The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-22
SOUTHERN eLEANlNes.


one night recently while trying to protect
himself, is dead.
Emanuel Gaskin, colored. was hanged
at Camden, S. c., recently, for the murder
of Betsey Clarke, colored. The execution
was private.
There are 1856 horses in training on the |
Memphis (Tenn.) track, and the very IA /
vOrable- weather and consequent good /
conditions for work have enabled trainers
to give their horses a fair degree OF prep /
aration for the spring meetings.
George Dunnaway, the man who MUIR |
dered his uncle and aunt, and attempted !
to murder his cousin, because the latter
had Tilted him, in Rutherford County,
Tenn, a few weeks ago, was captured in
Charleston, Mo. Oficers from Tennessee
went after him.
Mrs. John M. Clay, Of Lexington, KY,
has lost, by old age, the chestnut brood
mare SkedaddIe, twenty mine years Old
by Imp. Yorkshire, dam Magnolia by
Imp. Glencoe. From her have descended
some of the most famous turf performers
in america, such as La Sylphide, Level
Ter, Slyboots, Day Star and Savanna G.
A distressing affair occurred near
Fredericksburg, Va, recently, which re-
suited in the death of Mrs. Thomas Love,
who was shot dead by her husband. Mr..
Love was replacing the main spring in his
revolver, and his finger slipped from the
hammer. His wife was standing in front
of him and the bullet entered her left
breast, killing her instantly.
Fifty men in the Lookout rolling mill
at Chattanooga, Tenn, struck recently
owing to the discharge of two men Tor
drunkenness and offensive language.
John L. Adams, who has been starving
himself to death, died in his sleep in jail
at Macon, Ga. The watchers by his side
even did not notice the dissolution.
Il
/ vile, Tenn, to control the output of sew
en-tenths of the marble quarries in East
Tennessee. The new company has
capital of $300,000, all of which has been
| subscribed
Major. Penn, the great evangelist Of
! Texas began a revival at jackson,
| Tenn, recently. Tremendous crowds
| flock to hear him day and night. Great
| interest is being manifested and much
good done.
l. Governor Lee of Virginia astonished
the public recently by allowing negro
couple to be married in his Office in the
Capitol and then presenting the groom
with a pardon which saved him from
spending his wedding day in the peni-
tentiary.
Six thousand colored people have left
North Carolina recently for Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas.
Twenty thousand more will go before the
1st of june In the eastern part of the
State farmers are left without hand to
work crops.
Judge w. F. Gregory died recently at
his home in Hartford, KY, from an alb
scess caused by injuries received in fall
some weeks ago. He was in the fifty-hrst
year of his age, and was one of the most
prominent attorneys of the county.
The Gulf House at Thomasville, Ga,
was burned few nights ago. The guests
escaped. The building was insured for
5000 and the furniture for 5000. This
, lacks several thousand dollars of cover
ing the loss. The hotel was also WELL
known railroad eating house.
James Stewart, a youth residing near
J Hopkinsville, KY. was engaged in cut
> ting wood, few days ago, when his axe
became tangled in some vines, and sud.
|, denly glancing struck him on the ankle
t almost severing his foot from his body
He almost bled to death. His foot had tC
? be amputated.
The capture by revenue officers of an
t illicit distiIlery in Cleburne County, Ala.
o has resulted in a bloody feud between two
= of the most prominent families in tina
{ county. One battle has been fought, on'
Y man killed outright and another danger
s ously wounded.
y Quite sensation was created in Jack
t son, Tenn, recently, when it became
e fifty years old, who lives a mile and a hal
q from the city, had been arrested for kill
h ing his brother-in-law in South Carolin
y in 1861.
IS Fred L. Hoke, of Shelby, N. c., recent
is performed the feat of sucking six doze
eggs in twenty minutes. 1t was done O
q wager and in the presence of severs
witnesses. Mr.. Hoke is seventy years ole
Spencer Robinson, a brakeman on tn
:, Kansas City & Birmingham railroad, wa
thrown from a freight car under tn
,e wheels of a moving train, few day
I'd since, and his body terribly mangled. II
" died of his injuries, and bis body was tai
" en- in charge by the railroad and carrie
g. to Birmingham, Ala, whore it was buried
ar Paul Aiken, a son of Judge Aiken, {
a. Cleveland, Tenn, was horribly mangle
H. in the East Tennessee railroad shops g
m Knoxville, Tenn, afew days ago. He wa
ns adjusting a belt on the pulley, when b.
Sc sleeve was caught by the shafting. H
al arm, then his body, was wrapped abol
ch the shaft, which was making $50 revolt
.k tions minute.
n. The body of the man found on lively,
"a Mile Island, near Louisville, KY, recent
lir ", proved to be that of E. R. Curren,
to deck passenger on the City of Madiso
e. from Louisville Ia Cincinnati. Cure
on had been drinking heavily.
an The remains of John Livingstone,
"a brakeman, were found in the debris OF
M collision that occurred on the East Tel
.te nessee road at Caswell's station, Tenn,
he few nights ago. He was found betwe'
we two car loads of steel rails and every bol
de in his body was broken. He was on b
ed second trip Twenty-six cars we
ng wrecked and an engine. thrown over
W. twenty foot embankment.
ass The shocking murder Of Captain Da'
son. editor of the Charleston (S. C.) Ne
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tain Dawson accused of holding 1mprop
Ia relafions with a domestic in the ernpl
IN Of fhe latter, has created an intense fe'
lye ing Of indignation, coupled with profou
Sht svnnathv for the bereaved fam
.en throughout the entire South, Capta
.ne ~ dawson having. been held in the high'
- esteem by all who knew him. HIS pla
~ - in Southern journalism VIII De nara
oh fill.
An Interstate Fair Association ]
been organized to hold an exhibit at
Ianta- Ga. next fall. The feature viii
are the presence of President Harrison, W
the has given private assurance that ne
ore visit Atlanta at that time. The exhloih
ses will be representative Of the manutact'
the ing interests of the South.
OF The trial of Charles Scott, manager
Vn- the Lexington (Ky.) Opera House,
eeo assault upon Sam j. Roberts, editor
ose the. Kentucky Leader, occurred recent
re- After testimony for the prosecution '
III. all offered Scott.pleaded guilty, and y
an fined sra and costs. The charge OF c
uie ting with intent to kill was dismissed
49, The Citizens National Bank of Leban
- KY, capital, 100000 has been authOri
to begin business.
Albert CuIlam, son Of General Will
Cullam, Of Clinton, Tenn, sub-c
tractor on the Knoxville, CumbeFl
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