The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-22
Miscellaneous,

The most singular application on rec
| ord for pension has been prepared in
Bradley County, The petitioner AYERS
that when boy of 10 he was sent to
Cleveland by his father on an errand;
that while in the village force of
Union cavalry rode in and attacked the
Confederates who were holding the
town. The boy broke for his horse, and
though he was not. hit by any of the
flying bullets, claims that he lost a
| straw hat; has no inclination for work,
and dislilzes to get in the morning,
for which he holds his scare RESPONSE
Bile, probably on the ground of arrested
development, and thinks that under the
new law the Government should pay
him a pension. $50. ---i fst -t'5'i
TENNESSEE has man that certainly
downs the original package fellow all
hollow. One Greenberry Williams was
tried at .Hartsville for selling whisky
without license. Williams has farm,
portions of which are in Sumner, Ma
con and Trousdale Counties, and his
patrons are given the commands; fFor-
ward, march, Side step to. the right,
then side step to the left, and then to
the rear, by fheright flank, ;" etc. The
customer is. then'asked what county he
is in, and being unable to answer, he is
asked the quantity be wants, and his
money is handed over. The Customer
is led back to where he began his march,
and the blindfold is taken soff!s Conse1
quently, he makes poor witness should
the strong arm of the e~law come down
upon Williams. 1t is useless to say that
Williams has never been convicted of
the charges brought, although several
attempts have been made to convict
him. .s4.
NEAR Palmersville, recently, twelve
miles from Dresden, Erastus Webb, a
prominent farmer, and eight neighbors
were killing large beef under a tree.
A thunder storm arose and lightning
struck the tree with the following re-
suits: Webb, KILLED, outrighs George
McWhirter, struck and. ,lost, his mind;
. aegros clothes, werei burned. off of
him, but he Is NOT fatally hurt; K.
Eaves, hat burned. off. has head Jenti-
cost, who had a tJrrcheF knife in his
hand, was found standing. hut could not
talk. AA.Eas so lfazed.l One man started
to catch his loose horse near BY, and
was not hurt and gave the alarm.s' Mrs.s
Webb, living near, came. with camphor,
and said Webb showed slight signs OF
life at first..s Webb leayesa wife and
i x children. The other mans mind.
81 GEMS injnreds ~ -
THE annual meeting of.the Cumber,,
land Baptist Association vas held al
Gallatfn last. week,
MEmPIris viii have. a. postal telegraph
sebvice-withfn sixty. days. =.
fHE. stables of Bpclner. & Elfis,a
Clarksvilie; &ere bfrned : last week and
eight Valuable tf6tting horses lost.
Loss, estimated at sso;ooQi INSURANCE.
,aboat one-half.t - ~,'''
THE. .Sunday-sohoel eonyenticn for
West Tennessee 'coHveRedat at Dyersbnrg
last week There were about 200 dele
gates from all parts or West. Penn nessae I
= THE fine rains which have fallen in.
the vicinity of Humboldt Tor the past
two weeks have. greatly improved the
crops, and the farmers -now,anticipate a.
full yield of corn and cotton. ~
woRK was actively commenced at the (
END of+th Missouri, .Tennes-
see andAGeorgia Railroad last week, and
the contractors say they VIII have ten
miles of the road completed and ready
fer the cars by the 18th of October.
The farmers of DYER county are iubi-
LIANT over the present crop prospect.
Mr.. N1MRoD Lucas, Of Humphreys
County, died last week. He was an old
pioneer and prominent Mason.
: WHIEE on his way home one night
last week James Miller, of Nashville,
was sandrbagged and robbed. His in
juries are serious, though not necessa-
-rHy fatal. AS get he is unable to tell
exactly where or by whom he was
robbed, being partially Unconscious.
A LARGE mineral spring has recently
been discovered few miles east of
Milan. The spring gusheS up. from a
large catawba tree, and is called Cataw.
ba Springs. The spring is said to con-
tain great curative powers.
IL NJ. BAKER, an oId' and prominent
citizen Of Gibson County, died recently.
He was in bis ssth year.