The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-17
STATE NEWS.


tracted during the existence of the old
corporation of Brownsville. Judge Swig-
CART decided it in favor OF the defendant,
holding that the statute of limitations pre-
cluded the recovery of the judgment held
y the plaintiff.
The Supreme Court delivered a number
of decisions last week. The most impor-
tant was in the case of i. Z. Shaw. In
1886 Lemuel Shaw, of Wilson County, died
intestate. The widow owned at his death
a separate estate and some land jointly
with her husband; but by an agreement
the real and personal property was di-
vided equally between the widow and her
throe children. Summer Shaw, one of the
sons, sold his business in Texas, came
here, and purchased his brothers. interest
in the land. He also purchased two-thirds
of his mothers land, and his sister, Mrs.
Tatum, purchased the other ono third.
Mrs. Shaw became dissatisfied with this
division and filed this bill to have the
agreement rescinded. In her bill she
charged that Sumner concealed the real
facts and used fraudulent means in bring
ing sbout the result, and that she did not
know the land owned by herself and jointly
death; that she was entitled to dover and
homestead in her husbands separate es-
tate but thought the division made was
one that the law would make. Mrs. Tatum
and her husband failed to answer, and also
acquiesced in the decree giving the mother
the relief sought. Sumner Shaw appealed.
F.P. BRADLEY, of Ellis County, Texas.
who was reported to have disappeared
from train near Blount Springs just be-
fore Christmas, has turned up in Wilson
County all right. From his statement IL
appears that while the train was running
at the rate of thirty five miles an hour,
near Decatur, he was drugged by some
person for the purpose of robbery. He
had considerable money on his person, but
the robber succeeded in getting only $40,
which, for convenience, he was carrying
in his pautaloons pocket After the robber
accomplished his purpose MIR. Bradley was
thrown from the train, but fortunately was
not hurt, and, on recovering consciousness,
walked to the next station and took the
train for home. He is not sure of the
identity of the robber.
The building operations in and irnme-
diately about Humboldt in the past year
hdNo U6Su LIOIt eAOonSlfc budn cNSi DolOAo
in the history of the town, and are indica-
tive of the prosperity of that section of
West Tennessee. and it must be remem.
bered there is no boom there, but the
growth of the town is healthy and nat
ural growth, backed up by the fruit and
vegetable growing industry that is yearly
becoming of more magnitude. In that
town there were erected during 1889 twenty
eight buildings at a cost in the aggregate
of $27,650. In the country, in the imme.
diate neighborhood of the town, the list
shows twenty buildings and the
money outlay of $21 900. 1t is calculated
that the total amount expended for resi-
dences and repairs will aggregate 100000.
REPORTS to the State Board of Agricult-
ure show that the losses of meat from the
warm weather are very large, especially
in the middle and western sections of the
State, and will probably exceed the esti-
mate of few days ago, which was $780,
600. Much of it is being sold to fertilizer
at from one TO one and one
fourth cents per pound at home.
The Nashville Furnace Company, by its
president, H. w. Buttorff, and secretary,
j. Q. Moore, recently conveyed to the
Southern Iron Company forty acres of
land in Davidson County for a coBsidera-
tion of $4,000. The Nashville Furnace
Company was formerly known as the
Nashville Iron, Steel and Charcoal Com
pany, and the property conveyed is located
in West Nashville, and has thereon the
plant for the manufacture of iron, charcoal
and alcohol. The conveyance embraces
this plant, stock ON hand, patents and
patent rights of all description owned by the
company. The consideration was $4,000
in cash and two notes of $25, 900 each, the
assumption of the payment Of 100000 OF
first mortgage bonds and the contract for
the payment of pumps and dry wells pur-
chased by the conveyor.
THE register in the office of the State
Board of Agriculture shows that 2,70o per-
sons enrolled their names. These persons
nearly every State and Ter
ritory in the Union, nearly every Euro
pean country, and Mexico, Africa, Japan
and Australia. 1t is estimated that as
many more people called at the office, but
did not register. The inquiries received
by mail numbered at least 10000.
The old brick college at Paris was re-
GENTLY destroyed by fire. Fifteen thou
sand bushels of wheat, belonging to the
Paris Roller Mill c, mpauy, were stored
in the house, and were totally destroyed.
The wheat was insured for 5000. 1t Is
thought the fire originated in the heating
If the room where the wheat was stored
10 dry.
The County Court of Hamilton County
asst week made the following tax levy for
1880: For State and county purposes, on
zach 500 worth of taxable property, State
tax, 30 cents; county tax, 30 cents. School
tax levy for county, 10 cents; for State.
10 cents. Special tax for county hospital,
10 cents; interest on bridge bonds, 8 cents;
.oad tax, 10 cents; bridge tax for general
purposes, 2 cents; poor-house tax, cents;
,otaI. S1.10. Two new civil districts were
added to the county, the Thirteenth and
Eighteenth.
ALBERT ROBERTS, who was appointed
United States Consul at Hamilton, Ont,
,y President Cleveland, has returned to
Nashville, after an absence of three and
ialf years. He is accompanied by his
amily.
TEE County Court of Madison County
awarded the contract for repairing and re-
the courthouse TO the jackson
3rick Manufacturing and building Com
,any at the price of S1s,6o0. When COM
oleted Madison County will have one OF
he handsomest court-houses In the South.
KERsEY g. Bro, of Trenton, were In
Humboldt last week looking for a loca"
ion for their foundry and boiler worka'
rhe citizens have guaranteed the money
% pay for the lot, which is all the encour-
.gement the firm asks for, 80 they viii get
he works.
TsE Indebtedness Of Dyer County 10