The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-05
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.


THE First National Bank of Gallatin
has made the final payment of its capital
stock of $50, 1000 and received acknowl-
edgement to that effect from the
Treasury Department.
ALL the bridges on the Milan division
of the Louisville and Nashville system
are to be taken down and replaced
with first-class iron structures.
BOSTON capitalists are investing
largely in street railways and other en-
terprises in Knoxville.
THE unofficial census of Obion County
shows the population to be &c, ,727, which
Is net gain of nearly 20 per cent. over
1880.
WILLIAM HARPER, prosperous farmer
living near Hendersonville, while re-
turning from his barn to his residence
last week, was struck and instantly
KILLED by lightning.
AMONG the suburbs of Nashville are
Crappy Chute, Rotten Row, Happy Hol-
low and Hell's Half Acre.
A Two-Tu1RDs interest in the Chatta-
nooga brewery was sold recently tor
100000 cash. The capacity of the
brewery will be increased to 100000
kegs per annum.
ROBBERS and thieves have been get
ting in their work at Jackson of late.
The first annual fair of the Hender-
son County Mechanical, Agricultural and
Stock-breeding Association will be held
at Lexington the last week of October.
LOOKOUT INN, on lookout mountain,
changed hands recently. The entire
property is valued at $1s0,0O0.
A CHARTER has been applied for for
another big Touring mill at Nashville.
Two new mills will have a daily
capacity of 100 barrels, and has an au-
.thorized capital of 500, 900. The greater
,portion of the capital stock has already
been taken, and work on the buildings
and machinery will begin Immediately.
The charter members are all well-bnown
business men.
GEORGE VoUGHEN, living near Gates,
lost six horses last week. They were
in pasture and sheltered under large
tree and were struck by lightning.
THERE is now prevailing almost an
epidemic of measles in and around
Coopertown, having emanated from
case imported from Clarksville four
weeks ago, and receiving fresh impetus
from case in Sunday school process
sion at Heads church picnic two weeks
ago.
S. S. SIMMONS, of Nashville, is in Jail
at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, for the
violation of the pension laws and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenseS.
He had been there only few days
when his game was discovered. He had
already beaten many people out of
money, representing himself as an
officer. Special Pension Agent Perkins
was Immediately sent to investigate the
case by Commissioner Raum. He finds
that Simmons has already served term
in the penitentiary for similar offense
seven years ago.
THE closing meeting of the Mount
Eagle Assembly for 1890 was held last
week. The large debt that has been
hanging over the assembly since it's Or
ganization has been reduced several
thousand dollars. The gate receipts
exceeded those of last year by 5000.
DYERsBURG had bountiful and refresh
ing rains of late, and the prospect for
large corn and cotton crops is very fine.
The cotton crop will be larger than
ever before. The business outlook for
the approaching season is very encour-
aging.
THE rainfall at Bolivar for the last
thirty days has been unprecedented.
Vegetation is rank and the pastures are
as green as in May. While the cotton
crop promises now a phenomenal yield,
yet grave fears are entertained lest the
continued wet weather should cause the
plant to grow too large and rank. Boil
worms are reported in some crops in the
western and southern portions of the
county, but not in sufficient numbers to
cause alarm.
A wELL-DREssED elderly gentleman
rang the bell at the Young Woman's
Home at Chattanooga last week, and on
entering, said to the matron: 81 have
had desire to marry for many years
to endow some deserving woman with
my worldly goods, which, in fact,
amount to no little. am afraid to Sc
lect or court any of the fair sex hap
hazard, as so many gentlemen have
been taken in by adventuring among
women Raceutlv I heard Of +lis boroo
for working girls and have come here to
gee if perchance you have among tho
girls one who would make me a good
wife" He asked for a list of the girl
boarders and their accomplishments,
but being stranger without references,
failed in getting the desired informa-
tion and left, remarking that he would
call again.
WASH. SENTER was instantly killed
at East Chattanooga last week by an
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
freight train. He jumped off one train
and another going in an opposite direc-
tion struck him. He lived in Marion
County and leaves family.
NEAR Trenton-in fact, SO near that
the shadow of the dome of the temple
of justice would almost reach it-has
been run successfully and without mo-
lestation for several months wildcat
distillery, and last week when United
States Marshal Bell, together with two
officers of that place, rode into town with
mOonshiner's outfit it occasioned q
great deal of surprise. For several