The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
SOUTHERN cLEANlNcs

David Houngman, the oldest citizen of
Williamson County, Tenn. s'sdsad. Mr..
Youngman was ninety-eight years oil d.
Congressman Phelan, of Tennessee, not
satisfied with the literary honors that
have come to him in the editorial chair,
has ready for the press a large history of
his State. which is said tohave considera-
BILE literary merit,
Mrs. Martha Fayard died near Biloxi,
Miss, a few days ago of cancer. She
was one hundred and six years old and
had ninety living descendants, some of
whom are prominent men in that place.
Cotton shipments from Aberdeen, Miss,
for the season thus far amount to over
20, 600 bales, and receipts to upwards of
$4,000 bales. Receipts. recently have been
very light, owing to the ground being COW
cred with three inches of sleet and snow,
and the impossibility of farm ers and
planters to reach the market.
The colored Methodists in the Charlotte
IN. CO. section are greatly stirred up at
the conversion of a church at Mount
Holly, CASTOR County, into a bali room.
festival was held in the church, and
. brass band was present. During the
progress of the entertainment some o
those present began to dance, excited by
the music. 1t was but short time before
the whole congregation was indulging in
an old-fashioned breakdown. The church
went on fast and furious. And now the
dancers are to pay the penalty, All will
, be formally tried for their misconduct.
Such another case is not on record in the
State.
The bill to grant pensions to all persons
disabled in the Confederate servics en-
listing from that State has passed the
lower house of the Mississippi Legislature.
Rev. J. F. Cameron, pastor of the Shell
accepted a call to the pastorate of the
church at Charleston, S. c.
+ Robert Graham, a Cons table, commit
ted suicide at Montgomery, Ala, few
days ago, by taking adOse of morphines
I He was about fifty years old, and had re,
sided there from boyhood.
"A New Dreans jury, ins theE case OF u
bling-h house proprietpr, on trial for
rum ing game of faro, has found a YER
diet of11ob guilty. the defense being shat.
keno is not in contraYention of the
| Gambling act.
The Supreme Courtof Alabama has af :
frmed the decision .of the Montgomery
City Court IN the case against TarIeton
Steele, negro, who brutallY m urdered q
woman about a year ago. He is under
sentence of death and will be executed on
March 10
While Richard Meister was lying in bed
bed -cIothes took fire from a gas jet, and
he was fatally burned.
A permanent organization of represent
atives of thescommercial In terests of the
Savannah River valley has been formed
at Augusta, Ga, for the purpose of urgtn g
upon Congress the need of improving the
nav cation Of the Savannah. river.
Hon. J. III. Patton, a representative in
/ the Mississippi Legis' ature from Smith
| County, died a few days sincesof pneu-
/ monia. Senator Seal and several mem
/ bers Of the Legislature are lying i'll with
/ pm eumonia, which is very prevalent in
/ Jackson.
The officers of the southern Base Bal
League met at Atlanta, Ca, last week.
/ The League has been completed by the
i agreeFnent Of Atlanta TO enter. and is now
! composed of six clubs-New Orleans,
4 Charleston, Memphis, Atlanta, Birming-
! ham and Chattanooga.
The Alabama Legisl ature has passed a
! joint resolution instructing their United
/ States Senators and members of Con-
/ gross to vote for the passage of the Blair
1 Educati onal bill.
! Charles G. MinnegerOde, a prominent
/ citizen of Alexandria, Va, committed
suicide at his -residenceAa few nights ago
! bv shooting himself in the head. He was
the son of Rev. DR.. Minnegerode, of Rich
/ mond, Va; was at one time Confederate
soldier and served on General Fitz Hugh
/ Lees staff. He leaves a widow and
eight children. R
Jim Douglass and Jim Johnson, negro
section hands on the Kansas City rail
road, quarrel ed at Blrming ghaIu,s Ala, a
sfew days ago about the ownership of a
lsshOTel. Jackson drew a pocket-k nife
and drove it to the hilt in the head Of
! Douglass. The wounded mans brains
/ ranss lOwly out at the opening, but he
/ lived nearly twelve hours after he was
stabbed. johnson took to the woods aud
! escaped
/ One of the striking features Of the liquor
/ law under which the traffic in Atlanta,
Ga, is now regulated is the black list.
| When an offender has been twice con-
| victed of drunkenness his name goes on
/ the black list, and each saloon -keepers is
notified Of the fact. The penalty of sell
| ing to a man whose name is on the black
| list is 500 fine or thirty days. imprisop-
ment.
Chancellor P. H. Nell, of the Georgia
University, died at his residence in Athens
few days ago. His illness was of over
a months duration and was occasioned
by oyerw orki which, combined with his
age, made his recovery at all times doubt
fuI. The university exercises were sus
pended pending the funeral, which oc.
Cured in the university chapel on th'
29th.ra s e
Rude Burrow, the captured outlaw and
train robber, left Montgomery, Ala, q
| few daysyago in charge of Detective w
4 7. W1brisky and another Pinkerton man.
and Captain John Martin, Of the Mont
gomery police They took the prisonertC
il Texarkana, Ark, where he is wanted fol
i partiefpatiou in tire daring train ROBBERY
At Genoa.s on thes9th ofIast December. sf
The board of directors of the Missis
sippi state Fair Association has fxeC
Max %, %, "a and %. as the dates for thei
/ spring meeting. This meeting win teuC
chiefly to encourage the truck farming in
dustry of the State. The horticulturist st
have taken hold for the purpose of assist
ing the Fair Association, and thus making
| this one of the most important meeting
for that industry had for years in thu
South. Liberal premiums have been OF
fered for displays by fruit and vegetabi
growers.
Truck gardeners are getting busy.
The police of Montgomery, Ala, re
Gently attempted to arrest two men
James and Reuben Barrow. One OF then
was captured, but the other made his es
cape. after shooting and fatally woundinl
Neil Bray, one Of the police assistants
The Barrows live Ia Lamar County, Ala
and are accused OF a train robbery nea
Texarkana, Tex.
Gopher farming is a new industry be
gun at Auburndale, Fla. Two men hav'
devoted a tract of 1000 acres for the puI
pose. It is said that the most fastidiou
epieure can not tell the flesh Of the FIori
da gopher from the famous Mary land ter
, rapiu.
United States District Attorney Harris
at Jackson, Miss, has resigned
, News has been received of the failure o
the we'll known commission house of W
! Fl. Dali & Bro, of Snow Hill, and Da'
/. Bros, Of New Berne, n. @. Both firms
! particularly the first named, stood high
The failure Is bad blow to Snow Hi
; and Green County. The liabilities ar