The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-11-23
SOUTHERN 0LeANIHGs.
The official returns make CleveIand'G
majority in Georgia 6O,003.

WILL 0uuCate OOU pup1lS year.
Fire in the European Hotel at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, recently caused $1S, 900 loss.
A guest who jumped from window was
badly hurt. The bodies of Major Bigger,
of Atlanta GA; Fila White, a cham ber-
maid, and Thos Moore of Bloomington,
/ Ill; were found in the ruins.
The Memphis & Charleston road is to
erect new shops at Sheffield, Ala, to cost
$500, 600. Work is to be commenced on
them at once.
In Marion County, in the western part
of Alabama, a few days since, three Nor
mon elders, who had been in that section
/ about ten days, were tarred and feath-
cred, and warned to leave within twenty :
! four hours. It is said the tarring and
! feathering was done by about fifty of the
best citizens of the couLty, who were in
| no way disguised.
/ During a celebration held at Hopkins
| vile, KY, over the railroad tax having
carried, George Bullard, of that city, was
! shot and seriously wounded in the breast
| by the accidental discharge Of a pistol in
| the crowd. He was taken home in crit
icaI state, with the chances against his
/ recovery.
There are two more graves in the
| French -EversoIe burying ground in
Breathitt County, KY. Buck Combs and
! Fulton French, partisans of the Fren ch
sassinated recently The two men were
riding along together when a volley was
! fired from ambush and both fell dead.
| French and Eversole were the most prom
inent men in Breathitt County. They
quarreled at an election and the vendetta
resulted.
The second trial at Nashville, Tenn, of
J. r. Banks, who kill ed J. J. Littleton,
/ has been postponed to the next term.
A Marty of Northern caOitaiiSts are
| down in Virginia prospe citing for spots
for railroad and other investments.
The Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
was opened at Columbus, Ga, with inn
! posing ceremonies.
The cornerstone OF a Masonic temple
was laid, a few days since, at Richmond,
| Va. The building is to cost $3.50, 600.
Governor Lee and w. P. Breckenridge
| delivered orations.
John Rutherford is now in Jail at At
lanta, Ga. He escaped from the peniten-
| tiary on August 30 and nearly killed four
officers who captured him.
Near Lexington, KY, few days ago.
by the premature explosion of a charge
of dynamite, Mike Gormley, the owner OF
a quarry, was killed, and negro named
John Hayes fatally injured.
Henry Kuhn committed suicide at Louis
vile, KY, recently, by shooting himself
through the head. He was threatened
with pneumonia
A gin house, owned by H G. Bond, oi
St Louis, and located in Tunica County,
Miss, was des troyed by fire a few days
ago. Eight bales of cotton were also
burned.
Charlie Winchester, a brakeman on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, fell from
the top of a moving freight train neal
Guthrie, KY, few evenings since, anC
was Instantly killed.
The residence of L. P. Coomes, neal
Owens boro, KY, was burned a few nights
ago. The fire was caused by an exploded
lamp. The loss is So, 800, with small in
surance.
Ed Fontaine, of Jackson, Miss, was
convicted IN the Federal Court for burg
larizing the post office at BrOOkhaven, a
few months since. He is not over seven
teen years old and belongs to a good
family. This is his first offense. Sem
tenc9 was reserved.
The political sensation of the hour IL
Georgia is the fight for the United States
SenatOrshIp, and the announ cement Oh
what amounts to that that Henry w
Grady will oppose Senator COlquitt FOL
the place. The scheme has been quietly
Matching for some time, but was only re-
Gently made known.
A burglar entered the residence of G.
P Atmore, general passenger ag ent O.
the Louisville s. Nashville railroad a
Louisville KY, few nights ago, and
succeeded in getting away with 81 '00o IL
money, silver and jewelry.
II. NJ. Meadows circuit clerk of Cham
bers County, Ala, was found burned tc
death in his room at Lafay ette, Ala, {
few evenings since. He was IN the habit OF
taking opiates, and it is supposed he fel
in the fire while under the influence O.
one, and was burned before help arrived
A north bound passenger train on tht
Richmond & Danville railroad jumped
the track near Toccoa, Ga, few day
ago, and all seven coaches were destr OyeC
bv fire. Nobody was killed or fatally in
iured, but eight passengers were more Ol
less hurt.
It is announced by the Richmond &
DaaviIIe syndicate that it will establish
a bureau in Georgia for the extension OF
its line and the encouragement OF manu-
featuring plants along the lines now II
operation President Inman will visi
the South shortly.
George Washington, an insane inmat
/ of the Louisville (Ky.) aims house, wa
shot dead, a few days since, by William
| Carr. a nurse. Washington had been re
| parded as harmless, but suddenly becam
violent. endangering the lives Of tht
others The shooting IS said to have beer
| done in self defense.
The body of Mr.. D. W. C0nnOr wa
found on the track Of the Louisville
New Orleans e. Texas railroad, abou
two miles below Vicks burg, Miss, a fey
davs ago. From all the facts that can b
] obtained, there remains no doubt bu
: that he was foulIy murdered and the bod
, placed where it was found
Great excitement exists at Paris, KY.
0 over the recent find of a large amount g
/ money, some say as high as $40, 900, in
3 L ooh -cf fE
7 some colored men who were handlin
: rags in the establishment It is know
I that one man had as high as $3.50, all c
] which was old greenback bills, issued /
4 1862 The proprietor does not knO'
q where the book With the money cam
= from.
yellow Jack has nearly disappeared.
Christian County, KY, voted recentl
on a proposition to levy tax for tn
: purpose of subscribing S250,O00 to th
Ohio Valley railroad, the amount neces
i, sarv to secure the extension Of the roat
! to Hopkinsville. The measure was car
? ried by a good majority amid much en-
r thusiasm
? Sam and Joe Logsden, brothers, an
' George w. and Harvey Blessett, fathe
a and son. duarreIed over horse trade
Il Owensboro, KY, a few evenings since
o when a duel occurred in which both th
Blessetts were killed and Sam Logsdo
Il seriously wougded in the shoulder. Th
survivors are in jail
The National convention Of brick mar
= ufacturers met at Memphis, Tenn.
n Lebanon, Ky, claims the champion o,
t woman-Aunt I'll Purdy. aged one hun
5 dred and twenty-one. Her mother, Cha
I lotte Schuck. who diel three ye ars az
! was one hundred and thirty -five-and Il
J. Bible Of her former owner IS put in ev-
n dence, as therein Is recorded the birth
y Charlotte Schuck IN 1853, and the birth
ie this daughter in 1867, when the moth
g was but seventeen years old.