The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-24
miscellaneous.

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THE canning factory at Humboldt
started up last week.
TIE Montgomery County teachers as
sociation met at Clarksville last week.
E. LAWSON Fort, aged SO years, died
last week in Robertson County, near
Port Royal, and was buried with Ma
| sonic honors, he being one of the Oldest
Masons iii the country.
MRS. ANN WooDARD, aged 80 years,
died near Clarksville last week. She
was member of the Hoskins family,
! all of whom are known for their integrity
and intelligence.
A SYNDICATE of Boston capitalists
has bought and will improve Montvale
Springs, the noted resort in Blount
County.
1.-THE city treasurer of Chattanooga
one day last week deposited $243, 900 in
nine of the city banks, $27, 900 in each.
This represents the amount paid for new
sewer and street bonds.
PARTIES boring for water in West
Nashville last week struck a small
stream of natural gas at depth of rs
feet. The flow is steady and is esti-
mated to be of $50 candle power.
THE Peachers' Touring and woolen
mills property in Montgomery County
has been sold fer $4,000. Ii. G. Merritt
was the purchaser. He expects to or
ganize company and run it as hereto
fore.
ED O'CoNNoR, young white man liv-
ing at Tullahoma, was taken out by a
dozen masked men one night last week
and severely whipped with hickory
switches laid on his bare back. O'Con-
nor was married only three months
since to pretty little school teacher,
named Miss Williams, of Sheffield, Ala,
and they lived with O'Connor's parents
until recently, when she left him,
charging that he and his mother treated
her so brutally she could not stay.
Knoxville held an election last week
on the proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $500, 600 for city improvement
purposes. The bonds carried by vote
of 1000 to 22O. The bonds are to run
80 years at per cent. One thousand
hands will be put to work as soon as
possible.
THE title deeds conveying the male
seminary at Gallatin to the grand lodge
of knights of Pythias of Tennessee and
to the supreme lodge of the world of the
order, were registered last week. Lib
eral donations have heretofore been
made to it by grand bodies for the
foundation of Pythian university of
the highest grade. 1t is believed that
it will receive the assistance of the vast
order not only in this country but all
over the world. Rowena Lodge at Gal
latin is entitled to the credit for the en-
terprise. The grounds conveyed are
about ten acres, situated on command
ing elevation near the town and admir-
ably adapted to the purpose.
A MAJORITY of the farmers in tx Q
vicinity of Union City have been COM
PEELED to burn their wheat straw on ac-
count of their inability to get hands to
stack it. One farmer is said to have
offered 81 per hour, but the men he pro-
posed to would not work. Wheat on the
farms around Union City is about all
threshed out, butconsiderable complaint
is heard from other portions of Obion
County on account of not being able to
hire sufficient help to thresh the crop.
LAST November seven prisoners es-
capped from the Hamilton County Jail.
Six have been recaptured. Among the
number was Frank Steele, charged with
horse stealing. Shortly after proof was
given out to show that he had fled to
Kentucky town and died of fever. The
story of his death was never generally
belived. It now turns out that Steele
was in Chattanooga recently and called
to see a deputy sheriff who was his
friend and would not arrest him. A
farmer, who saw Steele go to his home
in the mountains near Chattanooga, last
week, has told on him.
TAX ASSESSOR HALL says that tbe in
crease of 81, 800, 900 in the assessment of
Hamilton County for the year 1891 over
1890 is due mainly to Improvements and
the increase in personal property. The
latter has been largely augmented by
banking capital, which has been added
to Chattanooga banking institutions
during the past financial year.
w. w. HARDY, living at Harris Sta
ton, III Obion County, has made the
largest yield of wheat per acre of any
farmer so far reported in that section.
He realized s2s bushels on twenty-six
acres of land, or an average of nearly
thirty-two bushels per acre on old land.
PATENTS were last week issued to
Tennessee inventors as follows: Com
modore Howell, Chattanooga, railway
tie; BENJAMIN Seaton, assignor of one
half to A. w. Southworth, of Nashville,
safety attachment for cars; Julien Z.
Tinker and G. 81. Benjamin, Chattanoo-
ga, assignors of one-third to =. Blodget,
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