The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-30
SOUTHERN oLEANINes,

sHOt u4LuSo4L tuTOtlgn Lu6 H6du at LHo 81.
James HOTEL Richmond, Va, few days
ago. No cause is known.
The milestone in Cunningham & allo-
ways grist mill, at Gallow ay's Station,
Tenn, burst a few evenings SINCE in
| stantly killing Oliver Welder and serious
ly injuring Cunning CHAM. The mill was
wrecked.
The Governor of South Carolina has
commuted to thirty ye ars' Imprisonment
the death sentence of Charles Dupre, the
child murderer, who was to have been
hanged on the 23d ms {. The criminal is
negro boy, just nine years old.
The warehouse and offices of W. II. Ed
niger & Bro, wholesale -four de alers, at
Louisville, KY, we're burned a few nights
ago. Nearly 5000 barrels OF -four were
/ destroyed. Loss on building and stocks,
$40, 1000; insurance about $35, 900.
J. j. Barrey, of Vicksburg. Miss, re-
Gently sank gas well at Lake Provi =
| dence, La. The pressure is good, and
/ the gas burns brilliantly. It is believed
/ the gas field is extensive.
/ The cotton crop in West Tennessee is
/ yielding much better than was expected
| a month ago. The staple is larger and
/ better than has been known for years.
! The streets of Jackson are crowded with
cotton bales from morning until night.
/ The outlook for big holiday trade was
never better.
The yellow-fever scourge has entirely
abated at Decatur, Ala
| John Peterson, wanted in Ashville, N.
! c., for murder, has been captured in
/ Blout County, Tenn.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, a
few nights ago, to burn the building oc-
cupied by the Birmingham (Ala-) Aqe-
! Herald
Ben Harrison, a coIored man of Hop
kinsvllle, KY, had fit while driving q
wagon, a few days since, and, falling to
the ground, broke his neck, dying in-
! stantly.
John White, a young farmer living near
Hopkinsville, KY, fell from a loaded
wagon, few evenings since, and broke
! his back, and received other serious in
| juries that rendered his recovery doubt :
| full
DR.. J. L Walker, a well-known and &C.
centric citizen of Hopkinsville, KY, died
| suddenly a few days since. He recently
had a stroke of paralysis, and never
| rallied. He was a bachelor.
The Garfield Club, of Knoxville, Tenn.
composed entirely of white citizens, have
| made arrangements to attend the inaug-
uration of President Harrison in body
Two hundred members will go, eacI
wearing q silk hat and at of the
| same color
The house of Jack Gregg at LeesvilIe
KY, was burned few nights ago, and al
the family, consisting of five persons,
| perished, except Gregg, who was away
| from the house on business.
While boring for gas in Livingston
| County, KY, twelve miles from Paducah
| recently, a vein of silver ore was strucl
at depth OF about eight hundred feet
The vein is said to be about three fee
| thick, and considerable excitement pre-
| walls over the find.
Henry James, colored, and his wife
went to a church supper at Livingstone
Ala, a few nights ago. leaving their thre'
children locked up in the house. UpOK
their return they found the house il
ashes, and the children burned to a crisp
John Peterson, wanted for murder a
| Asheville, n. c., was arrested in tbs
mountains of Blount County, Tenn,
few days ago, by Deputy Sheriff Blanken.
ship. Peterson killed man named
| Gooch last July, the murder being thu
most horrible ever known in Western
North Carolina.
F. II. Varnado, q prominent merchan
| of Tsyka, Miss, was shot down and in,
stantly killed, few nights ago. There
were no witnesses to the killing, and the
assassin is unknown.
D. +. Adams, city treasurer of Macon
Ca, is reported as being about 500, ,OO
SNORT III his accounts anu udS D06u SuS
pended from Office. He can give no satie
factory explanation. Demands have beel
made on his bondsmen.
Some new coal discoveries that hav
been made near FOrdsville, KY, on the
line of the Owensboro & Falls of Rougl
abroad, hold out better promises thai
any of the veins yet known in that region
Jas. Philbeck, a farmer living in Cleve
land County, n. c., was called to the doc
I g ~ ,ScrI,A -B,-
dead by an unknown party who then en-
tered the premises, shot Philbeck's wifi
! and robbed the house. The murders
escaped.
Robert II. HALEY, of Jackson, Tenn.
brakeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad
fell under the wheels while coupling cars
at Guntown, Miss, a few nights ago. Tn
cars passed over his left hand, manglini
it in a fearful manner. The unfortunate
man was taken to Jackson, where four o
his fingers were amputated.
Jack Jones. a negro hailing from Ma
con, Ga, made an unsuccessful cTimina
assault on Mrs. John Haggard and Mis-
Hedgroth, who live near lockwood, Tenn.
a few nights ago. He was afterwar,
caught by an angry mob and lynched-
The recent disappearance Of Colonel j
f. Hill, from Morgan County, Ca, ha
been given additional interest by the dis
/
months ago he claimed to have had
vision in which he was ordered to divid
up his property and go into a distan
I land where he was not known. H
reached home one night from neighbor
ing town, and handed his wife the dee,
for $40 900 worth of property, keeping
Is, 600 in cash for himself After givini
} her explicit directions as to how to man
age business, he went out into the dark
: a6 IL I'D M, 4
, his obligations before he left he wa
: 6fty years of age, and had always live'
] happily with his wife. He leaves fou
children, all daughters, three of whom
are married to the wealthiest men in th'
county.
Top cotton is yielding we'll
The oldest man in Virginia, and perhap
in the United States. is dead. His nam
was Captain John Spence, OF Accomat
County, and he was one hundred AM
.weIve years Of age. He was born in 1776
and had voted in every presidential elec
Jon since his twenty-fourth birthday.
The steamer Maud NJ. Fish sank q
GOuld's landing, twenty mil es below Ne
! Orleans. She was valued at $40, 600. Mat
/ John Fox was drowned
W. A Taylor, station agent at Gallo
vay, Tenn, on the Louisville g. Nash
vile road, was run over and killed, fe1
nights ago, BY train which he was flag
ying.
There is q house at Atlanta, Ga, buil
entirely Of paper
, David Robsrts, aged sixty four yeari
, aas been sent to prison from Louisville
Ky. for twenty-five years for the murde
Of James Keudall IL 1851 He escaped Z
Missouri and was first arrested last win
ter
Miss Matte Woolsey, daughter Of Re-
, W B. WooIsey, and Henry Love, ht
nephew, were drowned IN the Nolachuck
river near Greenyille, Tam, few d as
since, while returning from school in
I buggy.