The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-24
SOUTHERN GLEANlNes.

matte steel process known as the Besse-
mer, died at Louisville, KY, recently,
/ aged seventy eight years.
! W. E. Grimes, editor of the Che ster
| County Citizen, published at Henderson,
Tenn, was killed in a personal difficulty
/ at SubrOsa, Ark, recently.
| In an ARRAY at Gaddistown, Ga, a few
| days since, 'Dot" Gaddis and his brother
! Maxwell were both badly cut by Henry
! Ward. They were involved in some Iitiga-
tion. A fuss arose between them in
/ which Gaddis was fatally cut by
| Ward 1t is said that Gaddis was thought
| to have been ''shy" against the moon
sinners, and that this was the cause of
| the killing. Maxwell was not seriously
| hurt.
1 Near Moorehead City, N. c., few days
| ago, a whale of the species known as the
/ right whale was killed by a crew Of men,
| The length of the whale is sixty feet, and
its slaYers had desperate struggle with
1t. 1t is valued at g. 0O0
DIR. J. NJ. Bradley, a leading physician
of South Pit tsburg, Tenn, left his home
! some days ago with large amount of
money on his person to go a short dis
| tance in the country on a professional
visit Search has been instituted for him,
! but he can not be found. His friends
/ think he has been murdered for his money
and his body hidden.
Fire was discovered few days ago in
the rear of McChesney's drug store at
| ackson, Tenn, near where fire has oc-
CURED three times recently. A carpet
was burning which had been saturated
| with oil, on the steps adjoining McChes-
| ney's oil rooms. The steps going up
stairs were also covered with oil. This is
| the fourth attempt since Christmas to
| burn this building. It is evidently the
work of an incendiary. Detectives are
on the lookout.
Ruth Woodalla, a negro woman, living
in Jones County, Ga, mixed some "Rough
on Rats" with water and made her two
| daughters. aged seven and five years,
! drink of it. She then drank what was
| left. The mother and older daughter
! died. but the other child was saved by a
| physician. No cause is assigned for the
| deed.
Governor John B. Gordon of Georgia is
! said to be a poor man again in conse-
| quence of unlucky speculations.
The sent ment in favor of prohibition Is
said TO be rapidly on the increase in North
| Carolina.
! A Mississippi man recently made three
attempts to commit suicide, but all of
| them were unsuccessful.
John Outlaw, If Chester County, N. c.,
is the oldest man in that State. He was
| born in 1873 He was soldier in the war
| of 1912.
! The headless body of jeff Huff, col.
ored hotel porter, was found on the rail.
road track at Knoxville. Tenn, a few
/ mornings since. 1t is not known whether
/ he threw himself under the train or was
first murdered and his body thrown
across the track to cover up the crime.
E. H. Taylor, an aged negro, was found
dead near the railroad switch that enters
/ the spoke factory in Lexington, KY, a
| few days ago, with two wounds in the
| head, supposed to have been done with
some blunt instrument He is said to have
saved considerable money, and it is
thought that robbery W as the cause of the
murder.
Mr. Stephen Swift, ninety-twO years Of
| age, and at one time a promin ent business 8
man of Lexington, KY, fell down a flight
| of stairs at his residence a few days ago,
| from the effects of which no died. He
moved from Massachusetts to Kentucky
IN 1917. He leaves six children and a
| large fortune.
| A party of eight persons, all negroes,
| crossed the river a few days since from
| La Reusite plantation to Dymold's Fair
| view place, in Concord;a Parish, La. The
| boat was old, and when the party were
returning, and within a hundred feet of
| their home landing, the swells of a pass
| ing steamer caused the skiff to go to
! pieces and seven of the occupants were
| drowned. A boy saved himself by cling
! ing to piece of the broken boat.
| There is a post-office in Tennessee called
! Sweet Lips.
A report that smallpox exi SITS at Jack
son, Tenn, is denied. 1t is positivel y
stated that there is not a single case in
the city.
There is a young lady in a girls school
in Georgia who goes by the nicknaE-e of
"Pos tscript." Her real name is Adeline
Moore.
Great interest is felt in the revival
| which has been going on IN the First
Methodist Church at Jackson, Tenn,
| during the past few weeks. Some of
the most eminent divines in the South
are present, and a large number of con
! versions have been made.
William Young, while hunting in
! Chickasaw County, Miss, undertook to
chop a possum out of a hollow log. He
not only got the possum, but 1872 silver
dollars which some one had concealed
there.
VIM. Patterson, who is in Jail a Louis
| Vile, KY, under sentence of death for
the murder of Jennie Bowman, has again
been respited by Governor Buckner, this
| time for ninety days.
The sad death of Mrs. Bob Chapman, OF
Barnett, Ca, occurred recently. Her hus.
| band, in administering the medi cine left
by her father, the attending physician,
| gave four grains of morphine instead Of
the same quantity of quinine, as in
| structed, which resulted in her death.
The engineer on a north bound passen.
ger train on the Alabama Great Southern
| railroad few days since discovered the
| dead body of a woman lying near the
| track, about two miles from Tuscaloosa.
| The train was stopped and the body ex-
| amined. It proved 10 be that of a hand
| some woman about twenty five years old,
and the cuts and bruises found showed
that she had been knocked from the track
by a passing train. Attached to the
| bosom of the woman's dress was a card
bearing a number, and by this it was
| supposed she was an escaped lunatiC
from the insane asylum not far distant.
| The Tuscaloosa authorities were notified
of the find.
The Salvation Army has invaded Tex as
| j. N and Sarah c. Shepard, of Qu incy
Fla, are the parents of the largest family
| in Gads den County. They have nineteen
children, fifteen boys and four girls. Then
eldest child is twenty-oae years old and
the Youngest six months old They have
been blessed three times by the birth oi
twins.
Oscar Purren was arrested at Lexing
ton, Ky, a few dava ago to be held as {
witness against James Golden. The lat
ter had impersonated a Governments de
tective and pretended TO put Purren un-
der arrest until the latter had bought his
release wi $50. Golden has practiced
this game in several places
| Governor Buckner Of kentucky is max
ing record as a vetoist.
People of Upton County, Tenn, are
exercised over subterranean fires thai
have been burning ever since the great
/ forest fires.
A very remarkable incident occurred a.