The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-10-29
SOUTHERN eLEANINcs.


TO be pumped before the recent earth
quake, but which now run continuously,
are coming in from Florida.
In Southern schools increased attention
is being paid to the physical develop
ment Of the students. A gymnasium il
now connected with nearly all Of the first.
class schools.
Robert Fisher was found in a dying
condition in Dallas, Tex, a few nights
ago, with his skull fractured, and he died
before morning, never having recovered
consciousness.
While John Wolf was cleaning a wei
for Harrison Waldron, residing neal
Brach, KY, a few days since, he was suf.
focated by gas, and, before assistance
could be rendered, expired.
A pecuharity of Oglethorpe County
Ta., is the marked division between the
ed and gray lands. The line between
them can bo plainly seen and can be fol-
lowed its entire length. Even in roads II
is so distinct that it ca be marked out tf
the inch.
Colonel W. Preston johnson, president
Of the Tulane University, of New Orleans
recently received a check for 800, 600 from
a lady in New York for the establishment
in the university of a school for the high
ar education Of girls and young women.
The donation was made without condi-
lions, but the donor requested that her
name be withheld.
A whole army of bats invaded the
guiding of the Smithville (Ga.) Nel0s one
night last week, and after putting out the
lights by the Tapping of their wings.
dashed headlong at the printers and made
things lively for them for the space of an
= NI,air
leader was slain that they beat retreat
and answered to roll-call in the woods
hard by.
Mrs. Williams, colore d, who died in
Camilla, Ga, a few nights ago, from the
effects of fire, made dying statemen in
which she says that her husband who had
become angered with her, seized her and
held her feet and arms in the Ere until
they were burned to a crisp. Williams
was arrested for murder.
Oscar Schoen committed suicide few
days ago at San Antonio, Tex.
Agricultural clubs are being formed in
all parts of South Carolina.
The Binkley H ouse, at Sherman, Tex,
was destroyed by fire few nights ago.
Grasshoppers are playing havoc with
turnip patches in Milan County, Texas.
Forty two new ice factories have been
started in the South during the past nine
months.
William F. Norton, a retired banker of
Louisville. phiIanthropist and mill
ionaire, died a few days since from a
stroke of paralysis.
The last saloon in Atlanta, Ca, has
closed its doors because of decision by
the Supreme Court of Georgia that tha
passage of a prohibitory law cancelled
every license.
The widow of General II. P. Ransom, of
Lexington, KY, has gone to England, to
secure over four million dollars from the
Shreve estate, now awaiting the proper
claimants.
Rufe Buckner, a we'll known farmer Of
McMinn County, Tenn, was shot by his
thirteen-year-old son a few days ago and
died of his wounds. The boy has been
lodged in jail.
Frank McClain, a negro from Tennessee,
was taken to Henderson, KY, a few days
ago, and delivered to the sheriff of Van
derhourg County. He was arrested at
Guthrie, KY, and is accused OF murder
ing a stranger on the Indiana shore, in
July last. No one knew who the murdered
man was. McClain was seen with him
only a short time before he was found
dead.
The boiler of D. Davis saw-miII at Cit.
ronelle, Ala, exploded few days ago,
killing one white, named Tom Bailey, and
a negro, James Roberts, and wounding
two men and boy. The cause was lack
of water.
The Grand Lodge of Kontucky Masons,
in session at Louisville last week, adopted
a resolution cOndemning the use of intox-
icants as the greatest detriment to the
1a - G.
1oon-keeping is also declared a Masonic
olfense to be punished as an offense against
the order.
The gin-house of N. B. Lanier, a prom
in ent planter of Warren County, Missis-
sippi, was burned few nights ago. Ii
contained seven bales of cotton and eight
tons of planting seed. Loss, q, 900; insur-
ance, 81 200. The engine and boiler may
be saved.
A distressing accident occurred a few
days ago at Broken Arrow, Ala, on East
and West railroad. Barlow Carter, the
train dispatcher, was sitting on lounge
conversing with Conductor viii Richard
son about a pistol. Carter drew the
weapon from his pocket, and as he did SO
it was discharged; the bullet pierced
Richardson's heart, killing him instantly.
The gin house of Mr. Thomas Grant in
the northern part of Warren County, |
Mississippi, burned a few days ago, with |
a large amount of cotton and seed. The |
building was insured, but the contents |
were a total loss. Loss about s., 600. This
is the third gin burned in that county last |
week.
Mrs. Edwards, the wife Of the superin.
tendent Of the Barrattaria Canning Com. |
psny of Biloxi, Miss, was taken sick with !
fever, recently, and seemed to be reason.
ably wenluntiI, unaccounta bly,, her disease |
assumed dangerous phase, and she died. /
Ruite a romantic marriage took place at
Ala, few days ago. Mr.. /
Seney Sellers and Miss Lou Evans, both |
of Pine Level, were married at the court /
house, Probate Judge Randolph oficiat-
ing. They oloped from home at midnight /
and reached Mon tgomery in the morning. /
Both are highly connected, and the bride /
is very pretty and attractive. Another
case in which love laughed at Iocksmiths /
and old folks and everything else.
Yellow Jack at Biloxi, Miss.
The farmers of South Carolina have con-
cluded that they can no longer raise rice
with profit. It is very difn cult to obtain
reliable labor for the rice fields. During
the last few years several other cereals
have come into use in the place of rice,
and the demand for 1t has decreased.
The social circles of New Orleans pro-
pose to indulge in white balls this coming
winter. These gatherings are an institu-
lion with some Of the clerks in Cuba, the
custom being brought from Spain and
France. All the women must come dressed
in white only, with white ribbons and
white laces and white flowers.
in some parts Of Florida oranges on the
trees are selling at S1.25 a hundred.
The State engineers of Louisiana are at