The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-21
SOUTHERN oLEANINcs,


III his count1ng-room, few days ago,
and was seriously, if not fatally injured
Sam Jones' preaching, at Jackson,
Miss, has stirred the city from center to
circumference. Fully five thousand per-
sons of all classes and conditions listen to
him at each service.
The Alabama State Board of Assess
ment of railroad property has completed
its work for the present tax year. The
total valuation of railroad property is as
sessed at $40. 163, TIC. This is an increase
of valuation over last year of 81, $50, ,918.
A heavy cyclone struck the little city of
Dayton, Tenn, a few days ago, from one
end to the other. The cloud was funnel
shaped. It struck a new block and dam.
aged it so that it VIII have to be torn
down and rebuilt, unroofed the opera
house and shook the most substantial
building in the city. No lives were lost
A convention of x-Contederates was
held at New Orleans, few days since,
for the purpose of organizing an associa.
ton embracing all the surviving Confed-
crate soldiers. The meeting organized
the Confederate Veterans Association"
by adopting a constitution and electing
General John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
president.
Fire destroyed sixteen houses at Liv-
ingston, Ala, few evenings ago. Loss
not estimated. There was no insurance
on buildings or stock of goods.
The East Tennessee, Virginia s. Geor-
gia road has discharged two hundred
shop-hands at Knoxville, Tenn, on ac.
count of dullness in business.
The commencement exercises at Fisk
University, at Nashville, Tenn, was held
recently in the presence of a very large
gathering, both from Nashville and else
where. There we're nineteen graduates.
A little three year-old son of James
Brown, of Ohio County, KY, overturned
a kettle of boiling water upon himself, a
few days since, and was terribly burned.
He died in great agony.
Mrs. Catherine Boyle, aged sixty FIVE,
and her children, Miss Nora, aged TWEEN
ty-fye; Frank, aged thirty, and William,
aged twenty three, were all adjudged in
sane at Louisville, KY, recently, and
sent to Anchorage Asylum.
James Warren, white, about nineteen
years old, employed as a watchman on
the steamer f. T. Holman, was drowned
by the overturning of a skif on to which
he had stepped from the steamer at
Nashville, Tenn, few days ago.
The Republican State central commit
| tee of Kentucky has decided to hold
| another convention to nominate a candi
/ date for State treasurer in place of John
| Barrett, who declined the race. This
| convention will meet at lexington July a.
The revival meeting of Rev. Sam Jones
closed at Jackson, Miss, few days ago.
| 1t was a great meeting. A conservative
| estimate of the accessiOns to the church
| is between six and seven hundred.
George Handley, teamster, died at the
| Charity Hospital in Birmingham, Ala, a
/ few days since, of lock- jaw, caused by a
/ kick of a mule. Handley was trying to
! put a harness on q young mule when if
| kicked him in the face. His injury did
not appear to be serious, but lock-jaw set
| in and he died N a few hours.
r. A. FretweIl is in Jail at Memphis,
| Temp, charged with obtaining by false
pretenses, deeds to $14, 900 worth OF real
estate from R. w. Buford. The property
is situated in Shelby County, Tenn, De-
| Soto and Tallahatchie counties, Miss.
| Fretwell is a member Of the firm of Fret
we'll & George, of Tyler, Tex, who own
| the patent rights to an ironing table.
A cowardIy and unprcv0ked murder
was committed at Aberdeen, Miss, few
| days ago. AIphonso Webb, a we'll known
| citizen, became intoxicated and was taken
| to his home by Policeman Ed Mccoy. As
! the officer was passing through the gate
| he was fired upon by Webb and almost
| instantly killed. He managed, however.
| to exchange one shot with Webb, infiict
| ing slight wound.
News has been received from Nebo, a
village in Hopkins County, KY, in regard
| to killing that took place at colored
| funeral near there a few evenings ago.
Several men, who were drinking, became
| involved in a difficulty over a jug of
| whisky, when Harry Perkins drew a re-
volver and fired upon Dick Green, shoot
| ing him through the head. Green fell and
| instantly expired, when Perkins ned and
| escaped.
A most horrible triple murder is re-
| ported to have occurred recently at AL
Grove, S. G. The slaughter was commit
/ ted by q Mr.. Anderson. who is section
master of the railroad between Sumter
/ and Lanes. While suffering from delirium
tremens he cut the throat of his wife and
killed his two children, who were in bed
asleep. The mother and wife was
| found lying across the threshold of her
home with terrible cash in her throat.
| Although there have been forty murders
| in Scott County, Tenn, the double lynch
| ing of Lloyd and Reynolds, a few nights
/ ago, was the first hanging. After the
men were in the hands Of the mob they
/ were asked if they wanted to pray, and an
/ affirmative answer having been given.
1 they were allowed to kneel in the road in
| silent devotion for five minutes. Rey-
/ nolds was first tied to limb and stood
/ upon a log fence. Somebody was asked to
| sing for him, but as all were backward, he
| led the singing in hymn, "Come Think
/ On Death and Judgment" Lloyd was
| placed beside him and the fence pushed
/ down under them.
Conductor Barlow Whigham, of the
| Savannah, Americus & Montgomery rail-
road, was brutally murdered near Kings
| Crossing few mornings ago while TAX
| ing his train to Americus. He was on
| top of the cars, and discovered two negro
| tramps stealing ride on the ladder. He
! ordered them to come up, and at the
| same time pulled the bell-rope in order
| to stop and put them off. As the negroes
| came forward one drew his pistol and
| fred The ball struck the conductor over
/ the eve. He fell from the car, which was
| moving at a rate Of twenty-five miles an
| hour The train was stopped and the
conductor picked up. He soon died. The
! negroes escaped.
BaiIiff Hamlin died a few days ago at
| Tyty, Ca, from a pistol shot wound in
| ficted by John Groom, colored, whom he
was trying to arrest Groom shot Section
| Master stricklin last fall, but has since
| eluded arrest.
/ shelby Ward shot and .7rnortally
| wounded Rhodes Thompson, about seven
| miles from Lexington KY, a few days
ago. Both are young white men and they
fell out over a young l9dy- Ward is out
on bail.
i David MeCabee attempted to. bathe in
i front Of the olevatoreat YieksbuTg, Miss,
few evenings ago. Although he could