The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-02-12
Miscellaneous.

Miss SUSAN TEMPLE, aged 9S years,
died at Clarksville last week.
REvENUE officers have broken up a
number of Illicit distilleries In the
vicinity of Flintville, Lincoln County,
during the past year.
Miss MARTHA SEYMOUR, aged 90 years,
died near Milan last week. For forty
years she had lived with her sister Mol
lie, aged 90, never receiving company or
attending church. They lived in log
house of two rooms and seemed happy
in each others love. They have not
ridden on a train nor have they been
twomiles from home for over forty years.
If no disaster happens to destroy the
plants, which are now up, the acreage
in tomatoes around Humboldt will be
doubled over that of last year. This
being the case, 500 carloads will be
shipped from that place this season.
Fears are entertained by the growers
that the crop will be too large for the
markets.
AT Chattanooga last week Judge Key
in tho United States Circuit Court, heard
the application for a receiver for the
Union or Belt Railroad. After long
argument he declared the company was
insolvent and appointed as receiver ID.
C. Chamberlain, who was chosen presi-
dent a few days since under the man
.agement of the East Tennessee system,
which now has control of the Union
Road.
ONE of the most sensational scenes in
the Knox County Circuit Court occurred
last week when the jury in the Size
more murder case brought in verdict
of mot guilty. 1t fell upon the
crowded courtroom like thunderbolt,
and for ten minutes the deadliest silence
| prevailed 1t was broken by Judge
Sneed ordering the members of the jury
for all time that he might be Judge,
never again to sit as jurymen.
REV. DAVID R. LoCKEBT, one of the
oldest Masons of the State, died last
week near Clarksville, aged IS years.
He had probably been Cumberland
Presbyterian minister longer than any
divine now living belonging to that de-
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vigorous, man up to the time of his
death, which was caused by heart
failure.
LAST week the fine dwelling house OF
| w. w. Doxey at HendersonVile was
burned. This is but another chapter to
the horrible events that have happened
there within two years, namely: The
burning of Horatio Berry's splendid
barn and imported stock, with ma
chinery, two negroes hung, the mother
of the Martin negroes shot, two excit-
ing jury trials, several negroes in State
i prison, and another trial to come off late
in February.
4 EARLY in December J. NJ. Liddell
was appointed warden for Briceville
and authorized to appoint twenty-five
civil guards. They were sworn in and
reported at the penitentiary daily. The
long delay in the return of the convict:
occurred, and finally the negotiations
began which ended in the decision tx
never work convicts at Briceville again.
Last week these twenty-five men were
notified that they would not be needed
and the prison lessees refused to pal
them. joint bill has been filed, each
of the men seeking to recover S53.
A SON of William Hamilton, living
near Humboldt, while playing at schoo
two years ago, was struck in the let
chest, since which time his heart ha
: moved to the right side, where it per
forms its functions perfectly.
A MONSTER river convention was hel'
at Knoxville last week, fifteen Eas
Tennessee counties being Represented
by two hundred delegates. A COMMITTEE
of fifteen prominent East Tennesseean
was appointed to draw up memoria
that suitable appropriations be mad
TO make the Tennessee and tribntar,
rivers navigahle the year round to ~
Ohio end present u 70 Congress-