The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-11-12
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

highwaymen on the street of that city a
%ew nights ago.
John Graham, colored, a magistrate, re-
siding fifteen miles southeast of Memphis,
Senn., was assassinated few nights ago.
He was shot down by unknown persons
as he stood in the door of his dwelling.
The revival of the race issues at Rich
mond by the-Knights of Labor led to a
diff Guilty which it wns thought would end
in duel between ex-Mayor Lamb of Nor
folk and Representative George D. Wise,
of Richmond.
+ An extensive fire at Ennis, Tex, de-
stroyed buildings and stocks valued at
S25, 900; insurance, $4,000. One. man, S.
Goldburg, was fatally burned while es-
Gaping from the building.
During the past few weeks there have
been ninety-three gin-houses fred In
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
two-thirds of which were of incendiary
+ origin, several were caused by careless
smokers, and one was caused by box of
matches in the pocket of a workman. The
money loss in price of cotton and gin
plant is not less than $250,0 900.
The trial of the case against Jack
Hendricks, colored, at Macon, Ca, who
killed his wife with a billet of wood in
Henry County, has been been postponed
until April. This has deeply incenssd the
negro women of the county, who declare
their purpose of lynching Kendrick rather
than lat him be taken to another jail.
They say that the leniency toward
Kendrick win put the lives Of every black
wife in the county in danger.
Two unknown men, evidently tramps.
were run over and killed a few days ago
on the Louisville & Nashville Short Line,
by an east-bound freight. The men were
riding on the dead irons, when the train
broke in two. Left on the front section
they attempted to jump of, and were run
over by the roar section and were in
stantly killed.
Gin saws have deprived one hundred
persons of their hands and arms in Ala
bama this year.
Thick ice was reported in many places
in Alabama a few days ago as the result of
a heavy frost.
One nail factory at Briefeld, Ala, is
shipping five hundred kegs of nails daily.
In SomervlIle, Ala, live eight persons
whose ages aggregate 668 years.
Beef brings only two and three cents a
pound in several Georgia towns.
In six years the number Of miles of rail-
way in Florida has increased from six
hundred to two thousand.
Sunfiower parish, Mississippi, has two
colored teachers, the only ones who were
able to pass the required examination.
The police of Petersburg, Va, recently
arrested several prominert persons of that
city on charge of poker playing.
A citizen of Key West, Fla, has feet that
measure sixteen inches long and six and
a half inches wide. His name is Tom
Acrefoot
A Mexica lion killed recently near
Meridian, Miss, measured nine and a half
feet in length and nine inches between the
eyes.
A fifteen year old lad in Fayette Coun-
ty, Ala, is said to have recently picked
an average of 225 pounds Of cotton for six
consecutive days.
Deputy Sheriff Quarles, of Jefferson
County, Tenn, was fatally stabbed a few
days since in attempting to arrest George
McManus, a somewhat tough character.
James Clark, wealthy farmer of Cooke
County, Tenn, committed suicide few
days ago by cutting his throat with a
razor. Financial trouble is said to have
been the cause.
F. NJ. Jones was stabbed and instantly
killed at a voting place in Muhlenburg
County, Kentucky, by J. R. Randolph.
The killing is said to have been unpro-
voked. Randolph was drunk.
An Alabama moonshiner, recently ar
raigned on a charge of Illicit distilling,
said: "WeII, it is mighty quore, yer can
make pea ches in a pie, stew 'em or pickle
'em, Lut jest let a man bile 'em, and he is
clapped in Jail or made to pay the Gov
ernment more'n his years wages. And 1t
does seem unreasonable"
The Georgia Legislature is again in ses-
sion. Hon. J. S. Davidson was elected
president of the Senate and Hon. w. A.
Little Speaker of the House. Governor
Gordon was inaug ugurated on the 9th.
Sam Lindsey, deputy sheriff of Rainss
County, Tex, was killed a few days sgo
by negro named Stand. Stand and his
pal We're accused of horse-theft, and Lind
sey, with a posse, was attempting their
capture when Stand shot Lindsey, killing
him instantly. Stand was killed by the
posse cf citiz ms.
Several deputy marshals from the In
dian country arrived in Fort Smith, Ark,
a few days age, and among the prisoners
lodged in jail by them were Zeno John
son, charged with murder; N. L. Martin,
John Weaver, Charles Robinson, John
Fields, assault with intent to kill, and Lee
Hu tchins, larceny. In December, 1886,
during a very dark night, a general
drunken row occurred at Eufaula, in
which Pilot GraYson and a man named
Wolf were killed. zeno Johnson, who
was member of the Indian police force
at the time, stands charged with the mur.
der of Wolf.
Walter Myers, a mere child, stabbed
and killed burly negro at Augusta, Ca,
few days. ago, using a small pen-knife,
which ordinarily would not produce death.
The wound was inflicted in the breast, and
it is supposed the knife penetrated the
lungs. Four or FIVE little ones were play
ing near the toll-gate, and as a gang of
wor1men were returning from labor one
the children threw handful OF dirt into
the face of Thomas Mitchell. He retail
lated by hurting brick into the crowd OF
children, the missile striking little Walter
Myers. The little fellow rushed upon his
assailant, and, with one blow from a toy
knife, ended the negro's life.
Quaking is becoming chronic.
The cotton crop in the vicinity of Jack
son, Tenn, is the best made in twenty five
years. It is nearly all picked and baied.
Hundreds of bales are being marketed
daily, which is making trade good in
every line of business.
A cabin near the residence of DR.. W. B.
in Corinth, Miss, used as liv-
ing-room for his negro cook, was de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago. Three
children of the cook, the eldest being but
eight years Of age, Perished in the flames
I Iefore they could be rescued. The cook
had locked them in her room while she
was preparing breakfast for the family.
Two safes were blown open and robbed
a few nights ago at Shubuta, Miss.
The distillery and bonded warehouse of
the John Thixton Distilling Company at
Owens boro. KV.. was burned a few even