The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-17
PERSONAL AND MPeRsONAL


Congressman w. L. Scott, OF Erie,
Pa. :, is worth probably $15, 900. 600, but
he is one Of the least ostentatious men
in Congress.
Miss E A. Southworth. assistant
Mycologist at Washington. is said to
be the first woman to receive an ap-
pointment to a scientific post at Wash
ington. Her speciality is fungoid
growths.
Hamilton Disston, the Philadel-
phia saw manufacturer, owns more
land in Florida than any other six men
in the State, and is consequently looked
upon as something Of a nabob by the
residents of that sunny cline.
John W. Haynes, of Fayette
County, o., is a modern Samson. A
few days ago, in the presence of large
crowd OF spectators, he shouldered and
carried twenty yards a hogshead of
bacon which weighed 675 pounds.
An eccentric woman who died
near Winchester, Va, short time ago
always wore heavy top boots, in which
she carried pistols for her protection.
was a well read woman, having a wide
knowledge of American history.
Congressman Robertson, of Louis
lana, is said to be the greatest bear
hunter in the South. He is also an ex-
pert deer-hunter, and has followed
more than one panther into the jungle.
He keeps n pack of hounds and bear
dogs and his kennels are famous
through the South.
Empress Eugene. drawn by Paris
special correspondent on the spot: "A
fragile form, vailed and rObed in black,
pallid face and snow-white hair. and
the inirm gait of a rheumatic invalid
such is the image now presented by
her who was the famous beauty and
the worlds queen OF fashion some
thirty-five years ago"
Thomas Thompson, who recently
died in Rockport, Mass, at the age OF
ninety-four, was the oldest jnhabitant
Of the town. He was sailor in the
United States navy during the war of
1912, and served the Government for
twenty-five years. While privateers-
man he was captured and served a
term in DartmoOr prison.
81 heard of one Partisan lady," says
Mrs. Frank Leslie. ''whO dismisses
every servant in her employ every six
months. Her theory is that the con-
slant renewal of her household per-
Sonnel tends to keep her domestics in
good order. She gets the cream, so 10
speak, of their services, and just about
the time they settle down into lazy
habits she gets rid OF them"
Countess Tolstoi, it is said, Is the
daughter of a Moscow physician, who
married the Count thirty years ago,
| when very young. She has borne him
| thirteen children. and upon her rests
| the whole management Of the house
| hold To the Count the possession OF
| a house superior to that of peasant
is a sin, and in his eyes his family
lives in culpable luxury because they
have servants to clean their boots and
a cook to prepare their food.
An employe Of Jay Gould recently
remarked: George Gould and his
| father love each other as much as any
| father and son / ever saw. and the
same is the case with the other boys,
who consequently are always glad tC
go home 30 their parents. Gould has
impaired to his sons skill enough tC
take care of themselves. One OF his
boys Is a good telegraph operator,
another is a good stenOgrapher. The
old man can go all over this land and
dictate his dispatches to one boy, and
| the other one can send them by wire. 9