The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-03-20
miscellaneous.

| NEARLY the entire business portion O
| by fire last week. The fire started il
the Office of DR.. Russell. The pumps a
| the waterworks were out of order anG
the fire spread rapidly and unchecked
| The loss is estimated at 5000 1t is
| thought the fire was of an incendiary
| origin. The loss is pretty well covered
| by insurance.
THE part of Fulton lying in Tennes
see has been named Jacksonville, and
will have new postoff1ce soon.
Miss LIZZIE MOORE, of jackson, was
last week accidentally shot in the face
by Tommie Fry, who fired at some
birds, not seeing that the young lady
was in range. Several shot were ex-
tracted by the physician. One shot en-
tered near the left eye, and possibly
destroyed it, but the lady will recover.
JOHN TURNEY, recently elected clerk
of the Supreme Court, has been unable
to give the required $4,000 bond, and
Senator Albert Goodpasture of Clarks-
vile was last week elected by the court.
Senator Goodpasture at once resigned
his seat in the Senate, gave the bond
and entered on the duties of the office.
He is young man of fine ability, and
no man stands higher than he in the
Senate. Turney is the nephew of Chief
Justice Peter Turney and general sur
prise is expressed, but no reason given
for his not being able to furnish the
bond.
A STRANGE discovery has been made
near Cleveland of buried wall which
must have been built by race ante
dating the mound builders. Tho top
layer of stones in the wall is covered
with strange characters.
THE bill to assess the value of live
stock killed on unfenced railroads in
the State has passed the Legislature.
The bill provides for appraisement by
disinterested persons, whose report shall
be prima facie evidence of value, and
that if the appraised value is not paid
by the company within sixty days it
shall be liable for attorneys fees; also
that section bosses shall report stock
killings, and provides a penalty for
failure.
J. S. MCGEHEE, a reliable citizen
who lives near Palmersville, relates the
following story: Recently he and Mr..
Penticost cut down tree on the latter's
farm. On the trunk, about eight feet
from the stump, was gnarl which Gov
cred little hollow. On cutting into
the hollow, which had been completely
overgrown, they found inside a frog
which was lifeless but we'll preserved.
By counting the grains it was estimated
that the tree was at least thirty years
old The frog had been preserved for
years in his air-tight home.
ONE wing of the Central Insane Asy-
lum near Nashville was destroyed by
fire last week. Six inmates were burned
to death.
Gov. BUCHANAN last week pardoned
John Drake, 17-year-old boy from
Warren County. who had been sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary for lar
ceny.
A cEEsUs bulletin just issued gives
the grape industry of Tennessee as fol-
lows: Acres in bearing vines, 1,500;
average yield of grapes per acre, ESQ
tons; market value of grapes per ton,
$50; grapes sold for table use, $500 tons;
grapes sold to wineries, 1880 tons; wine
made, 208, 333 gallons; market value OF
wine per gallon, ST. total value Of plant,
including land, $500, 900; total number
laboFers employed, 1850,