The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-11-04
Miscellaneous.

| Miscellaneous.
CHARLIE CAMP, baggage master or
the Memphis & Charleston Railroad
met with very painful accident a
Trenton last week. He went to place q
| Winchester rife in one corner of his
car, when it was accidentally discharged,
tearing off one of his fingers.
! J. 81. POWELL, formerly of Dexter,
Mo-, died at his home, near Milan, last
week, at the age of 70 years. He was
an honorable and respected man. Fol-
over twenty years water had not passed
the lips of Powell, his stomach refusing
to admit the smallest quantity. He
used coffee and milk instead. HeneveT
wore an oyercoat, collar, tie nor cuffs,
and would sleep with his feet uncovered
| in zero weather.
A DARING attempt was made to rob l..
| Y. Leach at his home near Lavinia, last
week A negro entered Ieach's resi-
dence and got possession of Leach's gun.
His daughter discovered the presence of
| the burglar. She alarmed the people of
| the house, and her father rushed in and
demanded the cause of the Negroes pres
ence. The negro replied that he came
for money, and that he was going to
have it, too. He then leveled the gun
at the old man and demanded $500. Mr..
Leach defied him until his wife gave
the alarm to the neighbors, when the
negro fed.
Mrs. BETTE CHAMBERS, of Chatta-
nooga, has entered suit against the
Daily Times, laying he damages at
$50, 600. Her complaint is that the paper
printed long story to the effect that
the mother-in-law had decided her prop
erty to her son, which on his death the
widow, Mrs. Bette Chambers, inherited,
and that she had cast the old lady into
the street. The complainant claims to
have always owned the property in
question and fatty contradicts the story
printed.
THE hazardous task of entering a den
of hyenas was performed by Veterinary
Surgeon Stanton at GAINESVILLE last
week. Two hyenas belonging to Sells
& Renfro's Circus engaged in fierce
fight, and before separated one of them
had br. zen the others leg in two places.
Dr. Stanton was called and entered the
hyenas' cage while they were bowling
hideously. He tied the wounded ami
NAL with rope, set the broken mem
Der and escaped unhurt, though the
animals fangs were several times
fastened upon him. Several hundred
people watched the operation expect
ing every moment to see the surgeon
eaten alive.
Il HORRIBLE joke was perpetrated on
Thomas Millington at Chestnut Bluff,
near Milan, one night last week. Some
young men procured coffin and took
Millington to lonely spot. where he
was told that if he did not disclose the
whereabouts of fictitious treasure he
would be buried alive. He refused, but
in spite of his prayers was put in the
coffin and buried for an hour. When
taken out he was raving maniac. His
assailants have fed.
MONTGOMERY JONES and his son John
were going to their farm, a few miles
out from Knoxville, last week, in their
cart. AT the Munson-street crossing of
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad view was obscured by freight
cars on side track. They started to
cross, but one of the oxen stopped on
the track, and the morning Louisville
passenger train, running at great speed,
struck the cart. The elder Jones re-
ceiyed fatal injuries; the boy was
knocked high in the air, and landed on
his head, but will recover.
A FREIGHT train on the Illinois Gen.
trail was badly wrecked one mile south
of Bradford last week. The train,
while running twenty miles an hour,
broke in two, the rear smashing into
lumber and merchandise all over the
track. Several cars were smashed into
splintcrs Conductor league was seri-
ously bruised and brakeman thrown
sixty feet into pond of water. Abe
Sneed, of Chicago, who was beating his
way, had his feet and legs smashed.
The loss will run into the thousands.
JUDGE KEY last week ratified an order
of Judge Newman, of the Georgia cir
cait of the Federal Court in foreclosing
the mortgage of TIE Central Trust Com
pany against the Chattanooga Southern
Railroad The foreclosure is in default
of the payment of S43, 100000 interest
and 81, 44O, 600 of bonds. The company's |
trackage consists of 1864 miles in Geor- |
gia, ALA miles in Alabama, and SO |
miles in Tennessee, with 7.6o miles |
of side tracks, making 95.06 miles in all. |
The sale will take place at day to be |
fixed by the special com missioner, thirty |
days grace being first given for redemp-
ton of the bonds and interest.
TENNEssEE's standing army has been
from the mines, and Gen. |
Carnes' command, under Adjutant S. =. |
KYLE, have returned to their homes. /
This leaves the regular garrison under
Capt Anderson, at Camp Anderson and
at Oliver Springs.
BILL THEAT and Jim Johnson, mem
bers of the Jackson gang of McNairy
County, Illicit distillers, were tried
at Jackson last week and sentenced to
six months in Jail. The defendants are
members of a gang who have violated
the revenue laws for years. They were
raided few weeks since by Memphis
revenue officers and Theat and john