The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-06
Miscellaneous.

INVESTIGATION discloses the fact that
10 official record is kept of the names
of paupers buried in the potter's field
at Nashville, and laxity in the entire
system of treatment in such cases. 1t
frequently happens that body is left
in the outhouse near the sections resi-
dence for hours, when he is absent, the
coroner relying on the sections finding
the corpse on his return and attending to
it. There is no means to ascertain the
names of buried persons, except the
mere memory of the sexton. No written
records are kept, and it is impossible to
surmise to what extent, under these cir
cumstances, body-snatching has been
practiced. The graves are shallow, and
no trouble is met in removal. The rev.
elations have created something of 3
sensation.
A VERY interesting case is before the
Supreme Court at jackson from Obion
County. r. A. King was indicted and
convicted at the March term of the Cir
cult Court of that county for working
on Sunday, and was fined SIS. The de-
fendant is a Seventh Day Adventist and
keeps Saturday holy. He is an honora-
BILE, hard-working man, with large
family to support, and bears good rep
utation among his neighbors. His re-
ligion in which he believes teaches him
that he should keep Saturday holy in
stead of the Christian Sabbath. He
was arrested for plowing on Sunday,
and tried with the above result. The
Judge who tried his case was in sympa-
thy with him and disliked to fine him,
but the law was so clear on that point
that he was compelled to do so.
FRANK PARKER and his wife, colored,
were tried at Knoxville recently, the
man for the murder of Alex Blackwell,
a white boy, the woman for assault and
battery. The case is peculiar and dis
tressing one. Parker lived near the
Knox County poor-house and he bor-
rowed the boy to work for him, the con-
sideration to be board and clothes. The
black master abused his white slave
and worked him until he was sick unto
death. The lad, footsore and weary,
begged for rest, but was kept at his toll.
Sent to the spring for water, he made
out to reach the house on his return,
when he fell dead. The excitement is
intense, and Parker will probably go to
the penitentiary if he escapes lynching.
The law will also deal with the woman,
who was known to have abused the lit
tic victim of poverty.
OVER 300 crates of strawberries were
shipped from Brownsville one day last
week for Northern markets. The clear
weather has caused the berry to ripen
rapidly, aud has put it in a favorable
condition for shipment.
AFTER careful investigation it is be-
wheat crop made in Franklin County.
The cotton and corn is looking very fa-
vorably, while oats are not doing so
we'll on account of the rust.
THE Williamson County Creamery has
been incorporated and organized and
will be in operation in few weeks. No
better place in the State could be se-
lected than Franklin, as the blue grass
pastures of the county are teeming with
cattle ana laJ tnlngs-
THERE is general complaint about the
condition of the growing wheat in Will
hanson County. Some of the farmers,
who anticipate only third or fourth
Of an average crop, are plowing it up
with the view of planting potatoes,
broomcorn or something else that can
be matured before frost
THE teachers of Gibson County were
called together last week by the super
Intendent of public instruction. They
decided to hold teachers normal at
Trenton to begin June so, and continue
one week. An interesting program will
be prepared and large number OF
teachers will attend