The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-07
SOUTHERN oLEANINos,

/ AdA1AOdQ bIdAH5 WHICH dET1fo DCuAUu LLLuCs
and the same is published daily in that
paper.
Lorenzo ID. Cotting, a plasterer on the
Eagle Hotel, in Birmingham, Ala, while
engaged in his work few days ago, fell
from the third story and was instantly
killed.
Mr.. Mayno, an aged and prominent
citizen of Allen County, KY, was killed a
few days since by the accidental dis
charge of a gun that he was pulling Out
from under his bed.
The handsome new Universalist
| Church, recently erected in Hopkinsville,
KY, was dedicated recently, Rev. Sophia
Glbb, Of Decatur, ILL.,, and Rev. DR.. Tom
linson, of Galesburg, ILL.,, officiating
The dead body Of John Johnson, 6
negro, was found in a ditch in the woods
near OxmOre, Ala, few days since, in g
fearfully mutilated condition, by a party
of young folks who were taking a stroll
/ The throat was cut and dozen stabs had
been inflicted in the sides.
A number of wealthy horse men have
organized a company with capital OF
100000 for the purpose of locating stocR
farm for the breeding of fine horses near
| Hopkinsville, KY, and $4,000 Of the
amount desired has been subscribed.
The company will soon be ready to begin
! operations.
A we'll authenticated story comes from
Jasper County, Miss, to the effect that q
white married woman who had reason TO
doubt that her husband was true, after
repeatedly warning him without avil,
finally horribly mutilated him with a
razor, and the man will likely die.
There is, for the first time west of the
| Blue Ridge, in North Carolina, what is
known as a spring drought. No rain OF
value has fallen since the middle of Feb
ruary, and as a result the first crops are
a complete failure. Very little tobacco
has been planted in that section on ac-
count of the drought. The same dryness
has prevailed for some weeks in most OF
the tobacco belt, and as result there is
marked backwardness in planting
The Comptroller of the Currency has au'
thorized the First National Bank of John.
son City, Tenn, to begin business with 8
capital of $50, 900.
Dispatches from many points in Louis
lana and Mississippi show that the
drought of several weeks duration has
been broken by good rains.
At Birmingham, Ala, the Grand Army
Post and the Confederate Association
united in a joint celebration and together
they decorated the graves Of Federal and
Confederate dead.
In the District Court at Shreveport, La.
few days ago, Walter Douglass and Jake
Bergman, two young men convicted Oi
murd ering John Dickinson, were SEN
fenced to the penitentary for life.
J. Martin and S~m Atkins were am
bushed and seriously shot near Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, recently, by jim Barnes
and two others. Martin had been paying
attentions to Barnes sister, who is below
him in the social scale.
Miss Florence Little. q beutiful eight
een-y year -old girl, who created sensa
ton in York County, s. c., last year BY
marrying two men within a week, has jus
been arrested in Charlotte upon the
charge of bigamy.
Fire at Louisville, KY, a few days ago
destroyed the paint and oil store of Klein
Rodemaker & Co., causing a loss Of abou
$4,000 to that firm and about $4,000 to {
number of adjoining firms and buildings
AT Dee tsville, Ala, Robert r. Allison,
a white carpenter, was killed by light.
ming, a few evenings ago. He was building
a house when thunderstorm arose, anC
after the storm he was found dead. The
deadly bolt crushed his skull and broke
his neck and thigh.
Mrs. Fannie Dewese died near Louis
vile, KY, few days since, at the age ol
one hundred and fifteen, as shown by the
family Bible, still preserved. Her hus,
band died twelve years ago at one hun
dred and seven. Up to that time Mrs
Dewese had been able to attend to hel
own work.
A north bound freight train on the
Knoxville s. Ohio railroad ran into 4
coaI-car near Buckeye station, near Chat
tanooga, Tenn, few days since. Fire
man William Hammond was fatally in
iured and Engineer Bogart badly hurt.
An English syndicate has consummated
the purchase of 800, 600 acres Of yellow
pine land, four saw-mills, three planning.
mills and thirty miles of railroad and
equipment in Escambia County, Fla, and
Baldwin County, Ala, adjoining, for
$l,5OO,O0O.
At Richmond, Va, on the 30th, the
Stewart Horse Guards decorated the
grave of General Stewart. The Picketi
Division Association visited Hollywood
with the flag presented by the Philadel-
phia brigade and beautifully decorated
the monument of Pickett
At Big Spring, KY, few days ago, q
boy named Stith was riding a mule when
the animal became frightened and threw
him off. His ankle became entangled in
a chain and the boy was dragged about g
mile by the maddened animal. The mule
finally went to a ba where Stith was
found dead. His skull was crushed to q
Jelly, both his arms and legs were broken
and he was otherwise horribly mutilated
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Tradesman is
in receipt Of letters from producers and
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entire pig iron production of the Central
South, relative to the cut IN prices of iron
by the Thomas Iron Company, and the
outlook. All agree in stating that the cut
will have no effect whatever on the South
ern furnaces, and the opinion among all
is that the bottom is about reached, and
an early improvement in the market is
anticipated.
A terrible accident occurred at Dan
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building large brick tobacco factory on
BridgeIstreet, nearly two hundred feet long
and six stories high. The walls had been
| completed and carpenters were at work
on it. The wind was blowing hard, and
the entire building came down with q
crash. Robert Pruitt, William Young,
g. B. Jones, Buck Hooper and n. D,
Collie were killed. Henry Oakes, 1t was
thought, would die, and six others were
in the ruins, and a considerable time
elapsed before they were extricated.
James Beard was put in Jail at Chatta-
! nooga, Tenn.s recently, on a charge Of
attempting to murder /. n. Morgan, the
father Of a young lady, whom he was in
the habit Of visiting. Beard was chatting
with her, when her father came home and
ordered him out Of the house. Beard drew
knife and started for the old man, who
broke for the street. with the young man
after him.
Miss Jessie Morse, Of Cincinnati, eloped
from Chattanooga, Tenn, recently. with
Clarence e. Shipp, the son Of a wealthy
manufacturer, leaving In the lurch DR..
George Hagan, to whom she was engaged,
and whom she had promised to wed.
Rev. D. n. Thompson, Of the Cleveland
(Tenn.) Circuit, has become insane.
The jury at New Orleans, in the case OF
Louis Clair and John Gibson, charged
with numbering Hon. Patrick Mealy or
| New Years morning 1888. rendered 3