquitt in 1878, has at last
been acquitted of the charge.
The jury in the case of John ]. Aufde-
morte, late. redemption clerk in the SUBJ
treasury at New Orleans, found him guilty
of embezzling $25, $40, but strongly recon-
mended him to mercy.
Several Mormon missionaries are said to
be getting in their work IN upper East Ten
nessee.
WI Ward, who murdered J. J. Par
mer in Dale County, Tenn, in September,
1888, is to be hanged March 10, the Cover
nor having declined to commute the SEN
tence.
William S. Bailey, eighty years of age,
and publisher of an infidel paper at Nash
vile, Tenn, died in that city few days
ago.
George B. Graham's dry goods store at
Graham, Tex, burned a few nights ago
Loss, 5000; insurance, $4,000.
VIM. Roses cOOperage works at Chatta-
Dooga, Tenn, burned a few days ago,
causing a loss of $1,000; insurance, $1,000.
Thirty five bands are thrown out of EN-.
ployment.
The young Detroit CNich.) lady who has
captivated Senator Jones, of Florida, is
said to be Miss Palm, and is an heiress OF
$1,000, 900.
Thomas Jones, of Petersburg, Va, was
found in a creek few days since, MUIR
dered. The deed is supposed to have been
committed by some woodcutters in the em.
ploy of the railroad.
Congressman Mills, OF Texas, is ar
earnest student of history. He sees moth
ing of social life, except at home, and never
goes out at night except in company with
his wife.
A negro cabin on DR.. Paschal's planta.
ton, near Columbus, Ca, was burned re.
Gently, and the negro and his wife, whose
names are unknown, both perished in the
flames. The fact was made known by the
discovery of their remains.
W. c. Rutland, manager on Colonel
Richardson's La Grange plantation, near
Greenville, Miss, while trying to prevent
negro tenant of the place moving mort
gagged property, a few days ago, got into
a difficulty in which the negro was shot
and instantly killed.
In the Circuit Court at Nicholasville
KY. the jury, in the case of Bob Smith
for the murder of his stepfather, old mar
Jim See, last November, rem dered a yer.
dict of murder and fixed the penalty al
death. This case is causing much xcite.
ment in that locality, rs it is the first time
a jury has fixed sentence of death since
1858.
The steamer Tensas burned at Eutaw
Landing. La, on Black river, few even.
ings since. The Tensas was on her way tt
New Orleans W i5h a full cargo of cottoI
and cottonseed, 1914 bales of the former
and 2,70O sacks of seed, which was totally
destroyed, but the boat got to the land ano
and all aboard were saved. The loss wa.
between Sc 900 and $4,000; insured fol
nearly the full value.
The little town of Cedartown, Ca, was
thrown into a state of great excitement
few days ago over the arrest of a boy who
was supposed to be Freddy Freeman, the
fourteen year-old murderer of his little
playmate, Alex. Maudlin, whom he killed
in Toccoa, for one dollar and eighty five
cents.
At q meeting of the Hebrew congrega.
tion of Galveston, Tex, recently, they de-
cided to re-engage the Rabbi SiIvermar
for three years, at a salary of $1,000 year
which is an increase Of $500 over that OF
last year. No better evidence of the
learned Rabbi's popularity could have
been given.
E. H. Bennett, of Dallas, Tex, late edi-
tor of the Teas CO1150y, and of the Demo
crdt, was arrested a few days ago by
United States deputy marshal on the
charge of attempting to bribe jurors in the
Federal Court.
The East Tennessee temperance people
viii try to elect representatives of their
movement to the next Legislature.
The Nashville (Tenn.) City Council has
passed a bill giving the Cumberland Ma
tural Gas Company the exclusive right-of
way for twenty years to supply natural gas
for heating purposes to New York, Pitts
burgh and Wheeling, ". Va. Capitals Is
are interested in the enterprise, together
with home capitalists, and every conf
dence is expressed that gas will be found
in abundance.
Prof. Joshua Underwood, well known in
musical circles in Alabama, died a few
DAYS since at Brownsville. in that State, oi
hydrophobia. He was bitten by a mad
dog three months ago, but showed no signs
of hvdrophobia until recently. His dis
ease became rapidly acute and violent, ano
he had to be chained to the floor to pre-.
vent his attacking those around him. A
number of other persons were bitten by the
same dog from which this case of hydro
phobia resulted and are naturally in
state of terrible suspense.
The recent Inter State Agricultural ant
Industrial convention held at Jackson
Tenn, was a success in every sense of tht
word. The city presented a lively appear
ance hundreds Of distinguished citizens
famous for their knowledge in agriculture
pursuits, being present from not less thar
a dozen States in the Mississippi valley
Some of the most distinguished farmers il
the North and South met there and meas
ured lances in the tournament of ideas, ex.
changing experiences and comparing
forr V-aci
with a rare treat by an a ddress from
Colonel H. B. HiLiard. of Louisiana, on the
subject of immigration, showing why i'm
migration should take its way southwark
A notable feature of the proceedings was
an address by Colonel j. B. Meade, of Yer
mont, on the subject of improved agricuI
tural implements. \ letter was received
from Major E. A Burke, of New Orleans
regretting his inability to attend.
Henry Watterson is out of danger.
A pair of we'll dressed swindlers, pro-
Tossing to publish a Business Index" in
the Memphis (Tenn.) EUeniRg Ledger, re
Gently swiudled a mum Der of Memphi
merchants to the tune of ten dollars each.
They were last heard OF in Nashville on the
same racket.
Archie Thompson and his wife, negrOe
living on the Ashland plantation in Issa.
quena County, Miss, locked their thret
children in the house few nights age
while they went to church. The house
took fire in their absence and two of the
children were burned to death, and the
third can scarcely recover.
More than two thousand persons gain q
living by the Fl heries at Pensacola, Fla.
The complications growing out Of the
killing of J. w Pierce, or j. p. Weaver
whichever he was, in the accident on tht
Georgia Pacific railway, are by no means
ended. The Superior Court at Atlanta