The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-04-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINos,


cessor of the late Chief-Justice Waite.
DR.. n. S. Craft, one Of the most eminent
surgeons and physicians Of Mississippi,
died a few nights ago, after a lingering
illness.
A citizen of Greenville, S. c., found an
old edition of Shakespeare at a Charles
ton book-stall a few months ago. He
bought it for So, a day or two afterward
sold it to bOok-dealer for $3.50, and the
dealer has just sold it in London for $500.
Mrs. Margaret Fosse, of New Orleans,
recently celebrated her one hundredth
birthday by cooking her breakfast and
walking to church. She is the widow of
Louis Fosse, who served under Napoleon
at Moscow.
Jefferson Davis" says the Chronicle of
Augusta, Ga, sis at work on his new book
about the war, and hopes to have it ready
for publication by next fall. His infrmi-
ties, he says, compel him to write slowly,
deliberately and uncertainty"
At CampbellsviIle, KY, few days ago,
after few moments quarrell1ng, Charles
Ramsey killed Rodeford Jeter, Jr. Jeter
leaves a wife and four children.
Mrs. s. D. Langley, wife of DR.. W. s.
Langley, superintendent of the Missis-
sippi Blind Institute, a most worthy lady,
died few nights ago.
Captain Anthony L. Bargamin, book
keeper for E. B. Taylor, dealer in crock
cry, china and glassware at Richmond,
Va, is defaulter. There are all sorts of
rumors in regard to the amount of short
age, which is reported from 5000 to $780,
600. Bargamin is in Canada.
The Kentucky Legislature has passed an
act making petit larceny, by whosoever
committed, punishable t'With lashes on
the bare back.''
In Union County, s. c., girl of eleven
and boy of nine quarreled few days
ago, and the boy plunged the blade of his
pocket-knife into the girls heart, killing
her instantly.
There is, in the vicinity Of vaughsviIle,
s. c., an infant two months old whose
mother is eighteen, grandmother thirty
two, grandfather thirty-seVen, and great
grandmother ffty-one.
Nero Fielder, colored, who stabbed and
killed Cap Mathews, colored, in Mont
gomery, Ala, last fall, was convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary.
In a suit fled by Memphis (Tenn. }
brokers representing foreign houses to
enjoin collection of the Taxing District,
or Memphis City, merchants tax, Chan
celor Estes decided that the collection of
such tax is illegal.
Mrs. John Guess, of Muhlenberg Coun-
ty, KY, who has been in bad health for
some time, attempted to take her own life
a few days ago while under the influence
Of morphine, by cutting her throat with a
razor. She made two efforts, cutting a
cash from ear to ear, and can not possibly
recover.
st. Louis, New Orleans, st. Paul, and
many other cities, are represented in the
entries for the grand Interstate encamp-
ment and competitive drill, to be held at
| Nashville, Tenn, in May. Great interest
/ is manifested, and arrangements are be-
| ing made for the accommodation of thou
! sands of visitors.
| The Georgia Railroad Commission at g
! recent meeting refused the request Of the
| colored people that a first and second
| class passe enger rate be established, and
! held that the railroads must furnish the
/ colored people accommodations in every
! way equal to those furnished the white
! people.
State Treasurer Bamberg of South Caro-
/ lima has issued a call for purchasers fOI
/ $311, ,577 of new South Carolina four and
one-haf per cent bonds and stock GER
/ tificates, which will be issued to refund
| deficiency bonds and stocks maturing
July next. The new bonds and stock
] certificates will run forty years, maturing
in July, 1923.
Moses Murphy, thirteen years old, and
/ Moses Brown, aged sixteen, of Orange
/ burg, S. c., quarreled few days ago.
Brown did not want to fight, and finally
/ started to run, whereupOn Murphy threw
a large pocket-knife at him. The blade
sank into Browns back up to the handle
and penetrated one Iof his lungs, causing
death in an hour. The young murderer was
| locked up.
A heavy electrical storm swept over Ma
con County, S. c., a few nights ago. A
bolt Of lightning struck the house of Jesse
| Saunders, on Slxeenah mountain. Saunders
was absent. His wife and baby, as well
as his daughter, aged eighteen, were all
struck. Their condition is reported to be
critical A remarkable feature Of the
! stroke was that half the house was de-
stroyed and the remainder left standing
The baby lies in a stupOr, as if dead.
Revenue Agent Chapman and Deputies
| Clay, Mitchell and Colquit, and United
| States Deputy Marshal J. B. Young, re-
| Gently made a big raid in Lauderdale
| County, Ala, and captured five mOonshine
| distilleries and about dozen prisoners
They destroyed and confscated about
| s., 900 or s., 800 of wildcat distillery prop
erty.
Perhaps the largest pension ever pai6
by the Government to any one for services
| as a private soldier has just been awarded
| to John Vice, who lives a short distanc'
east of Owingsville, KY. The pension, 81.
a month, is for total blindness, and dating
back to the beginning of Vices applica
ton in the first year of the war Of the re
belion, now fOots up something over S14,
900. Vice was abjectly poor and has 1
| helpless family.
Bessemer, a new manufacturing tow
| twelve miles from Birmingham, Ala, eel
ebrated it's first birthday a few days ag,
| in royal style. The town has 1000 inhab
| itants, four large blast furnaces, a rolling
mill of large capacity and many smalle
industries. The celebration consisted o
speeches by prominent men, big bar
becue, a prize military drill and othe
amusements. One thousand people wer
| present from New Orleans and FIVE hun
dred from Charleston, S. c., citizens 0
those places being largely interested il
Bessemer. 1t is estimated that twent
thousand people visited the town during
the day.
Cotton planting is somewhat backward
The fine old country house Of r. u
KYLE, at Walnut Hill, near Rogersyille
Tenn, was destroyed by fire a few night
ago with all the barns, outhouses and ten
ants cabins. The occupants were lef
without shelter Of any kind. The fire
supposed to have been the work Of an in
cendiary. The loss Is S12, coo; insuranc
is small
Clay Shown, an eminent lawyer 0
Rheaton, Green County, Tenn, committe
suicide a few days ago by shooting him
self. He had been in poor health for sev
eral weeks and ended his life by his owl
act. He leaves a wife and four small chill
dren.
Northern visitors to Florida indulge /
orange eating matches.
The business portion of the town c
Tavares, in South Florida, an importan
railroad center, was almost tofol Wlle
out Of existence a few days since by firf
| O1ly two business blocks are left Owe
fifteen fine buildings were destroyed, IN
cluding one magnificent new hotel. tn
total loss viii aggregate fully 290.Vg
with very slight insurance.